CNAS Releases National Security Guide to the 2012 Presidential Election

With the 2012 presidential election
just a month away, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released today
a National Security
Guide to the 2012 Presidential Election, a compilation of issue
briefs on a wide range of national security topics that the next president must
address. National security has received limited attention from the campaigns,
candidates, the media and the public during this election season. The guide is
intended to help American voters, global partners and other interested
observers better understand the national security issues that are at stake in
this election and that will impact the nation for decades to come.

Read
the National Security
Guide to the 2012 Presidential Election.



Drawing
on the expertise of CNAS scholars, and edited by Kay King, Senior Advisor and
Director of External Relations, and Researcher Jacob Stokes, the guide provides
readers with a fact-based, non-ideological assessment of the following critical
national security issues:

• Afghanistan
  
  CNAS experts: LTG David W.
  Barno, USA (Ret.), Dr. Nora Bensahel, Melissa Dalton, Richard Fontaine,
  Matthew Irvine, Dr. John Nagl, Jacob Stokes
• Defense Budget
  
  CNAS experts: LTG
  David W. Barno, USA (Ret.), Dr. Nora Bensahel, Shawn Brimley, Dr. John
  Nagl, Matthew Irvine, Travis Sharp, Jacob Stokes
• Asia-Pacific
  
  CNAS experts:
  Shawn Brimley, Dr. Patrick Cronin, Oriana Skylar Mastro, Dr. Ely Ratner,
  Zachary Hosford
• Iran
  
  CNAS experts:
  Melissa Dalton, Matthew Irvine, Dr. Colin Kahl, Dr. Marc Lynch
• Syria
  
  CNAS experts: Melissa
  Dalton, Matthew Irvine, Dr. Colin Kahl, Dr. Marc Lynch
• North Korea
  
  CNAS experts: Dr.
  David Asher, Dr. Patrick Cronin, Oriana Skylar Mastro, Dr. Ely Ratner,
  Zachary Hosford
• Cyber Security
  
  CNAS experts:
  Shawn Brimley, Robert Butler, Dr. Kristin Lord, Dr. Irving Lachow
• Energy and Climate Security
  
  CNAS experts: Dr.
  Nancy Brune, Will Rogers
  
  
  
  
  
  Click here to view
  CNAS expert biographies.

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The Center
for a New American Security (CNAS) is an
independent and nonpartisan research institution that develops strong,
pragmatic and principled national security and defense policies. CNAS leads
efforts to help inform and prepare the national security leaders of today and
tomorrow.