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CNAS Press Note: Secretary Mattis’ Trip to South Korea and Japan
Dr. Patrick M. Cronin | January 30, 2017
Preparing the Next President
The Papers for the Next President series is designed to assist the next president and his team in crafting a strong, pragmatic, and principled national security agenda. The se...
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CNAS Briefing: Key Questions for VA Secretary Confirmation Hearing
Washington, January 30– In advance of the confirmation hearing for Dr. David Shulkin to be the next Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Center for a New American Security Military,...
CNAS Press Note: President Trump’s National Security Council
Following President Trump’s signing of National Security Presidential Memorandum-2, which lays out the shape of his NSC and national security decisionmaking, Center for a New ...
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Foreword by Robert Kagan and James P. Rubin Over the past year, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) brought together an extraordinary group of scholars, practitione...
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CNAS Press Note: Secretary Mattis’ Trip to South Korea and Japan
Washington, January 30 – As Secretary of Defense James Mattis prepares to take his inaugural trip abroad as secretary – to South Korea and Japan – Center for a New American Se...
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CNAS Press Note: Secretary Mattis’ Trip to South Korea and Japan
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Paul Scharre, Ben FitzGerald and Dan Gettinger on The Drone Database
CNAS senior fellows Ben FitzGerald and Paul Scharre were joined by Dan Gettinger, founder and co-director of the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College, to discuss ...
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Paul Scharre, Ben FitzGerald and Dan Gettinger on The Drone Database
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Paul Scharre, Ben FitzGerald and Dan Gettinger on The Drone Database
CNAS senior fellows Ben FitzGerald and Paul Scharre were joined by Dan Gettinger, founder and co-director of the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College, to discuss ...
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CNAS Releases Report on Automation and the Patriot Air and Missile Defense System
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Paul Scharre on Automation in the U.S. Military
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Paul Scharre, Ben FitzGerald and Dan Gettinger on The Drone Database
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Tough Tasks Await Tillerson at State Department
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Julianne Smith on Future of US-Russia Relations
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Tough Tasks Await Tillerson at State Department
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CNAS' Ilan Goldenberg Discusses Middle East Strategy in the Trump Administration
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Tough Tasks Await Tillerson at State Department
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How Trump can move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem
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CNAS' Ilan Goldenberg Discusses Middle East Strategy in the Trump Administration
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CNAS Briefing: Key Questions for the Perry Confirmation Hearing
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CNAS Briefing: Key Questions for the Mnuchin Confirmation Hearing
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Obama Administration Races To Shore Up Iran Nuclear Deal
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CNAS Briefing: Key Questions for the Perry Confirmation Hearing
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CNAS Briefing: Key Questions for VA Secretary Confirmation Hearing
Washington, January 30– In advance of the confirmation hearing for Dr. David Shulkin to be the next Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Center for a New American Security Military,...
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Sequestration putting Marine Corps lives in danger (Audio)
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CNAS Briefing: Key Questions for VA Secretary Confirmation Hearing