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How Shawn Brimley Did It
In The News
The loss of Shawn Brimley devastated Washington’s national security community. All who knew him saw in Shawn a brilliant defense analyst, a visionary organizational leader, an...
By Shawn Brimley & Richard Fontaine
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Trump staffing failure leaves US vulnerable
In The News
Shawn Brimley, former White House director of strategic planning on the National Security Council, talks with Rachel Maddow about Donald Trump's failure to staff up the Nation...
By Shawn Brimley
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Queen’s grads remember Shawn Brimley
In The News
On Jan. 9, friends, family and colleagues mourned the loss of 40-year-old Queen’s alumni Shawn Brimley — a senior Pentagon and White House official. According to an obituary i...
By Shawn Brimley
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Vale Shawn Brimley: An Unspoken Friend to Australia
In The News
Last week, Australia lost a friend. Shawn Brimley, who passed away following a short but brave battle with cancer, worked tirelessly to modernise the US defence establishment ...
By Shawn Brimley
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Shawn Brimley was a Man
In The News
Masculinity, manliness, manhood--I'm using them interchangeably here although I suspect incorrectly--have been on the ropes for a few years. By masculinity, I mean the display...
By Shawn Brimley
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Saying Goodbye to One of the Best Men in Washington
In The News
The word went out on Wednesday through emails, direct messages, phone calls, Facebook, Twitter. There was no hesitation as people across an entire continent dropped what they ...
By Shawn Brimley
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Shawn Brimley's Town
Washington, D.C., can be an easy city to mock or resent—but it’s full of workers who’ve given up opportunities to serve something larger than themselves....
By Shawn Brimley
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Shawn Brimley, military strategist who led a Pentagon modernization push, dies at 40
In The News
Shawn Brimley, a senior Pentagon and White House official who pressed the U.S. military to embrace a future of increasingly rapid technological change, died Jan. 9 at a hospit...
By Shawn Brimley
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Remembering a Friend
I’ve been really messed up today. For months, a friend of mine was battling cancer and I got word of his passing this morning. He was an important thought-leader in the Washin...
By Shawn Brimley
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Why Strategies Disappoint—and How to Fix Them
It’s a new administration, which means it is time for a new round of national security documents. From the National Security Strategy on down, over the next months, the White ...
By Michèle Flournoy, Richard Fontaine & Shawn Brimley
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Trump’s NATO critique reverberates across Europe
Philip Bilden, a Hong Kong-based business executive at the investment firm HarbourVest, has emerged as a new leading candidate to be the new president’s Navy secretary, accord...
By Shawn Brimley
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
US to sail submarine drones in South China SeaIn Financial Times, Executive Vice President Shawn Brimley weighs in on U.S. submarine drones in the South China Sea....
By Shawn Brimley
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Technology & National Security
Inside the Artificial Intelligence Revolution: A Special Report, Pt. 2Rollingstone cites a report on war in the robotic age written by former CNAS CEO Robert Work and CNAS Executive Vice President Shawn Brimley....
By Shawn Brimley
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US military: Robot wars
In Financial Times, Executive Vice President Shawn Brimley discusses autonomous weapons....
By Shawn Brimley
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National Security Human Capital Program / Middle East Security
Democrats Aren't on Board With Hillary's No-Fly Zone PlanExecutive Vice President and Director of Studies Shawn Brimley discusses the political debate regarding policy options in Syria in Foreign Policy....
By Shawn Brimley
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Indo-Pacific Security / Middle East Security
Obama weighs moving U.S. troops closer to front lines in Syria, IraqExecutive Vice President and Director of Studies Shawn Brimley discusses Defense Secretary Ashton Carter's objectives relating to US operations in Iraq and Syria in The Washin...
By Shawn Brimley
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National Security Human Capital Program / Middle East Security
The Surge FallacyExecutive Vice President and Director of Studies Shawn Brimley is mentioned in regards to a 2008 article on Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki in The Atlantic....
By Shawn Brimley
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US to Send Up to 450 More Troops to Train Iraqis
Executive Vice President Shawn Brimley weighs in on President Obama's order to deploy up to 450 more U.S. troops to Iraq....
By Shawn Brimley
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Bush struggles to clarify stance on wisdom of invading Iraq
Shawn Brimley, executive vice president and director of studies, weighs in on the Bush administration's decision to invade Iraq....
By Shawn Brimley
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Obama picks Marine commander for next chairman of the Joint Chiefs
Executive Vice President and Director of Studies Shawn Brimley discusses President Obama's pick for the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff....
By Shawn Brimley
