Center for a New American Security
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The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is a Washington, D.C.
-based think tank
established in 2007 by co-founders Michèle Flournoy
and Kurt M. Campbell
which specializes in U.S. national security
issues. CNAS's stated mission is to "develop strong, pragmatic and principled national security and defense policies that promote and protect American interests and values." CNAS focuses on terrorism
and irregular warfare
, the future of the U.S. military, the emergence of Asia
as a global power center, and the national security implications of natural resource
consumption. Deputy Secretary of State
James Steinberg
has called CNAS "an indispensable feature on the Washington landscape." Speaking at the CNAS annual conference in June 2009, U.S. Central Command Commander GEN David Petraeus
observed that "CNAS has, in a few short years, established itself as a true force in think tank and policy-making circles"
The Obama
administration has hired several CNAS employees for key jobs. Founders Flournoy and Campbell currently serve as the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy and the Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
, respectively. In June 2009 The Washington Post suggested, "In the era of Obama...the Center for a New American Security may emerge as Washington's go-to think tank on military affairs." CNAS scholars include John Nagl
, David Kilcullen
, Andrew Exum
, Thomas E. Ricks, Robert D. Kaplan
, and Marc Lynch
.
CNAS is relatively small, with around 30 employees and a budget under $6 million. Despite its small size, CNAS is influential within the national security policy community, and has been able to “punch above our weight”, according to former CNAS Director of External Relations and now-Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs
Price Floyd.
In a speech to the United States Military Academy
at West Point on February 25, 2011, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates
quoted CNAS President John Nagl
and Senior Advisor and Senior Fellow Lieutenant General David Barno
, USA (Ret.) for their recommendations on improving promotion policies in the military.
CNAS experts have appeared in numerous national media outlets, including but not limited to Foreign Policy
, The New York Times
, The Washington Post
, The Wall Street Journal
, The National Interest
, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, C-SPAN
, NBC
, NPR
, CNN
, and PBS
.
It is the only organization of its kind led by veterans of the current wars. Before joining CNAS, John Nagl
served as an active duty officer in both the first Gulf War and in Operation Iraqi Freedom. He then was part the team that wrote FM 3-24, the Army’s counter-insurgency
field manual that transformed the way the wars in Iraq
and Afghanistan
were conducted. Since joining CNAS first as a Senior Fellow and then as President, Nagl has continued to delve into counterinsurgency while also publishing papers on other topics, including the need for a permanent corps of Army advisers and strategies for confronting Islamic extremism.
CNAS CEO Nathaniel C. Fick
in 2005 published One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
.
CNAS Senior Fellow Tom Ricks has written best-selling books on the military and specifically the Second Gulf War, including 2006’s Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq
, a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2007. While at CNAS Ricks published Fiascos sequel The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008
. Both Ricks and CNAS Senior Fellow Marc Lynch maintain popular blogs- The Best Defense and Abu Aardvark- on military affairs and Middle Eastern politics at Foreign Policy
’s website. CNAS Fellow Andrew Exum
founded and writes for Abu Muqawama, an influential blog on counterinsurgency.
Despite its reputation for being a “counter-insurgency heavy organization”, CNAS’s scope includes broader areas of study such as energy security. In June 2009, CNAS launched a new program, “Natural Security”, headed by Vice President Sharon Burke to tackle the national security implications of natural resource production and use. The program’s concept paper, Natural Security Working Paper, looks at emerging natural resources challenges in key areas of consumption as well as the ways in which these challenges are linked together. The program also publishes a daily blog, Natural Security Blog, hosted on CNAS's website.
CNAS has also staked out terrain in studying the emergence of Asia
as a center of global power, particularly with regards to China
. One of the main stated goals of CNAS’s Asia-Pacific Security program is to “devise a future path for America’s engagement of China that can expand bilateral cooperation in areas of shared strategic interest and encourage increasing accountability from the Chinese regime”. In addition, CNAS has released reports on the strategic aims of U.S.-North Korea
n non-proliferation negotiations.
The CNAS U.S.-India Initiative is co-chaired by CNAS Board of Directors members Richard Armitage
, former Deputy Secretary of State, and Ambassador R. Nicholas Burns
, former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs. The stated goal of the Initiative is to help advance growing bilateral ties in areas of mutual interest, including security, economics, energy and climate change, democracy and human rights. On October 27, 2010 at the White House Press Gaggle on the President's Upcoming Trip to India, the CNAS report Natural Allies: A Blueprint for the Future of U.S.-India Relations was referenced in a reporter's question to White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs
.
In 2010, the Center developed its Cyber Security project, which is co-chaired by Bob Kahn
, the co-inventor of the TCP/IP protocols used to transmit information over the Internet; Vice Admiral John Michael McConnell, USN (Ret.), former Director of National Intelligence; Joseph Nye
, Distinguished Service Professor at Harvard University
; and Peter Schwartz
, an internationally renowned futurist and business strategist and member of the CNAS Board of Directors. In February 2011, CNAS Vice President and Director of Studies Kristin Lord and Research Associate Travis Sharp argued in The Hill
that "increased federal attention to cyber security makes good sense," but "lawmakers must ensure that the U.S. government does not spend aimlessly on cyber security."
In addition to its core research staff, CNAS sponsors both a military fellows and writers-in-residence programs. The Military Fellows program hosts representatives from the United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and Air Force who contribute to the Center's policy work during their tenure. CNAS’s writers-in-residence program hosts journalists who have taken a sabbatical from their respective publications to write a book on a national security topic. David Cloud and Greg Jaffe's The Fourth Star and David Sanger’s
The Inheritance were written while the authors were writers-in-residence at CNAS. Past writers-in-residence have also included Tom Ricks as he wrote The Gamble. Current writers-in-residence include Thom Shanker and Eric Schmitt
of The New York Times
, who wrote Counterstrike. CNAS is currently hosting David Finkel
of The Washington Post
as he writes the sequel to The Good Soldiers
.
CNAS has suggested that one way to contain future military costs would be to fold heavy army units into the National guard and reserves, but military officials have responded that the governors would rather have light units, that are better suited to their emergency needs.
More CNAS Publications
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
-based think tank
Think tank
A think tank is an organization that conducts research and engages in advocacy in areas such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, and technology issues. Most think tanks are non-profit organizations, which some countries such as the United States and Canada provide with tax...
established in 2007 by co-founders Michèle Flournoy
Michele Flournoy
Michèle Angelique Flournoy is Under Secretary of Defense for Policy of the United States. She was confirmed in the position by the U.S. Senate on February 9, 2009 and was at the time the highest-ranking woman to hold a post at the Pentagon in the facility's history. She founded and was named...
and Kurt M. Campbell
Kurt M. Campbell
Kurt M. Campbell is an American diplomat and academic, currently serving as Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs.He was previously the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of the Center for a New American Security , a national security think tank launched in January 2007...
which specializes in U.S. national security
National security
National security is the requirement to maintain the survival of the state through the use of economic, diplomacy, power projection and political power. The concept developed mostly in the United States of America after World War II...
issues. CNAS's stated mission is to "develop strong, pragmatic and principled national security and defense policies that promote and protect American interests and values." CNAS focuses on terrorism
Terrorism
Terrorism is the systematic use of terror, especially as a means of coercion. In the international community, however, terrorism has no universally agreed, legally binding, criminal law definition...
and irregular warfare
Irregular warfare
Irregular warfare is warfare in which one or more combatants are irregular military rather than regular forces. Guerrilla warfare is a form of irregular warfare, and so is asymmetric warfare....
, the future of the U.S. military, the emergence of Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
as a global power center, and the national security implications of natural resource
Natural resource
Natural resources occur naturally within environments that exist relatively undisturbed by mankind, in a natural form. A natural resource is often characterized by amounts of biodiversity and geodiversity existent in various ecosystems....
consumption. Deputy Secretary of State
United States Deputy Secretary of State
The Deputy Secretary of State of the United States is the chief assistant to the Secretary of State. If the Secretary of State resigns or dies, the Deputy Secretary of State becomes Acting Secretary of State until the President nominates and the Senate confirms a replacement. The position was...
James Steinberg
James Steinberg
James Braidy "Jim" Steinberg is an American academic and political advisor, and former Deputy Secretary of State. He is currently Dean and Professor of Social Science, International Affairs, and Law at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.-Early career:He...
has called CNAS "an indispensable feature on the Washington landscape." Speaking at the CNAS annual conference in June 2009, U.S. Central Command Commander GEN David Petraeus
David Petraeus
David Howell Petraeus is the current Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, sworn in on September 6, 2011. Prior to his assuming the directorship of the CIA, Petraeus was a four-star general serving over 37 years in the United States Army. His last assignments in the Army were as commander...
observed that "CNAS has, in a few short years, established itself as a true force in think tank and policy-making circles"
The Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
administration has hired several CNAS employees for key jobs. Founders Flournoy and Campbell currently serve as the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy and the Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
The Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs is the head of the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs within the United States Department of State. The Assistant Secretary guides operation of the U.S...
, respectively. In June 2009 The Washington Post suggested, "In the era of Obama...the Center for a New American Security may emerge as Washington's go-to think tank on military affairs." CNAS scholars include John Nagl
John Nagl
John A. Nagl is a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army who is regarded as an influential expert in counterinsurgency....
, David Kilcullen
David Kilcullen
David John Kilcullen F.R.G.S is an Australian author and consultant who is a leading theorist on counterinsurgency and counterterrorism. In 2007 he served as the Senior Counterinsurgency Adviser to the Commander of the Multi-National Force - Iraq responsible for planning and executing the Joint...
, Andrew Exum
Andrew Exum
Andrew Exum is a former US Army officer, an American scholar of the Middle East and a Fellow of the Center for a New American Security . He also participated in General Stanley McChrystal's review of the American strategy in Afghanistan.-Life:...
, Thomas E. Ricks, Robert D. Kaplan
Robert D. Kaplan
Robert David Kaplan is an American journalist, currently a National Correspondent for the Atlantic Monthly...
, and Marc Lynch
Marc Lynch
Marc Lynch is an "Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs" at The George Washington University, where he is also director of both the Institute for Middle East Studies and the Middle East Studies Program. Lynch is also a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Center for a New...
.
CNAS is relatively small, with around 30 employees and a budget under $6 million. Despite its small size, CNAS is influential within the national security policy community, and has been able to “punch above our weight”, according to former CNAS Director of External Relations and now-Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs
The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs, or ASD is the principal staff advisor and assistant to the Secretary of Defense and Deputy Secretary of Defense for public information, internal information, community relations, information training, and audiovisual matters in support of...
Price Floyd.
In a speech to the United States Military Academy
United States Military Academy
The United States Military Academy at West Point is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located at West Point, New York. The academy sits on scenic high ground overlooking the Hudson River, north of New York City...
at West Point on February 25, 2011, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates
Robert Gates
Dr. Robert Michael Gates is a retired civil servant and university president who served as the 22nd United States Secretary of Defense from 2006 to 2011. Prior to this, Gates served for 26 years in the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Council, and under President George H. W....
quoted CNAS President John Nagl
John Nagl
John A. Nagl is a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army who is regarded as an influential expert in counterinsurgency....
and Senior Advisor and Senior Fellow Lieutenant General David Barno
David Barno
David W. Barno is a retired Lieutenant General of the United States Army. He was head of Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan from 2003–2005.-Early life:Barno is a native of Endicott, New York...
, USA (Ret.) for their recommendations on improving promotion policies in the military.
CNAS experts have appeared in numerous national media outlets, including but not limited to Foreign Policy
Foreign Policy
Foreign Policy is a bimonthly American magazine founded in 1970 by Samuel P. Huntington and Warren Demian Manshel.Originally, the magazine was a quarterly...
, The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
, The Washington Post
The Washington Post
The Washington Post is Washington, D.C.'s largest newspaper and its oldest still-existing paper, founded in 1877. Located in the capital of the United States, The Post has a particular emphasis on national politics. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia editions are printed for daily circulation...
, The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal is an American English-language international daily newspaper. It is published in New York City by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corporation, along with the Asian and European editions of the Journal....
, The National Interest
The National Interest
The National Interest is a prominent conservative American bi-monthly international affairs magazine published by the Center for the National Interest. It was founded in 1985 by Irving Kristol and until 2001 was edited by Anglo-Australian Owen Harries...
, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, C-SPAN
C-SPAN
C-SPAN , an acronym for Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network, is an American cable television network that offers coverage of federal government proceedings and other public affairs programming via its three television channels , one radio station and a group of websites that provide streaming...
, NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
, NPR
NPR
NPR, formerly National Public Radio, is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national syndicator to a network of 900 public radio stations in the United States. NPR was created in 1970, following congressional passage of the Public Broadcasting...
, CNN
CNN
Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
, and PBS
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
.
Leadership
- Nathaniel C. FickNathaniel FickNathaniel C. "Nate" Fick is a veteran United States Marine Corps officer and CEO of the Center for a New American Security, a national security think tank based in Washington, D.C. He came to public notice for his writing on military life and the current conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq...
, Chief Executive Officer - Dr. John A. NaglJohn NaglJohn A. Nagl is a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army who is regarded as an influential expert in counterinsurgency....
, President - Dr. Kristin M. Lord, Vice President and Director of Studies
Studies
CNAS has released extensive reports on terrorism, irregular warfare, and regional security challenges.It is the only organization of its kind led by veterans of the current wars. Before joining CNAS, John Nagl
John Nagl
John A. Nagl is a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army who is regarded as an influential expert in counterinsurgency....
served as an active duty officer in both the first Gulf War and in Operation Iraqi Freedom. He then was part the team that wrote FM 3-24, the Army’s counter-insurgency
Counter-insurgency
A counter-insurgency or counterinsurgency involves actions taken by the recognized government of a nation to contain or quell an insurgency taken up against it...
field manual that transformed the way the wars in Iraq
Iraq War troop surge of 2007
In the context of the Iraq War, the surge refers to United States President George W. Bush's 2007 increase in the number of American troops in order to provide security to Baghdad and Al Anbar Province....
and Afghanistan
War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
The War in Afghanistan began on October 7, 2001, as the armed forces of the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Australia, and the Afghan United Front launched Operation Enduring Freedom...
were conducted. Since joining CNAS first as a Senior Fellow and then as President, Nagl has continued to delve into counterinsurgency while also publishing papers on other topics, including the need for a permanent corps of Army advisers and strategies for confronting Islamic extremism.
CNAS CEO Nathaniel C. Fick
Nathaniel Fick
Nathaniel C. "Nate" Fick is a veteran United States Marine Corps officer and CEO of the Center for a New American Security, a national security think tank based in Washington, D.C. He came to public notice for his writing on military life and the current conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq...
in 2005 published One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer is an autobiography by Nathaniel Fick, published by Houghton-Mifflin in 2005...
.
CNAS Senior Fellow Tom Ricks has written best-selling books on the military and specifically the Second Gulf War, including 2006’s Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq
Fiasco (book)
Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq is a book by Washington Post Pentagon correspondent Thomas E. Ricks. Fiasco deals with the history of the Iraq War from the planning phase to combat operations to 2006 and argues that the war was badly planned and executed...
, a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2007. While at CNAS Ricks published Fiascos sequel The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008
The Gamble (book)
The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008 is a 2009 book by journalist Thomas E. Ricks about the Iraq War. It covers the 2006-2008 period where his last book Fiasco left off. A primary focus is the Iraq War troop surge of 2007, along with the...
. Both Ricks and CNAS Senior Fellow Marc Lynch maintain popular blogs- The Best Defense and Abu Aardvark- on military affairs and Middle Eastern politics at Foreign Policy
Foreign Policy
Foreign Policy is a bimonthly American magazine founded in 1970 by Samuel P. Huntington and Warren Demian Manshel.Originally, the magazine was a quarterly...
’s website. CNAS Fellow Andrew Exum
Andrew Exum
Andrew Exum is a former US Army officer, an American scholar of the Middle East and a Fellow of the Center for a New American Security . He also participated in General Stanley McChrystal's review of the American strategy in Afghanistan.-Life:...
founded and writes for Abu Muqawama, an influential blog on counterinsurgency.
Despite its reputation for being a “counter-insurgency heavy organization”, CNAS’s scope includes broader areas of study such as energy security. In June 2009, CNAS launched a new program, “Natural Security”, headed by Vice President Sharon Burke to tackle the national security implications of natural resource production and use. The program’s concept paper, Natural Security Working Paper, looks at emerging natural resources challenges in key areas of consumption as well as the ways in which these challenges are linked together. The program also publishes a daily blog, Natural Security Blog, hosted on CNAS's website.
CNAS has also staked out terrain in studying the emergence of Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
as a center of global power, particularly with regards to China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
. One of the main stated goals of CNAS’s Asia-Pacific Security program is to “devise a future path for America’s engagement of China that can expand bilateral cooperation in areas of shared strategic interest and encourage increasing accountability from the Chinese regime”. In addition, CNAS has released reports on the strategic aims of U.S.-North Korea
North Korea
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea , , is a country in East Asia, occupying the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. Its capital and largest city is Pyongyang. The Korean Demilitarized Zone serves as the buffer zone between North Korea and South Korea...
n non-proliferation negotiations.
The CNAS U.S.-India Initiative is co-chaired by CNAS Board of Directors members Richard Armitage
Richard Armitage (politician)
Richard Lee Armitage, GCMG AC CNZM was the 13th United States Deputy Secretary of State, the second-in-command at the State Department, serving from 2001 to 2005.-Early life and military career:...
, former Deputy Secretary of State, and Ambassador R. Nicholas Burns
R. Nicholas Burns
R. Nicholas Burns is a retired American diplomat. He is currently Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Politics at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government and a member of the Board of Directors of the school's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs...
, former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs. The stated goal of the Initiative is to help advance growing bilateral ties in areas of mutual interest, including security, economics, energy and climate change, democracy and human rights. On October 27, 2010 at the White House Press Gaggle on the President's Upcoming Trip to India, the CNAS report Natural Allies: A Blueprint for the Future of U.S.-India Relations was referenced in a reporter's question to White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs
Robert Gibbs
Robert Lane Gibbs was the 28th White House Press Secretary. Gibbs was the communications director for then-U.S. Senator Barack Obama and Obama's 2008 presidential campaign...
.
In 2010, the Center developed its Cyber Security project, which is co-chaired by Bob Kahn
Bob Kahn
Robert Elliot Kahn is an American Internet pioneer, engineer and computer scientist, who, along with Vinton G. Cerf, invented the Transmission Control Protocol and the Internet Protocol , the fundamental communication protocols at the heart of the Internet.-Career:After receiving a B.E.E...
, the co-inventor of the TCP/IP protocols used to transmit information over the Internet; Vice Admiral John Michael McConnell, USN (Ret.), former Director of National Intelligence; Joseph Nye
Joseph Nye
Joseph Samuel Nye, Jr. is the co-founder, along with Robert Keohane, of the international relations theory neoliberalism, developed in their 1977 book Power and Interdependence. Together with Keohane, he developed the concepts of asymmetrical and complex interdependence...
, Distinguished Service Professor at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
; and Peter Schwartz
Peter Schwartz (futurist)
Peter Schwartz is a futurist, author, and cofounder of the Global Business Network , an elite corporate strategy firm, specializing in future-think and scenario planning...
, an internationally renowned futurist and business strategist and member of the CNAS Board of Directors. In February 2011, CNAS Vice President and Director of Studies Kristin Lord and Research Associate Travis Sharp argued in The Hill
The Hill (newspaper)
The Hill, a subsidiary of News Communications Inc., is a newspaper published in Washington, D.C. since 1994.Its first editor was Martin Tolchin, a veteran correspondent in the Washington bureau of The New York Times....
that "increased federal attention to cyber security makes good sense," but "lawmakers must ensure that the U.S. government does not spend aimlessly on cyber security."
In addition to its core research staff, CNAS sponsors both a military fellows and writers-in-residence programs. The Military Fellows program hosts representatives from the United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and Air Force who contribute to the Center's policy work during their tenure. CNAS’s writers-in-residence program hosts journalists who have taken a sabbatical from their respective publications to write a book on a national security topic. David Cloud and Greg Jaffe's The Fourth Star and David Sanger’s
David E. Sanger
David E. Sanger is the Chief Washington Correspondent for The New York Times. A 1982 graduate of Harvard College, Sanger has been writing for the Times for over 26 years covering foreign policy, globalization, nuclear proliferation, and the presidency...
The Inheritance were written while the authors were writers-in-residence at CNAS. Past writers-in-residence have also included Tom Ricks as he wrote The Gamble. Current writers-in-residence include Thom Shanker and Eric Schmitt
Eric P. Schmitt
Eric P. Schmitt is a Pulitzer Prize winning American journalist, widely quoted by other journalists. he writes for the New York Times....
of The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
, who wrote Counterstrike. CNAS is currently hosting David Finkel
David Finkel
David Louis Finkel is an American journalist. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 2006 as a staff writer at the Washington Post. He is currently assigned to the national staff as an enterprise reporter. He has also worked for the Post's foreign staff division...
of The Washington Post
The Washington Post
The Washington Post is Washington, D.C.'s largest newspaper and its oldest still-existing paper, founded in 1877. Located in the capital of the United States, The Post has a particular emphasis on national politics. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia editions are printed for daily circulation...
as he writes the sequel to The Good Soldiers
The Good Soldiers
The Good Soldiers is a 2009 book about the 2007 troop surge in Iraq written by David Finkel, chronicling the deployment of 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment of the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Kauzlarich....
.
CNAS has suggested that one way to contain future military costs would be to fold heavy army units into the National guard and reserves, but military officials have responded that the governors would rather have light units, that are better suited to their emergency needs.
Recent CNAS Publications
- by Lieutenant General David W. Barno, USA (Ret.), Dr. Nora Bensahel, Travis Sharp
- October 3, 2011
- by Christine Parthemore, Will Rogers
- August 1, 2011
- by The Honorable Dr. Richard J. Danzig, Dr. Marc Sageman, Dr. Terrance Leighton, Dr. Lloyd Hough, Hidemi Yuki, Rui Kotani, Zachary M. Hosford
- July 20, 2011
- by Robert E. Kahn, Mike McConnell, Dr. Joseph S. Nye, Peter Schwartz , Nova J. Daly, Nathaniel C. Fick, Martha Finnemore, Richard Fontaine, Daniel E. Geer Jr., David A. Gross, Jason Healey, James A. Lewis, Kristin M. Lord, M. Ethan Lucarelli, Thomas G. Mahnken, Gary McGraw, Roger H. Miksad, Dr. Greg Rattray, Will Rogers, Christopher M. Schroeder, Travis Sharp
- May 31, 2011
- by Lieutenant General David W. Barno, USA (Ret.) Dr. Andrew M. Exum and Matthew Irvine
- May 25, 2011
- by Richard Fontaine and Will Rogers
- May 23, 2011
- by Dr. Marc Lynch
- May 19, 2011
- by Christine Parthemore
- May 12, 2011
- by Dr. David Asher, Victor Comras, Dr. Patrick Cronin
- January 31, 2011
- by Abraham M. Denmark, Zachary M. Hosford
- December 17, 2010
- by Dr. Kristin M. Lord and Richard Fontaine
- December 15, 2010
- by Lieutenant General David W. Barno, USA (Ret.) and Andrew M. Exum
- December 7, 2010
- by The Honorable Richard ArmitageRichard Armitage (politician)Richard Lee Armitage, GCMG AC CNZM was the 13th United States Deputy Secretary of State, the second-in-command at the State Department, serving from 2001 to 2005.-Early life and military career:...
, The Honorable R. Nicholas BurnsR. Nicholas BurnsR. Nicholas Burns is a retired American diplomat. He is currently Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Politics at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government and a member of the Board of Directors of the school's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs...
and Richard Fontaine - October 18, 2010
- by Colonel Robert Killebrew, USA (Ret.) and Jennifer Bernal
- September 28, 2010
- by Robert Kaplan
- September 8, 2010
- by Richard Fontaine and Dr. John A. Nagl
- June 7, 2010
- by Kristin Lord and Marc Lynch
- May 19, 2010
- by Andrew ExumAndrew ExumAndrew Exum is a former US Army officer, an American scholar of the Middle East and a Fellow of the Center for a New American Security . He also participated in General Stanley McChrystal's review of the American strategy in Afghanistan.-Life:...
- May 6, 2010
- by Will Rogers and Dr. Jay Gulledge
- April 25, 2010
- by Christine Parthemore, Will Rogers, and CDR Herb Carmen, USN
- April 22, 2010
- Edited by Andrew ExumAndrew ExumAndrew Exum is a former US Army officer, an American scholar of the Middle East and a Fellow of the Center for a New American Security . He also participated in General Stanley McChrystal's review of the American strategy in Afghanistan.-Life:...
- April 20, 2010
- by Nathaniel FickNathaniel FickNathaniel C. "Nate" Fick is a veteran United States Marine Corps officer and CEO of the Center for a New American Security, a national security think tank based in Washington, D.C. He came to public notice for his writing on military life and the current conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq...
and Clare Lockhart - April 12, 2010
- by Thomas E. Ricks
- February 25, 2010
- by Ethan Kapstein
- February 19, 2010
- by Dr. John A. Nagl, Brian M. Burton, Dr. Don M. Snider, Frank G. Hoffman, Captain Mark R. Hagerott, USN, Colonel Roderick C. Zastrow, USAF
- February 4, 2010
- by Travis Sharp
- February 1, 2010
- by Abraham M. Denmark (editor), Dr. James Mulvenon, Frank Hoffman, Lt Col Kelly Martin, USAF, Oliver Fritz, Eric Sterner, Dr. Greg Rattray, Chris Evans, Jason Healey, Robert D. Kaplan
- January 25, 2010
- by Brian Burton
- January 19, 2010
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