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These Battles and Major Moments have Shaped a Brutal Year of War in Ukraine
In The News
The weeks-long battle for Kyiv matters because "they were able to show that they were up to the fight — 'Give us the tools and we'll do the job' kind of thing," Jim Townsend, ...
By Jim Townsend
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Avoiding the Brink: Escalation Management in a War to Defend Taiwan
Press Release
Washington, February 22, 2023—Today, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a new report, "Avoiding the Brink: Escalation Management in a War to Defend Taiwan,...
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Putin-Xi Meeting Threatens Chinese Curveball in Russia’s War
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Xi may also recognize that his closest partner on the world stage needs some propping up, Jacob Stokes, a former national security aide to Biden and former acting special advi...
By Jacob Stokes
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In The News
Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Satellite photos show expansion of Chinese-funded naval base in CambodiaA number of new structures have been built at the center of the base, one of which resembles a cement plant to provide for the whole project, according to Tom Shugart, Adjunct...
By Tom Shugart
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Wargame Report: China’s Nuclear Arsenal More Survivable in Taiwan Conflict
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China’s diverse nuclear arsenal makes it more survivable and would provide China with more coercive options in a conflict with the United States over Taiwan. The findings were...
By Stacie Pettyjohn & Hannah Dennis
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Biden and Putin's dueling speeches show why the end of the Ukraine war is a long way off
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At the annual Munich Security Conference this weekend, the world’s national security influencers’ attention was on the war in Ukraine — particularly, on how to get Ukraine mor...
By Richard Fontaine
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Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
Russia’s New Start Speech is More Scare Tactics Than New Arms Race, Says Former AmbassadorThat fits with how Moscow has historically handled such negotiations. [John] Tefft recalled previous similar displays, such as in 1983 when negotiators working for the then So...
By Samuel Bendett
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Putin’s Move on Nuclear Treaty May Signal End to Formal Arms Control
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It was a reminder of how fragile the scant remaining restraints on nuclear weapons worldwide appear, 14 years after President Barack Obama, in a signature speech in Prague, ca...
By Jon B. Wolfsthal
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US draft resolution on Arunachal in hands of senator who once warned of sanctions against India
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Experts, however, point out that the recent resolution on Arunachal Pradesh introduced in the Senate supports India’s “diversification” of military purchases — a point that is...
By Lisa Curtis
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National Security Human Capital Program
The National Guard has patrolled the southwest border for years. Has the mission gone on too long?The last four presidential administrations have sent National Guard troops to the southwest border. About 2,400 of them are now watching the border and helping the Department ...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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In Biden’s Unannounced Visit to Kyiv, a Preview of an Increasingly Direct Contest With Putin
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“Everyone — Ukraine, Europe and now countries in Asia — wants to rearm,” Richard Fontaine, the chief executive of the Center for a New American Security and a former Republica...
By Richard Fontaine
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Biden in Kyiv and Warsaw is a reminder of who really leads Europe
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“The West is now unified in its aims,” wrote Richard Fontaine, chief executive officer of the Center for a New American Security, from this weekend’s conference in Munich. “Lo...
By Richard Fontaine
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Russia’s War on Ukraine, China’s Rise Expose US Military Failings
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At the nub of the problem is the Pentagon’s planning, programming, budgeting and execution process, known as PPBE. It controls the resources that make weapons programs happen,...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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In The News
National Security Human Capital Program
Army Reserve Officers Are Bailing Out, This General Has a Plan“If someone doesn’t have time to complete [professional military education] or isn’t making time to complete [it], that’s telling you something about the role of the Reserve i...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security
The Post-cold War Era Is Gone. A New Arms Race Has ArrivedMany lessons from the war in Ukraine have less to do with hardware than the softer issues of logistics, training and strategy that have no borders. “The Russians showed how de...
By Michèle Flournoy
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CNAS Responds: One Year of War in Ukraine
Press Release
Next Friday, February 24, will mark one year since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Ahead of this solemn anniversary, CNAS experts analyze the many ways in which the war in Ukrai...
By Richard Fontaine, Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend, Heli Hautala, Jon B. Wolfsthal, Emily Kilcrease, Jonathan Lord, Katherine L. Kuzminski, Jacob Stokes, Nicholas Lokker, Hannah Dennis & Michael Akopian
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Before They Floated Abroad, China’s Spy Balloons Were Already Used at Home
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In 2018, the Academy of Opto-Electronics organized the China Aerostat Conference in Beijing with the theme of “military-civilian integration”; in 2017, the academy attended a ...
By Jacob Stokes
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Seoul's integration into Quad will benefit all parties
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Speaking to The Korea Times, Joshua Fitt, an associate fellow at the Indo-Pacific Security Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), said the Quad is not likel...
By Joshua Fitt
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Ukraine: Lessons for War in the Middle East and Taiwan
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Western stockpiles of everything are down, from small ammunition to high-end precision munitions and air defense. Ukraine's allies are straining to catch up with demand. Becca...
By Becca Wasser
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In The News
Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
What the U.S. Is Doing to Curtail Chinese Land OwnershipChina has maintained the first aircraft was a wayward civilian weather balloon and has not been named by U.S. officials as the source of the others. Tom Shugart, a senior fell...
By Tom Shugart
