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No One Wants to Help Bashar al-Assad Rebuild Syria
In The News
When the Syrian conflict began, in March 2011, Bashar al-Assad seemed likely to be ousted, like other strongmen swept away by the Arab Spring. Eight years later, Assad is stil...
By Nicholas Heras
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In The News
Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security
Trump administration’s new Arctic defense strategy expected to zero in on concerns about ChinaThe Trump administration is drafting a new Arctic defense strategy focusing heavily on competition with China, whose expansion around the world has drawn increasing scrutiny f...
By Jim Townsend
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Trump officials warn more Iran sanctions are coming
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Donald Trump administration officials today told US and foreign businesspeople that legal trade with Iran — already severely restricted by sanctions — is likely to constrict f...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Eight years on, Assad clings on but beleaguered
In The News
Bashar al-Assad has won his war for political survival but as Syria's conflict enters its ninth year, his country is fractured, cash-strapped, and prey to both friend and foe....
By Nicholas Heras
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In The News
Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
China Is Catching Up to the US in AI Research—FastAt the world's top computer-vision conference last June, Google and Apple sponsored an academic contest that challenged algorithms to make sense of images from twin cameras co...
By Gregory C. Allen
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Pentagon takes aim at China and Russia in proposed $750 billion budget
In The News
The Pentagon on Tuesday unveiled details of the $750 billion national defense budget that the Trump administration has asked Congress to pass, calling it an example of how the...
By Susanna V. Blume
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In The News
Defense / Transatlantic Security
At Trump’s Pentagon, Empty Offices Are the New NormalThe resignation of two senior Pentagon officials last week brings the number of vacancies and posts filled on a temporary basis at the U.S. Department of Defense to a new high...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman & Jim Townsend
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In The News
Defense / Transatlantic Security
Plan to charge allies for US troop presence carries risks for Americans in North AfricaPresident Donald Trump’s reported plan to charge allies for US military bases could jeopardize access agreements that were set up after the September 2012 attack in Benghazi, ...
By Jim Townsend
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CERAWeek: Will US extend Iran oil waivers? Q&A with sanctions expert Elizabeth Rosenberg
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When the US reimposed sanctions on Iranian crude in November, it also issued waivers to Iran's top oil buyers, allowing them to continue their imports, while agreeing to some ...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Chris Kolenda On The Possibility Of Peace In Afghanistan
Chris Kolenda, founder of the Strategic Leaders Academy, talks about the possibility of a peace deal in Afghanistan. Listen to the full conversation on Sirius XM:...
By Christopher D. Kolenda
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In The News
Technology & National Security
Should We Ban ‘Killer Robots’? Can We?We now live in a world where a Campaign To Stop Killer Robots is a deadly serious thing, officially endorsed by 26 national governments. (28, if you count Palestine and the Va...
By Paul Scharre & Robert O. Work
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In The News
Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
‘You’re with China or you’re with us’: Global relations hinge on outcome of trade talks, U.S. analysts sayTech giant Huawei has become a proxy for U.S. struggles with Beijing over the Chinese government’s aggressive backing of its private companies, and American experts warn globa...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Trump pumps up Pentagon war-fighting account in bid to fund defense over domestic programs
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President Trump asked for a massive increase in the Pentagon’s war-fighting account in an attempt to spend more on defense without having to cut a deal with Democrats on domes...
By Susanna V. Blume
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In The News
Technology & National Security
The Army’s ATLAS program isn’t building killer robots (yet)Last week, a number of media outlets pounced on the idea the U.S. Army may be trying to turn its gun duties over to artificial intelligence, prompting a flurry of headlines ab...
By Michael Horowitz
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In The News
Technology & National Security
Genocide Swarms & Assassin Drones: The Case For Banning Lethal AI70-ton robotic battle tanks? Scary. Three grams of explosive on a mini-drone that knows your face? Also scary. Thousands of such drones? Millions? That’s potentially a strateg...
By Paul Scharre
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Trump Seeks Huge Premium From Allies Hosting U.S. Troops
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For years, President Donald Trump has complained that countries hosting American troops aren’t paying enough. Now he wants to get even, and then some. Under White House direc...
By Jim Townsend
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Ben FitzGerald Joins CNAS Defense Program as Adjunct Senior Fellow
Washington, March 7, 2019 – The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) announced today that Ben FitzGerald, former Executive Director of Strategy, Data, and Design in the P...
By Cole Stevens
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US ‘Gets Its Ass Handed To It’ In Wargames: Here’s A $24 Billion Fix
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The US keeps losing, hard, in simulated wars with Russia and China. Bases burn. Warships sink. But we could fix the problem for about $24 billion a year, one well-connected ex...
By Robert O. Work
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CNAS Welcomes Iskander Rehman as Adjunct Senior Fellow in the Asia-Pacific Security Program
Washington, March 6, 2019 – The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce that Dr. Iskander Rehman has joined the Center as an Adjunct Senior Fellow in ...
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Activity at North Korean launch site sours Trump’s post-Hanoi honeymoon with Kim
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When President Trump abruptly walked away last week from a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi, he emphasized that it was not an angry walk, “it was a very fr...
By Duyeon Kim
