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National Security Human Capital Program
Down Payment: Defense Guidance, 2013 Defense Budget and the Risks of SequestrationThe Pentagon’s new strategic guidance and fiscal year 2013 budget request avoid major disruptions to current U.S. defense plans, but they make only a down payment on the defen...
By Travis Sharp
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America's Civilian Operations Abroad: Understanding Past and Future Requirements
America’s Civilian Operations Abroad: Understanding Past and Future Requirements, authored by Dr. Nora Bensahel, CNAS Deputy Director of Studies and Senior Fellow, and Dr. Pat...
By Nora Bensahel & Patrick M. Cronin
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Studying the South China Sea: The Chinese PerspectiveThis essay discusses three key features of the current research by the Chinese policy community on the South China Sea, highlights the work of four leading research institutio...
By Yun Sun
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Cooperation from Strength: The United States, China and the South China SeaCooperation from Strength: The United States, China and the South China Sea, a six-chapter volume featuring a capstone chapter authored by Patrick M. Cronin and Robert D. Kapl...
By Patrick M. Cronin, Robert D. Kaplan & Will Rogers
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The Next Fight: Time for a Change of Mission in Afghanistan
CNAS authors Lieutenant General David W. Barno, USA (Ret.), Dr. Andrew Exum and Matthew Irvine call for a change of mission in Afghanistan with the 2014 transition looming. Li...
By Andrew M. Exum, Matthew Irvine, David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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National Security Human Capital Program
Losing the Battle: The Challenge of Military SuicideLosing the Battle: The Challenge of Military Suicide, by Dr. Margaret Harrell, CNAS Senior Fellow and Director of the Joining Forces Initiative, and Nancy Berglass, CNAS Non-R...
By Margaret C. Harrell & Nancy Berglass
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National Security Human Capital Program
Driving in the Dark: Ten Propositions About Prediction and National SecurityIn Driving in the Dark: Ten Propositions About Prediction and National Security, Richard Danzig examines the nature of prediction in national security and offers strategic rec...
By Richard Danzig
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National Security Human Capital Program
Hard Choices: Responsible Defense in an Age of AusterityHard Choices: Responsible Defense in an Age of Austerity, a report authored by CNAS experts LTG David W. Barno, USA (Ret.), Dr. Nora Bensahel and Travis Sharp, outlines four b...
By Nora Bensahel, Travis Sharp, David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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Blinded: The Decline of U.S. Earth Monitoring Capabilities and Its Consequences for National Security
The United States depends on satellite systems for managing the unconventional challenges of the 21st century in ways that are rarely acknowledged. This is particularly true f...
By Christine Parthemore & Will Rogers
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Aum Shinrikyo: Insights Into How Terrorists Develop Biological and Chemical Weapons
In 1995, the Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo unleashed terror on the Tokyo subway system with a highly publicized sarin gas attack. However, less is known about the group’s develo...
By Hidemi Yuki, Lloyd Hough, Marc Sageman, Richard Danzig, Rui Kotani & Terrance Leighton
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The Power of Balance: America in iAsia
As the tides of influence and power shift from Atlantic to Pacific shores – propelled by the remarkable ascents of China and India and the economic growth of an entire region ...
By Kurt Campbell, Nirav Patel & Vikram J. Singh
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Technology & National Security
America’s Cyber Future: Security and Prosperity in the Information AgeDespite productive efforts by the U.S. government and the private sector to strengthen cyber security, the increasing sophistication of cyber threats continues to outpace prog...
By Kristin M. Lord, Mike McConnell, Peter Schwartz, Richard Fontaine, Travis Sharp & Will Rogers
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Beyond Afghanistan: A Regional Security Strategy for South and Central Asia
The United States is at a strategic inflection point in South and Central Asia. The death of Osama bin Laden, together with the projected transition to a smaller U.S. military...
By Andrew M. Exum, Matthew Irvine, David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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Technology & National Security
Internet Freedom: A Foreign Policy Imperative in the Digital AgeFrom Egypt to Tunisia to Iran, the world has borne witness to the power of the Internet and new digital tools used to communicate across borders, organize protests, topple som...
By Richard Fontaine & Will Rogers
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Upheaval: U.S. Policy Toward Iran in a Changing Middle East
The wave of uprisings that have rocked the Arab world will have dramatic consequences for America's strategy toward Iran. The foundations of the Obama administration’s Iran st...
By Marc Lynch
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Elements of Security: Mitigating the Risks of U.S. Dependence on Critical Minerals
Elements of Security: Mitigating the Risks of U.S. Dependence on Critical Minerals, explores a range of potential vulnerabilities that stem from dependence on several minerals...
By Christine Parthemore
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Forging a Libya Strategy: Policy Recommendations for the Obama Administration
In this policy brief, CNAS experts Andrew Exum and Zachary Hosford offer four policy recommendations for the U.S. strategy in Libya that limit the U.S. expenditure of blood or...
By Andrew M. Exum & Zachary Hosford
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Security Through Partnership: Fighting Transnational Cartels in the Western Hemisphere
The most dangerous threat to the United States and its allies in the Western Hemisphere is the growth of powerful transnational criminal organizations in Mexico and Central Am...
By USA (Ret.) & Robert Killebrew
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Extreme Crises: Reassessing U.S. Preparedness after Japan
Extreme Crises: Reassessing U.S. Preparedness after Japan, calls for a reassessment of U.S. civilian and military crisis response capabilities....
By Brian Burton & Patrick M. Cronin
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Disaster in Japan: Nuclear Energy, the Economy and the U.S.-Japan Alliance
In Disaster in Japan: Nuclear Energy, the Economy and the U.S.-Japan Alliance, CNAS experts provide their perspectives on three critical areas: America's vital alliance with J...
By Christine Parthemore, Daniel Kliman & Patrick M. Cronin