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Amid government shutdown, the military becomes major front in political battle
The U.S. military faced a variety of consequences as a result of a federal government shutdown Saturday, with U.S. troops working at least temporarily without pay, thousands o...
By Susanna V. Blume
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Lawmakers battle in the final hours to avert government shutdown
WASHINGTON – Congress is barreling toward yet another deadline to keep the federal government up and running. Funding is slated to run out by late Friday evening and without a...
By Lauren Fish
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Can Mattis makes the National Defense Strategy great again?
BRUSSELS – When the Pentagon rolls out the National Defense Strategy on Jan. 19, expect a lot of statements about how it will serve as a definitive document, one that will gui...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Tillerson calls Iran a ‘strategic threat’ in Syria, vowing to diminish its presence
Undercutting Iran’s influence in Syria has emerged as a central goal for the Trump administration as it laid out its new political and military strategy for the ongoing confli...
By Nicholas Heras
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Jim Mattis warns US losing military edge
US secretary of defence Jim Mattis declared a new era of great power competition, warning that the country’s military advantage over its adversaries had eroded “in every domai...
By Richard Fontaine
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What Happens To The Military If The Government Shuts Down
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Michèle Flournoy, former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, about the impact a government shutdown can have on the military....
By Michèle Flournoy
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America Quietly Starts Nation-Building in Parts of Syria
Announcing his new Afghanistan strategy in August, President Donald Trump insisted “we are not nation-building again.” The pledge—made while increasing indefinitely the Americ...
By Nicholas Heras
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Can Mike Pence relaunch the Middle East peace process?
It was rescheduled twice, called off, then announced again, but US vice president Mike Pence’s first trip to the Middle East is finally happening. The visit, which also includ...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Australian Strategic Policy Institute's International Cyber Policy Centre to host CNAS adjunct fellow Elsa Kania as a 2018 Fulbright Specialist
Press Note
The CNAS Technology and National Security Program is pleased to announce that adjunct fellow Elsa Kania has been selected by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s (ASPI)...
By Paul Scharre & Elsa B. Kania
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Facebook reacts to pressure on propaganda
Facebook is launching an investigation into whether Russian propagandists coordinated a disinformation campaign around the 2016 Brexit vote. In a letter dated Jan 17 to the he...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Trumplomacy: Has Trump made the world more dangerous?
The world has become a more uncertain place since US President Donald Trump issued his "America First" decree in the dark and dystopian language that so alarmed allies and int...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Turkish president threatens to ‘drown’ U.S.-backed force in Syria
BEIRUT — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reacted in anger Monday to a proposed U.S.-trained force that could lead to Kurdish militiamen being stationed on the Syrian s...
By Nicholas Heras
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US Defense Secretary says there is no Iranian land bridge yet
ERBIL – The US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis last Friday denied media reports that a land bridge exists between Iran and Syria through Iraq after Iranian-backed forces defeated...
By Nicholas Heras
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In the wake of ISIL defeat, US-led coalition looks to transform its mission
With ISIL all but vanquished from its self-proclaimed caliphate in Iraq and Syria, the US-led coalition is transforming its mission. Eager to avoid a repeat of 2011, when Amer...
By Nicholas Heras
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Shawn Brimley's Town
Washington, D.C., can be an easy city to mock or resent—but it’s full of workers who’ve given up opportunities to serve something larger than themselves....
By Shawn Brimley
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Shawn Brimley, military strategist who led a Pentagon modernization push, dies at 40
In The News
Shawn Brimley, a senior Pentagon and White House official who pressed the U.S. military to embrace a future of increasingly rapid technological change, died Jan. 9 at a hospit...
By Shawn Brimley
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CNAS Adjunct Senior Fellow Dr. Melissa Flagg to Serve as the new lead for Army Research Lab - Northeast
Press Note
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) congratulates Dr. Melissa Flagg, former Adjunct Senior Fellow with the Technology and National Security Program, on her return to...
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Russia says it killed rebels behind swarm drone attack in Syria, but experts see more such strikes ahead
Russia's defense ministry said Friday it tracked down and killed the group of militants responsible for a recent coordinated drone attack against one of its bases in Syria. Ex...
By Paul Scharre
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Glee in London over Trump’s scrapped visit — but also unease about U.S.-British ties
LONDON — President Trump’s cancellation of a possible trip to the British capital next month inspired glee and concern Friday, while raising new questions about the strained r...
By Julianne Smith
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CNAS Announces 2018 Next Generation National Security Fellows
Press Release
Washington, January 11 – The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) announced today the selection of the 2018 Next Generation National Security Leaders. Now in its ninth ye...
