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How War in Ukraine and Taiwan Tensions Caused a Supply Chain Crunch for U.S. Defense Industry
“I don’t think that this necessarily means we’re going to blow the top off of the defense budget,” said Chris Dougherty, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Secur...
By Chris Dougherty
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Rethinking Logistics, Air Bases, Space Debris, and More.
Chris Dougherty joined Defense One to discuss military strategy & logistics involving Tawain and China, the show also highlighted a previous CNAS wargame focused on the area. ...
By Chris Dougherty
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Weekend Offensive ‘Alters Political Dynamic’ in Favor of Ukraine, Military Analyst Says
Chris Dougherty joined The World's host Marco Werman to explain this swift and surprising turn of events and the impact it could have on the war's trajectory. Listen to the ...
By Chris Dougherty
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Strange Debacle: Misadventures In Assessing Russian Military Power
Russia’s botched invasion of Ukraine has befuddled most defense analysts and Russia experts....
By Chris Dougherty
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President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visits front lines as fighting intensifies
In Ukraine, the most intense fighting is happening in the eastern part of the country in a region called the Donbas. Right now, Russia is trying to take control of a town call...
By Chris Dougherty
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What the Experts Got Wrong (And Right) About Russian Military Power
It is now widely understood that many observers, in advance of this war, over-estimated Russian military performance and underestimated Ukrainian military performance. Promine...
By Michael Kofman & Chris Dougherty
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Chris Dougherty on Lesson from Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Chris Dougherty, senior fellow in the defense program at the Center for a New American Security, discusses lessons from Russia’s attack on Ukraine, the mix of bespoke and comm...
By Chris Dougherty
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Don't Trust the Process: Moving from Words to Actions on the Indo-Pacific Posture
Moving from words to poured concrete requires subordinate organizations and processes to execute guidance and policies....
By Chris Dougherty
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Confronting Chaos: a New Concept for Information Advantage
The side that can deal with chaos and operate more effectively with degraded systems will likely seize the initiative....
By Chris Dougherty
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Defining the China Challenge: The Future of the U.S. Navy
On this episode of Chain Reaction, Aaron speaks with Chris Dougherty, senior fellow for defense at CNAS and the co-lead of the CNAS gaming lab, about a recent article he wrote...
By Chris Dougherty
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Solving the Navy's Strategic Bankruptcy
Special guest Chris Dougherty discusses his recent War on the Rocks article, and he describes the competing interests that drive different (and rarely complementary) force req...
By Chris Dougherty
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United States must reach consensus on specifics of threat from China, says defense strategy expert
Chris Dougherty, senior fellow in the Defense Program at the Center for a New American Security, discusses the need for additional resources in the Navy and its “strategic ban...
By Chris Dougherty
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Gradually and then Suddenly: Explaining the Navy's Strategic Bankruptcy
The real impediments to urgent change are a lack of consensus on the risks posed by China, a lack of a shared vision for the future of the fleet, and limited options for imple...
By Chris Dougherty
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United States can improve deterrence by posing dilemmas to China and Russia
Chris Dougherty, Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security, joins Government Matters to discuss strategy for multi-domain information warfare. Watch the full in...
By Chris Dougherty
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The Pentagon needs a plan to get punched in the mouth
The Pentagon should aim for degradation dominance: operating effectively enough with degraded systems. Put simply, the Pentagon needs a plan for getting punched in the mouth....
By Chris Dougherty
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Want an Agile Pentagon? Don’t Go Chasing ‘Waterfalls’
Clinging to familiar, outdated processes will provide little comfort when China surpasses the United States as the world’s foremost military power....
By Chris Dougherty
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Short-Term Action Items for Lloyd Austin's Pentagon
Dealing with urgent issues while beginning immediate work on desperately needed long-term structural reforms will be the overarching challenge for this team....
By Chris Dougherty
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Like Your Brain Has Just Gone To the Gym (Wargaming Room)
A Better Peace welcomes Chris Dougherty and Becca Wasser from The Gaming Lab at the Center for New American Security (CNAS). Chris and Becca join host Ken Gilliam in our speci...
By Chris Dougherty & Becca Wasser
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Moving Beyond A2/AD
The next National Defense Strategy should reconceptualize the military challenges China and Russia pose....
By Chris Dougherty
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A Deadly Game: East China Sea Crisis 2030
On July 22, 2020, audience members played along as the CNAS Defense team and leading experts conducted a virtual wargame in the year 2030, exploring command and information co...
By Richard Fontaine, Susanna V. Blume, Shai Korman, Chris Dougherty, Becca Wasser, Dr. ED McGrady, Elizabeth Rosenberg, Martijn Rasser, Kara Frederick, Bryan Walsh, LTG Anthony R. "Tony" Ierardi, USA (Ret.), Sarah Mineiro & Eric Heginbotham