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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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Reports
Technology & National Security
Game ChangersIn 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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National Security Human Capital Program
America’s Veterans: A Sound InvestmentLTG 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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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / Middle East Security
Pushback: Countering the Iran Action NetworkIn 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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National Security Human Capital Program
Right-Sizing the Force: Lessons for the Current Drawdown of American Military PersonnelFormer 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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National Security Human Capital Program / Middle East Security
If All Else Fails: The Challenges of Containing a Nuclear-Armed IranDr. 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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Technology & National Security
Active Cyber Defense: A Framework for PolicymakersCyber 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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National Security Human Capital Program
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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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Finding Common Ground: Energy, Security and Cooperation in the South China SeaGlobal 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
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
The Challenge of Chinese Revisionism: The Expanding Role of China’s Non-Military Maritime VesselsRecent actions by China’s non-military law enforcement vessels pose one of the most immediate threats to peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region. In The Challenge of Ch...
By Ely Ratner & Zachary Hosford
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National Security Human Capital Program
Renewing the Project BioShield Act: What Has It Bought and Wrought?In Renewing the Project BioShield Act: What Has It Bought and Wrought?, Dr. Robert Kadlec, a consultant with RPK Consulting, writes that Project BioShield has achieved its str...
By Robert Kadlec
