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‘No Victory Dance’: Veterans of Afghan War Feel Torn Over Pullout
In The News
Was it worth it? After two decades of midnight watches and gut-twisting patrols down bomb-riddled roads, after all the deaths and bloodshed and lost years, that was the one in...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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President Joe Biden Is Withdrawing U.S. Forces from Afghanistan. What Happens Now?
After nearly 20 years, more than 2,300 U.S. troops dead, more than 20,000 wounded, hundreds of thousands of Afghans maimed or killed and $2 trillion spent, President Joe Biden...
By Lisa Curtis
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Senate committee prepares to vote on sweeping bill to counter China
In The News
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is preparing to vote on a 280-page bipartisan bill that aims to counter the Chinese Communist Party's global influence. Why it matters: ...
By Lisa Curtis
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Joe Biden gives up on the war in Afghanistan, leaving a weak ally
In The News
The first American forces to enter Afghanistan in 2001 arrived on September 26th when a CIA team dropped into the Panjshir Valley in the north of the country. At the peak of t...
By Lisa Curtis
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Pentagon turns to the stars to survive China's electronic warfare
Every newly commissioned ship in the U.S. Navy's surface fleet carries a copy of Nathaniel Bowditch's "The American Practical Navigator" (1802) on its bridge. This thick encyc...
By Billy Fabian
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Following withdrawal announcement, battle to determine Afghanistan war’s legacy begins
In The News
The easy, obvious and probably inevitable legacy of America’s two-decade-long war in Afghanistan is the recognition that there are limits to U.S. military power, especially wh...
By Eliot Cohen
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Taliban Boycotts Key Peace Talks After U.S. Pull-Out Delay
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Hours after the Biden administration announced that the remaining 3,500 American troops will return from Afghanistan by the twentieth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, a Ta...
By Christopher D. Kolenda
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With Afghan Decision, Biden Seeks to Focus U.S. on New Challenges
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President Biden’s decision to pull all American troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11 was rooted in his belief that there is no room for continuing 20 years of failed efforts to...
By Lisa Curtis
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The Sullivan Model
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Jake Sullivan, U.S. President Joe Biden’s national security advisor, has always loved a good debate. As an undergraduate at Yale University, he placed third in the nationals; ...
By Richard Fontaine
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Is Russia Preparing to Go to War in Ukraine?
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Russia’s military buildup near the border of Ukraine continued this week, deepening global concern about Moscow’s ultimate intentions as senior Russian officials and state med...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Dr. Margarita Konaev Joins CNAS as Adjunct Senior Fellow in the Technology and National Security Program
Washington, April 7, 2021—The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce that Dr. Margarita (Rita) Konaev, Research Fellow at Georgetown’s Center for Sec...
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China flanks Taiwan with military exercises in air and sea
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China's armed forces conducted simultaneous military exercises to the west and east of Taiwan on Monday in a move analysts said was a warning to the self-ruled island and its ...
By Tom Shugart
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Beijing Continues Its Steady But Uneven Rise In the World
Chinese President Xi Jinping and other senior officials touted China’s ascent at the political gathering, setting up declared victories at home over the coronavirus and extrem...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Biden About to Make Huge, Last-Second Gamble on Afghanistan
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With less than a month to go before a diplomatic accord with the Taliban requires U.S. forces to withdraw from their longest-ever overseas war, the Biden administration is now...
By Christopher D. Kolenda
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CNAS Names Paul Scharre Vice President and Director of Studies
Press Release
Washington, April 6, 2021—The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce that Paul Scharre has been named Vice President and Director of Studies. Dr. Sch...
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Future Tank: Beyond The M1 Abrams
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What comes after the M1 Abrams, the Army’s massive Reagan-era main battle tank? “Everything is on the table at this point,” the service’s armor modernization director, Maj. Ge...
By Paul Scharre
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America’s Next Insurgency
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Bleeding Kansas began with an eviction attempt. In late 1854, Jacob Branson, an abolitionist from Ohio, started trying to kick Franklin Coleman, a slavery proponent, off his p...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Russian fighter pilots could soon fly alongside bomb-filled combat drones
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If Russia decides to send planes into combat by the end of this decade, human pilots in those aircraft will still pick targets, but it will be drone escorts that actually drop...
By Samuel Bendett
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Russia’s Buildup Near Ukraine Puts Team Biden on Edge
Russia is massing an unusual number of troops on the border with Ukraine, posing an early test for the Biden administration as it looks to repair relations with NATO allies an...
By Jim Townsend
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Catherine Novelli Joins CNAS as Adjunct Senior Fellow in the Energy, Economics and Security Program
Washington, March 31, 2021—The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce that Catherine Novelli, Senior Advisor at Shearwater Global and former Under Se...
