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Talk of F-16C/Ds could upset US-China negotiations
CNAS Senior Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program Patrick Cronin suggested in the Taipei Times that the White House might be prompted to make a policy shift on Taiwan....
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CNAS Expert Commentary: Afghanistan Strategic Partnership Agreement
U.S. President Barack Obama and Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai's signing of the Strategic Partnership Agreement in Kabul marks a milestone in the decade-long war in Afghan...
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CNAS Flashpoints: Three Essays on the East and South China Seas
The Center for a New American Security released today three bulletins as part of its Flashpoints portal, a comprehensive, interactive research tool on the East and South China...
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US-Afghan pact achieved despite Karzai's rhetoric
Afghanistan's president has branded his U.S. allies as corrupt, wasteful and contemptuous of Afghan lives. Once he even threatened to join the Taliban. Nonetheless, Hamid Karz...
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President Obama Goes All In on The Taliban
President Obama's plan for ending the war in Afghanistan largely depends on whether the White House's gamble on direct talks with the Taliban pays out. In a major address from...
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CNAS Expert Commentary: One Year After the Death of Osama bin Laden
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the death of Osama bin Laden. CNAS has asked several of its experts to reflect on how U.S. policy has changed - or not - over the past ...
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Obama: ‘Tide has turned’ in Afghan war, US will 'see the light of a new day'
President Obama in a televised speech from Afghanistan Tuesday night said the “tide has turned” in the nation’s longest war and the U.S. will soon “see the light of a new day ...
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President Obama risks his own ‘mission accomplished’ moment in Afghanistan
In The Hill's DEFCON blog, CNAS Senior Fellow LTG David Barno, USA (Ret.) says that the agreement between Karzai and Obama does not mean the war is over, but does solidify ong...
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Obama takes harder line against China
CNAS Senior Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program Patrick Cronin analyzes a possible impetus for President Obama's decision regarding selling advanced F-16 aircraft to...
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U.S. and Japan Must Address Key Issues to Maintain Strong Alliance in Light of China's Rise, Say Experts in New CNAS Study
The U.S.-Japan alliance is the cornerstone of peace and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region, but it will confront difficult challenges between now and 2025 that could greatl...
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China asserts its territorial claims in South China Sea
Chinese travel agent Ou Nanxi has never seen such gorgeous beaches like those found on the trial cruise she took to the uninhabited islets of the Paracel Islands. Protes...
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National Security Human Capital Program
Audio - Those Who Have Borne the Battle: A History of America's Wars and Those Who Fought ThemListen to audio coverage of the CNAS book launch event for Those Who Have Borne the Battle: A History of America's Wars and Those Who Fought Them by Dr. James Wright....
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Failure to Ratify the Law of the Sea Convention Will Increasingly Imperil U.S. Interests, Says CNAS Expert
While the United States has protected its maritime interests without ratifying the Law of the Sea Convention (LOSC), the rise of modern navies and unconventional security thre...
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Afghan Police Force May Hold Key to Country's Stability
U.S. leaders often say developing a strong Afghan army will be the key to stabilizing the region after Western forces leave. But one general who oversaw southwestern Afghanist...
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US-Afghan Security Pact Sends Warning to al-Qaida
A new strategic partnership that commits the U.S. to defend Afghanistan militarily for 10 years after most foreign forces leave in 2014 is intended to signal that the U.S. wil...
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Photos of soldiers with Afghan body parts ‘reprehensible’
The Obama administration, led by Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, condemned the publication of photos that show U.S. soldiers posing with body parts of militants in Afghanis...
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Troop Photos With Dead Afghans: How Embarrassing Episodes Affect U.S. Mission
Watch Troop Photos With Dead Afghans: How It Affects U.S. Mission on PBS. See more from PBS NewsHour. U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta condemned photos published Wednesday...
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Images of G.I.’s and Remains Fuel Fears of Ebbing Discipline
A new revelation of young American soldiers caught on camera while defiling insurgents’ remains in Afghanistan has intensified questions within the military community about wh...
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US Military Intelligence Critic to Lead Spy Agency
A US general who once blasted the work of military spies inAfghanistan as "only marginally relevant" has been nominated to take over the Pentagon's intelligence agency, offici...
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After The U.S. Leaves, Who Pays For Afghan Forces?
This week, NATO Cabinet ministers, including U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, will try to tackle the problem of Afghan security. The basic plan for bringing American troop...