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• • Commentary
  • The Atlantic
  • August 2, 2019
  Don’t Peg Troop Withdrawals to the Political Calendar

  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made news this week by suggesting that President Donald Trump has instructed him to pursue troop reductions in Afghanistan by Election Day 2020....

  By Richard Fontaine

• Podcast
  • August 1, 2019
  Meeting the Challenge of Secondary Sanctions

  The second episode of ECFR’s summer series on strategic sovereignty explores the critical challenge that secondary sanctions pose for Europe, due to the Trump administration’s...

  By Elizabeth Rosenberg

• Commentary
  • The Jamestown Foundation
  • July 31, 2019
  Major Themes in China’s 2019 National Defense White Paper

  On July 24, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) issued its first new national defense white paper (NDWP) since 2015 (Xinhua). “China’s National Defense in a New Era” attempts...

  By Elsa B. Kania & Peter Wood

• Commentary
  • Foreign Policy
  • July 31, 2019
  Trump Can’t Stop Putin From Poaching U.S. Allies

  On July 17, the United States finally decided to suspend Turkey’s participation in the F-35 fighter jet program, a move made in retaliation for Turkey’s acceptance of the Russ...

  By Mark Simakovsky & Edward Fishman

• Commentary
  • July 30, 2019
  TAP for Reservists Needs to Change

  The VOW (Veterans Opportunity to Work) to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 was touted as a major accomplishment to help reduce unemployment among military veterans. It expanded educati...

  By Annie Kleiman

• Podcast
  • July 30, 2019
  Women in National Security: Sina Beaghley

  Sina Beaghley joins the CNAS Women in National Security podcast mini-series on human capital to discuss security clearance reform. Sina is a senior international/defense polic...

  By Loren DeJonge Schulman & Sina Beaghley

• Podcast
  • July 30, 2019
  Bombshell: The One With Mara Jade

  This week on Bombshell Loren and Erin hold down the fort and ask the brilliant Elsa Kania to explain the new Chinese defense white paper. Britain has a new PM, Pakistan’s visi...

  By Elsa B. Kania & Loren DeJonge Schulman

• Commentary
  • World Politics Review
  • July 29, 2019
  New U.S. Sanctions on Iran Reveal China’s Growing Role in Illicit Supply Chains

  On July 18, in the Trump administration’s first punitive measure since Iran announced earlier this month that it would exceed the levels of enriched uranium permitted under th...

  By ​Neil Bhatiya

• Podcast
  • July 29, 2019
  Texas Rep. John Ratcliffe set to replace Dan Coats as US spy chief

  President Donald Trump said on Sunday he would nominate Rep. John Ratcliffe, a Texas Republican who strongly defended him at a recent congressional hearing, to replace Dan Coa...

  By Carrie Cordero

• Podcast
  • July 29, 2019
  Will Silicon Valley Have to Choose Between End-to-End Crypto and Shutting Down Speech it Hates?

  Our guests this week are Paul Scharre from the Center for a New American Security and Greg Allen from the Defense Department’s newly formed Joint Artificial Intelligence Cente...

  By Paul Scharre

• Commentary
  • The National Interest
  • July 28, 2019
  The United States Must Compete to Innovate in 5G

  5G promises exciting possibilities and daunting challenges. This transformative technology will be critical to enabling the fourth industrial revolution, creating new industri...

  By Elsa B. Kania

• Podcast
  • July 26, 2019
  Populism in America and Abroad with Dr. Sheri Berman

  Populism expert Dr. Sheri Berman of Barnard College joins Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend for a discussion about the history, present, and future of populism in Europe ...

  By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend & Sheri Berman

• Commentary
  • The Hill
  • July 26, 2019
  America must invest in expertise and skills to compete with China

  For the United States, a smart and serious approach to competition with China requires improving our understanding of this key rival. American strategy must be informed by car...

  By Elsa B. Kania

• Video
  • July 25, 2019
  As Talks Stall, North Korea Appears to Expand Its Nuclear Arsenal

  Talks between the U.S. and North Korea raised hopes that Kim Jong Un will stop developing or even surrender his nuclear weapons. But security experts point to satellite images...

  By Duyeon Kim

• • Commentary
  • The Diplomat
  • July 25, 2019
  Innovation in the New Era of Chinese Military Power

  China’s State Council Information Office has just released a new national defense white paper, which is the first since the launch of major military reforms in 2015. This docu...

  By Elsa B. Kania

• Podcast
  • July 25, 2019
  North Korea's economy

  North Korea has seized a Russian fishing boat within its territorial waters. The seizure says a lot about the richness of the fisheries off North Korea but also about their im...

  By ​Neil Bhatiya

• Podcast
  • July 24, 2019
  CSR Podcast Episode 1: Elizabeth Threlkeld and Neil Bhatiya on Pakistan

  What happens in Pakistan is critical to the security and stability of its people, its region, and the world. The inaugural episode of the Council on Strategic Risks Podcast Ne...

  By ​Neil Bhatiya

• Video
  • July 23, 2019
  He served in Afghanistan and gives Trump credit for this

  Jason Dempsey, who served multiple tours in Afghanistan, discusses President Trump's relationship with the South Asian country. Watch the full conversation on CNN....

  By Dr. Jason Dempsey

• • Commentary
  • July 23, 2019
  CNAS Launches Task Force on the Future of U.S. Coercive Economic Statecraft

  Washington, July 23, 2019 – The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) Energy, Economics, and Security Program today announced the launch of the Task Force on the Future of...

• Commentary
  • War on the Rocks
  • July 22, 2019
  The Tale of Turkey and the Patriots

  Watching the current trajectory of the U.S.-Turkish relationship is like witnessing two locomotives hurtling towards one another head-on. It’s a terrifying sight. As both capi...

  By Jim Townsend & Rachel Ellehuus