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Julianne Smith before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs
Julianne Smith, senior fellow and director of the CNAS Strategy and Statecraft Program, testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affa...
By Julianne Smith
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Our Overworked Security Bureaucracy
Over the last two years, the West has been caught by surprise by a number of transformative international crises. From Russia’s annexation of Crimea to the Ebola outbreak to t...
By Julianne Smith
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Julianne Smith before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Julianne Smith testified before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on the "strains" on the European Union and implications for U.S. foreign policy....
By Julianne Smith
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Obama Must Send Hollande to Moscow With This Clear Message
When French President Francois Hollande meets President Barack Obama Tuesday, he will ask Washington to support his vision of a grand coalition to defeat ISIS. The administrat...
By Julianne Smith
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As Odious as It Seems, We Must Talk to Russia on Syria
Engaging with the Russians is one of an array of unsavory options the United States faces in Syria. Given Russia’s aggressive behavior in his neighborhood, particularly inside...
By Julianne Smith
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A Defining Moment for the Alliance?
Williams: To what extent is it fair to classify Europe's lack of investment in defense technology and national defense budgets as a threat to the capabilities of the Atlantic ...
By Julianne Smith
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America's Allies Want More From the US
During the past several years, U.S. allies got a “reset” and a “rebalance,” but what they really need and want is reassurance. During our time in the Obama administration, we ...
By Julianne Smith
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Video: CNAS 2015 Annual Conference - 2017 and Beyond
By Julianne Smith & Richard Fontaine
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How the West Can Still Lead the World
Listen to any European or American leader talk about the transatlantic relationship these days and you will hear a handful of common refrains. Major policy addresses of this k...
By Julianne Smith
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The Tasks Ahead
Listen to any European or American leader talk about the transatlantic relationship these days and you will hear a handful of common refrains. Major policy addresses of this k...
By Julianne Smith
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The Lowdown on Obama's New National Security Strategy
A little less than a year ago, my colleague Jacob Stokes and I wrote a piece for Politico Magazine highlighting some of the challenges facing those drafting the next National ...
By Julianne Smith
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How America Must Lead
Recently, foreign policy watchers have been engaged in a frantic bout of hand-wringing over whether America will continue to play the role of global leader. Amid that discussi...
By Jacob Stokes & Julianne Smith
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What to Listen for in Obama's Warsaw speech
President Barack Obama’s speech Wednesday in Warsaw will have three distinct audiences: the people of Poland and other countries in Central and Eastern Europe who have been se...
By Julianne Smith
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Smith: 3 Questions for NATO on Pres. Obama's Plan for Afghanistan
The President’s announcement today that the United States will maintain 9800 troops in Afghanistan throughout 2015 has ended months of speculation about the U.S. post-2014 tro...
By Julianne Smith
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Video: Strategy and Statecraft Director Julianne Smith at SFRC's Subcommittee on European Affairs
By Julianne Smith
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CNAS Strategy and Statecraft Director Julianne Smith at SFRC's Subcommittee on European Affairs
CNAS Strategy and Statecraft Program Director and Senior Fellow Julianne Smith testified before the SFRC's Subcommittee on European Affairs regarding on transatlantic security...
By Julianne Smith
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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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Transatlantic Unity Crucial But Thin on Ukraine
Admittedly, the United States and Europe don't have an abundance of options in addressing or halting Russian aggression in Ukraine. One of their biggest strengths, though, is...
By Julianne Smith
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Climatic Cataclysm: The Foreign Policy and National Security Implications of Climate Change
Global climate change poses not only environmental hazards but profound risks to planetary peace and stability as well. Climatic Cataclysm gathers experts on climate science, ...
By Alexander T.J. Lennon, Christine Parthemore, Derek Mix, J.R. McNeill, Jay Gulledge, John Podesta, Julianne Smith, Leon Fuerth, Peter Ogden, R. James Woolsey, Richard Weitz & Sharon E. Burke