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• Why Obama Won’t Intervene in Syria

  In Salon, CNAS Senior Fellow Marc Lynch explains that U.S. military intervention in Syria would have minor success and a high risk of failure and civilian deaths....

• CNAS Chairman Lauds Brunei Stability, Education

  The Honorable Dr. Richard Danzig, Chairman of the CNAS Board of Directors, highlights the progress of the ASEAN member states in addressing terrorism-induced issues in Brunei ...

• The U.S. and Other ‘Friends of Syria’ Still Search for a Strategy to Oust Assad

  In TIME Magazine's "Global Spin" blog, CNAS Senior Fellow Marc Lynch states that the U.S. should focus on strategies that weaken the Assad regime politically and combat the po...

• This Weekend’s News: The Geopolitical Story Behind Higher Oil Prices

  There is a lot of chatter this morning about the potential for gas prices to hit $4 or $5 a gallon by Memorial Day, which could undermine stronger U.S. economic growth. Here a...

• To Arm or Not to Arm Syrian Rebels, That Is the Question

  The Inter Press Service outlines the consequences of arming untested opposition groups in Syria, citing the recent policy brief by CNAS Non-Resident Senior Fellow Marc Lynch....

• To Be Read by All Parties

  Emily Parker of The New York Times comments on the influence of CNAS Senior Fellow Robert Kaplan's book, Monsoon, on the Obama adminsitration's foreign policy in the Indian Oc...

• As Wars Wind Down, What Are U.S. Security Needs?

  In National Public Radio, CNAS Deputy Director of Studies Nora Bensahel comments on how difficult it is to prepare for future security needs because there is no telling what t...

• This Weekend’s News: For the United States, a Balancing Act in the Asia Pacific

  Philippine President Benigno Aquino III sees stronger U.S. –Philippine ties as an opportunity to amicably settle ongoing territorial disputes in the South China Sea, according...

• Beijing’s South China Sea Bet

  In January, CNAS published a study on the South China Sea with a chapter examining the geopolitical role of natural resources and how those resources affect state behavior acr...

• West Reluctantly Weighs Military Aid for Syria Rebels

  In The Christian Science Monitor, CNAS Senior Fellow Andrew Exum discusses the consequences of military intervention in Syria....

• The Strait and Narrow

  Chatham House published a new study last week examining the implications of maritime choke points for the global energy market. The study, Maritime Choke Points and the Global...

• Beijing's South China Sea Gamble

  In an op-ed in The Diplomat, CNAS Research Associate Will Rogers questions the strategic significance of the South China Sea's energy resources to Beijing....

• The Devil in the Deep Blue Detail

  The Economist's Banyan column cites the recent CNAS report, "Cooperation from Strength: the U.S., China and the South China Sea," discussing the use of the sea as an argument ...

• Natural Security News

  The New York Times reports that severe winter weather could stymie a protest movement in Russia. A Malaysia, rare earths metal refinery is close to obtaining permission to ope...

• Iran Well Prepared for the Worst

  In Asia Times, Patrick Cronin, the CNAS Senior Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program, comments on the possibility of closing the Strait of Hormuz and its consequences ...

• Twitter, Democracy, and Internet Freedom

  Twitter has taken fire in recent days from activists and bloggers who fear that the company’s new censorship policies will muffle online freedom. News reports recall the ways ...

• This Weekend’s News: Chinese Economic Coercion in the South China Sea

  Yesterday, China’s nationalist newspaper Global Times published a report arguing that Beijing should make the Philippines pay for increased cooperation with the United States,...

• Experts Divided on Pentagon's Proposed Cuts

  Patrick Cronin, the Senior Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program at CNAS, talks to CNN about a declining U.S. military presence and its possible transformation into a ...

• The Pentagon's Way Forward

  The new defense guidance and budget request released by the Pentagon can best be described as “pivot-but-hedge” approaches to global engagement. Set against the backdrop of re...

• China’s Global Quest for Resources and Implications for the United States

  On January 26th, Dr. Patrick M. Cronin, CNAS Senior Advisor and Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program, testified before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Com...