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What the Interwar Years Say About the US Army’s Newest Force Concept
Commentary
You fix the roof when it’s sunny, says U.S. Army Secretary Mark Esper, pointing to his service’s various efforts to improve doctrine and gear during a relative lull in fightin...
By Lauren Fish
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Congress Should Oversee America’s Wars, Not Just Authorize Them
Commentary
Nearly 17 years after the 9/11 attacks, a bipartisan coalition of senators has put forward legislation that promises to overhaul the legal framework for America’s worldwide ca...
By Richard Fontaine & Vance Serchuk
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Heavy weapons may be damaging troops’ brains
Podcast
As brain injuries in the NFL gain more attention, the brains of service members are under more scrutiny. That scrutiny led to the discovery that shoulder mounted heavy weapon...
By Lauren Fish
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What's Wrong with the Defense Department's 2019 Budget Request - and What Congress Can Do to Fix It
Commentary
The Trump administration had a rare opportunity in the 2019 planning and budgeting cycle. For most of its time in office, the Obama administration requested more for defense t...
By Susanna V. Blume
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Moscow Has Little Reason to Return to the INF Treaty
Commentary
Vladimir Putin says he wants to resolve the latest arms race with the United States. But progress on arms control depends on Russia moving back into compliance with the Interm...
By Alexander Velez-Green
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CNAS Commentary: Major Challenges Ahead for Commercial Space Regulators
Commentary
At a Washington D.C. event on Monday April 30th Scott Pace, Executive Secretary of the National Space Council, remarked on the need for regulatory reform for commercial space ...
By Adam Routh
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Fair Winds and Following Seas to Dr. Jerry Hendrix
Podcast
On the latest episode, the team chats topics ranging from acquisition to Zumwalts. In addition to special guest Frank Kendall, former Under Secretary of Defense for ...
By Susanna V. Blume, Jerry Hendrix, Adam Routh, Lauren Fish & Frank Kendall
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CNAS’ Hendrix, Routh on ‘Building the Future Force’ Report, Future-Force Planning
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Jerry Hendrix, PhD, Defense Program director and senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, and Adam Routh, a research associate with the program, discuss CNAS’&...
By Jerry Hendrix & Adam Routh
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How to Make the U.S. Navy Great Again
Commentary
ALONE AMONG the services, the Navy is always deployed. In wartime, all of the services deploy. In peacetime, the Army and Air Force train and exercise but do not deploy persis...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Operational-Level Strikes Finally Enforce Obama’s Red Line
Commentary
By all accounts, Friday night’s strikes against the Assad regime’s chemical-weapons facilities were successful — they reduced their targets to rubble, and there were no report...
By Lauren Fish
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Making the Case for an ‘Artificial Intelligence Agency’
Video
Artificial Intelligence is a new paradigm, not just in the civilian government, but on the battlefield as well. However, making sure the U.S. stays on the forefront of AI rese...
By Robert O. Work
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It's a Space Renaissance!
Podcast
This week the team discusses forward basing ships in the Baltic and Black seas and the MQ-25 acquisition. And Former Secretary of the Air Force, The Honorable Deborah Lee Jame...
By Susanna V. Blume, Jerry Hendrix, Adam Routh, Lauren Fish & Deborah Lee James
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Russian Strategists Debate Preemption as Defense Against NATO Surprise Attack
Commentary
Russian military and civilian leaders have long debated what to do in the face of a NATO surprise attack. One group of authoritative military strategists believes that, in the...
By Alexander Velez-Green
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Policy Roundtable: Civil-Military Relations Now and Tomorrow
Commentary
President Donald Trump has been in office for over a year, and while many key staffers have departed and been replaced already, there are a few clear trends in his staffing de...
By Lauren Fish
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Soldier Swarm: New ground Combat Tactics for the Era of Multi-Domain Battle
Commentary
When the US military prepares to fight its next major war, it won’t be planning to fight the insurgents it has faced over the last fifteen years. As China and Russia begin to ...
By Lauren Fish & Justin Lynch
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A Balanced Defense
Commentary
When President Trump signed the 2018 omnibus spending bill, he committed the nation to a two-year, $1.416 trillion defense-spending plan, but his signature did not answer the ...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Readiness? Ready for what?
Podcast
This week, the team chats the new National Security Advisor, the 2018 Omnibus, and the White House's National Space Strategy. Also, Susanna discusses military readin...
By Susanna V. Blume, Jerry Hendrix, Lauren Fish, Adam Routh, Laura Junor & Lacey Raymond
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Send Navy Ships to the Baltic and Black Seas
Commentary
Forward-deployed” American naval forces — those that have home ports outside the United States, such as the forces currently based in Japan and Spain — have provided great str...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Donald Trump and the Art of Strategic Ambiguity
Commentary
Donald Trump has disturbed the world. His policy of strategic ambiguity has destabilized friends and foes alike. It has forced enemies such as North Korea to the bargaining ta...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Defense & Aerospace Business Report Podcast
Podcast
CNAS expert Susanna V. Blume joined in on this week’s episode of the Defense & Aerospace Business Report podcast to discuss ongoing congressional budget deliberations, NATO de...
By Susanna V. Blume
