Reports
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Fixing Intel: A Blueprint for Making Intelligence Relevant in Afghanistan
This report critically examines the relevance of the U.S. intelligence community to the counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan and provides a blueprint for how the United S...
By Matt Pottinger, Michael T. Flynn & Paul D. Batchelor
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Taiwan's Gamble: The Cross-Strait Rapprochement and Its Implications for U.S. PolicyPresident Obama’s visit to Beijing in November 2009 highlighted several issues of mutual interest and concern for the U.S.-China relationship, yet the fact that Taiwan was not...
By Abraham M. Denmark & 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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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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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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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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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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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
U.S.-South Korea Relations: Rekindling an Alliance FlameThe honeymoon between Washington and Seoul will not last long without more harmony on the most important issue for the relationship: North Korean denuclearization....
By Nirav Patel & Vikram J. Singh