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The Sum of Their Fears: The MQ-25 Stingray
Commentary
“Something is rotten in the state of Denmark,” sayeth the Bard in a line with ominous foreboding. Such potent can also be read into the decision that Northrop Grumman was drop...
By Jerry Hendrix
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In the Pentagon’s AT&L reorg, beware the Valley of Death
Commentary
The U.S. Department of Defense is in the process of reorganizing its acquisition enterprise, as directed by the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act. Congress and the DoD i...
By Susanna V. Blume
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Prospects for a defense budget deal
Commentary
Susanna joins Government Matters TV to offer insight into negotiations over the National Defense Authorization Act. Watch the conversation here....
By Susanna V. Blume
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US Space Policy Should Aim to Preserve Advantage on the New Frontier
Commentary
The administration of Donald Trump is the first of the 21st century to not be entirely preoccupied by issues of terrorism and wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Such conditions pro...
By Adam Routh & Jerry Hendrix
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Why the United States Needs a 355-Ship Navy Now
Commentary
If we do not maintain global supremacy on the seas, nations hostile to our principles will fill the gaps. One of President Trump’s signature campaign promises to the American...
By Jerry Hendrix & Robert C. O'Brien
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CNAS Commentary: Prospects for a Defense Budget Deal
Commentary
Washington, October 6 – With Congress on the hook to pass a budget for the coming year and the prospect that budget instability could do real harm to U.S. national security, C...
By Susanna V. Blume
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Worries about Trump’s Generals Are Overblown
Commentary
It seems that President Trump’s reliance upon retired and active-duty generals in staffing the upper echelons of his administration has raised concerns among a large number of...
By Adam Routh & Jerry Hendrix
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5 Ways America Can Defend Itself from 'Nonphysical' Attacks
Commentary
Earlier this month it was revealed that Russian-linked Facebook accounts purchased more than $100,000 in divisive political advertisements on the social network during the 201...
By Patrick M. Cronin & Harry Krejsa
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Building a 355-Ship Navy: It’s Not Just the Number, It’s the Mix
There is a debate ongoing within national security circles regarding the size of the United States Navy. How many ships does the nation require to uphold its interests on the ...
By Jerry Hendrix
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National Competition in Artificial Intelligence
Podcast
Vladimir Putin recently said that whoever leads in artificial intelligence "will be ruler of the world." Elon Musk has warned that national competition in AI is the "most like...
By Paul Scharre & Neal Urwitz
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CNAS Event: A Conversation with HASC Ranking Member Adam Smith (D-WA)
Podcast
HASC Ranking Member Adam Smith (D-WA) sits down with CNAS President Richard Fontaine for a conversation on Russia, the modern threat environment, and how the U.S. military sho...
By Richard Fontaine
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David Norquist and Bob Hale discuss the Defense Budget
Podcast
By David Norquist, Robert F. Hale & Susanna V. Blume
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Congress must reassert itself on use of military force
Last Wednesday the Senate quietly rejected a proposal by Kentucky Senator Rand Paul to rescind the 2001 and 2002 Authorizations for the Use of Military Force (AUMF), which wou...
By Andrew Swick & Amy Schafer
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Here's How Private Contractors Can Help Win the Afghan War
The president has declared a “path forward” for Afghanistan. Given that the United States is at a nexus for strategic change, might there be an increased role for private cont...
By CDR Daniel G. Straub, USN
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A New Push for Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC)
Podcast
Susanna Blume, fellow with the CNAS Defense Strategies and Assessments Program, discusses the new push for Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC). Hosted by Neal Urwitz....
By Neal Urwitz & Susanna V. Blume
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Sixteen years after 9/11, are we any better at fighting terrorism?
In the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks — 16 years ago on Monday — President George W. Bush declared a war on terrorism that he pledged would not end until every terrorist group o...
By Stephen Tankel
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Course Correction: The Navy Needs to Invest in People, Not Just Platforms
On a moonlit early morning with calm seas on June 17, the U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald was conducting routine operations within sight of land, near Japan’...
By CDR Daniel G. Straub, USN & Patrick M. Cronin
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Getting to Ground Truth on the Elevation of U.S. Cyber Command
One of my biggest frustrations during my time in the Office of the Secretary of Defense’s cyber policy office was the way elevating U.S. Cyber Command became overhyped. Cyber ...
By Michael Sulmeyer
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Our navy is broken, and that is a bad thing
The recent string of ship collisions in the western Pacific is a clarion call to the American nation that its Navy is on the brink of combat ineffectiveness. This dismal condi...
By Jerry Hendrix
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The Threat of Small-Dollar Terrorism
The recent ISIS terrorist attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils likely cost no more than a few thousand dollars—little more than the cost of renting vehicles and housing and feedi...
By Peter Harrell
