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Defense / Technology & National Security
How to Manage a SwarmOur interview for the April -- June Critical Thinking with Paul Scharre--he's a Ranger vet who did tours in Iraq and Afghanistan who is now a robotics expert at the Center for...
By Paul Scharre
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National Security Human Capital Program
Solutions for the all-volunteer militaryKatherine Kidder, a fellow at the Center for a New American Security, and Amy Schafer a research associate for the military, veterans and society program there, tell Federal D...
By Amy Schafer & Katherine Kidder
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Defense / Transatlantic Security
CNAS Releases New Report “The Unsettling View From Moscow: Russia’s Strategic Debate on a Doctrine of Pre-emption”Washington, April 27 – As U.S.-Russian tensions rise, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) Defense Strategies and Assessments Program has released a new report examin...
By Alexander Velez-Green
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U.S. Military Options in North Korea — From Bad to Worse
War on the Korean peninsula may or may not be growing more likely. But it sure feels like it is. Leaders in North Korea and the United States are rattling sabers at each other...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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CNAS Press Note: High Tension in North Korea and U.S. Options on the Korean Peninsula
Press Note
With top Trump administration national security officials set to brief all 100 U.S. Senators in an unprecedented meeting at the White House on North Korea’s recent aggressions...
By Richard Fontaine, Patrick M. Cronin & Anthony Cho
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China, Sending a Signal, Launches a Home-Built Aircraft Carrier
China’s first domestically built aircraft carrier slipped into the sea for the first time on Wednesday, after days of publicity celebrating the impending launch as a milestone...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Defense / National Security Human Capital Program
Trump nominates two new DOD officialsPresident Trump will nominate Robert Story Karem for assistant secretary of Defense for international security affairs and Kari Bingen for principal deputy under secretary of ...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Kurds call on US to set up no-fly zone after Turkish attacks
Tensions between Turkey and the United States are poised to escalate after the Turkish air force carried out a series of pre-dawn strikes against Kurdish militants in Iraq’s S...
By Nicholas Heras
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Is The Afghan War Going To Be Another Vietnam For The U.S.?
Rachel Martin talks to Chris Kolenda, a former senior adviser to the Defense Department, about the failures of the U.S. military strategy in Afghanistan, and how it risks beco...
By Christopher D. Kolenda
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National Security Human Capital Program
Where diversity initiatives are still falling short in national security jobsWhen it comes to eliminating barriers to women serving in national security positions within the U.S. government, there’s plenty of data to show progress. Women now make up 45...
By Katherine Kidder
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Carried away: The inside story of how the Carl Vinson's canceled port visit sparked a global crisisIn early April, officials at U.S. Pacific Command were developing plans to respond to a sharp rise in tensions with North Korea. Defense Secretary James Mattis ordered PACOM C...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Time is running out for Congress to settle on budget
Congress returns from recess Monday to reckon with the looming threat of a government shutdown and the likelihood that no matter what resolution lawmakers reach for the stalle...
By Paul Scharre
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The Trump administration just quietly admitted that the Iran deal is workingi
In February, President Donald Trump said that the Obama administration’s nuclear agreement with Iran was “one of the worst deals I’ve ever seen.” His comments were a direct ec...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Army tests drone-killing lasers as threat grows on the battlefieldAs Islamic State-piloted commercial drones complicate the offensive in Mosul, sending Iraqi troops scattering as grenades and bomblets rain down, the Army has field tested veh...
By Paul Scharre
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Erdogan charts victory lap in Washington
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s push for international legitimacy after narrowly winning a fraud-tainted referendum on expanding the powers of his office is gaining g...
By Nicholas Heras
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
How Dangerous is North Korea's Navy?In the event of a war with on the Korean Peninsula, North Korea’s naval forces might prove to be nuisance to allied forces if they are operating close to shore, but the threat...
By Jerry Hendrix
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On North Korea, Trump administration talks tough but hopes to avoid war
As tensions mounted on the Korean Peninsula this month, the U.S. military made a dramatic announcement: An aircraft carrier had been ordered to sail north from Singapore towar...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Syrian Democratic Forces set up post-ISIS Raqqa council
The Kurdish-Arab alliance of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), leading a multi-pronged battle against ISIS near the city of Raqqa, announced on Tuesday the creation of a “ci...
By Nicholas Heras
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For Trump, No Qualms in Embracing Autocratic Leaders
President Donald Trump congratulated Turkey's president for sweeping up more power. He hailed Egypt's strongman leader as a "fantastic guy." When China's president visited, Tr...
By Rachel Rizzo
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
US military considers shooting down North Korea missile testsThe US military is considering shooting down North Korean missile tests as a show of strength to Pyongyang, two sources briefed on the planning have told the Guardian. Amid he...
By Patrick M. Cronin
