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‘You have to be Albert Einstein to figure it out’: Trump targets the Navy’s new aircraft catapult
President Trump set his sights on the Navy in a new interview, calling the service’s new electromagnetic catapult to launch planes off aircraft carriers “no good” and saying t...
By Jerry Hendrix
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CNAS Releases New Report from Robert D. Kaplan, “The Return of Marco Polo’s World and the U.S. Military Response”
Press Release
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) today released a new essay by CNAS Senior Fellow Robert D. Kaplan, “The Return of Marco Polo’s World and the U.S. Military Respon...
By Neal Urwitz
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US, Japan, France, UK practice amphibious landings on Guam
Troops from the U.S., Japan and two European nations are gathering on remote U.S. islands in the Pacific for drills they say will show support for the free passage of vessels ...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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Defense / Middle East Security
US weapons will soon flow to Kurds as they isolate ISIS fighters in RaqqaKurdish factions within the Syrian Democratic Forces will soon be getting U.S. arms for their battle with the Islamic State in Syria, according to officials in Baghdad. Despit...
By Adam Routh
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Technology & National Security
Will Comey's encryption legacy at FBI go dark?President Donald Trump's sudden firing of FBI Director James Comey has touched off a political tempest in Washington, but in the eye of the storm are questions about how Comey...
By Adam Klein
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What Comey's firing means for repairing strained US-Russia ties
The “Putin Not My President” signs had disappeared from Washington protests. The ongoing probes of Russian interference in the US election had receded enough from the foregrou...
By Julianne Smith
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High tensions as Russian diplomat visits Washington
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will meet with his Russian counterpart on Wednesday in Washington amid high tensions over Russian interference in the U.S. presidential electi...
By Julianne Smith
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Technology & National Security
The European Union Just Squeaked ByOn this week’s first episode of The E.R., David Rothkopf, Rosa Brooks, Ed Luce, and Julie Smith discuss the French election results, what it means for the rest ...
By Julianne Smith
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U.S. Wants to Spend Added Billions on Military in Asia
The Pentagon has endorsed a plan to invest nearly $8 billion to bulk up the U.S. presence in the Asia-Pacific region over the next five years by upgrading military infrastruct...
By Richard Fontaine
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National Security Human Capital
CNAS Releases New Report “Generations of War: The Rise of the Warrior Caste and the All-Volunteer Force”aThe Center for a New American Security (CNAS) Military, Veterans, and Society Program today released a new report examining the increasingly small subset of the U.S. populatio...
By Amy Schafer
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Disposable Drones Could Deliver Supplies Under Enemy FireGliders offer many advantages on the battlefield, not the least of which are low cost and silent operation—two things the military loves. That explains their prevalence during...
By Paul Scharre
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Defense / Transatlantic Security
Exercise reveals NATO vulnerabilities to Russian hybrid threats in North AtlanticNATO is currently digesting the lessons of a tabletop exercise held at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) in Washington, DC, in February 2017 that confronted partic...
By Julianne Smith & Jerry Hendrix
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National Security Human Capital
CNAS Releases New Report “Generations of War: The Rise of the Warrior Caste and the All-Volunteer Force”Washington, May 8 – The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) Military, Veterans, and Society Program today released a new report examining the increasingly small subset o...
By Amy Schafer
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Defense / Middle East Security
Syrian Kurds are now armed with sensitive US weaponrySyrian Kurdish fighters are newly armed with sophisticated American combat equipment as they close in on the Islamic State's stronghold in Raqqa, Military Times has learned, w...
By Adam Routh
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National Security Human Capital
Every Marine a rifleman no more?Former Defense Secretary Ash Carter shocked the military last summer when he called for boosting the military’s high-tech force by finding civilians who already have those vit...
By Katherine Kidder
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Trump on Saudi Arabia
President Donald Trump has said that Saudi Arabia “blew up the World Trade Center” and wants “women as slaves and to kill gays.” He has also insisted that the oil-rich Arab ki...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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With Demands for More NATO Spending, Romania Steps Up
After months of harsh rhetoric and threatening tweets, some NATO allies are preparing to spend big on defense. The Romanian government — already uneasy over Russian activities...
By Jim Townsend & Jacqueline Ramos
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Dr. Andrew Krepinevich and James Townsend Join CNAS as Adjunct Senior Fellows
Press Release
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) announced today that Dr. Andrew Krepinevich, former President of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA) and 21...
By Neal Urwitz
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President Trump’s Affection For Despots
President Trump continues to praise strongmen and dictators across the globe, and his embrace of these despots sets off alarm bells at home and abroad. President Trump calls ...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Trump meets with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas
In The News
President Trump met with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas at the White House. Ilan Goldenberg, director of the Middle East Security Program at the Center for a New American Se...
By Ilan Goldenberg
