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Transcript from Emerging Concepts in Joint Command and Control
On Wednesday, May 20, 2020, the CNAS Technology and National Security Program hosted a virtual panel discussion on emerging concepts in joint command and control featuring Hon...
By Robert O. Work, Chris Dougherty & Paul Scharre
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It’s Time to Rethink our Wargames
Commentary
National security practitioners held several high-profile pandemic wargames and exercises in the years prior to the outbreak of COVID-19. Often, these games eerily predicted e...
By Chris Dougherty
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Winning the Next War
Video
Chinese and Russian capabilities to exploit vulnerabilities in America's current way of war have grown. Without major changes to how it fights its wars, does the United States...
By Robert O. Work & Chris Dougherty
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Sending Troops Back to the Middle East Won’t Stop Iran
Commentary
The Trump administration’s decision to kill Qassam Soleimani is the latest in an escalatory “maximum pressure” Iran strategy that is shifting American foreign policy attention...
By Chris Dougherty & Kaleigh Thomas
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Strategy or Straitjacket? Three Reasons Why People Are Still Arguing About the National Defense Strategy
Commentary
“It feels so weird to not intervene in the Middle East. I know we’re trying to avoid getting sucked in, but it’s hard to say no.” These were the words my colleague uttered dur...
By Chris Dougherty
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France to add a space force to its military
Podcast
France has announced plans for a space force. But what can it do? Why does anyone need a space force? Host Marco Werman speaks with Chris Dougherty, a former leading strategis...
By Chris Dougherty
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Let’s call the whole thing off
Tensions with Iran escalated this week and then, Thursday evening, President Trump apparently signed off on airstrikes in Iran only to cancel them. According to reports and an...
By Chris Dougherty
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Challenges to Force Development in A New American Way of War
Video
What can the U.S. military can do to maintain a quality force in a changing landscape of warfare and competition?...
By Lt Col Brad Orgeron, Emma Moore, Chris Dougherty, Alex Horton, Laura Junor & Peter Levine
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A Deadly Game: Taiwan Strait Crisis 2025
Video
What could a crisis in the Taiwan Strait look like in the year 2025?...
By Elbridge Colby, Susanna V. Blume & Chris Dougherty
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CNAS Report: “Why America Needs a New Way of War”
Video
Chris Dougherty, senior fellow at CNAS, discusses a new report on why the U.S. needs to change up its strategies, and why we can’t assume ‘sanctuary’ in domains now. View the...
By Chris Dougherty
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Measuring money spent in advancing the National Defense Strategy
Video
Chris Dougherty, senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, discusses DoD spending with regards to advancing the National Defense Strategy, as well as upcoming a...
By Chris Dougherty
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Implementing the National Defense Strategy Demands Operational Concepts for Defeating Chinese and Russian Aggression
Commentary
Summary The 2018 National Defense Strategy (NDS) shifted the Department of Defense (DoD) away from a strategy focused on counterterrorism and deterring regional threats like I...
By Chris Dougherty
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Transcript: How the U.S. Military Fights Wars Today and In the Future
CENTER FOR A NEW AMERICAN SECURITY DEFENSE PROGRAM “HOW THE U.S. MILITARY FIGHTS WARS TODAY AND IN THE FUTURE” March, 07, 2019 – 08:18 a.m. ET PANEL MEMBERS SUSANNA BLU...
By Susanna V. Blume, Robert O. Work, Chris Dougherty & David Ochmanek
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CNAS’ Dougherty on New American Way of War Project
Video
Chris Dougherty, one of the authors of the Pentagon’s National Defense Strategy who is now a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, discusses the think tank’...
By Chris Dougherty
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What to Expect When You’re Expecting a Defense Budget Masterpiece
In December of 2017, before the Department of Defense released its 2019 budget request, then-Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan tried to manage expectations about it...
By Susanna V. Blume & Chris Dougherty
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A shrinking budget can’t be allowed to kill modernization
Commentary
For decades, the Pentagon, abetted by Congress, has behaved like a parent raiding a child’s college fund to pay monthly bills, rather than tightening its belt. Myopically robb...
By Chris Dougherty
