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Aum Shinrikyo – Second Edition – EnglishIn the Second Edition of the 2011 CNAS report Aum Shinrikyo: Insights Into How Terrorists Develop Biological and Chemical Weapons, the authors provide new analysis of Aum Shin...
By Richard Danzig & Zachary Hosford
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Countdown to Sequestration: Why American Leaders Could Jump Off the Fiscal CliffWith a comprehensive "grand bargain" agreement on taxes and spending unlikely to succeed in the lame duck session, there is a strong possibility that sequestration will commen...
By Jacob Stokes, Joel Smith, Nora Bensahel, David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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Military Campaigns: Veterans’ Endorsements and Presidential ElectionsIn Military Campaigns: Veterans' Endorsements and Presidential Elections, published by the Center for a New American Security, experts Dr. James Golby, Assistant Professor at ...
By James Golby, Kyle Dropp & Peter Feaver
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Employing America's Veterans: Perspectives from BusinessesEmploying America’s Veterans: Perspectives from Businesses provides empirical data representing the experiences of 69 companies of varying size, location and industry. In this...
By Margaret C. Harrell & Nancy Berglass
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Well After Service: Veteran Reintegration and American CommunitiesMost veterans successfully transition out of uniform and into civilian life. However, some recent veterans face service-related challenges, and there is no government agency, ...
By Nancy Berglass & Margaret C. Harrell
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Investing in the BestIn a field that is currently saturated with tens of thousands of organizations seeking to support veterans, service members and their families, potential donors are left feeli...
By Nancy Berglass
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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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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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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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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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The Sacrifice Ahead: The 2012 Defense BudgetThe fiscal year 2012 defense budget request is a break from the past ten years of budget growth, but it does not go far enough to rebalance defense spending priorities given t...
By Travis Sharp
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America's Duty: The Imperative of a New Approach to Warrior and Veteran CareAmerica’s failure to prepare for and adequately address the impact of war upon service members and veterans is one of the most significant challenges of the post-September 11 ...
By Nancy Berglass
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Contracting In Conflicts: The Path to ReformIn both Iraq and Afghanistan, there are currently more private contractors than U.S. troops on the ground. This report calls for the U.S. government to embark on a path of amb...
By John A. Nagl & Richard Fontaine
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Arsenal's End? American Power and the Global Defense IndustryUsing the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter program as a case study, this report analyzes how globalization has affected the American defense industry and its consequence...
By Ethan B. Kapstein
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Vision Meets Reality: 2010 QDR and 2011 Defense BudgetThis policy brief provides an analysis of the FY 2011 defense budget request, places it in the context of the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review and historical budgetary trends, ...
By Travis Sharp
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Learning from Experience: Lessons from the QDR for the QDDRTo help inform the State Department's Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR), this policy brief lays out lessons learned from the Department of Defense’s Quadrenn...
By Brian Burton
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Time for Action: Redefining SOF Missions and ActivitiesU.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) have played a key role in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as in the broader U.S. effort to destroy al Qaeda and its violent extr...
By Michele L. Malvesti
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Contractors in American Conflicts: Adapting to a New RealityWhen our nation goes to war, contractors go with it. This working paper explores the problems posed by the increased reliance of contractors in Afghanistan and Iraq, including...
By John A. Nagl & Richard Fontaine
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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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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