Project: Civilian Capacity | Center for a New American Security

After Soldiering, A Challenging Transition Into Civilian Work

thiletework — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:22:26 +0000

The Daily Beast's Michael Lokesson discusses the 2012 CNAS Veterans Report on employing America's post 9/11 veterans and the need to focus on making the job market more accommodating for American veterans.

Questions for Secretary of State Nominee Senator John Kerry

lfontaine — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 21:19:20 +0000

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will take up the nomination of its chair, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., to become secretary of state. President Obama has tapped Senator Kerry to succeed Hillary Rodham Clinton at a time of great instability in the Middle East, economic uncertainty at home and abroad, increasing competition from China and diminishing budgets. In the memo Questions for Secretary of State Nominee Senator John Kerry, CNAS experts Kay King, Senior Advisor and Director of External Relations, and Jacob Stokes, Research Associate, propose several areas where senators should probe Senator Kerry’s views.

Audio: U.S. Strategy in the Middle East After the Arab Spring

jsingh — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 14:00:32 +0000

Listen to the audio recording of the "U.S. Strategy in the Middle East After the Arab Spring" panel at the CNAS 2012 Annual Conference.

Transcript: National Security Strategy for the Next Decade

sconneighton — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 13:28:08 +0000

Read the transcript of the "National Security Strategy for the Next Decade" panel at the CNAS 2012 Annual Conference.

Audio - Those Who Have Borne the Battle: A History of America's Wars and Those Who Fought Them

hpolak — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:58:23 +0000

Listen to audio coverage of the CNAS book launch event for Those Who Have Borne the Battle: A History of America's Wars and Those Who Fought Them by Dr. James Wright.

America's Civilian Operations Abroad: Understanding Past and Future Requirements

lfontaine — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:34:31 +0000

America’s Civilian Operations Abroad: Understanding Past and Future Requirements, authored by Dr. Nora Bensahel, CNAS Deputy Director of Studies and Senior Fellow, and Dr. Patrick Cronin, CNAS Senior Advisor and Senior Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program, examines the history of U.S. civilian operations abroad during the past 20 years and identifies several trends that are likely to affect future requirements.

Foreign Policy Funding A Top Candidate For Cuts

alewis — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:35:13 +0000

CNAS Deputy Director of Studies Nora Bensahel comments on NPR on the political viability of foreign aid programs.

Command Post: "Are U.S. Troops Leaving Afghanistan Prematurely?"

sconneighton — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:43:35 +0000

Today on Command Post, John Nagl, Stephen Biddle and Brian Katulis debate the mission in Afghanistan and whether or not it's time for U.S. troops to leave.

Command Post: "Are U.S. Troops Leaving Afghanistan Prematurely?"

sconneighton — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:34:35 +0000

Or is it about time? That all depends, of course, on what you think the U.S. mission in Afghanistan -- now a decade old -- actually is. We have booted the Taliban from power, and recently killed Osama bin Laden, who orchestrated the 9/11 attacks from inside Afghanistan in a sanctuary the Taliban provided. Now President Obama has begun ordering U.S. troops home, with Afghanistan's government shaky, corruption endemic and the Afghan security forces fledgling, at best. Stephen Biddle, an Afghanistan expert at the Council on Foreign Relations, and Brian Katulis, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, debate the issue with John Nagl, president of the Center for a New American Security, and your Battleland scribe.

Struggling to Build Afghan Security

alewis — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 18:46:44 +0000

CNAS Senior Fellow Andrew Exum writes in Foreign Policy about the importance of U.S. efforts to build effective indigenous military and police forces in Afghanistan.