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SES modernization plan should include risks, on and off ramps, roles for millennials
Would you nominate Edward Snowden as Employee of the Month? The answer might be yes if you’re part of the future federal workforce, and that’s something current senior executi...
By Michèle Flournoy
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Trump Shifting Authority Over Military Operations Back to Pentagon
President Trump is shifting more authority over military operations to the Pentagon, according to White House officials, reversing what his aides and some generals say was a t...
By Michèle Flournoy
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Why Strategies Disappoint—and How to Fix Them
It’s a new administration, which means it is time for a new round of national security documents. From the National Security Strategy on down, over the next months, the White ...
By Michèle Flournoy, Richard Fontaine & Shawn Brimley
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Trump Lets Key Offices Gather Dust Amid ‘Slowest Transition in Decades’
At the State Department, the normally pulsating hub of executive offices is hushed and virtually empty. At the Pentagon, military missions in some of the world’s most troubled...
By Michèle Flournoy
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The Military Strategy Behind Bolstering U.S.-Backed Syrian Forces To Fight ISIS
In The News
In Syria, twin bombings on Saturday killed dozens of people in the capital Damascus. Militants say they were targeting allies of President Bashar al-Assad. The bloodshed came ...
By Michèle Flournoy
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Allies Fear Trump Is Eroding America’s Moral Authority
When the State Department released its annual human rights report last week, it contained many of the usual tough American judgments of other countries. Iran was criticized fo...
By Michèle Flournoy
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Trump to greet Netanyahu by abandoning '2-state' doctrine
Benjamin Netanyahu has never had it so good in Washington. After eight years of visits to an Obama White House where he was seen as a political adversary and an obstacle to Mi...
By Michèle Flournoy
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U.S. official: Trump will not press ‘two-state’ peace track in first talks with Israel’s Netanyahu
President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will formally inaugurate their partnership Wednesday in talks that could shape a new approach by Washington that ...
By Michèle Flournoy
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This Week in Intelligence: Russian Relations
In The News
A panel including Michèle Flournoy, Mike Rogers, and Rep. Adam Schiff discusses the week's news in intelligence on CNN's State of the Union. Topics include the Fort Lauderdale...
By Michèle Flournoy
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To Innovate, Hill and DoD Must Get Comfortable With Failure
For the Pentagon to innovate, defense officials and lawmakers have to embrace failures that ultimately sharpen the military’s technological edge. Speaking at the unveiling o...
By Michèle Flournoy
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The avid reading habits of Trump’s potential Secretary of Defense, James ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis
Donald Trump has professed that he's not much of a reader. He told The Washington Post over the summer that he had not read biographies of presidents because he does not have ...
By Michèle Flournoy
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Flournoy to Trump: Let women serve in combat roles
During the presidential campaign, President-elect Donald Trump called the Obama administration’s move to open combat fighting roles to women in the military “politically corre...
By Michèle Flournoy
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Michèle Flournoy on U.S. Allies, Brexit, Countering Russia & China
In The News
In the second of a three-part exclusive interview, Michèle Flournoy, CEO of the Center for a New American Security, discusses America’s allies, Britain’s exit from the Europea...
By Michèle Flournoy
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Audio: U.N. Calls For Ceasefire To Reach Besieged Areas In Syria
On NPR, CNAS CEO Michèle Flournoy discusses the situation in Syria and the importance of remaining cautious with Russia. ...
By Michèle Flournoy
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Interview: Clinton To Tout Her Foreign Policy Experience In California Speech
Co-founder and CEO Michèle Flournoy discusses the Clinton campaign on NPR. ...
By Michèle Flournoy
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Pentagon chief wants streamlined, more nimble U.S. military structure
Reuters cites a recent testimony by CNAS CEO Michèle Flournoy on the Goldwater-Nichols law....
By Michèle Flournoy
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Women Veterans Gather to Swap Stories, Gain Experience
Associated Press mentions CNAS CEO Michèle Flournoy as a featured speaker at a conference hosted by The Mission Continues....
By Michèle Flournoy
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Report: Next president needs to start national security planning now
Military Times features CNAS CEO Michèle Flournoy's latest report, "Nine Lessons for Navigating National Security."...
By Michèle Flournoy
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China Seen As Threat in Flournoy Paper
Defense News features CNAS CEO Michèle Flournoy's new report, "Nine Lessons for Navigating National Security."...
By Michèle Flournoy
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CNAS Report: Nine Lessons for Navigating National Security
Small Wars Journal features CNAS CEO Michele Flournoy's latest report, "Nine Lessons for Navigating National Security."...
By Michèle Flournoy
