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The End of Exorbitant Privilege: Inflation, the Global Dollar and What Comes Next
This year has been rife with anxiety about inflation. Economist Lawrence Summers sent up an early warning flare in March, speculating that debt-financed government coronavirus...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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Christian Strain Joins CNAS Board of Advisors
Washington, August 4, 2021—The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) welcomes Christian Strain, Managing Director at the growth equity firm Summit Partners, to its Board o...
By Christian Strain
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Should Chinese Bitcoin miners move to the world and the United States should welcome it with open arms?
In The News
Since May this year, the Chinese government has severely cracked down on Bitcoin trading and mining, causing Bitcoin miners to have to look elsewhere. Including the states of ...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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Technology & National Security
China reportedly converted civilian ferries for amphibious assault operationsChina has converted civilian ferries for use in military amphibious operations, potentially enabling the country to significantly surge its amphibious assault capabilities in ...
By Tom Shugart
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In The News
Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
Bionic arms and blue-eyed bots: How Russia aims to nurture a tech hub in its Far EastTo see Russia’s ambitions for its own version of Silicon Valley, head about 5,600 miles east of Moscow, snake through Vladivostok’s hills and then cross a bridge from the main...
By Jeffrey Edmonds
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As Biden Prepares to Finally Leave, Iraq Faces a New 'Existential Crisis'
In The News
The headlines coming out of U.S. President Joe Biden’s meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi last week were about the largely symbolic decision to end America’s...
By Rachel Ziemba
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National Security Human Capital
New CNAS Paper Explores How the Military is Tapping into the Popular World of Electronic SportsWashington, August 3, 2021 — Engaging 495 million viewers in 2020 alone, electronic sports—video games played like competitive sport online—are an increasingly valuable tool f...
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In The News
Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
Heavy-lifting Russian drones could resupply soldiers on future battlefieldsRostec, the massive Russian defense corporation, announced at the annual MAKS-2021 arms show in late July that it wants to make a better fleet of cargo drones, including one c...
By Samuel Bendett
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Probing the Fragility of JADC2
In The News
Earlier this year, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin signed off on the U.S. Defense Department’s first-ever strategy for Joint All-Domain Command and Control, or JADC2, giving hi...
By Chris Dougherty
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The OG wolf warrior lands in DC
The Department of Homeland Security is in need of “substantial updates” to maximize its strengths and improve its ability to adapt to threats, according to a new report publis...
By Carrie Cordero & Katie Galgano
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In The News
Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital
A New Tunnel Is Spotted At A Chinese Nuclear Test SiteChina appears to be expanding its sprawling nuclear weapons testing complex in the nation's western desert. Satellite imagery shared exclusively with NPR shows a possible new ...
By Lt. Gen. Robert Ashley, Jr. (Ret.)
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Why does the Federal Reserve need a digital currency?
In The News
Digital money is nothing new—debit and credit cards have been with us for years. What’s changed is its pervasiveness. With fewer people carrying paper money, and with some pla...
By Yaya J. Fanusie
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In The News
Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security
Fed up with the U.S., Ukraine cuts deals with China and shuts up about the UyghursFrustrated with the U.S., Ukraine is cutting deals with a rival superpower, inviting China to build infrastructure while holding back criticism of Beijing's human rights recor...
By Jim Townsend
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Make Room Director's Note
Press Release
Make Room is pleased to announce that Katie Galgano has been named Director of the Make Room initiative. Katie is the Executive Research Assistant at CNAS and has served on th...
By Katie Galgano
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In The News
Defense / Middle East Security
Why Joe Biden is ending America’s combat mission in IraqWhen the first American bombs began falling on Iraq on March 19th 2003, President George W. Bush predicted a hard slog. “A campaign on the harsh terrain of a nation as large a...
By Becca Wasser
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Iraq's energy deals in limbo as US pledges help for clean projects
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Iraq's $8 billion worth of energy deals with US companies clinched in August 2020 during the prime minister's inaugural visit to Washington have yet to bear fruit, but Mustafa...
By Rachel Ziemba
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As US troops leave Afghanistan, what will future policy look like?
In The News
As the US nears completion of its military withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Pentagon is supposed to switch to “over-the-horizon” counter-terrorist operations in the country. B...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Technology & National Security
TikTok a Year After Trump’s Ban: No Change, but New ThreatsSaturday will mark a year since Donald Trump said he would ban the wildly popular and annoyingly addictive short-video app TikTok from millions of US smartphones, citing threa...
By Ainikki Riikonen
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Chinese Navy Using Commercial Car Ferries to Launch Amphibious Landing Craft
When a Chinese ferry joined the People’s Liberation Army Navy for an amphibious landing exercise in July 2020, observers noticed something different.It’s not unusual for Chine...
By Tom Shugart
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Biden, pulling combat forces from Iraq, seeks to end the post-9/11 era
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President Biden has announced the full withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. He has started transferring prisoners from Guantánamo Bay in hopes of eventually shutting do...
By Elisa Catalano Ewers
