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Investing in a New American Security
Dear Friends, As 2021 draws to a close, the United States reopens to a world reshaped by the pandemic, security challenges, and economic change. Amid these challenges, the nee...
By Richard Fontaine
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Investing in Bipartisan National Security
Dear Colleagues, It is a momentous time in Washington. As a new presidential administration prepares to take office, the country faces an ongoing pandemic, an uncertain econom...
By Richard Fontaine
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CNAS 2020: Supporting Bold and Bipartisan National Security
Friend, The first half of 2020 has featured more pressing national security issues than any other period in recent memory. At CNAS, our experts have been busy breaking new gro...
By Richard Fontaine
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SOTU: Richard Fontaine on Working with Republicans
The world has changed since President Obama gave his last State of the Union Address. In the past year Russia invaded Ukraine, America has taken military action in Iraq and Sy...
By Richard Fontaine
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Fontaine: Afghanistan Announcement is One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
The President’s decision to retain an initial residual force in Afghanistan of 9,800 troops represents a step forward in America’s efforts to succeed in that country. But his...
By Richard Fontaine
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U.S. Should Resist, Reinforce and Reassure in Face of Ukraine Crisis
In invading Crimea and pushing Russia and Ukraine to the brink of war, President Vladimir Putin has issued a profound challenge to the vision of a Europe whole, free and at pe...
By Richard Fontaine
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Three Foreign Policy Opportunities in 2014
A glance at any newspaper will reveal the daunting list of foreign policy challenges facing American leaders at the outset of a new year. The war in Syria rages on, with over...
By Richard Fontaine
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Squaring Human Rights and National Security
Human rights have earned a bit of prominence in Washington’s foreign policy debates over the past couple of weeks. First, National Security Advisor Susan Rice addressed the a...
By Richard Fontaine
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Note on the Passing of Ambassador Richard Williamson
Today, all of us at CNAS mourn the passing of Ambassador Richard Williamson, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center and one of the country’s top foreign policy leaders. Rich ...
By Richard Fontaine & Richard Williamson
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The Reality of National Security Strategies
News that President Obama will issue his second National Security Strategy in early 2014 occasions some thinking about these lofty documents that seek to articulate an America...
By Richard Fontaine
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To Secure America, Repair Political Fractures at Home
As the government shut down and the nation spiraled toward a near-default on its debt obligations in October, much of the world's attention focused on the economic consequence...
By Richard Fontaine & Robert O. Work