Reports
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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
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The United States and the Asia-Pacific Region: Security Strategy for the Obama Administration
February 2009 - Ongoing shifts in geopolitical power from West to East make the Asia-Pacific region more important to the United States today than ever before. The region is a...
By Lindsey Ford & Nirav Patel
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Tell Me Why We’re There? Enduring Interests in Afghanistan (and Pakistan)
January 2009 - After seven years and the deaths of more than a thousand American and coalition troops, there is still no consensus on whether the future of Afghanistan matters...
By John A. Nagl, Nathaniel C. Fick & Vikram J. Singh
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Remodeling the U.S. Government for Energy Security: Initial Findings from the Big Energy Map
In a speech on November 18, 2008, President-Elect Barack Obama defined the nation’s energy posture as an economic, strategic, and environmental vulnerability and reaffirmed ca...
By Christine Parthemore & Sharon E. Burke
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National Security Human Capital Program
From Preponderance to Partnership: American Maritime Power in the 21st CenturySeveral naval analysts and commentators, including the observant Robert Kaplan, have argued that America’s present naval fleet constitutes an “elegant decline” or outright neg...
By Frank G. Hoffman
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
The Ripple Effect: Japan's Responses to the Iraq WarAmerica’s military intervention in Iraq has catalyzed major changes in the Middle East, but the ramifications of its military campaigns around the world, particularly in Asia,...
By Nirav Patel & Richard Weitz
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The Ripple Effect: India's Responses to the Iraq War
America’s military intervention in Iraq has catalyzed major changes in the Middle East, but the ramifications of its military campaigns around the world, particularly in Asia,...
By Nirav Patel & Richard Weitz
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
The Ripple Effect: China's Responses to the Iraq WarAmerica’s military intervention in Iraq has catalyzed major changes in the Middle East, but the ramifications of its military campaigns around the world, particularly in Asia,...
By Nirav Patel & Richard Weitz
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Peak Oil: A Survey of Security Concerns
While the concept of “peak oil” – the notion that the world is running out of oil – remains controversial, it is certainly realistic to think ahead about the national security...
By Jr. & Neil King
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The Case for Game-Changing Diplomacy with Iran
The next American president must come to office with an Iran plan ready to implement on Day One of his administration. That plan should center on conducting game-changing dipl...
By Christine Parthemore & James Miller
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Iran: Assessing U.S. Strategic Options
Dealing with Iran and its nuclear program will be an urgent priority for the next president. In order to evaluate U.S. policy options, the Center for a New American Security (...
By Ashton B. Carter, Dennis Ross, Richard N. Haass, Suzanne Maloney & Vali Nasr
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Strategic Leadership: Framework for a 21st Century National Security Strategy
The next president of the United States must forge a new national security strategy in a world marked by enormous tumult and change and at a time when America’s international ...
By Anne-Marie Slaughter, Antony J. Blinken, Bruce Jentleson, Gayle E. Smith, Ivo Daalder, James B. Steinberg, James C. OBrien, Kurt Campbell, Lael Brainard & Michael A. McFaul
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Unfinished Business: U.S. Overseas Military Presence in the 21st Century
The next American president will inherit an overseas military base realignment process begun in the first term of the George W. Bush administration. This realignment, guided b...
By Michael O’Hanlon
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Finding Our Way: Debating American Grand Strategy
In a critical election year, the debate over America’s national security strategy has been overwhelmed by a persistent focus on essentially tactical issues such as: the number...
By Michèle Flournoy, Shawn Brimley & Vikram J. Singh
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Making America Grand Again: Toward a New Grand Strategy
Years of debate over the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and the so-called “war on terror” have prevented Americans from grappling with the deeper challenges posed by changes in the...
By Michèle Flournoy, Shawn Brimley & Vikram J. Singh
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A Strategy for American Power: Energy, Climate, and National Security
To protect the American way of life and secure the future, the United States needs an energy security strategy that will cut both our dependence on oil and our greenhouse gas ...
By Christine Parthemore, Joshua Busby & Sharon E. Burke
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Shaping the Iraq Inheritance
American policy in Iraq will undergo two critical transitions throughout the remainder of 2008 and into early 2009: movement to a new U.S. posture in Iraq; and a wartime trans...
By Colin H. Kahl, Michèle Flournoy & Shawn Brimley
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Strategic Questions for Generals Petraeus and Odierno
As Generals Petraeus and Odierno appear before Congress this week, CNAS has drafted several key questions we feel are among the most vital to ask. As the 2008 presidential ele...
By Michèle Flournoy, Shawn Brimley & Vikram J. Singh