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Susanna V. Blume on Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast
On this Roundtable episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Podcast, our guests include Byron Callan of the independent equity research firm Capital Alpa Partners, Ilan Berma...
By Susanna V. Blume
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Numbers game: How the Air Force is following the Army and Navy’s bad example
Commentary
On Sept. 17, Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson stole a page from the Army and the Navy, announcing that the Air Force needed to grow its number of operational squadron...
By Susanna V. Blume
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The Pentagon must modernize before it’s too late
Commentary
For the first time since the end of the Cold War, the Pentagon has a genuinely new strategy: Focus on our rivals — Russia and, in particular, China — and maintain a competitiv...
By Robert O. Work & Elbridge Colby
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Discussion with Secretary of the Air Force, Dr. Heather Wilson
Video
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) hosted a discussion with Secretary of the Air Force, the Honorable Dr. Heather Wilson, on strategic competition, Air Force readin...
By Jaelin Lespier
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Adam Routh Speaks to i24News about Space Force
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Adam Routh, Research Associate at the Center for a New American Security, and John Jordan, former intelligence officer and Republican strategist, speak with i24News Anchor Mic...
By Adam Routh
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Commentary: Success, or failure, of new Army Command rests on Congress
Commentary
In July, the U.S. Army announced that Austin will be the location for its new Futures Command headquarters. The command, intended to be the spearhead of the Army’s modernizati...
By Cole Stevens
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The U.S. Military Should Be Doubling Down on Space
Commentary
My colleague Paul Scharre recently wrote that the development of a #SpaceForce is misguided. His argument is based on the assumption that it will generally be cheaper to build...
By Adam Routh
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The military’s biggest challenge? Trump.
Podcast
Jenn sits down with returning guest Alex Ward and special guestLoren DeJonge Schulman, a defense expert at the Center for a New American Security, to talk about why the hell t...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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What the Interwar Years Say About the US Army’s Newest Force Concept
Commentary
You fix the roof when it’s sunny, says U.S. Army Secretary Mark Esper, pointing to his service’s various efforts to improve doctrine and gear during a relative lull in fightin...
By Lauren Fish
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Congress Should Oversee America’s Wars, Not Just Authorize Them
Commentary
Nearly 17 years after the 9/11 attacks, a bipartisan coalition of senators has put forward legislation that promises to overhaul the legal framework for America’s worldwide ca...
By Richard Fontaine & Vance Serchuk
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Heavy weapons may be damaging troops’ brains
Podcast
As brain injuries in the NFL gain more attention, the brains of service members are under more scrutiny. That scrutiny led to the discovery that shoulder mounted heavy weapon...
By Lauren Fish
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What's Wrong with the Defense Department's 2019 Budget Request - and What Congress Can Do to Fix It
The Trump administration had a rare opportunity in the 2019 planning and budgeting cycle. For most of its time in office, the Obama administration requested more for defense t...
By Susanna V. Blume
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Moscow Has Little Reason to Return to the INF Treaty
Commentary
Vladimir Putin says he wants to resolve the latest arms race with the United States. But progress on arms control depends on Russia moving back into compliance with the Interm...
By Alexander Velez-Green
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CNAS Commentary: Major Challenges Ahead for Commercial Space Regulators
Commentary
At a Washington D.C. event on Monday April 30th Scott Pace, Executive Secretary of the National Space Council, remarked on the need for regulatory reform for commercial space ...
By Adam Routh
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Fair Winds and Following Seas to Dr. Jerry Hendrix
Podcast
On the latest episode, the team chats topics ranging from acquisition to Zumwalts. In addition to special guest Frank Kendall, former Under Secretary of Defense for ...
By Susanna V. Blume, Jerry Hendrix, Adam Routh, Lauren Fish & Frank Kendall
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CNAS’ Hendrix, Routh on ‘Building the Future Force’ Report, Future-Force Planning
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Jerry Hendrix, PhD, Defense Program director and senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, and Adam Routh, a research associate with the program, discuss CNAS’&...
By Jerry Hendrix & Adam Routh
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How to Make the U.S. Navy Great Again
ALONE AMONG the services, the Navy is always deployed. In wartime, all of the services deploy. In peacetime, the Army and Air Force train and exercise but do not deploy persis...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Operational-Level Strikes Finally Enforce Obama’s Red Line
Commentary
By all accounts, Friday night’s strikes against the Assad regime’s chemical-weapons facilities were successful — they reduced their targets to rubble, and there were no report...
By Lauren Fish
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Making the Case for an ‘Artificial Intelligence Agency’
Video
Artificial Intelligence is a new paradigm, not just in the civilian government, but on the battlefield as well. However, making sure the U.S. stays on the forefront of AI rese...
By Robert O. Work
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It's a Space Renaissance!
Podcast
This week the team discusses forward basing ships in the Baltic and Black seas and the MQ-25 acquisition. And Former Secretary of the Air Force, The Honorable Deborah Lee Jame...
By Susanna V. Blume, Jerry Hendrix, Adam Routh, Lauren Fish & Deborah Lee James
