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Trump’s New National-Security Strategy Projects Confidence
Commentary
President Trump today unveiled his new National Security Strategy (NSS), exceeding the expectations of the national-security community by producing a remarkably coherent NSS w...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Congress Mandates New DoD Study Central to Understanding TBI
Commentary
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the signature wound of today's conflicts, affecting more than 370,000 service members, and emerging evidence suggests troops may be exposed to ...
By Lauren Fish & Paul Scharre
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Give Bad Faith a Chance in North Korea
Commentary
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said this week that the U.S. was “ready to talk” to North Korea. The White House and State Department walked back that statement, but Mr. Till...
By Peter Harrell
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China Mistakenly Challenges Andrew Jackson to a Duel
Commentary
The United States Navy will be making a port call in Taiwan in the near future. The only questions that remain are where, when, and how many ships of what type will drop ancho...
By Jerry Hendrix
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A Rorschach Test for Civil-Military Relations
Commentary
Earlier this week, I wrote in Slate about how America’s military leaders have seemingly improvised a new norm of civil-military relations in response to President Donald Trump...
By Phillip Carter
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Trump must stop Venezuela from sliding toward total dictatorship
Commentary
The Trump administration’s sanctions on Venezuela have succeeded in creating a cash crunch in Caracas. But with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro getting close to defaulting...
By Peter Harrell
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The Human Factor in the “Unmanned” Systems of the People's Liberation Army
Commentary
Even as the character of conflict is transformed by the advent of robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) on the battlefield, the human factor is no less important in this m...
By Elsa B. Kania
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How Many Battles Can the Pentagon Fight in Washington at Once?
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Agenda SecDef relaunched earlier this year with advice for then-new Secretary James Mattis, warning against the demands of unreasonable expectations in order to focus on five ...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman & Lauren Fish
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Military Chiefs’ Reluctance to March
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In a dizzying series of tweets and news stories on Monday, the Pentagon appeared to simultaneously embrace transgender recruits while the Trump administration was losing its b...
By Phillip Carter
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Technology, Innovation, and the Future of Warfare
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We are living in the midst of an information revolution that is changing how we communicate, shop, do business, and make friends. It is also changing warfare. The U.S. militar...
By Paul Scharre & Jerry Hendrix
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CNAS Commentary: “The New York Bombing: What We Know and How Not to Curb the Threat”
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Washington, December 12 – In the wake of a terrorist attack near the New York Port Authority Bus Terminal, Center for a New American Security (CNAS) Adjunct Senior Fellow Step...
By Stephen Tankel
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Quantum Technology & National Security
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Quantum technologies have the potential to defeat modern crypto-systems and provide otherwise unimaginable computational capabilities. The current strategic-analysis landscape...
By Michael J. Biercuk
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Paul Scharre on NPR: The Challenges Of Regulating Autonomous Weapons
Podcast
Autonomous weapons, capable of operating independent of human control, are being developed by several countries around the world. NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with Paul Scharre o...
By Paul Scharre
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North Korea threats raise Olympic security fears
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US and South Korean security agencies are becoming increasingly concerned that North Korea may attempt an attack during the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. C...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Women in National Security: Laura Rosenberger
Podcast
Laura Rosenburger, former foreign policy advisor for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 Presidential Campaign, discusses the misconceptions women have about working in national security....
By Laura Rosenberger
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China Is On a Whole-of-Nation Push for AI. The US Must Match It
Commentary
China has made no secret of its ambitions to lead the world in artificial intelligence, nor of the military and geopolitical advantage it hopes to gain from this rapidly advan...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Michèle Flournoy on Fox News Sunday: Trump's 'America First' doctrine
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Michèle Flournoy joins 'Fox News Sunday' to discuss President Trump's foreign policy....
By Michèle Flournoy
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Here’s How Both Obama and Trump Stoked the Saudi-Iranian Rivalry
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From the surprise resignation (then un-resignation) of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri to the intra-Gulf crisis with Qatar to the battle for influence in post-Islamic Stat...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Foreign National Recruitment Must Stay True to Its Roots Under Trump Administration
Commentary
Last December, the U.S. Department of Defense suspended the Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest Program, which responsible for recruiting foreign nationals livi...
By Jennie Kim & Jeesue Lee
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The Selfish Motive Behind Trump’s Jerusalem Decision
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Trump’s decision was all about placating his base. There is no other strategic rationale for taking this step now....
By Ilan Goldenberg
