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Oct 7, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Rachel Ziemba |Jonathan Lord |Anna Pederson |Aaron Arnett
365 days. 101 hostages still held in Gaza. The masking tape on the shirts of hostage families, reflecting how many days this conflict continues, serves as a painful hourglass of the last year and an angry reminder of the heinous actions of Hamas on October 7. Concomitantly, Jews in America over the last twelve months have experienced spasms of violence, intimidation, and outright hatred unseen in decades.
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Sep 6, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Andrea Kendall-Taylor |Peter Schroeder |Anna Pederson |Jim Townsend
Germany is currently at a critical juncture, balancing numerous challenges both at home and abroad. Just last weekend, populist parties including the far-right AfD scored substantial gains in two state elections in eastern Germany. Two major factors behind these results are the political salience of migration in the national debate, and discussions surrounding Germany’s support for Ukraine.
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Sep 5, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Andrea Kendall-Taylor |Lisa Curtis |Anna Pederson |Bill Drexel
Matriculation season has arrived, and it may mark the 15th consecutive academic year that Chinese students make up the largest share of America’s foreign university students. While surveys won’t immediately provide confirmation of total numbers, one thing is certain: China will remain a vital source of university students for years to come.
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Lisa Curtis |Anna Pederson |Nathaniel Schochet |Taren Sylvester
In Guam, one is quickly struck by the juxtaposition of crystal-clear waters with crumbling infrastructure and abandoned cars strewn across the small Pacific island. Following the isolation of the COVID pandemic and the destructive Typhoon Mawar of May 2023, Guam is in a precarious position. The economy has yet to recover -- hotels that have operated for decades are shutting their doors permanently as tourists are slow to return to its shores.
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Aug 21, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Anna Pederson |Nathaniel Schochet |Lisa Curtis
The situation in the South China Sea is more worrying than that in the Taiwan Strait, says Indo Pacific security expert Lisa Curtis, former top US official and now Senior Fellow and Director of the Indo Pacific Security Programme at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), a strategy think tank in Washington, DC.
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Aug 21, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Anna Pederson |Andrea Kendall-Taylor
Since the end of World War II, democracies typically fell apart by coup d'état or through force. Today, however, they are increasingly eroding at the hands of democratically elected incumbents, who seize control by slowly chipping away at democratic institutions. To better understand these developments, this book examines the role of personalist political parties, or parties that exist primarily to further their leader's career as opposed to promote a specific policy platform.
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Aug 8, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Jacob Stokes |Anna Pederson
A loose but growing coalition between Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea demonstrates that their combined strategic interests have the potential to pose significant economic and military threats to a democratic international order. How should the United States and its partners and allies address the coordination of activities that strengthen this axis' destabilization of the geopolitical landscape?
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Jul 19, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Jim Townsend |Anna Pederson |Andrea Kendall-Taylor
Just a few weeks ago, leaders from across the globe gathered in Washington, D.C. for the historic 75th NATO summit. Over the course of the three-day event, allies engaged in discussions surrounding support for Ukraine, strengthening their defense and deterrence capabilities, and deepening NATO partnerships.
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Jul 17, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Jim Townsend |Anna Pederson |Andrea Kendall-Taylor |Kate Johnston
Last week, Washington, DC hosted the NATO summit – marking the historic 75th anniversary of the alliance. Despite the significant milestone, the mood was serious in DC with the war continuing to rage in Ukraine and increasing concern from European allies about the reliability of the United States as a partner in the long term. Though Ukraine emerged as the focus of many discussions, allies also strengthened language on China, emphasizing the challenges that Beijing poses to Euro-Atlantic security.
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Jul 17, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Anna Pederson |Andrea Kendall-Taylor |Jim Townsend
Jim Townsend joins Frontline on Times Radio to discuss how further U.S. air defense systems for Ukraine and Nato drills will be key to sending a message that Nato is committed to halting Putin's invasion. Commentary Sharper July 17, 2024 Sharper: NATO Summit The 75th NATO Summit was held in Washington DC, last week, and brought together leaders and governments to discuss pressing issues facing the world's oldest alliance. A bridge...
