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Aug 6, 2024 | 
breakingdefense.com | Andrew Metrick |Philip Sheers |Alyssa Schonhaut
The war in Ukraine has reminded the public that nuclear arms remain useful tools of international statecraft. It is noteworthy that Russia’s nuclear threats, while yet unfulfilled, have both tactical and strategic nuclear systems, demonstrating that nuclear signaling occurs at multiple levels with a diverse array of systems — but also fitting into an existing understanding of nuclear doctrine.
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Aug 6, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Franz-Stefan Gady |Franz-stefan Gady |Becca Wasser |Andrew Metrick |Philip Sheers
The war in Ukraine has reminded the public that nuclear arms remain useful tools of international statecraft. It is noteworthy that Russia’s nuclear threats, while yet unfulfilled, have both tactical and strategic nuclear systems, demonstrating that nuclear signaling occurs at multiple levels with a diverse array of systems — but also fitting into an existing understanding of nuclear doctrine.
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Jun 20, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Chris Dougherty |Andrew Metrick |Hannah Dennis |Stacie L. Pettyjohn
Our rapidly changing world has profound implications for the future of warfare. Changes in national objectives, operational doctrines, and military technologies are shaping the character of war in ways that challenge existing approaches to leveraging military power. These developments create potential threats, but also opportunities if the U.S. military can rapidly adapt to this shifting reality.
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May 30, 2024 | 
realcleardefense.com | Andrew Metrick
The Department of Defense has an innovation problem, and it’s not the one you are probably thinking about.
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May 29, 2024 | 
breakingdefense.com | Andrew Metrick
Every leader at the Pentagon likes to talk about “innovation,” but it sometimes also feels like every leader has their own definition of that idea. In the following op-ed, Andrew Metrick of the Center for a New American Security argues that DoD should come up with a rubric that allows the department to get on the same page. The Department of Defense has an innovation problem, and it’s not the one you are probably thinking about.
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Apr 26, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Andrew Metrick |James O'Donnell
For a closer look at the military technology at the center of the aid package, I spoke with Andrew Metrick, a fellow with the defense program at the Center for a New American Security, a think tank. ... This week, just hours before the new aid package was signed, multiple news outlets reported that the US had secretly sent more powerful long-range ATACMS to Ukraine several weeks before.
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Apr 3, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Douglas Beck |Andrew Metrick |Robert O. Work
This article was originally published in War on the Rocks. Across the Department of Defense, today’s watchword is innovation.
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Mar 29, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Becca Wasser |Andrew Metrick |Franz-Stefan Gady |Franz-stefan Gady
April 08, 2024 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warns that Ukraine will lose the war with Russia without US assistance. Franz-Stefan Gady of CNAS explains why US military aid is crucial to Ukraine’s war effort.
Watch the full interview with CNN.
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Mar 28, 2024 | 
foreignaffairs.com | Andrew Metrick
Over the past decade, there has been an increase in the proliferation and use of ballistic and cruise missiles. Much of this increase stems from Tehran and its large network of proxies. The Houthis, for example, have carried out missile campaigns against Saudi Arabia and shipping near the Horn of Africa. Iran lobbed missiles at the Al Asad Air Base in Iraq in January 2020. And Iran-backed militias hit the same facility with rockets in January 2024.
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Mar 28, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Andrew Metrick |Tom Shugart |Paul Scharre |Stacie L. Pettyjohn
Thomas Shugart, a former U.S. Navy submarine warfare officer and a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, said being outside the treaty undercuts American credibility while China is laser-focused on building its maritime power. Shugart said China's deep sea miners have a second mission: collecting information for the Chinese military.
"If you're going to find submarines in the ocean, you need to know what the bottom looks like. You need to know what the temperature is.
