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New CNAS report sets a strategic framework for U.S. coercive economic statecraft toward Beijing.
Press Release
Washington, December 7, 2021—The United States and its allies are increasingly forced to respond to coercive economic statecraft—i.e., restrictions on trade, investment, and f...
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Satellite Images Show the Buildup of Russian Forces Near Ukraine That Have the US and NATO Worried About an Invasion
In The News
New satellite photos show the buildup of Russian armed forces at strategic locations in western Russia near the Ukrainian border and at one spot in Crimea amid concerns that R...
By Jeffrey Edmonds, Michael Kofman & Jim Townsend
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Kamikaze Drones: A New Weapon Brings Power and Peril to the U.S. Military
In The News
Americans have become accustomed to images of Hellfire missiles raining down from Predator and Reaper drones to hit terrorist targets in Pakistan or Yemen. But that was yester...
By Paul Scharre
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What Will America Fight For?
In The News
As the world’s great power, America ends up having to deal with all its problems, from North Korea to the war in Ethiopia and, more directly, the instability in Latin America ...
By Richard Fontaine
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Biden’s Beijing Bind
In The News
Although the administration has made it clear that the U.S.-China relationship is the most consequential foreign policy challenge of our time, Biden has yet to release a compr...
By Jacob Stokes
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US-China Standoff
In The News
The Biden administration has placed a dozen Chinese companies on its trade blacklist on November 23, 2021, citing US national security as well as foreign policy logics. The la...
By Jacob Stokes
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In Peng Shuai Case, Critics See History of IOC Treating Authoritarian Hosts with Kid Gloves
In The News
When Olympics organizers held a video call with Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, many activists and experts said it was merely a continuation of a decadeslong trend in which th...
By Kelley Eckels Currie
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In The News
Technology & National Security
Meet the ‘Spy Stone,’ a Russian Robot Disguised as a RockUnder lightly falling snow, a soldier sets a rock on the ground. A moment later the rock animates, extending first a periscope-like camera, and then lifting the whole of its r...
By Samuel Bendett
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In The News
Technology & National Security
Hacking the Supply ChainAs far back as January 2013, a Defense Science Board task force report, “Resilient Military Systems and the Advanced Cyber Threat,” warned that adversaries could exploit cyber...
By Laura G. Brent
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Michèle Flournoy and Richard Fontaine Named to Defense Policy Board
Press Note
The Department of Defense named Michèle Flournoy, Chair of the CNAS Board of Directors, and Richard Fontaine, CNAS CEO, to the Defense Policy Board, chaired by Madeleine K. Al...
By Richard Fontaine & Michèle Flournoy
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National Security Human Capital
Air Force Opens Door for Select Few From the Enlisted Ranks to Become OfficersThe airmen involved in the Air Force’s enlisted drone pilot program have a great shot at becoming officers and remaining pilots if they want to, the top officer and enlisted a...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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National Security Human Capital
Gunnery Sergeants Who Never Went to Boot Camp? It May Be Coming in the Marine CorpsEnlisted Marines are made in boot camp. Marine officers, The Basic School. Long days and harsh instructors give sharp lessons in what it means to be a Marine and forge a bond ...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Defense Official Warns Data Overreliance Could Hurt Training
As the Pentagon works to become more digital, the services should be wary of their training programs leaning too heavily on data, a top official in charge of strategic readine...
By Chris Dougherty
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‘Backwater’ Intelligence Office Faces Test Under Biden Nominee
In The News
I&A has also struggled with the second prong of its mission: making sure the federal government and its state and local partners are talking. While the FBI works with stat...
By Christian Beckner
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In The News
National Security Human Capital
Pentagon Chief Issues COVID Vaccination Order for National GuardU.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered all National Guard and Reserve service members to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or face the loss of pay and other consequences...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Kamala Harris-Led Space Council Faces Challenges from Russia and China
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The Biden administration faces national security challenges in space as Vice President Kamala Harris prepares to chair her first Space Council meeting. Harris said early on th...
By Sarah Mineiro
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US, Iran Return to Nuclear Talks After Five-Month Delay
The U.S. and Iran on Monday held their seventh round of indirect talks as part of efforts to return to the 2015 nuclear deal. The talks came more than five months after the co...
By Elisa Catalano Ewers
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Pentagon’s Global Posture Review Emphasizes China, but Lacks Major Strategic Changes
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After a nine-month deep-dive by Defense Department planners and policy experts billed as a holistic look at where and how America is deployed around the world, the Pentagon ha...
By Becca Wasser
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Threat of Russian Invasion of Ukraine Tests Biden Administration
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The White House is reviewing options to deter a feared Russian invasion of Ukraine, including providing more military aid to Kyiv and threatening sanctions, to dissuade Russia...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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CNAS Responds: Will the Iran Deal Be Revived in Vienna?
The U.S., UK, France, Germany, Russia, and China—along with the European Union High Representative—meet with Iranian representatives today in Vienna for the seventh round of t...
By Elisa Catalano Ewers
