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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
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Defense / Transatlantic Security
CNAS Releases Report on Russian Challenges in the North AtlanticWashington, May 3 – As Russia continues to look for opportunities to undermine the European project and weaken transatlantic resolve and unity, the Center for a New American S...
By Julianne Smith & Jerry Hendrix
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After Trump’s Phone Call to Philippines Leader, China’s President Calls Him
President Xi Jinping of China spoke by phone on Wednesday with the president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, in what Chinese news media described as a friendly call that ...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Trump plays peacemaker, hosting Abbas at the White House
President Donald Trump will play peacemaker at the White House on Wednesday, meeting with Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas as part of an effort to end the long-running Palestin...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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CNAS Releases New Report “Terrorist Use of Virtual Currencies: Containing the Potential Threat”
Washington, May 3 – As terrorist organizations begin to use virtual currencies to finance their operations, the Center for a New American Security Energy, Economics, and Secur...
By Ellie Maruyama, Elizabeth Rosenberg & Edoardo Saravalle
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CNAS Press Note: Palestinian President Abbas Visits the White House
Press Note
As Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas prepares to meet with President Trump, Center for a New American Security (CNAS) Middle East Security Program Director Ilan Goldenberg h...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
What We’re Reading (and Listening to): BombshellWelcome to the Interpreter newsletter, by Max Fisher and Amanda Taub, who write a column by the same name. On our minds this week: Now that populism seems like the new hotne...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Kurds in Syria call for no-fly zone to prevent Turkish attacks
Syrian Kurds, Kurdish activists on the social media and the People’s Protection Units (YPG) have been calling for establishing a no fly zone since 26 April, under the hash tag...
By Nicholas Heras
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North Korea defies Trump
Hours after Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called for tough new action toward North Korea on Friday, the nuclear-armed dictatorship thumbed its nose at the Trump administrat...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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McCain plan gains momentum amid North Korea threats
Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) push for a $7.5 billion fund to bulk up the U.S. military’s capabilities in the Asia-Pacific is gaining momentum as tensions with North Korea moun...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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CNAS Launches New Transatlantic Security Program
CNAS today announced its new Transatlantic Security program, led by Julianne Smith, former National Security Advisor to Vice President Biden, who for the past three years dire...
By Neal Urwitz
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Among Trump aides, Mattis emerges as a key voice on national security issues
When Defense Secretary Jim Mattis sat down with leaders in Saudi Arabia last week, a top White House official traveling with him offered up a new label for the Pentagon chief,...
By Richard Fontaine
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Cherry blossoms and war drums: Trump's North Korean challenge
In Washington DC this spring, it is not only the season for cherry blossoms, but also of war drums. The focus: North Korea. While war scenarios on the Korean peninsula are bei...
By Richard Fontaine
