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CNAS Press Note: Secretary Kerry’s Speech on the Two-State Solution
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As Secretary of State John Kerry prepares to give a major address on the two-state solution and the controversy over UNSCR 2334 continues, Center for a New American Security (...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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How Israel Brought U.N. Resolution on Itself With Irrational Settlement Push
The controversy over the U.S. decision to abstain rather than veto a UN Resolution supported by every other member of the Security Council diverts attention from the most impo...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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China Deploys Aircraft Carrier to Disputed South China Sea
The Chinese military, in a move analysts described as a challenge to President-elect Donald J. Trump’s strident criticism of China, has deployed an aircraft carrier to patrol ...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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National Security Human Capital Program
Trump pressures Lockheed, says told Boeing to price out fighter aircraftU.S. President-elect Donald Trump heaped pressure on Lockheed Martin Corp on Thursday, saying he viewed costs for the aerospace company's F-35 fighter as too high and had aske...
By Phillip Carter
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National Security Human Capital Program
What to make of the NDAA's latest DOD reorgsIt might not be quite as dramatic as the breakup of AT&T, but the congressionally mandated split of the Department of Defense's AT&L office is no small matter. Curren...
By Katherine Kidder
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Technology & National Security
Trump poised for cost-cutting battle with defense contractorsPresident-elect Donald Trump’s preemptive strike on the price tag of two major projects with leading defense contractors has fiscal hawks hopeful the incoming administration c...
By Ben FitzGerald
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National Security Human Capital Program
CNAS Press Note: Army Shelves Blast Gauges to Protect Soldiers’ BrainsThe U.S. Army recently shelved blast gauges that it had issued to troops in order to assess mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) from harmful blast waves. The gauges identified t...
By Phillip Carter & Paul Scharre
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National Security Human Capital Program
Viola may be what the Army needs, experts sayWhen President-elect Donald Trump announced Vincent “Vinnie” Viola as his pick for Army Secretary yesterday, one word was on the mind of the defense community. Who? It’s...
By Katherine Kidder
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Christmas Market Tragedy Hands Merkel Critics Line of Attack
Chancellor Angela Merkel got an early taste of the kind of reception she can expect from her populist opponents after a truck careened into a Berlin Christmas market, killing ...
By Julianne Smith
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National Security Human Capital Program
Army veteran Vincent Viola, billionaire owner of the Florida Panthers, named Trump’s Army secretaryPresident-elect Donald Trump has nominated as his Army secretary Vincent Viola, an Army veteran who became a billionaire after founding an electronic trading firm and went on ...
By Phillip Carter
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National Security Human Capital Program
Trump’s Generals: How Wartime Service Shaped Mattis, Kelly, & FlynnThe generals likely to hold top positions in the incoming Trump administration share a common trait: They are combat veterans highly attuned to looming threats. While it’s ra...
By Richard Fontaine
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Chinese Navy Returns Seized Underwater Drone to U.S.
The Chinese Navy on Tuesday handed back an American underwater drone it had seized, returning the device to the United States after days of contention that drew the ire of Pre...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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CNAS Press Note: The Assassination of the Russian Ambassador to Turkey
On news that Russia’s ambassador to Turkey was assassinated, Center for a New American Security (CNAS) Strategy and Statecraft Program Director Julianne Smith and CNAS Strateg...
By Julianne Smith & Rachel Rizzo
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Washington’s most exclusive meeting may lose its luster under Trump
For eight years, it has been the most exclusive, and arguably most important, daily meeting in Washington. Each morning, President Obama gathers his inner circle for the Presi...
By Julianne Smith
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Obama cozied up to China and battled Putin. Trump is doing the exact opposite.c
President Barack Obama has spent his two terms in office working to build closer ties with China while seeking to isolate and punish Vladimir Putin’s Russia. Eight years late...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Philippines' Duterte to U.S. over aid: 'Bye-bye America'
President Rodrigo Duterte threatened Saturday to terminate a pact that allows U.S. troops to visit the Philippines, saying "bye-bye America" as he reacted with rage to what he...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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China Agrees to Return Seized Drone, Ending Standoff, Pentagon Says
BEIJING — The Pentagon on Saturday said that Beijing had agreed to return an underwater drone seized by China in international waters, an indication that the two countries wer...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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Pentagon: Chinese naval ship seized an unmanned U.S. underwater vehicle in South China Sea
A Chinese naval ship seized an underwater naval drone that was being used by the U.S. Navy to test water conditions in the South China Sea, the Pentagon said Friday. Navy Cap...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Technology & National Security
Defense companies must go on offense to prove their valueIn anticipation of changing leadership in Washington, the stock market has soared higher in recent weeks. Increasing optimism in an economic recovery is bringing more investme...
By Ben FitzGerald
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China seizes U.S. underwater drone in South China Sea
A Chinese warship has seized an underwater drone deployed by a U.S. oceanographic vessel in the South China Sea, triggering a formal diplomatic protest and a demand for its re...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
