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Pentagon Needs to Do Better Job of Tracking Wargames, Report Finds
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Some wargame designers also said the DOD should understand the limits of what can be learned from wargames, which are ultimately human endeavors subject to practical constrain...
By Becca Wasser
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Is This Ukraine’s Last Chance to Defeat Russia?
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After a Russian winter offensive that failed to make many gains, the world is watching to see how the Ukrainian military strikes back and whether it can shake the stalemate th...
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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Lawmakers will (literally) game out a Chinese attack on Taiwan
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Under the watchful eye of “game-master” Stacie Pettyjohn, director of the CNAS defense program, the lawmakers will play advisers to the president, a.k.a. the Blue Team.Becca W...
By Becca Wasser, Stacie Pettyjohn & Andrew Metrick
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CNAS Defense Team Conducts Tabletop Exercise for the House Select Committee on the CCP
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‘Resupply is not an option’: Lawmakers wargame Chinese invasion of Taiwan
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The wargame was carried out behind closed doors on Capitol Hill as a tabletop exercise between lawmakers, playing the role of the Taiwanese, and defense experts at the Center ...
By Andrew Metrick
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House China Committee Goes to War (Game)
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It’s 2027. Taiwan’s leadership is considering declaring itself an independent country. Chinese paramount leader XI JINPING, angered by the major shift, chooses to launch an in...
By Becca Wasser & Andrew Metrick
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House China Committee will War Game an Invasion of Taiwan
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Members will be using an open-source, unclassified war game developed by the Center for a New American Security, a think tank based in Washington. CNAS defense experts Becca W...
By Becca Wasser & Andrew Metrick
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The Existential Threat to Aukus: Choking on US Red Tape
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“It’s bureaucracy and different bureaucracies and multiple ones,” said Stacie Pettyjohn, a senior fellow and defence programme director at the Centre for a New American Securi...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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How much of a threat does Russia’s Pacific fleet pose to the US?
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Russia’s Pacific Fleet has between one-eighth and one-tenth the size of China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy, and China has dozens of newer destroyers and cruisers, said reti...
By Tom Shugart
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Buying Time: Logistics for a New American Way of War
Press Release
Washington, April 13, 2023—Today, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a new report, "Buying Time: Logistics for a New American Way of War," from author Chri...
By Chris Dougherty
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Lockheed Martin Looks to Boost LRASM Production as US Rushes to Buy Anti-Ship Weapons
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“I think one of the most glaring gaps in our portfolio is anti-ship weapons, especially air-launched ones, and LRASMs are particularly important since it gives you the ability...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Situation Report: DoD’s Christmas wish list
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“You have items that are too vague to be useful,” Becca Wasser, a senior fellow and head of the Gaming Lab at the Center for a New American Security, said in a text message.Na...
By Becca Wasser
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Japan's New Hakugei Submarine Packs a Stealthy Underwater Burst
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Tom Shugart, a former U.S. submariner and an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security think tank, said that an additional burst of speed can help a subm...
By Tom Shugart
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NATO is Racing to Arm its Russian Borders. Can it Find the Weapons?
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With countries already worried about their own munitions stockpiles and Ukraine in acute need of more shells and weapons from allies, there is a risk that not all NATO allies ...
By Stacie Pettyjohn & Jim Townsend
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At a Steam-Age Arsenal, U.S. Army Forges Cannons for a Digital Era, War in Ukraine
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Watervliet holds special status as a rare Army-operated industrial manufacturing facility, but that hasn’t always translated to funding. For years after the Cold War, the indu...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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BUDGET 2024: Flat Army Request Signals Focus on Indo-Pacific Capabilities
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The significant investments into missiles — particularly long-range fires capabilities — and air and missile defense systems underscore the Army’s vision for “future Pacific o...
By Andrew Metrick
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Russia’s Downing of US Drone Sparks Fears of Escalation
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Administration officials said the MQ-9 was flying over the Black Sea on a routine flight before it was flanked by two Russian jets. The jets flew alongside the drone for 30 t...
By Becca Wasser
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Russian Submarines off U.S. East Coast Spark Cold War Comparisons
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Tom Shugart, an adjunct senior fellow with the defense program at the Center for a New American Security, a Washington-based think tank, told Newsweek there is a "clear linkag...
By Tom Shugart
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China’s Neighbors Seek Expanded Partnerships With U.S. to Deter, Defend
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Stacie Pettyjohn, director of the defense program at the Center for a New American Security think tank, said that because the existing sites have languished, it’s unlikely tha...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Biden Budget Expected to Stiff the Indo-Pacific
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“We’re really bad about pouring concrete in the Indo-Pacific,” said Becca Wasser, a senior fellow and lead of the gaming lab at the Center for a New American Security, a Washi...
By Becca Wasser
