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As Biden hosts first Quad summit at the White House, China is the background music
In The News
President Biden gathered the leaders of Japan, Australia and India at the White House on Friday to cement an emerging partnership of four Indo-Pacific countries, known as the ...
By Lisa Curtis
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CNAS Press Note: The Quad Heads to the White House
Press Note
On Friday, the four leaders of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue—India's Narendra Modi, Japan's Yoshihide Suga, Australia's Scott Morrison, and President Biden—will meet in-...
By Lisa Curtis, Martijn Rasser, Jacob Stokes & Zachary Durkee
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Ex-official in Trump admin for greater counter-terrorism coordination with India on Afghanistan
In The News
Ahead of a maiden bilateral meet between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden, a former national security official in the Trump Administration has pushed fo...
By Lisa Curtis
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Secret Talks and a Hidden Agenda: Behind the U.S. Defense Deal That France Called a ‘Betrayal’
In The News
In the end, Mr. Biden’s decision was the result of a brutal calculus that nations sometimes make in which one ally is determined to be more strategically vital than another — ...
By Richard Fontaine
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What are nuclear-powered submarines and how do they work? Australia's firepower ambitions explained
With Australia making a deal with the United States and the United Kingdom to begin a nuclear-powered submarine program, we can expect the Aussie subs will look a lot like the...
By Tom Shugart
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Donors pledging billions in aid to Afghanistan face a challenge: Navigating the Taliban
In The News
One month after the fall of its U.S.-supported government to the Taliban, Afghanistan faces crises of astronomical levels: millions facing starvation, a nationwide liquidity c...
By Alex Zerden
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American women will soon become eligible (in theory) for the draft
In The News
Mass conscription in wartime is a remote prospect in America. But were a draft called, the country’s conscripts might soon look very different. An amendment to the annual defe...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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The Korean Peninsula’s Arms Race Heats Up
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Tensions on the Korean peninsula rose on Wednesday as North Korea and South Korea conducted missile tests within hours of each other. As well as statements of military readine...
By Duyeon Kim
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China slams U.S.-led plan to give nuclear submarines to Australia
In The News
China slammed the new Indo-Pacific security alliance unveiled by the U.S., the U.K. and Australia on Wednesday, especially the plan to deliver nuclear-powered submarines to Ca...
By Van Jackson
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With foreign funds frozen, Afghan aid groups stuck in limbo
In The News
A month after the fall of Kabul, the world is still wrestling with how to help Afghanistan’s impoverished people without propping up their Taliban leaders — a question that gr...
By Lisa Curtis
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Zapad military drills showcase Russian unmanned robots’ battlefield breakthrough
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Russia has employed unmanned ground vehicles in combat formations for the first time, a significant step in the country’s quest to develop an effective all-robot military unit...
By Samuel Bendett
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Furor builds over top general Milley's role in Trump's final days
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Gen. Mark A. Milley, the embattled chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, would have several more medals to add to his uniform if the Pentagon gave them for dodging artillery ...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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US builds bulwark against China with UK-Australia security pact
In The News
The US has launched a new trilateral security partnership with the UK and Australia that will enable Canberra to build a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines, a move that will ...
By Richard Fontaine
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Trey Meeks Joins CNAS Defense Program as a Senior Adjunct Fellow
Washington, September 15, 2021—The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to welcome Trey Meeks, Principal at The Asia Group, as an Adjunct Senior Fellow with it...
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CNAS Welcomes John “Jack” Shanahan to its Technology and National Security Program as an Adjunct Senior Fellow
Washington, September 14, 2021—The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce that Lieutenant General (ret.) John “Jack” Shanahan has joined CNAS as an A...
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‘We Never Got It. Not Even Close’: Afghanistan Veterans Reflect on 20 Years of War
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The last U.S. soldier to leave Afghanistan boarded a plane on Aug. 30, 2021. In the nearly two decades of war that preceded, more than 775,000 U.S. service members deployed to...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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CNAS Responds: American Security, Two Decades After 9/11
Press Note
The exit from Afghanistan bookends two decades in which American security and foreign policy transformed both domestically and abroad. On the 20th anniversary of the September...
By Richard Fontaine, Carrie Cordero, Lisa Curtis, Paul Scharre, Katherine L. Kuzminski, Nathalie Grogan, Alex Zerden, Jim Townsend, Ilan Goldenberg, Jacob Stokes, Jason Bartlett, Col James Frey, Christian Beckner, Josh Campbell & Christopher D. Kolenda
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Trump wanted out of Afghanistan. Now he wants to bomb it.
Donald Trump spent years arguing that America’s “endless wars” were draining the country of resources and lives. But in the aftermath of President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from ...
By Lisa Curtis
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In Afghan Withdrawal, a Biden Doctrine Surfaces
In The News
In the chaotic finale of America’s 20-year war in Afghanistan, a Biden Doctrine is emerging: a foreign policy that avoids the aggressive tactics of forever wars and nation bui...
By Lisa Curtis
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Bitcoin Won’t Save the Afghan People
In The News
Over the past few years, the residents of countries in financial distress have increasingly turned to cryptocurrency. In Kenya, Nigeria, the Philippines and Venezuela, crypto ...
By Alex Zerden
