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Spate of mishaps, deadly accidents prompts Navy to examine training, leadership
WASHINGTON — Inadequate training for sailors, poor leadership and high demands for ships at sea in the the Pacific will be key areas for naval investigators as they seek answe...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Former US Official Explains Tensions Over Syria
WASHINGTON – On Monday evening, President Donald Trump addressed the nation regarding his administration’s new war plans to address the 16-year-old conflict in Afghanistan. Wh...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Kushner heads to Israel for latest attempt at peace deal
President Trump’s son-in-law and advisor Jared Kushner arrives in Israel on Wednesday in the latest U.S. effort to revive long-stalled Middle East peace talks, but at a time w...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Technology & National Security
Sorry, Banning 'Killer Robots' Just Isn't PracticalLATE SUNDAY, 116 entrepreneurs, including Elon Musk, released a letter to the United Nations warning of the dangerous “Pandora’s Box” presented by weapons that make their own ...
By Gregory C. Allen
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Trump's new Afghan strategy rings all too familiar in longest war
President Donald Trump says he is pursuing a "dramatically" different strategy in Afghanistan that will bear better results — but some of the Pentagon's own experts expect to ...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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National Security Human Capital
10 U.S. Navy Sailors Missing After Destroyer Collides With Tanker Off SingaporeThe destroyer USS John S McCain collided with a merchant vessel near Singapore early Monday local time. Ten U.S. Navy sailors are missing, and five were injured. This is the f...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Technology & National Security
Paul Scharre: ‘Terminator scenario is far-fetched’Mary Wareham, one of the founders of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, and Paul Scharre, from the Centre for a New American Security, discuss calls for the UN to ban lethal ...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Greg Allen: Artificial intelligence finally coming into its ownNuclear, aerospace, cyber and bio technology have given the U.S. an enduring advantage in national security. But the edge is going away. Greg Allen, a fellow in the Technolog...
By Gregory C. Allen
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Why are so many Navy ships crashing?
The US Navy is facing difficult questions about the health of its fleet in the aftermath of the USS John S. McCain's collision with an oil tanker east of Singapore on Monday, ...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Trump's Afghanistan Plan Is Criticized For Being Short On Details
David Greene talks to Michèle Flournoy, who served as undersecretary of defense for policy under President Obama, for reaction to President Trump's strategy for the war in Afg...
By Michèle Flournoy
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In The News
National Security Human Capital
Phillip Carter on The Rachel Maddow Show Discusses President Trump's Afghanistan SpeechPhilip Carter, senior fellow and director of the CNAS Military, Veterans, and Society Program, talks with MSNBC's Rachel Maddow about why the lack of details in Donald Trump's...
By Phillip Carter
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Gaming out the North Korea crisis: How the conflict might escalate
A military confrontation with North Korea may now be “inevitable,” says Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) The United States is “done talking” about North Korea, tweets U.N. Amba...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Technology & National Security
Artificial Intelligence: Putting Machines to Work for the SpiesWhiteboards line the walls of this lab deep inside the Defense Intelligence Agency's Washington headquarters, covered from floor to ceiling with hand-scrawled computer code an...
By Paul Scharre
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North Korea: Diplomatic Standoff
North Korea threatens to "make the U.S. pay dearly" for latest sanctions, as the US appears to offer a path to possible talks. Brian Todd reports. Watch the video here....
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Press Note
Technology & National Security
CNAS Press Note: Open Letter on Dangers of Autonomous WeaponsAs autonomous technology becomes increasingly capable, more than 100 CEOs have signed an open letter urging the United Nations to ban lethal autonomous weapons. CNAS Senior Fe...
By Paul Scharre
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China is trying to look tough on North Korea. But it might just be for show.
China is getting serious about cracking down on North Korea with punishing economic sanctions — or at least it’s trying to make it look that way. This week China abruptly cut ...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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North Korea Update
After the recent exchange of threats between President Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un, we update an earlier edition on the crisis in North East Asia.Listen to the full in...
By Michèle Flournoy
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
No More Private WarsIn the latest plot twist in America’s longest war, Blackwater founder and informal Trump adviser Erik Prince is hawking a plan to privatize our military expedition in Afghanis...
By Phillip Carter
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Dr. Daniel Kliman, former Senior Advisor for Asia Integration at DoD, named CNAS Asia-Pacific Security Program Senior Fellow
Press Release
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) announced today that Dr. Daniel Kliman has joined the Center as a Senior Fellow in the Asia-Pacific Security Program. As a Senior...
By Neal Urwitz
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Inspired by Charlottesville, Military Chiefs Condemn Racism
In an unusually public move, the nation’s top military leaders, who typically try to steer clear of social controversy, have come out strongly against racism and extremism in ...
By Phillip Carter
