Reports
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Reforming the Military Health System
In this white paper, experts Dr. Peter Levin, General H. Hugh Shelton, U.S. Army (ret.), and Dr. Stephen Ondra discuss reforming the military health system and recommend that ...
By General H. Hugh Shelton, Peter L. Levin & Stephen Ondra
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Ideas to Action
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In advance of Dr. Ashton Carter’s upcoming nomination hearing to be Secretary of Defense, CNAS experts have produced a series of commentaries outlining the key issues the 25th...
By Michèle Flournoy, Shawn Brimley, Ilan Goldenberg, Elbridge Colby, Nicholas Heras, Alexander Sullivan, Jacob Stokes, Patrick M. Cronin, Paul Scharre, Van Jackson, Jerry Hendrix, Julianne Smith, Phillip Carter & Katherine Kidder
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Nuclear Weapons in the Third Offset Strategy: Avoiding a Nuclear Blind Spot in the Pentagon’s New Initiative
Robert M. Gates Fellow Elbridge Colby argues that the Third Offset Strategy focus on how nuclear weapons will factor into the warfighting “regime” the new initiative envisions...
By Elbridge Colby
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Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization
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Phillip Carter and Katherine Kidder examine the growth of military compensation in the post-Cold War era, from 1990 to 2015, as well as the social contract America has with it...
By Katherine Kidder & Phillip Carter
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China's Tailored Coercion and Its Rivals' Actions and Responses: What the Numbers Tell Us
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Dr. Christopher Yung and Patrick McNulty provide a groundbreaking data-driven look at how the six claimants of features in the South China Sea have advanced and defended their...
By Patrick McNulty & Dr. Christopher Yung
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CNAS Commentary: Smart Sanctions on Cuba
CNAS Energy, Economics, and Security Program Director Elizabeth Rosenberg and Inle Advisory Group Principal Peter Kucik have written a new commentary in response to the new U....
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Slow Thaw: Testing Possibilities for Cooperation with Iran After a Nuclear Deal
With nuclear negotiations between Iran and the United States restarting today, Center for a New American Security (CNAS) Middle East Security Program Director Ilan Goldenberg,...
By Ilan Goldenberg, Jacob Stokes & Nicholas Heras
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Between Iron Man and Aqua Man
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"Between Iron Man and Aqua Man: Exosuit Opportunities in Maritime Operations" examines how exosuit technology, often considered in the context of special operations or ground ...
By Andrew Herr & Lt. Scott Cheney-Peters
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Battlefields and Boardrooms
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Dr. Nora Bensahel, LTG David W. Barno, USA (Ret.), Katherine Kidder, and Kelley Sayler examine the career paths of professional women through the ranks of the U.S. military an...
By Katherine Kidder, Kelley Sayler, Nora Bensahel & David W. Barno
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Defend, Defect, or Desert?
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The Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) are soon to become the center of gravity for security in Afghanistan. In September 2014, U.S. and Afghan leaders signed a Bilateral ...
By Tyler Jost
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Arctic 2015 and Beyond: A Strategy for U.S. Leadership in the High North
Three Arctic experts lay out the challenges and opportunities that face the United States as it assumes the chair of the Arctic Council in April 2015. ...
By Alexander Wiker, Dr. David Titley & Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Warring State: China’s Cybersecurity Strategy
Research Associate Amy Chang explores the political, economic, and military objectives of China’s cybersecurity apparatus; reveals drivers and intentions of Chinese activity i...
By Amy Chang
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The Mission Continues: A Case Study of the Well After Service Model
Oliver Gould and Aaron Scheinberg from The Mission Continues partnered with Monica Matthieu from the Center for Social Development at Washington University in St. Louis to eva...
By Oliver Gould, Aaron Scheinberg, MBS, MPA/ID, Monica Matthieu, L.C.S.W. & Ph.D.
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Cost-Imposing Strategies: A Brief Primer
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Dr. Thomas Mahnken, professor at both the Naval War College and Johns Hopkins SAIS, delivers a general but thorough framework for thinking about cost-imposing strategies, a cr...
By Thomas G. Mahnken
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Can China Make Peace in the South China Sea?
Senior Fellow Dr. Ely Ratner argues that in recent years, China become not only more assertive but has also been increasingly engaging in unilateral coercion to advance its cl...
By Ely Ratner
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Autonomous Weapon Systems at the United Nations
CNAS experts Michael Horowitz, Paul Scharre and Kelley Sayler examine the issues facing U.N. delegates, along with recommendations for action....
By Kelley Sayler, Michael Horowitz & Paul Scharre
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The Obama-Xi Summit: Three Essential Messages from Washington
Asia-Pacific Security Deputy Director Ely Ratner examines and Obama-Xi Summit and provides three messages from Washington....
By Ely Ratner
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How This Ends: A Blueprint for De-Escalation in Syria
Deputy Director of Studies and Leon E. Panetta Fellow Dr. Dafna H. Rand and Research Associate Nicholas Heras argue for the importance of focusing on a political framework for...
By Dafna Rand & Nicholas Heras
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Strengthening U.S.-Indonesia Defense Ties
As part of the Asia Strategy Series, Research Associate Alexander Sullivan examines the U.S.-Indonesia defense relationship....
By Alexander Sullivan
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The Tourniquet: A Strategy for Defeating the Islamic State and Saving Syria and Iraq
Adjunct Senior Fellow Marc Lynch lays out a strategy for internationally legitimate and regionally coordinated large-scale but conditional assistance to Iraq and to Syrians....
By Marc Lynch
