Reports
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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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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
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Fueling the Future Force: Preparing the Department of Defense for a Post-Petroleum Era
This report argues that the Department of Defense (DOD) must prepare to transition smoothly to a future in which it does not depend on petroleum – no small task given that 77 ...
By Christine Parthemore & John A. Nagl
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Sustaining Security: How Natural Resources Influence National Security
In the 21st century, the security of nations will depend increasingly on the security of natural resources, or “natural security.” This report points to Afghanistan, Pakistan,...
By Christine Parthemore & Will Rogers
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Broadening Horizons: Climate Change and the U.S. Armed Forces
Broadening Horizons is an edited volume featuring four chapters and a capstone piece that explores the dual pressures of climate change and energy on each U.S. military servic...
By Christine Parthemore, Herbert Carmen & Will Rogers
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Lost in Translation: Closing the Gap Between Climate Science and National Security Policy
This report explores the gap between the science and policy communities and offers recommendations for how they can work together to ensure the United States can effectively p...
By Jay Gulledge & Will Rogers
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CNAS Capstone - Broadening Horizons: Climate Change and the U.S. Armed Forces
The Broadening Horizons capstone report, authored by CNAS Senior Military Fellow Commander Herbert E. Carmen, USN, CNAS Bacevich Fellow Christine Parthemore and CNAS Research ...
By Christine Parthemore, Herbert Carmen & Will Rogers
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On the Front Lines: Climate Change and the Combatant Commands
In this working paper, CNAS Senior Military Fellow Commander Herbert E. Carmen, USN, CNAS Bacevich Fellow Christine Parthemore and CNAS Research Assistant Will Rogers focus on...
By Christine Parthemore, Herbert Carmen & Will Rogers
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Promoting the Dialogue: Climate Change and America's Air Forces
In this working paper, CNAS Research Assistant Will Rogers synthesizes how America’s air forces are considering climate change, identifies the role energy concerns play in the...
By Will Rogers
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Promoting the Dialogue: Climate Change and U.S. Ground Forces
In this working paper, CNAS Bacevich Fellow Christine Parthemore identifies important aspects of what the effects of climate change could mean for U.S. ground forces, and high...
By Christine Parthemore
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Promoting the Dialogue: Climate Change and the Maritime Services
In this working paper, CNAS Bacevich Fellow Christine Parthemore synthesizes how the maritime services are thinking about climate change and assesses potential policy implicat...
By Christine Parthemore
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Promoting the Dialogue: Climate Change and the Quadrennial Defense Review
In this working paper, CNAS Bacevich Fellow Christine Parthemore and Research Assistant Will Rogers provide observations about how the Department of Defense incorporated clima...
By Christine Parthemore & Will Rogers
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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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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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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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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