Reports
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Building Better Generals
In Building Better Generals, the CNAS Responsible Defense (RD) team urges policymakers and military leaders to redouble their efforts to create an “adaptive and creative offic...
By Katherine Kidder, Kelley Sayler, Nora Bensahel, David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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The Great Unwinding: Iranian Nuclear Negotiations and Principles for Sanctions Relief
Elizabeth Rosenberg, director of the Energy, Environment and Security program and Dr. Colin Kahl, Middle East program director, examine how best to calibrate sanctions relief ...
By Colin H. Kahl & Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Taking Off: Civil Aviation, Forward Progress and Japan's Third Arrow Reforms
Dr. Patrick Cronin, senior director of the Asia-Pacific Security program at CNAS, urges the Japanese government to target the nation’s civil aviation industry for reform as a ...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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NATO Matters: Ensuring the Value of the Alliance for the United States
In NATO Matters: Ensuring the Value of the Alliance for the United States, CNAS Research Associate Jacob Stokes and Senior Fellow Dr. Nora Bensahel explore the future of "the ...
By Jacob Stokes & Nora Bensahel
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Game Changers
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In Game Changers: Disruptive Technology and U.S. Defense Strategy, Vice President Shawn Brimley, Director of the Technology and National Security Program Ben FitzGerald and Re...
By Ben FitzGerald, Kelley Sayler & Shawn Brimley
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America’s Veterans: A Sound Investment
LTG William B. Caldwell IV, USA and Major Crispin J. Burke, USA argue that society should leverage the latest generation of men and women leaving the military, and the skills,...
By Crispin J. Burke, William B. Caldwell & IV
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Pushback: Countering the Iran Action Network
In focusing on the challenges posed by Iran’s nuclear ambitions, U.S. policymakers have overlooked the threat posed by Tehran’s global revolutionary network argue Scott Modell...
By David Asher & Scott Modell
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Right-Sizing the Force: Lessons for the Current Drawdown of American Military Personnel
Former Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness and current RAND Corporation Senior Fellow Bernard Rostker argues in the new CNAS working paper Right-Sizing the F...
By Bernard Rostker
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The Emerging Asia Power Web: The Rise of Bilateral Intra-Asian Security Ties
The Asia team at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) explores the “Asia Power Web," a term the team developed to describe the growing trend of intra-Asian defense an...
By Ely Ratner, Patrick M. Cronin, Richard Fontaine & Zachary Hosford
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The Seven Deadly Sins of Defense Spending
In The Seven Deadly Sins of Defense Spending, CNAS Senior Fellows David Barno and Nora Bensahel and Research Associate Jacob Stokes, Research Assistant Joel Smith and Research...
By Jacob Stokes, Joel Smith, Katherine Kidder, Nora Bensahel, David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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Defense Reform Consensus
In a joint letter to Congress and the Pentagon, individuals from ten diverse think tanks, including CNAS, express a consensus on "the need to address the growing imbalances wi...
By Robert O. Work & Shawn Brimley
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Toward a Successful Outcome in Afghanistan
Former ISAF commander, General John Allen, USMC (Ret.), former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Michèle Flournoy and Brookings Senior Fellow Michael O'Hanlon challenge the...
By Michael O’Hanlon, Michèle Flournoy, USMC (Ret.) & John R. Allen
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If All Else Fails: The Challenges of Containing a Nuclear-Armed Iran
Dr. Colin H. Kahl, Raj Pattani and Jacob Stokes argue in If All Else Fails: The Challenges of Containing a Nuclear-Armed Iran that the Obama administration could eventually be...
By Colin H. Kahl, Jacob Stokes & Raj Pattani
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Listening to the Generals: How Military Advice Affects Public Support for the Use of Force
In Listening to the Generals: How Military Advice Affects Public Support for the Use of Force, James Golby, Kyle Dropp and Peter Feaver report that public expression by senior...
By James Golby, Kyle Dropp & Peter Feaver
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At What Cost a Carrier?
Reports
In At What Cost a Carrier?, career naval flight officer Captain Henry J. Hendrix (Ph.D.), argues that the aircraft carrier -- the centerpiece of American naval operations for ...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Light Footprints: The Future of American Military Intervention
Major Fernando Lujan, USA, a Special Forces officer and visiting fellow at the Center for a New American Security, examines the utility of the "light-footprint" approach and r...
By Major Fernando Lujan & USA
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Syria's Hard Landing
As the conflict in Syria escalates into an even more brutal civil war, it not only continues to cause great human suffering, but it also threatens to undermine the stability o...
By Marc Lynch
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Active Cyber Defense: A Framework for Policymakers
Cyber attacks are posing ever more serious economic and national security risks to the United States. In Active Cyber Defense: A Framework for Policymakers, CNAS Senior Fellow...
By Irving Lachow
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Atomic Kingdom: If Iran Builds the Bomb, Will Saudi Arabia Be Next?
It is taken for granted in Washington that Saudi Arabia will inevitably pursue nuclear weapons if Tehran succeeds in its quest for the bomb. However, CNAS Senior Fellow Colin ...
By Colin H. Kahl, Matthew Irvine & Melissa Dalton
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Finding Common Ground: Energy, Security and Cooperation in the South China Sea
Global energy trends are increasing demands for potential hydrocarbons in the South China Sea. As the global economy recovers from worldwide recession, demand for energy is st...
By Will Rogers
