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Two Officers Counter Bleak Assessment of Afghan War
In a commentary for The New York Times' "At War" blog, CNAS Visiting Fellow MAJ Fernando Lujan, USA illustrates the progress of American and Afghan military cooperation....
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Pentagon May Oust Troops Involuntarily Under Budget Reductions
CNAS Bacevich Fellow Travis Sharp weighs in on the possibility of involuntary separation of troops and implications for the upcoming presidential election in Bloomberg....
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With Bahrain Home to 5th Fleet, US Faces Dilemma over Crackdown on Protests
The United States has taken a noncommittal stance on the uprisings in Bahrain due to the presence of the Navy’s 5th Fleet and other American interests. CNAS Senior Fellow Andr...
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Women on the Front Lines
Listen to CNAS Director of the Joining Forces Initiative Margaret Harrell's take on the recent Pentagon decision to move women into roles closer to combat and the front lines ...
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CNAS Policy Brief Highlights Sequestration Risks
The Pentagon's new strategic guidance and fiscal year 2013 budget request avoid major disruptions to current U.S. defense plans, but they make only a down payment on the defen...
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A Loss We Can Live With
As the U.S. military prepares for a transition in Afghanistan, Foreign Policy draws parallels between the Obama administration's Afghanistan policy and the recent CNAS report,...
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West Reluctantly Weighs Military Aid for Syria Rebels
In The Christian Science Monitor, CNAS Senior Fellow Andrew Exum discusses the consequences of military intervention in Syria....
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[BLANK] the Police?
CNAS advisor Richard Fontaine writes a commentary in Zócalo Public Square advocating that the US must promote global Internet freedom....
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Beijing's South China Sea Gamble
In an op-ed in The Diplomat, CNAS Research Associate Will Rogers questions the strategic significance of the South China Sea's energy resources to Beijing....
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The Devil in the Deep Blue Detail
The Economist's Banyan column cites the recent CNAS report, "Cooperation from Strength: the U.S., China and the South China Sea," discussing the use of the sea as an argument ...
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In Winding Down War, a Fundamentally Different Challenge in Afghanistan than in Iraq
In The Washington Post, CNAS Senior Advisor LTG David Barno, USA (Ret.) and Senior Fellow Andrew Exum comment on the uncertain outcome in Afghanistan as U.S. troops transfer t...
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Panetta Comment Prompts Questions, Concerns in Afghanistan
CNAS Visiting Fellow MAJ Fernando Lujan, (USA) is interviewed by The Washington Post, commenting that Afghan army leaders take pride in assuming a larger role in the maintaini...
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Saleh Should Stay in New York
CNAS National Security Research Intern J. Dana Stuster writes in The National Interest, commenting that Yemen's Ali Abdullah Saleh will be more important to shaping reform in ...
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Iran Well Prepared for the Worst
In Asia Times, Patrick Cronin, the CNAS Senior Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program, comments on the possibility of closing the Strait of Hormuz and its consequences ...
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Experts Divided on Pentagon's Proposed Cuts
Patrick Cronin, the Senior Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program at CNAS, talks to CNN about a declining U.S. military presence and its possible transformation into a ...
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Pentagon Budget Ends Post-9/11 Era, Ushers in Pacific Era
CNAS Bacevich Fellow Travis Sharp comments in U.S. News and World Report on the challenges of implementing defense cuts that reflect President Obama's vision of a smaller and ...
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Obama Has Had Rare Run of Luck with Elite SEAL Operations
In USA Today, CNAS Non-Resident Senior Fellow COL Robert Killebrew, USA (Ret.) comments on President Obama's willingness to take risks through the use of special operations fo...
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With More Details Coming, Analysts Split on New DOD Strategy
CNAS Senior Advisor LTG David Barno, USA (Ret.) is interviewed in Stars and Stripes, discussing the shift in the Obama Administration's defense strategy from a robust military...
By David Asher
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For Somalia Rescue, Look to Legacy of Iran
In light of the recent rescue mission in Somalia, CNAS Senior Fellow Andrew Exum writes in BBC News on the U.S. military's investment on special forces capabilities....
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U.S. Army Will Sacrifice People To Pay for Gear, Training
In Defense News, CNAS Senior Advisor LTG David Barno, USA (Ret.) talks about the Defense Department's plan to reduce the size of the military's ground forces ...