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Former Defense Secretary Ash Carter Dies at 68
In The News
Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Carter was a key figure in the development of the U.S. initiative to disarm the nuclear arsenals of former Soviet states, helping c...
By Jim Townsend
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New CNAS Report: "Assessing Russian State Capacity to Develop and Deploy Advanced Military Technology"
Press Release
Washington, October 21, 2022—Today, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a new report, "Assessing Russian State Capacity to Develop and Deploy Advanced Milit...
By Michael Kofman, Richard Connolly, Jeffrey Edmonds, Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Samuel Bendett
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The Arctic Ice between Russia and the US Is Melting. What’s at Stake at the Top of the World?
In The News
Some Indigenous nations tell stories of the northern lights as torches guiding warriors to victory. Today experts say the Arctic is increasingly becoming a theatre of conflict...
By Jim Townsend
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As Russia Retreats, Abandoned Gear Joins Ranks of Ukraine Army
In The News
On Monday, the Ukrainian defence ministry posted on its Twitter account a video of a Ukrainian vehicle towing what it said was the "latest model" of Russian T-90A tank out of ...
By Michael Kofman
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In The News
Defense / Transatlantic Security
Israel Holds Fire amid Mounting Pressure from UkraineBecca Wasser, senior fellow for the defense program at the Center for New American Security, said one reason the U.S. may not send its own Iron Dome is that it only has two, a...
By Becca Wasser
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A New NATO Heavyweight?
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German and French rhetoric, which often harped on not humiliating Putin and avoiding escalation, has become more in line with Polish and American sentiment. Foreign Minister A...
By Jim Townsend
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‘Armageddon’ Warning Reflects Biden’s Instincts about Putin
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Biden suggested that the threat was reminiscent of the Cuban missile crisis in 1962, when the United States and Soviet Union came close to nuclear confrontation during the Col...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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The Sabotage of Gas Pipelines Were a ‘Warning Shot’ from Putin to the West, and Should Brace for More Subterfuge, Russia Experts Warn
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Russia's influence over Europe's energy supply has been a constant point of concern since the Ukraine war began in late February. The EU has been scrambling to find gas suppli...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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U.S. Grapples with Risk of Nuclear War over Ukraine
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If Putin does use nuclear weapons, he could seek a "demonstration effect" — perhaps by detonating a nuclear weapon over the Black Sea or in the Arctic — or deploy a smaller-yi...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Pipeline Sabotage Is Mystery, but Putin, Russia Are Prime Suspects
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Experts say damage to the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines is a cynical use of a “gray zone” aggression that leaves few good options for retribution. “We have war-gamed this...
By Jim Townsend
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West ‘Dead Set’ against Russia’s Sham Annexation
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The move to politically seize control of the Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions in Ukraine’s south and east was relatively costless for Putin. He played to his...
By Jeffrey Edmonds
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Russia’s Stripped Its Western Borders to Feed the Fight in Ukraine
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Two European defense officials estimated there could be as few as 6,000 of the original 30,000 Russian ground forces left in Kaliningrad and near the Baltic region. Although t...
By Jim Townsend
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Putin’s Troop Call-Up Will Prolong but Not Win War: Experts
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Michael Kofman, a defense specialist at the Center for a New American Security, a Washington think tank, cautioned against dismissing the effort. It will help Moscow fortify t...
By Michael Kofman
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Here’s Why Putin Is Calling Up Veterans to Fight in His Ukraine War
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Russian lawmakers appeared to recognize a growing problem with troop morale, desertions and surrender on Tuesday when they passed new harsher punishments for deployed Russian ...
By Nicholas Lokker
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In The News
Defense / Transatlantic Security
The West Is Testing Out a Lot of Shiny New Military Tech in UkraineThe breadth of information operations has led Brendan McCord, a hedge-fund manager who previously authored the Department of Defense’s first AI strategy, to describe this conf...
By Brendan McCord
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Defense / Transatlantic Security
Joe Biden Warns of Global Disorder If Russia Is Not StoppedBeyond the debating chamber, the global balance of power is changing. “Every day the war goes on, Russia’s military is degraded,” argues Richard Fontaine of the Centre for a N...
By Richard Fontaine
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Western Nations Will Take Temperature on Proposed Russian Oil Price Cap
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American and European officials want to avoid sending energy prices soaring before the arrival of winter. European leaders are already grappling with high energy prices and th...
By Maria Snegovaya
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New CNAS Report: "Russia in the Arctic: Gauging How Russia's Invasion of Ukraine Will Alter Regional Dynamics"
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By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend, Nicholas Lokker, Heli Hautala & Col James Frey
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The Critical Moment Behind Ukraine’s Rapid Advance
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While Ukraine may have an opportunity to recapture more territory in the east, U.S. and Ukrainian officials say the south is the most important theater of the war. “Kherson an...
By Michael Kofman
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Defense / Transatlantic Security
Ukraine Rout in Kharkiv Has Russians on the Run: How Did They Pull It Off, and What Comes Next?Such scenes are not necessarily unusual for armies in retreat. The phrase “bug out,” meaning a panicked reaction, entered the English lexicon following a particularly chaotic ...
By Chris Dougherty
