Reports
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Congress’s Hidden Strengths
Introduction On matters of peace and war, virtually no one seems satisfied with Congress. Constitutionally coequal to the executive, the Congress often appears more an uneasy ...
By Richard Fontaine & Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Open Future
Executive Summary Communication networks are the central nervous system of the 21st century economy. The fifth generation of wireless—5G—will be essential to and inseparable f...
By Martijn Rasser & Ainikki Riikonen
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Intelligence Transparency and Foreign Threats to Elections
The threat of malign foreign interference in the campaign season and election system looms....
By Carrie Cordero
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Restoring Strategic Competence
Executive Summary For the foreseeable future, America’s Northeast Asian allies Japan and South Korea must live in the shadow of a nuclear North Korea, whose capabilities they ...
By Van Jackson
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Investing in Great-Power Competition
Executive Summary This report asks whether the 2021 U.S. defense budget request is aligned with the 2018 National Defense Strategy (NDS) in selecting priority capability inves...
By Susanna V. Blume & Molly Parrish
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Sanctions by the Numbers: The Geographic Distribution of U.S. Sanctions
In February, CNAS launched Sanctions by the Numbers, a project to track U.S. sanctions designations and delistings. In this second installment, heat maps show the most heavily...
By Abigail Eineman
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Called to Lead
Authors Barrett Bogue and Dr. Andrew Morse examine the connections between military service and higher education leadership roles based on interviews with veterans who work in...
By Barrett Y. Bogue & Dr. Andrew Morse
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Comparing VA and Non-VA Medical Centers
Introduction Implementation of the Maintaining Internal Systems and Strengthening Integrated Outside Networks (MISSION) Act of 2018 is anticipated to result in expanded access...
By Jill Inderstrodt & Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth
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Reforming the Department of Homeland Security Through Enhanced Oversight & Accountability
In a new report, Carrie Cordero outlines the pressures placed on DHS's immigration enforcement, border security, and law enforcement components....
By Carrie Cordero
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Dangerous Synergies
There is growing evidence that Beijing and Moscow are learning from each other and enhancing their coordination, leading to a growing convergence in their digital influence ef...
By Daniel Kliman, Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Kristine Lee, Joshua Fitt & Carisa Nietsche
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A New Arsenal for Competition
Executive Summary The United States and China have long used coercive economic measures to advance both economic and foreign policy objectives. In recent years, however, both ...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg, Peter Harrell & Ashley Feng
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Countering Iran in the Gray Zone
American freedom of action to strike Iranian targets in the gray zone may be greater than previously assessed, if U.S. policymakers are willing and able to replicate at least ...
By Ilan Goldenberg, Nicholas Heras, Kaleigh Thomas & Jennie Matuschak
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Emerging Threats in Combating Proliferation Finance
The international community, led by the United States, needs to demonstrate a renewed sense of urgency in response to an evolving threat environment....
By Neil Bhatiya
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Forging an Alliance Innovation Base
America’s current approach to allies on technology innovation and protection remains a work in progress....
By Daniel Kliman, Ben FitzGerald, Kristine Lee & Joshua Fitt
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Combating Populism
The strategies and tactics populist parties and leaders use also provide their own, direct threat to liberal democracy....
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Carisa Nietsche
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Sanctions by the Numbers: U.S. Sanctions Designations and Delistings, 2009–2019
The United States uses financial sanctions as a prominent tool of foreign policy. While this tool is used with increasing frequency and popularity, there is relatively limited...
By Johnpatrick Imperiale
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New York State Minority Veteran Needs Assessment
It is imperative to develop a deeper understanding of whether there are specific veteran subpopulations that are faring differently from their peers...
By Nathalie Grogan, Emma Moore, Brent Peabody, Margaret Seymour & Kayla M. Williams
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Protracted Great-Power War
Executive Summary This study provides preliminary observations and insights on the character and conduct of protracted great-power war.1 It finds the U.S. Department of Defens...
By Dr. Andrew Krepinevich, Jr.
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Rebooting Congressional Cybersecurity Oversight
The current “patchwork” legal framework is ill suited to address cybersecurity questions either for legislative oversight or effective policymaking....
By Carrie Cordero & David Thaw
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Veteran Pathways to Employment: Hurdles and Opportunities
Introduction and Executive Summary The issue of employment for post-9/11 veterans came to a head nearly a decade ago, when the national economy was ailing and a spike in veter...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey & Amy Schafer