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CNAS Briefing: Key Questions for the Sessions Confirmation Hearing
As Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) is set to face a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee to be the next Attorney General, experts from the Center for a New American Secu...
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Rivalry brewing on Trump team
Donald Trump's nomination of James Mattis as Defense secretary is sparking questions about how well the retired Marine general will get along with Mike Flynn, the three-star g...
By Richard Fontaine
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Why Trump still hasn’t named a leader for the Department of Veterans Affairs
With confirmation hearings for Donald Trump’s Cabinet set to start this week, the president-elect still has not chosen a leader for the Department of Veterans Affairs, an agen...
By Phillip Carter
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Putin and the Populists
Donald Trump is practically alone in mainstream American politics in his consistent praise of Vladimir Putin and insistence that the United States would benefit from warmer re...
By Richard Fontaine
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Bibi’s Revenge at U.N. Risks Israel’s Bid for Security Council Seat
The U.N. Security Council vote condemning Israeli settlements last month struck a significant blow to the Jewish state’s international credibility. But the resolution also thr...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Russia Wants a Reset — but This Time With NATO
NATO and Russia haven’t been on the best of terms in recent years. But on Wednesday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said it was willing to let bygones be bygones and start anew ...
By Rachel Rizzo
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Shaky start for new cease-fire launched in Syria without the U.S.
A Russian-Turkish plan to end the war in Syria got off to a shaky start on Friday with the partial implementation of a new cease-fire agreement that excludes for now any invol...
By Nicholas Heras
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These were the top military stories on Checkpoint in 2016
A report published in February by the Center for a New American Security drew attention after claiming that the Navy’s carrier force was at an inflection point, primarily soun...
By Kelley Sayler
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Why Obama 'boxed-in' Trump with Russian sanctions
One day after President Obama announced a series of sanctions against Russia for tampering with the US election – and that 35 suspected spies would be given 72 hours to leave ...
By Julianne Smith
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CNAS Press Note: Secretary Kerry’s Speech on the Two-State Solution
Press Note
As Secretary of State John Kerry prepares to give a major address on the two-state solution and the controversy over UNSCR 2334 continues, Center for a New American Security (...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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How Israel Brought U.N. Resolution on Itself With Irrational Settlement Push
The controversy over the U.S. decision to abstain rather than veto a UN Resolution supported by every other member of the Security Council diverts attention from the most impo...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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China Deploys Aircraft Carrier to Disputed South China Sea
The Chinese military, in a move analysts described as a challenge to President-elect Donald J. Trump’s strident criticism of China, has deployed an aircraft carrier to patrol ...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Trump pressures Lockheed, says told Boeing to price out fighter aircraft
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump heaped pressure on Lockheed Martin Corp on Thursday, saying he viewed costs for the aerospace company's F-35 fighter as too high and had aske...
By Phillip Carter
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What to make of the NDAA's latest DOD reorgs
It might not be quite as dramatic as the breakup of AT&T, but the congressionally mandated split of the Department of Defense's AT&L office is no small matter. Curren...
By Katherine Kidder
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Trump poised for cost-cutting battle with defense contractors
President-elect Donald Trump’s preemptive strike on the price tag of two major projects with leading defense contractors has fiscal hawks hopeful the incoming administration c...
By Ben FitzGerald
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CNAS Press Note: Army Shelves Blast Gauges to Protect Soldiers’ Brains
The U.S. Army recently shelved blast gauges that it had issued to troops in order to assess mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) from harmful blast waves. The gauges identified t...
By Phillip Carter & Paul Scharre
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Viola may be what the Army needs, experts say
When President-elect Donald Trump announced Vincent “Vinnie” Viola as his pick for Army Secretary yesterday, one word was on the mind of the defense community. Who? It’s...
By Katherine Kidder
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Christmas Market Tragedy Hands Merkel Critics Line of Attack
Chancellor Angela Merkel got an early taste of the kind of reception she can expect from her populist opponents after a truck careened into a Berlin Christmas market, killing ...
By Julianne Smith
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Army veteran Vincent Viola, billionaire owner of the Florida Panthers, named Trump’s Army secretary
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated as his Army secretary Vincent Viola, an Army veteran who became a billionaire after founding an electronic trading firm and went on ...
By Phillip Carter
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Trump’s Generals: How Wartime Service Shaped Mattis, Kelly, & Flynn
The generals likely to hold top positions in the incoming Trump administration share a common trait: They are combat veterans highly attuned to looming threats. While it’s ra...
By Richard Fontaine
