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Technology & National Security
Global Perspectives: A Drone Saturated FutureDrones are rapidly proliferating. Over 90 countries and non-state groups operate drones today, and even more are certain to do so in coming years.1 These actors are beginning ...
By Kelley Sayler, Ben FitzGerald, Michael Horowitz & Paul Scharre
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From the Bottom, Up
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With the current state of the Syrian civil war, the conditions are not ripe for de-escalation in the conflict. If the United States is seeking a transition from the Assad regi...
By Nicholas Heras
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Technology & National Security
12 Months In – 8 Months Left: An Update on Secretary Carter’s Innovation AgendaCNAS experts Ben FitzGerald and Loren DeJonge Schulman examine whether the innovation efforts underway have the potential to achieve the reform Defense Secretary Carter seeks....
By Ben FitzGerald & Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Reset, Negotiate, Institutionalize
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Since the start of the Arab revolutions five years ago, the Middle East has experienced unprecedented instability. In such an impossibly fluid situation, the initial response ...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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The New Tools of Economic Warfare
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Sanctions experts at the Center for a New American Security and NYU School of Law's Center on Law and Security assess the effectiveness of sanctions following the aftermath of...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg, Dr. Daniel Drezner, Julia Solomon-Strauss & Zachary K. Goldman
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Reefs, Rocks, and the Rule of Law
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CNAS experts Dr. Mira Rapp-Hooper and Harry Krejsa assess the regional and global implications of a ruling by the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea under the Perman...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper & Harry Krejsa
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Defense / Transatlantic Security
Assured ResolveFor the better part of the past two decades, the world’s attention has been consumed by a string of crises in the Middle East and Asia. From conventional wars in Afghanistan a...
By Julianne Smith & Jerry Hendrix
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Technology & National Security
Autonomous Weapons and Human ControlNations from around the world met at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland to discuss autonomous weapons, potential future weapons that would select and engage targets on ...
By Paul Scharre & Kelley Sayler
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National Security Human Capital Program
Needs AssessmentAn assessment by the CNAS Military, Veterans, and Society Program finds that Dallas-Fort Worth area veterans face diverse challenges including access to VA services, economics...
By Phillip Carter, Katherine L. Kuzminski & Amy Schafer
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Defense / National Security Human Capital Program / Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Nine Lessons for Navigating National SecurityFew periods in modern world history have been as complicated and tumultuous as the one the next U.S. administration will confront. A long list of international problems will c...
By Michèle Flournoy
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Networked Transparency
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The South China Sea is strategically important and resource-rich, crucial to the lifeblood of U.S. and Indo-Pacific economies. Roughly one-third, or $5 trillion, of the world’...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper, CDR Jeff Chism, Harry Krejsa, Paul Scharre & Van Jackson
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Strategic ResilienceEvermay Dialogue Co-Chairs Dr. Sachiko Kuno and the Honorable Michèle Flournoy released a new report on a U.S.-Japan alliance action plan for all-hazard emergency management....
By Michèle Flournoy, Dr. Sachiko Kuno, Maki Fukami & Patrick M. Cronin
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Technology & National Security
Autonomous Weapons and Operational Risk20YY Future of Warfare Initiative Director Paul Scharre examines the risks in future autonomous weapons that would choose their own targets and the potential for catastrophic ...
By Paul Scharre
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Red Alert
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While the U.S. Navy has long enjoyed freedom of action throughout the world’s oceans, the days of its unchallenged primacy may be coming to a close. In recent years, a number ...
By Kelley Sayler
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Defense / National Security Human Capital Program
The Labyrinth WithinThe current austere fiscal environment has brought the debate over the defense budget to the forefront of policymakers’ agendas. Technical terminology once deemed irrelevant f...
By Michelle Shevin-Coetzee
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From Sanctuary to Battlefield
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The United States is profoundly reliant on the ability to use space for its security. Though little appreciated outside of professional and expert circles, space – or, more pr...
By Elbridge Colby
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The Presence Problem: Naval Presence and National Strategy
Experts examine naval presence around the globe and recommend another look at the execution of our national strategy....
By Jerry Hendrix
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While We Can
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CNAS Executive Vice President Shawn Brimley argues that the U.S. military edge – particularly in regards to technology – is rapidly eroding. Mr. Brimley makes concrete recomme...
By Shawn Brimley
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Solving Long DivisionEight CNAS experts examine a host of issues posed by unification – including nuclear weapons and deterrence, the U.S.-Korea alliance, and relations between the countries in No...
By David Eunpyoung Jee, Elbridge Colby, Hannah Suh, Patrick M. Cronin, Richard Fontaine & Van Jackson
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Uncertain Ground: Emerging Challenges in Land WarfareDefense Strategies and Assessments Program Senior Fellow Paul Scharre makes recommendations for enhancing strategic agility to adapt to a changing world....
By Paul Scharre
