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New CNAS Report: “Potential Russian Uses of Paramilitaries in Eurasia”
Press Release
Washington, January 17, 2024 — Today, the Center for a New American Security released a new report, Potential Russian Uses of Paramilitaries in Eurasia by Dr. Kimberly Marten,...
By Kimberly Marten, Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Carisa Nietsche, Nicholas Lokker & Kristen Taylor
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Next Year Could Be Even Tougher than This Last for Ukraine, Forcing It to Fight Irregularly to Hold On
In The News
The future of Ukraine's war effort, though, is now perhaps more uncertain than it has been at any time since the early days of Russia's failed assault on Kyiv. After its lackl...
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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Defense / Transatlantic Security
What Happens in Ukraine If U.S. Aid Disappears?So both sides seem committed to continuing the war — but what would it look like if the US decides to bow out? “A failure to supply military aid to Ukraine isn’t going to caus...
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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Ukraine Aid Remains in Limbo as Congress Nears Recess
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There is little doubt that a significant delay in additional funding from the U.S. would adversely impact Ukraine on the battlefield, but experts differed on the question of h...
By Nicholas Lokker
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U.S. and Ukraine Search for a New Strategy After Failed Counteroffensive
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“I don’t think it’s overstating it to highlight how important the U.S. assistance is,” said Andrea Kendall-Taylor, a scholar at the Center for a New American Security. “If the...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Russian Lawmakers Approve a Budget with a Record Amount Devoted to Defense Spending
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Record low unemployment, higher wages and targeted social spending should help the Kremlin ride out the domestic impact of pivoting the economy to a war footing but could pose...
By Richard Connolly
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Explosive Drones Are Everywhere In Ukraine. So the Infantry Head Underground, And Erect Screens.
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A Ukrainian FPV drone chasing down two Russian air-defenders speeding along on a motorbike. A Ukrainian drone watching a Russian infantry squad take shelter inside a wrecked a...
By Samuel Bendett
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New CNAS Report: Assessing the Evolving Russian Nuclear Threat
Press Release
Washington, October 31, 2023 — Today, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a new report, Assessing the Evolving Russian Nuclear Threat, by authors Andrea Ken...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Michael Kofman, Nicholas Lokker & Heli Hautala
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Jake Sullivan's Trial by Combat
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In some sense, the President’s instructions have been clear from the beginning: No U.S. boots on the ground; no supplying weapons for the purpose of attacking Russian territor...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Ukraine-Poland Friendship Shows Signs of Fraying Over Grain Dispute, Arms Supply
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“I am not sure that it will have a significant impact” on the war effort, said Peter Schroeder, a former Russia analyst at the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and now an adju...
By Peter Schroeder
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As Kim Inspects Russia’s Military, Putin Cultivates ‘Axis of the Sanctioned’
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“I think it’s really serious,” said Andrea Kendall-Taylor, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, who previously led analyses of Russia by the U.S. intelli...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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‘Nothing left to lose’: Putin embraces role of spoiler with Kim Jong-un summit
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But there is an obvious logic to the Kremlin courting North Korea. It has ammunition that Russia needs to continue its war with Ukraine, where the Kremlin has had to ration it...
By Mike Kofman
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Meet NATO’s new China-focused intel chief
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The intel position at NATO is generally an American job, partly because “we’re the ones that have most of the intel assets,” said JIM TOWNSEND, who spent years working on NATO...
By Jim Townsend
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After death of Russia’s Wagner chief, what happens to his mercenary army?
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“Parts may be folded in under the Ministry of Defense, Russian intelligence, or to other oligarchs and leaders found more compliant, but none of those assets will wither at th...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Poland may soon have one of the strongest NATO armies: U.S. defense expert
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“This purchase makes a lot of sense. Assault helicopters are great tank killers. And if only Ukraine had an Apache now, it could not only destroy Russian tanks but also fire H...
By Jim Townsend
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Charred wreckage, burning questions after Putin calls Prigozhin a ‘man of complicated fate’
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If Putin indeed ordered Prigozhin killed, the sheer brazenness of the act would probably deter would-be opponents, at least in the short term, said Andrea Kendall-Taylor, a Ru...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Republican Debate Highlights Uncertain Future of US Aid to Ukraine
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In an email exchange, Nicholas Lokker, a research associate in the Transatlantic Security Program at the Center for a New American Security, told VOA that U.S. support is “cri...
By Nicholas Lokker
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Russia’s New Long-Range Kamikaze Drone Will Be Built In A Shopping Mall
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“If this Izdelie 54 is a ‘long-range’ drone, it will probably have to compete more with Shahed, but it all depends on specs,” Samuel Bendett an expert Russian drones and advis...
By Samuel Bendett
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Ukrainian Troops Trained by the West Stumble in Battle
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“The counteroffensive itself hasn’t failed; it will drag on for several months into the fall,” said Michael Kofman, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International...
By Michael Kofman
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Russia’s Fighter Jets Have Gone from Harassing Us Aircraft to Actually Breaking Them as Moscow Flexes Its Muscles Where It Still Can
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Russia sees its activities in Syria "as one area that really speaks to Russian global power and influence," Nicholas Lokker, an expert on Russian foreign policy at the Center ...
By Nicholas Lokker
