February 01, 2018

CNAS Responds: State of the Union 2018


On January 30, 2018, President Trump delivered his first State of the Union address. The speech covered a wide array of accomplishments and challenges that the United States experienced during the past year and outlined the administration's agenda for the year to come. CNAS experts paid close attention to what the president said - or didn't say - on matters of national security. Here are their thoughts:

  • Podcast
    • November 18, 2018
    Loren DeJonge Schulman on The Smell of Victory Podcast

    On The Smell of Victory Podcast, Bob Hein and Phil Walter sat down with Loren DeJonge Schulman of the Center for a New American Security to discuss the draft. Listen to the f...

    By Loren DeJonge Schulman

  • Commentary
    • The Atlantic
    • November 15, 2018
    Trump Gets NATO Backwards

    Returning from the World War I armistice commemoration in Paris, President Trump reemphasized his view of America’s European allies. “We pay for large portions of other countr...

    By Richard Fontaine

  • Video
    • November 13, 2018
    Amb. Nuland on N. Korea: The U.S. 'needs to get back into real diplomacy'

    Amb. Victoria Nuland, CEO of the Center for a New American Security and former Assistant Secretary of State, joins Ali Velshi to discuss reports that North Korea is moving ahe...

    By Victoria Nuland

  • Commentary
    • The Australian Financial Review
    • November 8, 2018
    US midterm elections 2018: Democrats abroad in the Indo-Pacific

    A partial "blue wave" crested over the US House of Representatives this week, ushering in a Democratic majority there for the first time in eight years. With Republicans stren...

    By Richard Fontaine

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