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CNAS Commentary: Can the U.S.-Philippine Alliance Endure Duterte?
Philippine President Roberto Duterte is continuing his anti-American campaign with two latest bombshell statements, first calling for the fewer than 200 American Special Opera...
By Dr. Patrick M. Cronin & Anthony Cho
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ReportsFuture Foundry
In June 2014, the Center for a New American Security released “Creative Disruption: Technology, Strategy and the Future of the Global Defense Industry.” The paper argued that ...
By Ben FitzGerald, Alexandra Sander & Jacqueline Parziale
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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 ...
By Matt Pottinger, Michael T. Flynn & Paul D. Batchelor
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ReportsExtending American Power
Foreword by Robert Kagan and James P. Rubin Over the past year, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) brought together an extraordinary group of scholars, practitione...
By Amb. Eric S. Edelman, James B. Steinberg, Julianne Smith, Kurt Campbell, Michele Flournoy, Richard Fontaine, James P. Rubin, Stephen J. Hadley, Dr. Robert Kagan & Robert Zoellick
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Reports#Virtual Caliphate
Many policymakers, intelligence analysts, and academics believe expelling the self-proclaimed Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) from Mosul and Raqqah is the key to t...
By General Joseph L. Votel, LTC Christina Bembenek, Charles Hans, Jeffery Mouton & Amanda Spencer
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Why Was Steve Bannon Booted From the National Security Council: Three Theories
Even without the Russian intrigues of the nascent Trump administration, now would be a time for Kremlinology. Just as intelligence officers used to scrutinize every possible c...
By Phillip Carter
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Defense experts press Congress for more reforms
By Michele Flournoy
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Tips for Mattis on Navigating Swampland
By Shawn Brimley
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Why Was Steve Bannon Booted From the National Security Council: Three Theories
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When Trump Meets Xi: Prepare for the Opening Gambit
The first summit meeting between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping is the beginning of a process, punctuated by serious issues, separated by distinctly different negotiat...
By Dr. Patrick M. Cronin
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Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy Tested by Syria, North Korea Crises
By Richard Fontaine
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April 23: The Day China Launches Its New Aircraft Carrier?
By Jerry Hendrix
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When Trump Meets Xi: Prepare for the Opening Gambit
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A more connected military means new battlefield glitches, too
The US Army is embarking on a potentially decade-long quest to prepare soldiers to operate in the Digital Age. In a $52 million initiative to create what it's calling the Inte...
By Richard Danzig
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North Korea suspected of $81M cyberheist
By David Asher
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Bipartisan Investigations: How the 9/11 Commission Did It
By Adam Klein & Chris Kojm
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A more connected military means new battlefield glitches, too
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Paul Scharre before the Subcommittee on Airland of the Senate Armed Services Committee
Adapting the Force to Emerging Challenges Chairman Cotton, Ranking Member King, and distinguished Senators, thank you for inviting me to testify today. We are at a time of bot...
By Paul Scharre
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Drone Proliferation and the Use of Force
By Michael Horowitz, Paul Scharre & Ben FitzGerald
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CNAS, Bard College’s Center for the Study of the Drone Launch New Database on UAS
By Ben FitzGerald, Paul Scharre & JaRel L. Clay
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Paul Scharre before the Subcommittee on Airland of the Senate Armed Services Committee
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Bannon’s Demotion Means the Trump Team Is Learning — Even if Trump Isn’t
The Trump administration announced on Wednesday that it would remove White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon from the National Security Council (NSC). National security wonk...
By Julianne Smith & Loren DeJonge Schulman
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The State Department Press Corps Is an Asset, Not a Liability
By Neal Urwitz
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Hungary’s Challenge to Trump
By Robert D. Kaplan
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Bannon’s Demotion Means the Trump Team Is Learning — Even if Trump Isn’t
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Trump's approach to the Middle East
This episode offers broad analysis of the current situation in the Middle East and the choices the new administration faces. We also look at the state of the US State Dep...
By Nicholas Heras
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The King of Jordan Meets the King of Queens
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Donald Trump’s chemical reaction to Syria attack
By Richard Fontaine
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Trump's approach to the Middle East
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Elizabeth Rosenberg before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Chair Ros-Lehtinen, Ranking Member Deutch, distinguished members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today on the topic of IRGC and Iran ballistic missi...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Elizabeth Rosenberg before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Intelligence business: Trump must keep privacy protections for US firms
By Zachary K. Goldman
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Elizabeth Rosenberg before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs
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Event Podcast: Women in National Security
By Michele Flournoy, Frances Townsend, GEN Carter Hem, USA (Ret.) & Jennifer Griffin
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Katherine Kidder and Phillip Carter Discuss New Report on Women in National Security
By Katherine Kidder, Phillip Carter & Neal Urwitz
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From College to Cabinet
By Katherine Kidder, Amy Schafer, Phillip Carter & Andrew Swick
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Event Podcast: Women in National Security