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How the U.S. Courted the Philippines to Thwart China
In The News
War games staged last year by think tanks, including the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), based in Washington, illustrated how indispensable the Philippines would be...
By Becca Wasser
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Manpower Becomes Ukraine’s Latest Challenge as It Digs In for a Long War
In The News
“Ukraine needs infantry in top physical shape,” said Franz-Stefan Gady, a senior fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies. “The physical requirements for th...
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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Ukraine Seeks to Reignite Counteroffensive With Daring River Crossings
In The News
The operation on the opposite bank a few miles from the Ukrainian-held regional capital of Kherson is proving costly and hard going. Soldiers involved in the fight say they ar...
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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How Chinese Aggression Is Increasing the Risk of War in the Taiwan Strait
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Despite the Chinese efforts at unpredictability, the sheer scale of mobilization necessary to invade Taiwan means a sneak attack would be very difficult without American intel...
By Tom Shugart
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New CNAS Report: “Rolling the Iron Dice: The Increasing Chance of Conflict Protraction”
Washington, November 9, 2023 — Today, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a new report, Rolling the Iron Dice: The Increasing Chance of Conflict Protraction...
By Andrew Metrick
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China's Senior Officials Formally Banished From Elite Politics
In The News
"While Li Shangfu's removal is certainly interesting given other recent high-level removals in the PRC's national security apparatus, I doubt that it will have much effect in ...
By Tom Shugart
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The Laidback Australian City Key to Countering China
In The News
Defence strategist Becca Wasser has spent years wargaming what might happen in the event of a conflict in the region. In most of the scenarios she's run, China does attempt mi...
By Becca Wasser
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Philippines Summons Chinese Ambassador over S China Sea Collisions
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The U.S. “reaffirms that Article IV of the 1951 U.S.-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty extends to armed attacks on Philippine armed forces, public vessels, and aircraft – incl...
By Tom Shugart
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Chinese Fighter Jets Buzz U.S. Planes in Dramatic New Videos
In The News
In the past two years, Washington has elevated to the leader level the “Quad” security partnership with Australia, Japan and India, widely seen as a counterweight to Beijing. ...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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In The News
Defense / Middle East Security
How the Israel-Hamas War Is Tilting the Global Power Balance in Favor of Russia, ChinaSo far, little of the military aid rushed by the U.S. to Israel is of the kind that is needed for Ukraine. Israel’s most urgent request was for interceptors for its Iron Dome ...
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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Defense / Middle East Security / Technology & National Security
In Israel and Ukraine, Mix of Drones and Brute Force Shows Warfare’s Future“It’s a constant competition between measures and countermeasures,” said Stacie Pettyjohn, director of the defense program at the Center for a New American Security. U.S. for...
By Stacie Pettyjohn & Samuel Bendett
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Armed with a Heavyweight Torpedo Made to ‘Break Ships in Half,’ Taiwan’s First Homemade Submarine Will Represent a New Threat to China’s Navy
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"The inclusion of the Mk-48 is a significant upgrade" for Taiwan, Tom Shugart, a former US Navy submarine commander who's now an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New ...
By Tom Shugart
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Did the Chinese Submarine Accident Happen?
In The News
The media reports left submarine experts and military observers perplexed. “I’ve never heard of submarine nets being used on the high seas, and I don’t understand why snaggin...
By Tom Shugart
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A new school will train U.S. troops to fight a growing threat: small weaponized drones
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“You're seeing drones used on a scale that’s never been seen before,” said Stacie Pettyjohn, the director of the defense program at the Center for New American Security. So ma...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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How Taiwan's new subs could complicate a Chinese invasion
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“Submarine building is one of the most challenging defense articles for any nation to build. And certainly, to build submarines that are quiet and capable, is something that o...
By Tom Shugart
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Taiwan Unveils Homemade Submarine as It Seeks to Counter China Threat
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Submarines are what military analysts describe as a sea denial weapon because of their ability to play a role in deterring ships, in this case from coming close to the island....
By Tom Shugart
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A.I. and the Next Generation of Drone Warfare
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At the moment, Ukraine’s small aerial drones have limited range and power, and most of them are either made in China or use Chinese components. By contrast, American-made surv...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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The US Military’s Grave New Frontier: Training for Conflict—Theoretically—With Another Superpower
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After a recent trip to Washington, DC—to help military experts workshop peer-to-peer war—Austrian army officer Franz-Stefan Gady, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a ...
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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Elon Musk’s Control of Starlink Gives Him Unchecked Power over Elected Governments
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"This is one of the challenges of relying on a commercial service that has its own interest in ensuring that it remains out of the crosshairs," Stacie Pettyjohn, director of t...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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New CNAS Report: Campaign of Denial: Strengthening Simultaneous Deterrence in the Indo-Pacific and Europe”
Press Release
Washington, August 22, 2023 —Today, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a new report, “Campaign of Denial: Strengthening Simultaneous Deterrence in the Indo...
By Becca Wasser
