Articles & Multimedia
Showing 921-940 of 1234 Publications
-
This Weekend’s News: Chinese Economic Coercion in the South China Sea
Yesterday, China’s nationalist newspaper Global Times published a report arguing that Beijing should make the Philippines pay for increased cooperation with the United States,...
-
The Pentagon's Way Forward
The new defense guidance and budget request released by the Pentagon can best be described as “pivot-but-hedge” approaches to global engagement. Set against the backdrop of re...
By Nora Bensahel, Travis Sharp, David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
-
China’s Global Quest for Resources and Implications for the United States
On January 26th, Dr. Patrick M. Cronin, CNAS Senior Advisor and Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program, testified before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Com...
By Patrick M. Cronin
-
For China, Economic Leverage in the Arctic May Be Part of the Long Game
A new post by Andrew Erickson and Gabe Collins in The Wall Street Journal’s China Real Time Report blog paints a great picture of how economic opportunities in the Arctic may ...
-
Climate Change Cooperation in the South China Sea Region
Building on yesterday’s blog post with recommendations for how U.S. policymakers can encourage cooperation around energy in the South China Sea, here are some quick thoughts o...
-
Panel Discussion - Cooperation from Strength: The U.S., China and the South China Sea
At an event on January 10, 2012, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a report by CNAS experts Dr. Patrick Cronin and Robert D. Kaplan titled "Cooperation fr...
-
Keynote Address - Cooperation from Strength: The U.S., China and the South China Sea
At an event on January 10, 2012, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a report by CNAS experts Dr. Patrick Cronin and Robert D. Kaplan titled "Cooperation fr...
-
Changing the Tide in the South China Sea: Opportunities for Energy Cooperation
One of the challenges with writing a paper like “The Role of Natural Resources in the South China Sea,” one of six chapters that appears in our new report, Cooperation from St...
-
Live Webcast at 9 AM: U.S., China and the South China Sea
Yesterday, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released its new report, Cooperation from Strength: The United States, China and the South China Sea, a six-chapter vo...
-
This Weekend’s News: In China, Streamlining Energy Policy
This weekend, Reuters reported that China may reshuffle its cabinet in 2013 to create an energy “super-ministry” that would take control of China’s now-scattered energy polici...
-
You Can't Have It All
On Thursday, President Barack Obama and his top defense advisers unveiled new strategic guidance to direct the U.S. military as it transitions from a decade of grueling ground...
By Nora Bensahel, Travis Sharp, David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
-
Evening Lecture Series: Robert Kaplan: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power
Robert Kaplan, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security and a national correspondent for "The Atlantic," presented "The Indian Ocean and the Future of Ameri...
-
Iranian Saber-rattling and the Price of Oil
Oil prices rose slightly on Wednesday due to increased tensions between the United States and Iran. The price of oil jumped more than $4 a barrel after the Iranian military wa...
-
More Thoughts on the 2012 Natural Security Wish List: Why the Arctic is a Priority
Building off my 2012 policy wish list, here is a post I wrote for the National Journal’s Energy and Environment blog on why the Arctic should be a policy priority for the pres...
-
Third Annual Natural Security Wish List: Our Policy Hopes for 2012
It’s time again to reflect on our Natural Security policy hopes for the New Year. Some items on this list are more realistic than others, of course – especially considering th...
-
Help Us Launch Our New South China Sea Report on January 10, 2012!
On January 10, 2012, CNAS will formally release its new report Cooperation from Strength: The United States, China and the South China Sea at an event featuring Chief of Naval...
-
Top Five Blog Posts of 2011
As we approach the end of the year, it is interesting to reflect on what issues and topics have been the most popular on the blog. Here are the top 5 blog posts of 2011 that o...
-
Commentary: Americans can agree that the Iraq war was a mistake
This was a preventive war designed to prevent Iraq from using or proliferating its presumed weapons of mass destruction to terrorists or terrorist states, but those weapons di...
By John A. Nagl
-
Could Climate Change Affect Efforts to Become More Energy Secure?
The question of whether climate change could affect a country’s efforts to become more energy secure is thought provoking, and, as I suspect, less abstract than not. Many of t...
-
Cutbacks and crises
The subject of the hour in defense circles is guessing how deeply the defense budget is going to be cut as the U.S. economy retrenches, and which services will be winners and ...
By USA (Ret.) & Robert Killebrew