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• Reports
  • March 10, 2016
  Strategic Resilience

  Evermay Dialogue Co-Chairs Dr. Sachiko Kuno and the Honorable Michèle Flournoy released a new report on a U.S.-Japan alliance action plan for all-hazard emergency management....

  By Michèle Flournoy, Dr. Sachiko Kuno, Maki Fukami & Patrick M. Cronin

• • Reports
  • February 29, 2016
  Autonomous Weapons and Operational Risk

  20YY Future of Warfare Initiative Director Paul Scharre examines the risks in future autonomous weapons that would choose their own targets and the potential for catastrophic ...

  By Paul Scharre

• Reports
  • February 22, 2016
  Red Alert

  While the U.S. Navy has long enjoyed freedom of action throughout the world’s oceans, the days of its unchallenged primacy may be coming to a close. In recent years, a number ...

  By Kelley Sayler

• Reports
  • February 8, 2016
  The Labyrinth Within

  The current austere fiscal environment has brought the debate over the defense budget to the forefront of policymakers’ agendas. Technical terminology once deemed irrelevant f...

  By Michelle Shevin-Coetzee

• Reports
  • January 27, 2016
  From Sanctuary to Battlefield

  The United States is profoundly reliant on the ability to use space for its security. Though little appreciated outside of professional and expert circles, space – or, more pr...

  By Elbridge Colby

• • Reports
  • January 22, 2016
  The Presence Problem: Naval Presence and National Strategy

  Experts examine naval presence around the globe and recommend another look at the execution of our national strategy....

  By Jerry Hendrix

• Reports
  • December 17, 2015
  While We Can

  CNAS Executive Vice President Shawn Brimley argues that the U.S. military edge – particularly in regards to technology – is rapidly eroding. Mr. Brimley makes concrete recomme...

  By Shawn Brimley

• Reports
  • December 16, 2015
  Solving Long Division

  Eight CNAS experts examine a host of issues posed by unification – including nuclear weapons and deterrence, the U.S.-Korea alliance, and relations between the countries in No...

  By David Eunpyoung Jee, Elbridge Colby, Hannah Suh, Patrick M. Cronin, Richard Fontaine & Van Jackson

• • Reports
  • December 10, 2015
  Uncertain Ground: Emerging Challenges in Land Warfare

  Defense Strategies and Assessments Program Senior Fellow Paul Scharre makes recommendations for enhancing strategic agility to adapt to a changing world....

  By Paul Scharre

• Reports
  • December 9, 2015
  Charting the Sea of Goodwill

  Report conducts a comprehensive landscape analysis of the military and veteran-service organization space and its funding sources, and finds that while the support needed by m...

  By Katherine L. Kuzminski & Phillip Carter

• • Reports
  • November 19, 2015
  Diminishing Returns? The Future of Economic Coercion

  CNAS experts lay out the success of recent financial sanctions, details obstacles to their continued effectiveness, discusses how other countries like China may use similar to...

  By Eric Lorber & Peter Feaver

• Reports
  • November 17, 2015
  CNAS Needs Assessment

  Senior Fellow Phillip Carter and Bacevich Fellow Katherine Kidder author a study on Southwest Pennsylvania's veterans community, drawing upon data from the Department of Defen...

  By Katherine L. Kuzminski & Phillip Carter

• Reports
  • November 10, 2015
  Passing the Baton

  As the 2016 election cycle moves into full swing, four CNAS experts lay out a comprehensive overview of issues facing the veteran and military community and a plan with substa...

  By Amy Schafer, Dr. Jason Dempsey, Katherine L. Kuzminski & Phillip Carter

• Reports
  • November 9, 2015
  Crisis Response

  As the U.S. Marine Corps prepares to celebrate its 240th birthday, Ben FitzGerald, director of the Technology and National Security Program, and LtCol Brian Bruggeman, a forme...

  By Ben FitzGerald, LtCol Brian Bruggeman & USMC

• • Reports
  • October 28, 2015
  A Nuclear Strategy and Posture for 2030

  Robert M. Gates Senior Fellow Elbridge Colby offers the outlines of a revised nuclear policy and posture that adapts the United States' long-standing approach to nuclear weapo...

  By Elbridge Colby

• • Reports
  • October 19, 2015
  After the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action: A Game Plan for the United States

  Five CNAS Experts lay out a comprehensive strategy and concrete recommendations for how the U.S. can maximize the opportunity presented by JCPOA....

  By Avner Golov, Elizabeth Rosenberg, Ellie Maruyama, Ilan Goldenberg & Nicholas Heras

• Reports
  • October 19, 2015
  Retreat from Range

  Defense Strategies and Assessments Program Director Dr. Jerry Hendrix argues that aircraft carriers, at a cost over $13 billion a piece, risk becoming obsolete without a major...

  By Jerry Hendrix

• • Reports
  • September 16, 2015
  Lessons from Russia and the Future of Sanctions

  Peter Harrell, an Adjunct Senior Fellow in the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) Energy, Economics, and Security Program, examines what led U.S. policymakers to develo...

  By Peter Harrell

• • Reports
  • September 14, 2015
  The Iran Agreement and What Comes Next

  In advance of Congress’ pending vote on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), CNAS experts produced commentary on U.S. strategy after the Iran Deal....

  By Avner Golov, Axel Hellman, Elizabeth Rosenberg, Ellie Maruyama, Ilan Goldenberg & Nicholas Heras

• Reports
  • August 10, 2015
  The $100 Billion Question

  Executive Summary The Navy is already beginning to examine options to replace the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, which will retire in the mid-2030s.The replacement of the F/A-18E/F w...

  By Daniel Burg & Paul Scharre