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Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
As Trump’s Language Grows More Heated, Fears Rise of Political ViolenceThe arrest of more than a dozen right-wing extremists who are accused of targeting the governors of Michigan and Virginia is only the latest example of threats of violence, in...
By Carrie Cordero
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Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Intelligence Transparency and Foreign Threats to ElectionsIn the midst of a global pandemic, historic unemployment, a summer of civic unrest and violence, and a highly charged political environment, the United States faces another lo...
By Cole Stevens
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In The News
Technology & National Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
As Congress pushes ‘piecemeal’ AI bills, two lawmakers press for cohesive strategyAs anxiety over Chinese advancements in emerging technologies spikes in Washington, Congress is scrambling to pass legislation to shore up America’s position in the global rac...
By Martijn Rasser
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Middle East Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Why Jewish Americans are shifting position on Israel"I've had people tell me, ‘Things have shifted more in the past two weeks than I’ve seen them shift in the past ten years,’” Emily Mayer said. Mayer is the co-founder and poli...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
CNAS, CERL, and APPC Announce Collaboration on Protecting the Integrity of the 2020 Election against Foreign InterferenceThe Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce a collaboration with the Center for Ethics and Rule of Law (CERL) and the Annenberg Public Policy Center (...
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In The News
Technology & National Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Surveillance-tech restrictions stripped from Uyghur bill could end up in NDAAThe Senate’s passage of the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act was the culmination of a months-long effort to hold Beijing accountable for a sweeping crackdown against its minorit...
By Martijn Rasser
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In The News
Indo-Pacific Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
As Trump faces heat on coronavirus response, Republicans try to elevate China’s role in domestic political debateFor months, national Republicans hoping to wrest back control of the House this fall have targeted first-term Rep. Sean Casten (D-Ill.), hitting him on his vote to impeach Pre...
By Richard Fontaine
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In The News
Indo-Pacific Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Coronavirus rattles America's national security priesthoodIf the U.S. foreign policy establishment were a high school cafeteria, the popular kids would be the terrorism and nuclear weapons analysts. And the global health specialists ...
By Richard Fontaine
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Indo-Pacific Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Trump’s ‘Disaster Diplomacy’ Has So Far Had Few ResultsAs the coronavirus raced across the globe earlier this year, the Trump administration offered assistance to a pair of longtime American enemies, Iran and North Korea. The resp...
By Richard Fontaine
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Indo-Pacific Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
How the Pandemic Will EndThree months ago, no one knew that SARS-CoV-2 existed. Now the virus has spread to almost every country, infecting at least 446,000 people whom we know about, and many more wh...
By Ilan Goldenberg & Richard Danzig
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
CNAS Responds: Coronavirus Outbreak Tests Every Aspect of U.S. and International SecurityAs regions across the U.S. announce states of emergency and a growing list of countries restrict travel, close schools, and quarantine citizens, the economic costs of the coro...
By Richard Fontaine, Ely Ratner, Loren DeJonge Schulman, Daniel Kliman, Susanna V. Blume, Elizabeth Rosenberg, Ilan Goldenberg, Paul Scharre, Martijn Rasser, Kara Frederick, COL Sarah Albrycht, Kristine Lee, Peter Harrell, John Hughes, Rachel Ziemba, Michael Horowitz, Elsa B. Kania, Will Mackenzie, Ashley Feng, Kaleigh Thomas, Carisa Nietsche, Emma Moore, Joshua Fitt, Nathalie Grogan, Megan Lamberth & Ainikki Riikonen
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In The News
Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
When fighting bureaucracy means disbanding a pandemics officeWhen PBS journalist Yamiche Alcindor recently asked President Donald Trump about his decision to disband the National Security Council’s office for pandemics, Mr. Trump said t...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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In The News
Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Trump administration vacancies pose risk to national security during Iran escalation, experts saySpeaking from the White House this week amid stoked tensions with Iran, President Trump was flanked by nearly a dozen men involved in our nation’s defense — a move meant to co...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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In The News
Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
FBI’s Wray Acts Fast to Make Changes After Scathing ReportFBI Director Christopher Wray has ordered more than 40 changes in how the bureau seeks secret surveillance warrants and handles other matters after the Justice Department insp...
By Carrie Cordero
