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Trey Meeks Joins CNAS Defense Program as a Senior Adjunct Fellow
Washington, September 15, 2021—The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to welcome Trey Meeks, Principal at The Asia Group, as an Adjunct Senior Fellow with it...
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
The U.S. ground war in Afghanistan is over. Now it’s the Navy’s turn.The American military’s involvement in Afghanistan could soon become largely the Navy’s responsibility, an ironic twist for a counterterrorism mission in a landlocked country....
By Becca Wasser
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
To Invade Taiwan, The Chinese Navy Could Mobilize The World’s Biggest Transport FleetThe Chinese navy now has access to 1.5 million tons of shipping that could carry an assault force across the Taiwan Strait and initiate an invasion of Taiwan. For those of you...
By Tom Shugart
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The shipping supply chain is stressed from Covid. That makes it ripe for hackers.
The global supply chain, where goods are shipped all over the world, is already stretched thin thanks to a year and a half of operating during a pandemic. It really doesn’t ne...
By Dr. Nina Kollars
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Probing the Fragility of JADC2
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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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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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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CSBA Report "DoD's Full Spectrum Competition has limitation due to budget constraints"
The Center for New American Security (CNAS), a private research institute in Washington, analyzed on the 20th that the U.S. Department of Defense's approach with China and Rus...
By Becca Wasser
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Risky Business: Future Strategy and Force Options for the Defense Department
Washington, July 20, 2021— Despite the overarching strategic priorities laid out by the Biden administration and initial indicators provided by the Department of Defense, it i...
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Biden’s First Budget Tries ‘Too Much With Too Little,’ New Wargame Finds
The Biden administration has a limited window to set America’s military on a new course – and the lack of a clear direction with its first budget means the Pentagon is already...
By Stacie Pettyjohn, Becca Wasser & Jennie Matuschak
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Biden to nominate defense industry expert Andrew Hunter as Air Force acquisition boss
President Joe Biden on Friday announced he would nominate Andrew Hunter, a well-known defense industry expert, to serve as the Air Force’s next acquisition boss. Air Force Tim...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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If China Is the No. 1 Threat, Why Doesn’t the 2022 Budget Reflect It?
For the last decade, combatant commanders for the Middle East and Asia-Pacific have found themselves competing for warships, aircraft, and surveillance assets. Decisions often...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Defense / Transatlantic Security
What to expect from Biden's trip to EuropePresident Biden arrived in Europe for his first foreign trip bearing what could be a game-changing pledge: 500 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines to be shared with low-...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Sibling Rivalry: Military Services in High-Stakes Tussle Over Long-Range Fires
Air Force and Army leaders and their supporters are trading barbs over which branches of the military should be investing in long-range strike capabilities. The outcome of the...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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US Navy deployment could leave an aircraft carrier-sized gap in Asia's tense waters
United States Navy commanders face a potential shortfall in their Asia sea power in the coming weeks as tensions simmer with China in the region's waters. According to two unn...
By Tom Shugart
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US Naval Services Aim to Put Network-War Concepts to Global Test
For the past several years, the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps have been developing super-agile networked versions of age-old warfighting concepts. Now the services will try them ...
By Becca Wasser
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CNAS Launches New Initiative: A New American Way of Training
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) today announced the launch of a new initiative on “A New American Way of Training.” Situated within CNAS’ “A New American Way of ...
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Space Force Aims to Take on an Air Force Surveillance Mission
A few years ago, the Air Force began looking at ways to replace its JSTARS surveillance aircraft, to ensure it could keep providing a clear picture of ground movement when the...
By Sarah Mineiro
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Defense / Technology & National Security
"What degree of human involvement should there be in the use of force?"In an interview with the Metis Institute for Strategy and Foresight, Paul Scharre offers insights on weapon autonomy and the human role in future warfighting. After multiple t...
By Paul Scharre
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Defense / Transatlantic Security
80,000 Russian Troops Remain at Ukraine Border as U.S. and NATO Hold ExercisesRussia has withdrawn only a few thousand troops from the border with Ukraine, senior Biden administration officials said, despite signals from Moscow last month that it was di...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor