Reports
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Smart Defense Acquisition: Learning from French Procurement Reform
The demands of rapidly evolving conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan coupled with intense fiscal pressure at home underscore the need to reform U.S. defense acquisition. This pol...
By Ethan B. Kapstein
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On the Knife's Edge: Yemen's Instability and the Threat to American Interests
In this policy brief, CNAS Fellow Andrew Exum and Senior Fellow Richard Fontaine outline the severity of Yemen’s internal security challenges and offer several policy recommen...
By Andrew M. Exum & Richard Fontaine
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Hard Lessons: Navigating Negotiations with the DPRKThis report,authored by CNAS Fellow Abraham Denmark and Research Assistants Zachary Hosford and Michael Zubrow, summarizes obstacles faced in past negotiations with North Kore...
By Abraham M. Denmark, Michael J Zubrow & Zachary Hosford
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CNAS Policy Brief - Afghanistan 2011: Three Scenarios
This brief, authored by CNAS Fellow and U.S. Afghanistan policy expert Andrew Exum, is meant to serve as a guide for strategic Afghanistan policy planning by laying out the wo...
By Andrew M. Exum
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
China's Arrival: A Strategic Framework for a Global RelationshipChina’s rise is one of the most significant geopolitical events in modern history, with important ramifications for U.S. interests, regional power balances, and the internatio...
By Abraham M. Denmark & Nirav Patel
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
No Illusions: Regaining the Strategic Initiative with North KoreaPyongyang has spoken: North Korea has chosen the path of confrontation. Despite a series of agreements orchestrated by the Clinton and Bush administrations, North Korea has ma...
By Abraham M. Denmark, Lindsey Ford, Michael J Zubrow, Nirav Patel & Zachary Hosford
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Inside the Surge: One Commander’s Lessons in Counterinsurgency
When Lieutenant Colonel Jim Crider arrived in the Doura neighborhood of Baghdad in February of 2007 as the commander of 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment out of Fort Riley, K...
By Jim Crider
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After the Fire: Shaping the Future U.S. Relationship with Iraq
Since 2003, debates about America’s role in Iraq have focused on how to withdraw U.S. forces. Yet the search for an “end game” emphasizes a short-term objective - getting out ...
By Brian Burton & John A. Nagl
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Natural Security
In the 21st century, the security of nations will increasingly depend on the security of natural resources, or “natural security.” This concept paper outlines a new program of...
By Sharon E. Burke
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The Obama Plan for Energy and Climate Security: Conference Proceedings and Final Recommendations
On April 29, 2009, the Center for a New American Security convened a group of scientists, investors, business executives, academics, nonprofit representatives, defense profess...
By Christine Parthemore
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Triage: The Next Twelve Months in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Eight years into the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan, the situation is as perilous as ever and continuing to worsen. The campaign has been further complicated by a rapidly deterio...
By Andrew M. Exum
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Beyond Bullets: A Pragmatic Strategy to Combat Violent Islamist Extremism
Violent Islamist extremism will remain a potent threat to U.S. national security for the foreseeable future. On our own soil, catastrophic terrorism — employing chemical, biol...
By John A. Nagl
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Beyond Bullets: Strategies for Countering Violent Extremism
To counter the threat from violent Islamist extremism more effectively, the Center for a New American Security launched a strategy development process modeled after President ...
By Alice Hunt Friend, John A. Nagl & Kristin M. Lord
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Climate Change War Game: Major Findings and Background
In July 2008, the Center for a New American Security hosted an international climate change “war game,” a future scenario exercise to explore the national security implication...
By Christine Parthemore
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Clout and Climate Change: Materials Generated from the War Game
In July 2008, CNAS, with a consortium of ten partner organizations, hosted “Clout and Climate Change,” an international climate change “war game” to explore the national secur...
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Clout and Climate Change War Game: Participant Briefing Book
In July 2008, CNAS, with a consortium of ten partner organizations, hosted “Clout and Climate Change,” an international climate change “war game” to explore the national secur...
By Christine Parthemore
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
U.S.-DPRK Nuclear Negotiations: A Survey of the Policy LiteratureNorth Korea’s nuclear program is one of the longest-standing and most difficult proliferation challenges the United States faces today. In many ways, the regime and its nuclea...
By Lindsey Ford, Michael J Zubrow & Zachary Hosford
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National Security Human Capital Program
The Past and Present as Prologue: Future Warfare through the Lens of Contemporary ConflictsApril 2009 - Eight years of war have given the U.S. military an unparalleled opportunity to translate real war experience into a vision of how conflicts will be fought in the ...
By Robert H. Scales
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Uncharted Waters: The U.S. Navy and Navigating Climate Change
In the summer of 2008, Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Gary Roughead, asked the Center for a New American Security to conduct a brief survey of the challenges global climat...
By Christine Parthemore, Jay Gulledge, Michael Horowitz & Nirav Patel
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A Pathway to Success in Afghanistan: The National Solidarity Program
March 2009 - In a new policy brief published by CNAS, authors John Nagl, Andrew Exum, and Ahmed Humayun recommend that the United States increase its support for Afghanistan's...
By Ahmed A. Humayun, Andrew M. Exum & John A. Nagl