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Building a cyber ROTC
Commentary
In the past week, crippling cyberattacks have been directed at Ukraine — targeting banks, the postal service, the airport in Kiev, and other major industries, disrupting the d...
By Michèle Flournoy & Amy Schafer
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CNAS 2017: Civil-Military Relations in the Trump Administration
Video
This session discusses what civil-military relations looked like during the first six months of the Trump administration....
By Phillip Carter
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Too Many Generals in the Situation Room?
From the moment President Trump nominated James Mattis as his secretary of defense, the swamp has made hand-wringing over civil-military relations a fine art. There are vetera...
By Amy Schafer & Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Unending war on terror needs new authorization
There is a long history of remembering servicemembers who died in the service of the United States, a history that traces back to the decorating of soldiers' graves during and...
By Daniel Feehan
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Military is trending regional and 'all in the family.' We need more diversity.
As tensions rise in several regions, possibly leading to new U.S. involvement in Afghanistan and other combat operations, it’s worth pausing to truly consider who fights our w...
By Amy Schafer
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Welcome to the Forever War
According to legend, Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky famously said that “you may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you.” So it is with Afghanistan and the ...
By Phillip Carter
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We need legislation to cover the US Guard and Reserve
It’s time to be honest about the Guard and the Reserve — despite their name and low-commitment reputation, it’s been a long time since serving as a member of the Reserve compo...
By Amy Schafer
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America's Security in Trump's First 100 Days
If the only measure of national security success during a president’s first 100 days were avoiding catastrophe, then, OK, President Trump has succeeded. No attacks on the U.S....
By Phillip Carter
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The Mysterious Case of the Wayward Aircraft Carrier
There is a sobering reality beyond this week’s strange “Where’s Waldo?” story of the USS Carl Vinson and its strike group: For a period of time, significant confusion existed ...
By Phillip Carter
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Trump hails military after it drops "Mother of All Bombs" on Afghanistan
Video
President Trump hailed the U.S. military after it dropped the "mother of all bombs," America's largest non-nuclear weapon, in Afghanistan on Thursday.But just like last week's...
By Adam Routh
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Military keeps American people and business safe
It appears that President Trump's proposed budget will not survive first contact on the Hill. The large cuts to some agencies, such as the State Department, and cultural inves...
By Lauren Fish
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H.R. McMaster and James Mattis are steering the Trump administration away from “America First.”
President Donald Trump swept into office with no government experience, few policy positions, and a team of iconoclastic outsiders who echoed his desire to put America first i...
By Phillip Carter
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Event Podcast: Women in National Security
Podcast
By Michèle Flournoy, Frances Townsend, GEN Carter Hem, USA (Ret.) & Jennifer Griffin
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Katherine Kidder and Phillip Carter Discuss New Report on Women in National Security
By Katherine Kidder, Phillip Carter & Neal Urwitz
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Memo to the Marine Corps: Don't Pretend It's Just a PR Problem
Following almost every crisis and scandal, the person, company or government entity responsible is tempted chalk it up as "just a PR problem." "If only they knew the real us,"...
By Amy Schafer & Neal Urwitz
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We Need More Of The Right Forces In Afghanistan
Afghanistan is at an inflection point. Again. For anyone keeping track, this has become an annual ritual as our efforts over the last decade have been characterized by the sus...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Future of the All-Volunteer Force
Video
Katherine Kidder, fellow in the Military, Veterans and Society program at the Center for a New American Security, discusses the future of the All-Volunteer Force in the milita...
By Katherine Kidder
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Phillip Carter with AP
Phillip Carter joined AP to discuss Attorney General Jeff Sessions' possible recusal from any investigations of ties between the administration and Russia....
By Phillip Carter
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Stolen Valor
If you stuck with President Donald Trump to the end of his speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, you would have been treated to a patriotic display that much of th...
By Phillip Carter
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Trump just blamed the military for the botched Yemen raid. That's a disgrace.
Most Americans thought little of President Harry Truman when he ascended to the White House in April 1945. Six months later, they thought even less, as the nation’s economy sl...
By Phillip Carter
