Project: Special Operations Forces | Center for a New American Security

From Containment to 'Restrainment'

thiletework — Thu, 02 May 2013 21:06:13 +0000

In an analysis of United States' foreign policy dynamics spanning the last century, Huffington Post's Chris Holshek cites Richard K. Betts' contribution to the CNAS study, America's Path: Grand Strategy for the Next Administration as an innovative and instructive guide which would lead the U.S. to a successful transition into 21st century diplomacy.

Michèle Flournoy on Recent Developments in Korea

thiletework — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:09:06 +0000

Co-Chair of the Board of Directors, The Honorable Michèle Flournoy talked about recent developments on the Korean peninsula, with a focus on the military balance of power there and in the broader Pacific region on C-SPAN. Click here to watch!

Wanted: Ph.Ds Who Can Win A Bar Fight

thiletework — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:10:04 +0000

Foreign Policy features an excerpt from Visiting Fellow Major Fernando Lujan's recent report Light Footprints: The Future of American Military Intervention.

Light Footprints: The Future of American Military Intervention

thiletework — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 21:30:25 +0000

Major Fernando Lujan, USA, a Special Forces officer and visiting fellow at the Center for a New American Security, examines the utility of the "light-footprint" approach and recommends adoption of a new strategic framework to guide it in Light Footprints: The Future of American Military Intervention.

Iraq to Mali: The changing calculus of war

sconneighton — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:45:01 +0000

A new episode of Empire on Al Jazeera English features John Nagl and explores the merits, objectives, costs and morality of the West’s endless 'war on terror'.

John Nagl Discusses Afghanistan on C-Span

hpolak — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 19:09:24 +0000

CNAS Non-Resident Senior Fellow Dr. John Nagl, discusses the end of large-scale military operations in Afghanistan and how the pull-out will affect future stability in the country in an interview on C-Span.

Refixing the Pentagon. Again.

hpolak — Thu, 24 May 2012 14:08:03 +0000

In Time, Mark Thompson reviews the new CNAS report Sustainable Pre-eminence: Reforming the U.S. Military at a Time of Strategic Change.

New Study Outlines How the Military Could Create a Leaner, Less Expensive Force

hpolak — Wed, 23 May 2012 18:27:59 +0000

Thom Shanker writes in The New York Times about the new CNAS report “Sustainable Pre-eminence," which provides policy recommendations for how the Pentagon can reorganize and reform.

Not Your Cold War NATO: Alliance To Examine Itself

hpolak — Thu, 17 May 2012 14:51:22 +0000

CNAS Senior Fellow Lieutenant General David Barno, USA (Ret.) discusses challenges for the U.S. and NATO with NPR.

U.S. and Its Allies Still Wrangling Over Afghan Policies

hpolak — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:14:58 +0000

In Bloomberg, CNAS Senior Fellow Andrew Exum says it is in the interest of the Afghans to strike a deal with the U.S. outlining a U.S. stay-behind force.