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Pete Briger of Fortress Investment Group Joins CNAS Board of Advisors
Washington, March 31 – The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) announced today that Pete Briger, Principal and Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Fortress Investme...
By Pete Briger
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Trump Turns Away From Iraq’s Coming Storm
The Trump administration has indicated it plans to largely abdicate a U.S. role in Iraq's political future, despite the certainty that driving the Islamic State group from its...
By Nicholas Heras
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CNAS Releases New Report “War Control: Chinese Writings on the Control of Escalation in Crisis and Conflict”
As President Trump prepares to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the Center for a New American Security Defense Strategies and Assessments Program has released a new rep...
By Neal Urwitz
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US-led coalition has no intention to create federal Kurdish state in Syria: official
The top U.S. ground commander in Iraq Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend told reporters on Tuesday the US-led coalition had no intention to create a Kurdish federal state in northern S...
By Nicholas Heras
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Turkey-backed rebels join anti-regime offensive in Syria’s Hama
More than 500 pro-Turkey rebel fighters from the Euphrates Shield operation joined operations against the Syrian army in Hama city, local sources reported on Friday. Syrian re...
By Nicholas Heras
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
North Korea suspected of $81M cyberheistDavid Asher, adjunct senior fellow in the Asia-Pacific Security Program, joins CNN's Situation Room to discuss the investigation into North Korea's role in an $81 million cybe...
By David Asher
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CNAS Senior Fellow Ben FitzGerald Named Professional Staff Member for the Senate Armed Services Committee (Majority Staff)
Press Release
Center for a New American Security (CNAS) Senior Fellow and Technology and National Security Program Director Ben FitzGerald will join the Majority Staff of the Senate Armed S...
By Neal Urwitz
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Trump’s Military Buildup Promises Little For The Working GruntsThe USS Gerald R. Ford, the new aircraft carrier President Donald Trump praised recently, is costing some $13 billion to build. That doesn’t count the airplanes. It’s the most...
By Paul Scharre
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Defense One: The D Brief
And now for something completely different: exosuits and their impact on gender integration in the military. Lauren Fish of the Center for New American Security shared her tho...
By Lauren Fish
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Technology & National Security
Spy powers at risk amid Trump controversyCongress was already facing a contentious debate over reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act before the end of the year. Now, the growing contr...
By Adam Klein
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China Could Attack U.S. Pacific Bases in 'Minutes'
A military expert asserted that a ballistic strike on the U.S.' Pacific facilities could be conducted by Beijing within minutes. China's missile testing facilities have alread...
By CDR Thomas Shugart, USN
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Anti-ISIS Offensive Delayed By Infighting
The U.S. had to step into northern Syria recently to keep two factions it supports from fighting with each other. They're supposed to be fighting ISIS. Listen below or at NPR....
By Nicholas Heras
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Iraq PM visits White House amid debate over post-Mosul strategy
As Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi visits Washington and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson hosts some 68 counterparts for a counter-Islamic State (IS) summit in Washington...
By Nicholas Heras
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Chinese missile-test sites appear to mirror US bases in JapanAs worrisome as North Korea’s missile capability has become, defense experts say China is a more potent threat to U.S. interests in Asia, with Beijing capable of showering bas...
By CDR Thomas Shugart, USN
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National Security Human Capital Program
VA Urged To Take Advantage Of Momentum And Keep Reforming ItselfThe combination of a GOP controlled government and a secretary held over from the Obama administration may have created an opportunity for progress at the troubled Department ...
By Phillip Carter
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A Test for Tillerson, and for U.S. Strategy on ISIS
If President Trump has a secret plan to defeat the Islamic State, as he promised during the presidential campaign, then his international allies in that fight are hoping to ge...
By Julianne Smith
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Why experts think Rex Tillerson skipping a NATO summit is "an unmitigated disaster"
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will skip an April meeting of NATO foreign ministers to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Washington, giving a cold shoulder to many o...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Tillerson plan to skip NATO, visit Russia puts allies on edge
The State Department scrambled Tuesday to suggest new dates for Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to attend a meeting of NATO foreign ministers after his plan to skip the annua...
By Julianne Smith
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CNAS Press Note: The 68-Nation Counter-ISIS Ministerial
With representatives from 68 nations set to meet in Washington today to discuss efforts to defeat ISIS and stabilize the areas ISIS controlled after they have been liberated, ...
By Nicholas Heras
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National Security Human Capital Program
Watchdog Criticizes Veterans Affairs’ Suicide HotlineThe Department of Veterans Affairs’ suicide crisis hotline is understaffed, poorly supervised and sometimes leaves veterans on hold so long that they simply hang up, according...
By Phillip Carter
