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Why America Needs a New Way of War
Chris Dougherty | June 12, 2019
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Funding Flows in the Sea of Goodwill
Introduction Analyzing the largest organizations in the veteran philanthropy space through publicly available tax filings and annual reports, this paper identifies: (1) the do...
Middle East Security
Escalation or Negotiation?
In May 2019, the Center hosted an all-day tabletop exercise to game out three scenarios related to the crisis surrounding U.S.-Iran tensions over Iran’s nuclear enrichment pro...
Asia-Pacific Security
Negotiating Toward a Denuclearization-Peace Roadmap on the Korean Peninsula
Executive Summary The second summit between U.S. President Donald J. Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, on February 27 and 28, 2019, in Hanoi, failed to produce an agr...
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Susanna V. Blume Named Director of CNAS Defense Program
Washington, D.C. — The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce that Susanna V. Blume has been named Director of the Defense Program. Blume joined the ...
By Cole Stevens
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2020 Democratic Primary Debates: Questions for the Candidates
Press Note
By Neil Bhatiya, Susanna V. Blume, Kara Frederick, Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Daniel Kliman, Martijn Rasser, Elizabeth Rosenberg, Loren DeJonge Schulman & Kayla M. Williams
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Hopes for third Trump-Kim summit revived despite Pyongyang criticism
In The News
Hopes for a third summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump appeared to be revived Wednesday even after Pyongyang rebuked Washington over "h...
By Duyeon Kim
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U.S. Versus China: A New Era of Great Power Competition, but Without Boundaries
In The News
When President Trump meets President Xi Jinping of China this week to discuss contentious trade issues, they will face each other in another nation that was once the United St...
By Daniel Kliman
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SDF arrest 5 ISIS sleeper cell members in Manbij, Raqqa
In The News
Counterterrorism units linked to the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) arrested five members of the so-called Islamic State among sleeper cells in Raqqa and Manbij, a s...
By Nicholas Heras
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Susanna V. Blume Named Director of CNAS Defense Program
Washington, D.C. — The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce that Susanna V. Blume has been named Director of the Defense Program. Blume joined the ...
By Cole Stevens
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Trump’s Latest Acting Pentagon Chief Faces Immediate Stress Test
By Jim Townsend
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2020 Democratic Primary Debates: Questions for the Candidates
By Neil Bhatiya, Susanna V. Blume, Kara Frederick, Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Daniel Kliman, Martijn Rasser, Elizabeth Rosenberg, Loren DeJonge Schulman & Kayla M. Williams
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Susanna V. Blume Named Director of CNAS Defense Program
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Negotiating Toward a Denuclearization-Peace Roadmap on the Korean Peninsula
Executive Summary The second summit between U.S. President Donald J. Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, on February 27 and 28, 2019, in Hanoi, failed to produce an agr...
By Duyeon Kim
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Xi Jinping wants Trump to lift ban on Huawei before making a trade deal
By Eric Sayers
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2020 Democratic Primary Debates: Questions for the Candidates
By Neil Bhatiya, Susanna V. Blume, Kara Frederick, Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Daniel Kliman, Martijn Rasser, Elizabeth Rosenberg, Loren DeJonge Schulman & Kayla M. Williams
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Negotiating Toward a Denuclearization-Peace Roadmap on the Korean Peninsula
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2020 Democratic Primary Debates: Questions for the Candidates
By Neil Bhatiya, Susanna V. Blume, Kara Frederick, Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Daniel Kliman, Martijn Rasser, Elizabeth Rosenberg, Loren DeJonge Schulman & Kayla M. Williams
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Funding Flows in the Sea of Goodwill
By Emma Moore, Margaret Seymour, Jared Stefani, Kelly Kennedy & Kayla M. Williams
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Challenges to Force Development in A New American Way of War
By Lt Col Brad Orgeron, Emma Moore, Chris Dougherty, Alex Horton, Laura Junor & Peter Levine
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2020 Democratic Primary Debates: Questions for the Candidates
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Istanbul, Erdogan, and the Future of Turkish Politics with Steven A. Cook
Dr. Steven A. Cook, Council on Foreign Relations Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies, joins Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Carisa Nietsche for a disc...
By Steven A. Cook, Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Carisa Nietsche
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2020 Democratic Primary Debates: Questions for the Candidates
By Neil Bhatiya, Susanna V. Blume, Kara Frederick, Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Daniel Kliman, Martijn Rasser, Elizabeth Rosenberg, Loren DeJonge Schulman & Kayla M. Williams
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Containment Plan: How Trump Can Challenge China's Rising Power
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & David Shullman
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Istanbul, Erdogan, and the Future of Turkish Politics with Steven A. Cook
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Trump's latest Iran sanctions target $200B economic empire of supreme leader
The Trump administration's latest sanctions against Iran reinstate an embargo on some of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's front companies that President Barack Obama lifted as pa...
By Sam Dorshimer
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Escalation or Negotiation?
By Elisa Catalano Ewers, Ilan Goldenberg, Nicholas Heras & Kaleigh Thomas
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SDF arrest 5 ISIS sleeper cell members in Manbij, Raqqa
By Nicholas Heras
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Trump's latest Iran sanctions target $200B economic empire of supreme leader
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Reforming National Security Tariff Tools: Issues and Recommendations for Policymakers
Introduction President Trump’s late-May threat to impose tariffs on U.S. imports from Mexico in response to illegal immigration, and ongoing threat of tariffs against U.S. aut...
By Peter Harrell
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Key energy issues to watch as Trump meets G20 leaders in Japan
By Ely Ratner
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Trump's latest Iran sanctions target $200B economic empire of supreme leader
By Sam Dorshimer
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Reforming National Security Tariff Tools: Issues and Recommendations for Policymakers
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2020 Democratic Primary Debates: Questions for the Candidates
By Neil Bhatiya, Susanna V. Blume, Kara Frederick, Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Daniel Kliman, Martijn Rasser, Elizabeth Rosenberg, Loren DeJonge Schulman & Kayla M. Williams
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Battlefield singularity, AI pixie dust, and the future of war
By Elsa B. Kania
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The rare earths brawl
By Martijn Rasser
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2020 Democratic Primary Debates: Questions for the Candidates
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Executive Order Highlights Electromagnetic Pulse Threat
In March, President Donald Trump signed an “Executive Order on Coordinating National Resilience to Electromagnetic Pulses,” which many observers see as an important step in co...
By Paul Scharre
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How swarming drones will change warfare
By Paul Scharre
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The future of war: Autonomous weapons, AI, and cyberwarfare
By Loren DeJonge Schulman & Erin Simpson
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Executive Order Highlights Electromagnetic Pulse Threat
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Reforming National Security Tariff Tools: Issues and Recommendations for Policymakers
Introduction President Trump’s late-May threat to impose tariffs on U.S. imports from Mexico in response to illegal immigration, and ongoing threat of tariffs against U.S. aut...
By Peter Harrell
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2020 Democratic Primary Debates: Questions for the Candidates
By Neil Bhatiya, Susanna V. Blume, Kara Frederick, Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Daniel Kliman, Martijn Rasser, Elizabeth Rosenberg, Loren DeJonge Schulman & Kayla M. Williams
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Renewing the National Security Consensus in Congress
By Loren DeJonge Schulman, Senator Josh Hawley & Senator Chris Murphy
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Reforming National Security Tariff Tools: Issues and Recommendations for Policymakers
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Living on the Edge: Strengthening American Competitiveness
Richard Fontaine highlights the range of national security challenges facing the United States....
By Richard Fontaine
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Don’t Count on DHS to Resist Trump’s Worst Impulses
By Carrie Cordero & Garrett M. Graff
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WOTR Podcast: Fresh Voices on Grand Strategy
By Emma Ashford, Kate Kizer, Rebecca Friedman Lissner, Joshua R. Itzkowitz Shifrinson & Ryan Evans
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Living on the Edge: Strengthening American Competitiveness
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Press Release: Three CNAS Next Generation National Security Alumni Among 2017–2018 White House Fellows Class
Washington, October 4 – The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) congratulates three Next Generation National Security Leaders Fellowship alumni who were named as 2017–20...
By Neal Urwitz
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Drone Proliferation
By Elisa Catalano Ewers, Lauren Fish, Michael Horowitz, Alexandra Sander & Paul Scharre
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Press Release: Three CNAS Next Generation National Security Alumni Among 2017–2018 White House Fellows Class
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Managing the National Security Workforce Crisis
The federal national security workforce is entering a perfect storm shaped by workforce demographic trends, short-sighted leadership, slow adaptation to modern challenges, and...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Bombshells and Smart Women Talk Security
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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How Jeanne Shaheen Fills a Void in Trump’s Foreign Policy
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Managing the National Security Workforce Crisis
