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CNAS Welcomes Anna Saito Carson as Vice President of Development
November 13, 2018
Technology & National Security
Human Performance Enhancement
Executive Summary No attributes are more foundational to success in combat than the physical and cognitive performance of warfighters. Technological advantage has always playe...
Asia-Pacific Security
At APEC, Pence Has Unique Opportunity to Advance U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy
This is a make or break week for the Trump administration’s economic approach to Asia. A year ago at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC) – the region’s premier ...
Transatlantic Security
Luke Coffey on Brexit and the Future of the Special Relationship
Luke Coffey, Director of the Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy at the Heritage Foundation, sits down with Jim Townsend to talk about the future of UK defense...
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The US Has Lobbied Italy Not To Drop Sanctions Against Russia
In The News
US diplomats have been lobbying Italy to continue supporting the European Union’s sanctions on Russia, according to two diplomatic sources. US pressure has so far been crucial...
By Peter Harrell
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Reports: Turkey-backed Rebels Battle in Afrin
In The News
Clashes in the Syrian town of Afrin are intensifying as Turkish-backed Syrian rebel factions continue fighting each other over influence in the northwestern town. The U.K.-ba...
By Nicholas Heras
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Southeast Asian Nations Wary of Choosing Sides in Rift Between U.S., China
In The News
Although China is exerting pressure on the nations in Southeast Asia to side with it in the growing global struggle with the United States, most of them want to avoid having t...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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US Army looks to social media for Midwest recruitment
In The News
U.S. Army recruiters in Indiana and other Midwestern states where recruitment has consistently fallen short are exploring other recruitment tactics, such as social media, as t...
By Emma Moore
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How the Trump Administration Stepped Up Pursuit of WikiLeaks’s Assange
In The News
Soon after he took over as C.I.A. director, Mike Pompeo privately told lawmakers about a new target for American spies: Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks. Intent on fi...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Anna Wieslander on Swedish Elections and the Nordic View of European Defense
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UK Director of International Security Policy on the US-UK Relationship and a Changing NATO
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Quantum Hegemony? China’s Ambitions and the Challenge to U.S. Innovation Leadership
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David Cohen talks with Michael Morell on "Intelligence Matters" podcast
Our Research Programs
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Bombshell: Come What May
Erin, Radha, and Loren invited Dr. Lindsay Cohn of the U.S. Naval War College to join their posse and explain America’s history of employing the military for domestic purposes...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman, Lindsay Cohn, Radha Iyengar & Erin Simpson
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Loren DeJonge Schulman on The Smell of Victory Podcast
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Susanna V. Blume on Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast
By Susanna V. Blume
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Bombshell: Come What May
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The Financing of WMD Proliferation (JCE TEST)
The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction is a critical threat facing the international community. Numerous United Nations Security Council Resolutions (UNSCRs) place b...
By Jonathan Brewer
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Southeast Asian Nations Wary of Choosing Sides in Rift Between U.S., China
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Leverage the new US International Development Finance Corporation to compete with China
By Daniel Kliman
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The Financing of WMD Proliferation (JCE TEST)
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The Financing of WMD Proliferation (JCE TEST)
The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction is a critical threat facing the international community. Numerous United Nations Security Council Resolutions (UNSCRs) place b...
By Jonathan Brewer
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Loren DeJonge Schulman on The Smell of Victory Podcast
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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US Army looks to social media for Midwest recruitment
By Emma Moore
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The Financing of WMD Proliferation (JCE TEST)
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Luke Coffey on Brexit and the Future of the Special Relationship
Luke Coffey, Director of the Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy at the Heritage Foundation, sits down with Jim Townsend to talk about the future of UK defense...
By Jim Townsend & Luke Coffey
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How the Trump Administration Stepped Up Pursuit of WikiLeaks’s Assange
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Trump Gets NATO Backwards
By Richard Fontaine
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Luke Coffey on Brexit and the Future of the Special Relationship
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Reports: Turkey-backed Rebels Battle in Afrin
Clashes in the Syrian town of Afrin are intensifying as Turkish-backed Syrian rebel factions continue fighting each other over influence in the northwestern town. The U.K.-ba...
By Nicholas Heras
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SDF says it arrested IS leader responsible for killing Raqqa tribal head
By Nicholas Heras
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Four killed in armed attack on Manbij security forces
By Nicholas Heras
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Reports: Turkey-backed Rebels Battle in Afrin
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The Financing of WMD Proliferation
Executive Summary The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction is a critical threat facing the international community. Numerous United Nations Security Council Resolution...
By Jonathan Brewer
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The US Has Lobbied Italy Not To Drop Sanctions Against Russia
By Peter Harrell
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China and the EU Are Growing Sick of U.S. Financial Power
By Elizabeth Rosenberg & Edoardo Saravalle
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The Financing of WMD Proliferation
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Summary of Findings and Recommendations
KEY FINDINGS Soldier survivability is a function of protection and other relevant operational factors, such as situational awareness, mobility, and lethality. Throughout histo...
By Paul Scharre, Lauren Fish, Katherine Kidder & Amy Schafer
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Are Killer Robots the Future of War? Parsing the Facts on Autonomous Weapons
By Robert O. Work & Paul Scharre
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To understand autonomous weapons, think about electronic warfare
By Robert O. Work & Paul Scharre
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Summary of Findings and Recommendations
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Loren DeJonge Schulman on Drones
Defense One Radio talks about drones, the national security bureaucracy, and the American way of war (1:49) with Loren DeJonge Schulman of the Center for a New American Securi...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Resisting Magical Thinking: Drones and National Security
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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What the Interwar Years Say About the US Army’s Newest Force Concept
By Lauren Fish
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Loren DeJonge Schulman on Drones
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Loren DeJonge Schulman on The Smell of Victory Podcast
On The Smell of Victory Podcast, Bob Hein and Phil Walter sat down with Loren DeJonge Schulman of the Center for a New American Security to discuss the draft. Listen to the f...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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How the Generals Are Routing the Policy Wonks at the Pentagon
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Trump Gets NATO Backwards
By Richard Fontaine
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Loren DeJonge Schulman on The Smell of Victory Podcast
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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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Bombshell: Come What May
Erin, Radha, and Loren invited Dr. Lindsay Cohn of the U.S. Naval War College to join their posse and explain America’s history of employing the military for domestic purposes...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman, Lindsay Cohn, Radha Iyengar & Erin Simpson
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With Haley’s departure, senior Trump ranks feature even fewer women and minorities
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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The Messy Reality Inside the Pentagon, Captured in Fiction
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Bombshell: Come What May
