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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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The cost of America's increasingly expensive military fighter jets
In late February, President Donald Trump announced a $54 billion increase in military spending. This week, he revealed where he's going to get the money from. On the chopping ...
By Steven Kosiak
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US Needs 12 Carrier Strike Groups in the 350 Ship Navy.
Donald Trump campaigned explicitly on the promise to grow the size of the United States Navy to 350 ships from its low of 271 ships in the fall of 2015 as part of his plan to ...
By Jerry Hendrix
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How Intelligent Drones Are Shaping the Future of Warfare
The drones fell out of the sky over China Lake, California, like a colony of bats fleeing a cave in the night. Over 100 of them dropped from the bellies of three Boeing F/A-18...
By Paul Scharre
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Rumblings of a ‘Deep State’ Undermining Trump? It Was Once a Foreign Concept
President Trump’s allegations that former President Barack Obama tapped his phone and his assertions that the bureaucracy is leaking secrets to discredit him are the latest si...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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McMaster Faces Limits in Overhauling Flynn’s NSC
President Donald Trump’s newly installed national security advisor was promised full authority to reorganize the National Security Council to his liking after his predecessor ...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Some Military Experts Say Trump’s Defense Budget Doesn’t Add Up
It appeared to be a classically braggadocios claim from President Donald Trump: The new administration's budget for 2018 would add $54 billion to the defense budget, "one of t...
By Paul Scharre
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Trump touts increased military spending but some lawmakers call for more
In his first address to Congress, President Donald Trump on Tuesday touted his plans to build up the military with more spending, a promise he has pursued since his campaign. ...
By Paul Scharre & Adam Routh
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CNAS Press Note: President Trump’s Defense Spending Request
Washington, February 28 – As the Trump administration prepares to submit a defense budget request calling for a 10 percent increase in defense spending, Center for a New Ameri...
By Paul Scharre & Adam Routh
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Repeal Of Anti-Corruption Rule May Hurt National Security, Critics Warn
One of the very first bills President Trump signed into law this month killed a Securities and Exchange Commission rule meant to promote transparency in countries riddled with...
By Kate Bateman
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Marine Corps looks to empower squad leaders with new combat tech
The Marine Corps is planning to field new high-tech combat gear — a rifle-mounted laser range finder — that will give squad leaders some extraordinary new capabilities and re...
By Adam Routh
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CNAS, Bard College’s Center for the Study of the Drone Launch New Database on UAS
The Center for a New American Security and Bard College’s Center for the Study of the Drone have introduced a database designed to help the public and policymakers learn about...
By Ben FitzGerald, Paul Scharre & JaRel Clay
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Center for a New American Security and the Center for the Study of the Drone Release “The Drone Database”
The Center for a New American Security has released The Drone Database, a tool aimed at helping policymakers and the public understand the scope and implications of global dro...
By JaRel Clay
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CNAS Releases Report on Automation and the Patriot Air and Missile Defense System
Press Release
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) Future of Warfare Initiative has released a new report, “Patriot Wars: Automation and the Patriot Air and Missile Defense System....
By Neal Urwitz
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Trump’s NATO critique reverberates across Europe
Philip Bilden, a Hong Kong-based business executive at the investment firm HarbourVest, has emerged as a new leading candidate to be the new president’s Navy secretary, accord...
By Shawn Brimley
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Watch the Pentagon’s new hive-mind-controlled drone swarm in action
In what will probably be considered a step forward for autonomous military technology, the Pentagon said in a statement Monday that it had successfully demonstrated “one of th...
By Paul Scharre
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What Should Mattis Look for in a Deputy?
If retired Gen. James Mattis is confirmed as President-elect Donald Trump’s first secretary of defense, he will take over arguably the largest bureaucracy in the world. The q...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Former DoD Comptroller Hale Offers Cost-Cutting Reform Agenda
The year-end ritual across the Defense Department is “use it or lose it,” with employees racing to spend every last dollar on office equipment and information technology, hopi...
By Robert F. Hale
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CNAS Commentary: Trump Administration Defense Priorities
Press Release
As President-elect Donald Trump weighs his options for the next secretary of defense and for his defense agenda, CNAS Future of Warfare Initiative Director Paul Scharre and CN...
By Paul Scharre & Lauren Fish
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CNAS Press Note: What Does a Trump Administration Mean for Defense?
Washington, November 17 – As the transition to the Trump administration begins and markets predict a growth in defense spending, Center for a New American Security (CNAS) Defe...
By Paul Scharre
