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Obama Needs a New National Security Strategy
When you work on the president’s national security staff, you never feel like there are enough hours in the day. Whether you are managing Ukraine, Syria, South Sudan or the So...
By Jacob Stokes & Julianne Smith
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Three Foreign Policy Opportunities in 2014
A glance at any newspaper will reveal the daunting list of foreign policy challenges facing American leaders at the outset of a new year. The war in Syria rages on, with over...
By Richard Fontaine
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Human Rights and National Security: The Case of the Central African Republic
As my colleague Richard Fontaine recently posted, “The promotion of human rights and democracy is part and parcel of America’s greatness, and intrinsically bound with how we a...
By Katherine Kidder
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Squaring Human Rights and National Security
Human rights have earned a bit of prominence in Washington’s foreign policy debates over the past couple of weeks. First, National Security Advisor Susan Rice addressed the a...
By Richard Fontaine
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A Better Procurement Model
Ben, you're totally right about our government contracts system. It is fundamentally un-American. In fact, when I teach on procurement issues, I usually describe it as a Sovie...
By Ben FitzGerald & Phillip Carter
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The Reality of National Security Strategies
News that President Obama will issue his second National Security Strategy in early 2014 occasions some thinking about these lofty documents that seek to articulate an America...
By Richard Fontaine
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To Secure America, Repair Political Fractures at Home
As the government shut down and the nation spiraled toward a near-default on its debt obligations in October, much of the world's attention focused on the economic consequence...
By Richard Fontaine & Robert O. Work
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NSA Scandal: Simultaneously fascinating and dull
As far as I know, my first contact with the signals intelligence (SIGINT) world came just over a decade ago when I was trying to help some software engineers figure out how to...
By Ben FitzGerald
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LTG David Barno Testifies Before House Armed Services Committee on Transition in Afghanistan
LTG David Barno, USA (Ret.) testified before the House Armed Services Committee on the road ahead in Afghanistan and protecting U.S. vital interests in the country and the reg...
By David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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Transcript: Economics and Security: A Conversation with Robert Zoellick
Read the transcript of the "Economics and Security" session, featuring Robert Zoellick, at the CNAS 2012 Annual Conference....
By Robert Zoellick
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Transcript: National Security Strategy for the Next Decade
Read the transcript of the "National Security Strategy for the Next Decade" panel at the CNAS 2012 Annual Conference....
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Video: Economics and Security: A Conversation with Robert Zoellick
Watch the video of the "Economics and Security" session, featuring Robert Zoellick, at the CNAS 2012 Annual Conference....
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Video: National Security Strategy for the Next Decade
Watch the video of the "National Security Strategy for the Next Decade" panel at the CNAS 2012 Annual Conference....
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Richard Fontaine: One Year After the Death of Osama bin Laden
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the death of Osama bin Laden. CNAS has asked several of its experts to reflect on how U.S. policy has changed - or not - over the past ...
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Dr. Andrew Exum: One Year After the Death of Osama bin Laden
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the death of Osama bin Laden. CNAS has asked several of its experts to reflect on how U.S. policy has changed - or not - over the past ...
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Dr. Nora Bensahel: One Year After the Death of Osama bin Laden
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the death of Osama bin Laden. CNAS has asked several of its experts to reflect on how U.S. policy has changed - or not - over the past ...
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LTG David Barno, USA (Ret.): One Year After the Death of Osama bin Laden
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the death of Osama bin Laden. CNAS has asked several of its experts to reflect on how U.S. policy has changed - or not - over the past ...
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COL Robert Killebrew Testifies Before House Armed Services Committee on Understanding Future Irregular Warfare Challenges
On March 27, COL Robert Killebrew, USA (Ret.), CNAS Non-Resident Senior Fellow, testified before the House Armed Services Committee Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabi...
By USA (Ret.) & Robert Killebrew
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Iran, Hezbollah and the Threat to the Homeland
On March 21st, Dr. Colin H. Kahl, CNAS Senior Fellow, testified before the House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee. He discussed the Iranian threat to the United ...
By Colin H. Kahl
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Counterstrike: The Untold Story Of America's Secret Campaign Against Al Qaeda
In Counterstrike, a Henry Holt and Company book, former CNAS Writers in Residence, Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker of The New York Times, tell the story of how a group of analys...
By Eric Schmitt & Thom Shanker