Reports
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Defense / National Security Human Capital Program
Risky Business: Future Strategy and Force Options for the Defense DepartmentTo consider the next defense strategy and the tradeoffs associated with different options, we developed three possible strategies—high-end deterrence, day-to-day competition, ...
By Stacie Pettyjohn, Becca Wasser & Jennie Matuschak
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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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National Security Human Capital Program
Beyond the QDR: Key Issues Facing the National Defense PanelIn Beyond the QDR: Key Issues Facing the National Defense Panel, Dr. Nora Bensahel, co-director of CNAS' Responsible Defense Program, argues that the NDP should focus on six c...
By Nora Bensahel
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National Security Human Capital Program
CTRL + ALT + DELETE: Resetting America's MilitaryIn the May edition of Foreign Policy, Shawn Brimley and Paul Scharre address the question: "If you built the U.S. Military today from scratch with no historical burdens, how w...
By Shawn Brimley & Paul Scharre
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Defense / National Security Human Capital Program
Gambling with Ground Forces: The 2015 Defense Budget and The 2014 Quadrennial Defense ReviewIn a policy brief, Adjunct Fellow Travis Sharp focuses on the implications of prioritizing technology over ground forces in the U.S. army as it relates to the 2015 Defense Bud...
By Travis Sharp
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National Security Human Capital Program
The Carrier Air Wing of the FutureWritten by Senior Fellows and Co-Directors of the Responsible Defense Program LTG David Barno, USA (Ret.) and Dr. Nora Bensahel, and Adjunct Senior Fellow M. Thomas Davis, The...
By Nora Bensahel, Thomas Davis, David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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National Security Human Capital Program
The Enduring Need for Electronic Attack in Air OperationsCNAS adjunct senior fellow Tom Davis and Responsible Defense Program co-directors LTG David W. Barno, USA (Ret) and Dr. Nora Bensahel explore the challenges the U.S. military ...
By Nora Bensahel, Thomas Davis, David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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National Security Human Capital Program
Building Better GeneralsIn Building Better Generals, the CNAS Responsible Defense (RD) team urges policymakers and military leaders to redouble their efforts to create an “adaptive and creative offic...
By Katherine Kidder, Kelley Sayler, Nora Bensahel, David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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National Security Human Capital Program
Countdown to Sequestration: Why American Leaders Could Jump Off the Fiscal CliffWith a comprehensive "grand bargain" agreement on taxes and spending unlikely to succeed in the lame duck session, there is a strong possibility that sequestration will commen...
By Jacob Stokes, Joel Smith, Nora Bensahel, David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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National Security Human Capital Program
Military Campaigns: Veterans’ Endorsements and Presidential ElectionsIn Military Campaigns: Veterans' Endorsements and Presidential Elections, published by the Center for a New American Security, experts Dr. James Golby, Assistant Professor at ...
By James Golby, Kyle Dropp & Peter Feaver
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National Security Human Capital Program
Down Payment: Defense Guidance, 2013 Defense Budget and the Risks of SequestrationThe Pentagon’s new strategic guidance and fiscal year 2013 budget request avoid major disruptions to current U.S. defense plans, but they make only a down payment on the defen...
By Travis Sharp
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National Security Human Capital Program
Driving in the Dark: Ten Propositions About Prediction and National SecurityIn Driving in the Dark: Ten Propositions About Prediction and National Security, Richard Danzig examines the nature of prediction in national security and offers strategic rec...
By Richard Danzig
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National Security Human Capital Program
Hard Choices: Responsible Defense in an Age of AusterityHard Choices: Responsible Defense in an Age of Austerity, a report authored by CNAS experts LTG David W. Barno, USA (Ret.), Dr. Nora Bensahel and Travis Sharp, outlines four b...
By Nora Bensahel, Travis Sharp, David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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National Security Human Capital Program
The Sacrifice Ahead: The 2012 Defense BudgetThe fiscal year 2012 defense budget request is a break from the past ten years of budget growth, but it does not go far enough to rebalance defense spending priorities given t...
By Travis Sharp
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National Security Human Capital Program
Arsenal's End? American Power and the Global Defense IndustryUsing the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter program as a case study, this report analyzes how globalization has affected the American defense industry and its consequence...
By Ethan B. Kapstein
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National Security Human Capital Program
Vision Meets Reality: 2010 QDR and 2011 Defense BudgetThis policy brief provides an analysis of the FY 2011 defense budget request, places it in the context of the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review and historical budgetary trends, ...
By Travis Sharp
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National Security Human Capital Program
Learning from Experience: Lessons from the QDR for the QDDRTo help inform the State Department's Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR), this policy brief lays out lessons learned from the Department of Defense’s Quadrenn...
By Brian Burton
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National Security Human Capital Program
Time for Action: Redefining SOF Missions and ActivitiesU.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) have played a key role in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as in the broader U.S. effort to destroy al Qaeda and its violent extr...
By Michele L. Malvesti
