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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
US to send troops and air and missile defense to Saudi Arabia as Trump announces new Iran sanctions after oil attackThe US announced Friday it would send additional troops along with enhanced air and missile defense systems to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in response to the att...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
CNAS Responds: U.S., North Korea Consider Renewed TalksAs the renewal of U.S.-North Korea negotiations becomes more likely, CNAS experts weigh in on potential next steps for Washington to watch for....
By Duyeon Kim, Elizabeth Rosenberg, Kristine Lee, Van Jackson & Neil Bhatiya
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A Top Defector Says the U.S. Must Levy Tougher Sanctions on North Korea to Prevent a New Nuclear State
The U.S. needs to wake up to the reality that its policy on North Korea is not working and quickly impose harsher sanctions if the world is going to avert the birth of a new n...
By Duyeon Kim
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Syrian protestors demanding withdrawal of Iran-backed militias wounded by regime forces
Syrian government forces wounded multiple protesters outside the northeastern city of Deir al-Zor when they stormed a security checkpoint on Friday afternoon, demanding the wi...
By Nicholas Heras
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After Abqaiq, analysts see higher oil price risk premium, more supply disruptions
The unprecedented attacks on Saudi oil facilities over the weekend are widely viewed by analysts as the most significant supply disruption the oil market has ever seen, increa...
By Rachel Ziemba
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US Pledges Sanctions After Saudi Attacks
US President Donald Trump on Thursday announced new sanctions targeting Iran after an attack on Saudi oil facilities, stopping well short of a military response as ambiguity p...
By Neil Bhatiya
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Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Can Trump’s new national security adviser keep freeing hostages? Austin Tice’s family hopes so.One day before he named Robert C. O’Brien as his new national security adviser, President Trump praised his administration’s record on securing American hostages and prisoners...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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National Security Human Capital Program
Veteran Entrepreneurs Advancing Startup Culture Outside of Silicon ValleyAccording to a new report from the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), “Veteran Tech Entrepreneurial Ecosystems,” American veterans continue to play a significant role ...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
New national security adviser faces personality test with Trump’s inner circleInternal debates during President Donald Trump’s first two and a half years in office have been marked by acrimony, tension and high-stakes negotiations. So perhaps it was no ...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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CNAS Welcomes Siddharth Mohandas and Van Jackson as Adjunct Senior Fellows in the Asia-Pacific Security Program
Washington, Sept 18, 2019—The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce that Dr. Siddharth Mohandas, Director of Research and Principal at The Asia Grou...
By Cole Stevens
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Robert O’Brien ‘Looks the Part,’ but Has Spent Little Time Playing It
Even his many critics conceded that the former national security adviser John R. Bolton brought useful credentials to the job: decades of foreign policy experience and a keen ...
By Richard Fontaine
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Trump Taps Hostage Negotiator O'Brien for National Security Adviser
U.S. President Donald Trump announced Wednesday on Twitter that Robert C. O’Brien will be the successor to John Bolton as national security adviser. Trump wrote, "I am please...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Trump Picks Low-Key Operative as National Security AdvisorU.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday named Robert O’Brien, his envoy for hostage affairs, to replace John Bolton as his fourth national security advisor, elevating a relat...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Thespian, statesman and strongman: Policy pundits deconstruct Modi's popularity
With over 50,000 Indian Americans from all across the country registering to attend the ‘Howdy, Modi!’ rally on Sept. 22 in Houston, starring Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and...
By Richard Fontaine
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A coalition of the few: U.S. and Saudi Arabia stand alone against Iran
The United States and Saudi Arabia lack virtually any allies as they consider how to respond to this weekend's attacks on Saudi oil refineries, raising doubts about whether th...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Syrian gov. threatens US-backed SDF, calls them 'terrorists’
The Syrian Foreign Ministry on Sunday described the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) as “separatist terrorist” forces and asserted Damascus is determined “to reclaim every inch ...
By Nicholas Heras
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Netanyahu makes last-minute push at eleventh hour of election race
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is at a tight race to win the relection of the general poll which will be held on 17 September, relying as usual on electoral pledge...
By Nicholas Heras
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Defense / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Mike Pompeo Is Bigger Than the Pentagon — For NowIn the nine months since Jim Mattis resigned as defense secretary, one man has become the public leader of President Trump’s national security policy: Secretary of State Mike ...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Defense / National Security Human Capital Program
Coalition airstrikes soared even as US, Taliban talked peaceAs U.S. and Taliban officials talked peace, the U.S. military was accelerating airstrikes in Afghanistan, with the biggest monthly tally of the year carried out in August as t...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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US Navy’s improved littoral combat warships in Asia to be armed with radar-evading precision missiles
The US Navy’s once-beleaguered class of littoral combat ships (LCS) are back on an improved standing after major reforms, and military analysts say such warships – now to be a...
By Eric Sayers