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He spent his adult life helping U.S. soldiers. Now, he’s desperately fleeing Afghanistan.The voice on the phone from Kandahar Airfield sounded exhausted and resigned, as if not much hope was left. Lt. Col. Mohammad Iqbal Nuristani had managed to get the bulk of hi...
By Christopher D. Kolenda
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Green and blackGeneral Mark Milley, the chairman of America’s joint chiefs of staff, and thus the country’s top military officer, provoked a furore in June when he defended West Point’s teac...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program
From hubris to humiliation: America’s warrior class contends with the abject failure of its Afghanistan projectTwenty years ago, when the twin towers and the Pentagon were still smoldering, there was a sense among America’s warrior and diplomatic class that history was starting anew fo...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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National Security Human Capital Program
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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Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program
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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Pregnant Cadets, Midshipmen Must Give Up Their Child Or Their Career. Two Senators Want To Change That.Two senators are teaming up to change an “unfair, antiquated” policy that requires students at military academies who get pregnant to choose between abandoning their military ...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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National Security Human Capital Program
South Dakota governor sending National Guard to Mexico border on mission funded by GOP megadonorSouth Dakota Gov. Kristi L. Noem (R) will deploy up to 50 National Guard troops to the southern U.S. border, her office said Tuesday, with a highly unusual caveat — the missio...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Navy's Century-Old SWO Career Path Needs Big Changes, Government Watchdog SaysThe federal government's watchdog agency is recommending that the Navy make significant changes to the Surface Warfare Officer, or SWO, career path. The Government Accountabil...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Why the Pentagon isn’t heeding calls to prosecute Michael Flynn under military lawWhen Michael Flynn, a retired three-star general, appeared to back calls for a coup last week, critics accused him of defying military deference to civilian authority, a tenet...
By James Golby
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Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program
US Training Mission Uncertain as Afghan Withdrawal Nears EndThe fate of the international effort to train Afghan national security forces has become increasingly unclear as Pentagon officials point to other priorities with only about t...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program
This Memorial Day, remember those who died in Afghanistan, and the loved ones they left behindIt was a graduation gift from his mother, a chance to skydive.Quinn Johnson-Harris of Milwaukee made that first jump and declared: "I'm going to live in the sky."And he did, j...
By Christopher D. Kolenda
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Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program
Many served, some died: Nebraskans look back on the Afghanistan WarThe long-awaited, long-delayed final pullout of U.S. and NATO forces after 20 years of war in Afghanistan has finally begun. President Joe Biden set a deadline of Sept. 11 for...
By Christopher D. Kolenda
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'Disturbing and reckless': Retired brass spread election lie in attack on Biden, DemocratsA day after 124 retired generals and admirals released a letter spreading the lie that President Joe Biden stole the election, current and former military officers are speakin...
By Jim Golby
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‘We cut too deep’: Air Force reinstates hundreds of ROTC cadets after dismissals spark backlashThe Air Force reversed its decision to dismiss hundreds of reserve officer training cadets and restored nearly 130 scholarships, officials said, after a lobbying effort assail...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Press Note
Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program / Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security / Technology & National Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
CNAS Responds: Assessing the Biden Administration's First 100 DaysPresident Biden will mark his first 100 days in office with a joint session address to Congress this evening. In the press note below, CNAS experts offer insights and reflecti...
By Richard Fontaine, Katherine L. Kuzminski, Ilan Goldenberg, Lisa Curtis, Martijn Rasser, Jacob Stokes, Ainikki Riikonen, Megan Lamberth, Nathalie Grogan & Jim Townsend
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‘Support Our Troops’ No Longer Automatic as Trust in Military FallsSuper Bowl flyovers, TV commercials celebrating veterans, yellow-ribbon bumper stickers: It’s long been reflexive for Americans of all political persuasions to “support our tr...
By James Golby
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‘No Victory Dance’: Veterans of Afghan War Feel Torn Over PulloutWas 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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National Security Human Capital Program
America’s Next InsurgencyBleeding 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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In The News
National Security Human Capital Program
Where Fitness Is the Job, Army Struggles to Be a Fair Boss With Female TroopsFor 99 percent of Americans, this question will never come up in a job interview: Can you hang from a bar and tuck your legs to your chest? It has, however, become a central i...
By Emma Moore
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program / Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
CNAS Responds: Assessing Biden's Interim National Security StrategyRichard Fontaine, Chief Executive Officer: "National Security Strategies do more signaling than strategizing. They resemble not true strategies so much as really long speeches...
By Richard Fontaine, Lisa Curtis, Chris Dougherty, Martijn Rasser, Dr. Nina Kollars, Michael Kofman, Becca Wasser, Nathalie Grogan, Katie Galgano & Jennie Matuschak
