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• Commentary
  • Lawfare
  • August 11, 2020
  Republicans Can Learn From Democrats’ Foreign Affairs Committee Contest

  Republican legislators in both the House and the Senate have ample time to draw lessons from Engel’s loss and translate them into reform....

  By Chris Estep

• Commentary
  • The National Interest
  • August 7, 2020
  The Next Coronavirus Relief Bill Must Address Massive Oversight Issues

  As Congress considers another coronavirus relief bill, it must not only build an effective and competent oversight mechanism, but also protect that oversight from interference...

  By Katie Galgano

• Commentary
  • The Hill
  • July 30, 2020
  Congress must use its tools to influence the decisions of war

  With its informal toolkit, Congress can question existing military and political strategies and test assessments about how the fight is going....

  By Richard Fontaine & Loren DeJonge Schulman

• Commentary
  • The Atlantic
  • July 30, 2020
  China Has Squandered Its First Great Opportunity

  America has been lucky that Beijing hasn’t acted with more deftness this time around....

  By Richard Fontaine

• Video
  • June 24, 2020
  The Pitch: A Competition of New Ideas

  On June 17, 2020, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) hosted its premier event to elevate emerging and diverse voices in national security. Sixteen applicants made t...

  By Richard Fontaine, Michèle Flournoy, Michael J. Zak, Loren DeJonge Schulman, Shai Korman, Carrie Cordero, Kristine Lee, David Zikusoka & Cole Stevens

• Commentary
  • June 10, 2020
  A Message to the CNAS Community

  Dear Members of the CNAS Community, The protests that have swept across all 50 states call for change that is both modest and monumental. Modest, by condemning the killing of ...

  By Richard Fontaine

• Commentary
  • Lawfare
  • June 3, 2020
  Department of Homeland Security Law Enforcement Agencies Require Expanded Oversight

  Hundreds of Department of Homeland Security officers have been called up to serve along with other federal law enforcement officers and the National Guard to provide security ...

  By Carrie Cordero

• Video
  • May 27, 2020
  Ashley Feng Discusses Latest Developments in Hong Kong

  Ashley Feng joins Paris Huang on Voice of America Chinese to discuss the latest developments surrounding Beijing's crackdown on Hong Kong and the U.S. response. Watch th...

  By Ashley Feng

• Commentary
  • Lawfare
  • May 8, 2020
  Trump Wants Answers on the Pandemic’s Origins. Politicizing Intelligence Won’t Help.

  Where did the coronavirus come from? The Trump administration says it wants answers to this question—but conflicting statements from U.S. leaders are further undercutting the ...

  By Elsa B. Kania

• Commentary
  • The Hill
  • May 5, 2020
  More women in government roles leads to greater national security

  The United States is facing an unprecedented economic and health crisis due to the coronavirus. Decisions made now will have repercussions that last for years. Recovery from t...

  By Katie Galgano

• Commentary
  • April 9, 2020
  Sharper: America's National Security Workforce

  The greatest source of strength in American national security is the people who lead and serve within its institutions. The ongoing U.S. response to the global coronavirus out...

  By Emma Moore, Chris Estep & Cole Stevens

• Commentary
  • The Hill
  • March 31, 2020
  VA must improve access to high-quality care for transgender veterans

  Nearly two years ago, I argued that then-incoming VA Secretary Robert Wilkie should expand care to transgender veterans, removing the exclusion of gender confirmation surgery ...

  By Kayla M. Williams

• Commentary
  • The Wall Street Journal
  • March 27, 2020
  Health Surveillance Is Here to Stay

  Washington’s post-9/11 debate about how much surveillance a free society should allow has suddenly become about much more than counterterrorism and national security. Amid tod...

  By Carrie Cordero & Richard Fontaine

• Commentary
  • Just Security
  • March 26, 2020
  The Right Way to Reform the U.S. President’s International Emergency Powers

  There is growing discussion in Washington about potential reforms to presidential emergency powers, a debate that will only intensify as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. ...

  By Peter Harrell

• Commentary
  • Lawfare
  • March 18, 2020
  The Cyberspace Solarium Commission’s Mandate to Fix Congressional Oversight

  The report of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission is finally out—and it provides a fresh look at congressional oversight on cybersecurity. Congress established the commission a...

  By Carrie Cordero & David Thaw

• Commentary
  • The American Interest
  • March 5, 2020
  Clawing Back Constitutional War Powers

  Washington is in the early innings of what has the potential to become the most significant congressional claw-back of constitutional war powers authority since Vietnam. Follo...

  By Richard Fontaine & Vance Serchuk

• Podcast
  • February 25, 2020
  Congressional regulation of federal cybersecurity offers only a mixed-bag of solutions

  Cybersecurity is a big challenge for the federal government because of the way it encompasses technology, foreign policy, national security and crime. Carrie Cordero argues th...

  By Carrie Cordero

• Commentary
  • Just Security
  • February 24, 2020
  For House, Senate National Security Committees, Stopgaps for Term Limits

  The primary election season for the next Congress opens officially on March 3, as states from California to Arkansas begin counting votes for candidates vying for seats in the...

  By Chris Estep

• Podcast
  • January 31, 2020
  Richard Fontaine Discusses U.S. Strategy, Iran, and John McCain's Legacy

  Richard Fontaine, CEO of CNAS, joins Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend to discuss conditions for military intervention, the future of the Iran crisis, and what he learned...

  By Richard Fontaine, Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend

• Podcast
  • January 28, 2020
  Building the World’s Biggest Budget

  What do the Pentagon's decisions about military spending say about our priorities as a nation? What goes into the DoD's $700 billion budget each year? Former Pentagon official...

  By Ilan Goldenberg & Susanna V. Blume