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Getting to Less? The Progressive Values Strategy
January 30, 2020 | Joseph Federici, Seamus P. Daniels, Rhys McCormick, Lindsey R. Sheppard This is the third CSIS brief in a series called Getting to Less. In this brief, the authors explore a defense approach they have labeled the Progressive Values Strategy.

Commentary
The Spectacular & Public Collapse of Navy Force Planning
January 30, 2020 | Mark F. Cancian, Adam Saxton Trapped by a 355-ship force goal, a reduced budget, and a fixed counting methodology, the Navy can’t find a feasible solution to the difficult question of how its forces should be structured.

Commentary
Can Artificial Intelligence Compensate for Strategic Shortcomings?
January 29, 2020 | James Andrew Lewis In his latest commentary, CSIS’s James Lewis discusses how new technologies like artificial intelligence would require significant investment and change before they can provide strategic military advantage.

Critical Questions
The Novel Coronavirus Outbreak
January 28, 2020 | J. Stephen Morrison, Jude Blanchette, Scott Kennedy, Stephanie Segal A new coronavirus rattles China and threatens to become a global pandemic. CSIS’s J. Stephen Morrison, Jude Blanchette, Scott Kennedy, and Stephanie Segal weigh in on the global health security, economic, and political implications of the cascading outbreak of 2019-nCoV.

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Signposts of Struggle: Iran’s Enduring Protest Movement
January 24, 2020 | Seth G. Jones, Joseph S. Bermudez Jr. Though the death of Qasem Soleimani inspired Iranian nationalism in the short term, protests against the regime continue and will likely pose a long-term challenge to Iran’s domestic stability—especially if they become more centralized or inspire security force defections.

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Twin Pillars: Upholding National Security and National Innovation in Emerging Technologies Governance
January 23, 2020 | Samuel Brannen The 2019 Global Security Forum report assesses the U.S. federal government’s approach to emerging technologies governance.

Report
Getting to Less? The Innovation Superiority Strategy
January 23, 2020 | Joseph Federici, Seamus P. Daniels, Rhys McCormick, Lindsey R. Sheppard This is the second CSIS brief in a series called Getting to Less. In this brief, the authors discuss a strategy they have labeled the Innovative Superiority Strategy. The strategy is guided by a focus on achieving enduring American military advantage in the U.S.-China security...

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Afghanistan: “Peace” as the Vietnamization of a U.S. Withdrawal?
January 23, 2020 | Anthony H. Cordesman The United States is currently seeking a “peace” process in Afghanistan reminiscent of the “Vietnamization” from the U.S.’ withdrawal in the Vietnam War, writes CSIS’s Burke Chair in Strategy.

Newsletter
Impact Player: Ri Son-gwon
January 22, 2020 | Victor Cha, Dana Kim Informing audiences about key policy makers in issue areas of importance to U.S.-Korea relations.

Commentary
An Alternative to the Defense Department’s New, Technology-Focused Organizations
January 22, 2020 The Department of Defense often creates new organizations to prioritize new technologies—especially in space, cyber, and AI. CSIS’s Morgan Dwyer explains how new organizations can be counterproductive and impede technology development and fielding.

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Getting to Less? Exploring the Press for Less in America’s Defense Commitments
January 16, 2020 | Joseph Federici This CSIS brief from defense experts Kathleen H. Hicks and Joseph P. Federici is the first in a series that explores the contours and implications of strategies that might reduce the U.S. military’s role through greater constraints on its ends, ways, and means.

Report
Ten Key Elements of a U.S. Strategy for the Gulf
January 16, 2020 | Anthony H. Cordesman The United States needs a Gulf Strategy that is less reactive and more oriented toward a consistent commitment to the region as well as its U.S. allies, writes CSIS’s Burke Chair in Strategy.

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