Virtual Book Event: CHOKEPOINTS
Join the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) on Wednesday, March 12, from 10:00–11:00 a.m. ET for a virtual event with author Eddie Fishman, adjunct senior fellow at CNAS, as he discusses this definitive account of how the United States has pioneered a powerful new form of economic warfare, reshaping global power dynamics in the process. The conversation will be moderated by Emily Kilcrease, senior fellow and director of the Energy, Economics, and Security Program.
Quality of Life for Service Members and their Families
On September 13, 2024, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III announced seven initiatives to improve the quality of life for service members and their families. The initiatives include efforts to improve military spouse employment, increase access to childcare, lessen the burden of frequent moves, and expand access to high-speed Wi-Fi on military installations. The efforts come at a critical moment in the health of the U.S. all-volunteer force and a challenging military recruiting environment.
Please join the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) on Wednesday, October 30, at 11:00 a.m. ET for a virtual fireside chat with The Honorable Ronald T. Keohane, assistant secretary of defense for manpower and reserve affairs and The Honorable Brendan Owens, assistant secretary of defense for energy, installations, and environment. This discussion will be moderated by Katherine Kuzminski, deputy director of studies and director of the Military, Veterans, and Society Program at CNAS.
For more information visit: https://www.cnas.org/events/virtual-event-quality-of-life-for-service-members-and-their-families
Over the Brink: Escalation Management in a Protracted U.S.-PRC Conflict
The Department of Defense’s 2023 annual report on Chinese military power highlights that China’s current nuclear modernization efforts “dwarf previous attempts in both scale and complexity.” Though the direction of China’s nuclear modernization is the subject of continued debate, its qualitative and quantitative expansion is unquestionably increasing the range of coercive options available to China's leadership in a conflict.
A forthcoming CNAS report, Over the Brink: Escalation Management in a Protracted War, finds that there is a plausible logic to PRC coercive nuclear use under protracted war conditions and that the United States must do more to prepare for this potential future. Building on previous CNAS research, Andrew Metrick, Phil Sheers, and Dr. Stacie Pettyjohn argue that the United States must undertake a significant re-examination of its conventional-nuclear integration efforts and develop new operational concepts for theater nuclear deterrence in the Indo-Pacific.
Please join the Center for a New American Security on Thursday, August 8, from 1:00–2:00 p.m. ET for a live conversation with senior nuclear policy experts. The discussion will focus on the distinct features of nuclear deterrence in the Indo-Pacific, the vulnerabilities the United States might face to Chinese nuclear coercion, and the opportunities available to bolster deterrence.
For more information please visit: https://www.cnas.org/events/virtual-event-over-the-brink-escalation-management-in-a-protracted-u-s-prc-conflict
The Center Must Hold with Michèle Flournoy and Richard Fontaine Jul 23, 2024
A new book, The Center Must Hold: Why Centrism is the Answer to Extremism and Polarization, offers a comprehensive centrist approach to the major challenges facing the world today. Collated and edited by Yair Zivan, The Center Must Hold features essays from world leaders, business executives, and scholars including Michèle Flournoy, former under secretary of defense for policy and chair of the CNAS Board of Directors, and Richard Fontaine, chief executive officer of CNAS.
Please join CNAS on Tuesday, July 23, from 1:00–2:00 p.m. ET for a discussion about the book with Michèle Flournoy, Richard Fontaine, and Yair Zivan. They will explore what centrism means, and arguments for why it is the most effective antidote to extremist politics and as a successful way to lead countries. The event will be moderated by Senior Fellow Carrie Cordero.
Adapting NATO's Nuclear Posture to Current Threats
Please join the Center for a New American Security on Friday, July 19, at 10:30 a.m. ET for a virtual fireside chat with Dr. Vipin Narang, Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy. Our conversation will broadly discuss how NATO’s nuclear posture is evolving in response to Russia’s repeated threats to use nuclear weapons since its illegal 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
For more information visit: https://www.cnas.org/events/virtual-event-adapting-natos-nuclear-posture-to-current-threats
AI Catastrophic Risks and National Security: Taking Stock of Perceptions and Approaches
Since the launch of ChatGPT, government officials, business leaders, and technologists have all warned of coming largescale risks from rapidly advancing AI systems—spanning AI-enhanced bioterrorism, AI-enabled nuclear command and control gone awry, runaway AI hacking, and beyond. Following the Biden Administration’s AI Executive Order last October, how have the United States government’s perceptions of AI risks relevant to national security evolved? Where are the greatest risks, and how might they be best addressed?
Please join the Center for a New American Security on Thursday, July 18 at 2:00 p.m. ET for a virtual panel on these questions and more. The panel will feature national security professionals from across government agencies working to address these risks, as well as Dr. Paul Scharre, Executive Vice President and Director of Studies, and Bill Drexel, Fellow in CNAS’s Technology and National Security Team.
Get ready! The 75th NATO summit is happening this week in Washington D.C.
Alongside the summit will be the Public Forum on July 10-11, which CNAS will co-host with the Atlantic Council, German Marshall Fund, GLOBSEC, Hudson Institute and the U.S. Department of State.
The Public Forum aims to promote a better public understanding of NATO’s policies and goals and the decisions to be adopted at the Washington summit, through dialogue and engagement with leaders, experts, and new voices.
Sign up for the virtual forum and join the conversation.
https://www.cnas.org/events/nato-public-forum
Swarms over the Strait: Drone Warfare in a Future Fight to Defend Taiwan
The world has watched as drone warfare has evolved dramatically from battlefields in Libya and Nagorno-Karabakh to Ukraine and Gaza, but it is unclear how lessons from these conflicts would translate to a potential U.S.-China conflict over Taiwan. What roles would drones play? What types of systems might America need? How would drones be employed in operational concepts? How can the U.S. military counter adversary drone use?
Please join the Center for a New American Security on Thursday, June 27 at 2:00 p.m. ET for a virtual panel on these questions and more. The panel will feature the Honorable Bob Work, former Deputy Secretary of Defense, Senior Fellow and Director Dr. Stacie Pettyjohn, and Fellow Andrew Metrick. Senior Fellow Becca Wasser will moderate.
This panel is part of the CNAS Defense Program's work on drone warfare, which began with a recent report, Evolution Not Revolution: Drone Warfare in Russia's 2022 Invasion of Ukraine, and continues in a new report Swarms over the Strait: Drone Warfare in a Future Fight to Defend Taiwan. In Swarms over the Strait, Dr. Pettyjohn, Hannah Dennis, and Molly Campbell map trends in global drone proliferation, dive into historical case studies of drone use, and explore the many missions for which drones would be crucial an Indo-Pacific war.
For more information visit: https://www.cnas.org/events/virtual-event-swarms-over-the-strait-drone-warfare-in-a-future-fight-to-defend-taiwan
How U.S.-China Competition Upended the International Economic Order
Security concerns have become the defining feature of the U.S.-China economic relationship. The United States urgently needs a clear strategy for advancing its hard power, resiliency, and commercial interests within the bilateral economic relationship, while redefining and leading a new global economic order.
Please join the Center for a New American Security for a virtual event on Wednesday, June 26 from 1:00–2:00 p.m. ET to discuss a new CNAS report, Disorderly Conduct: How U.S.-China Competition Upended the International Economic Order and What the United States Can Do to Fix It. Report authors will share key findings and recommendations on how to delineate a new economic strategic framework toward China that serves both the security and commercial interests of the United States.
For more information visit: https://www.cnas.org/events/virtual-event-disorderly-conduct
IF CONFIRMED: An Insider’s View of the National Security Confirmation Process
Please join Dr. Stacie L. Pettyjohn and Major General Arnold Punaro, USMC (Ret.) on June 25, from 1:00–2:00 p.m. ET for a virtual discussion about General Punaro’s new book, IF CONFIRMED: An Insider’s View of the National Security Confirmation Process, which explores the intricacies, nuances, and shortcomings of the Senate confirmation process, and details solutions to fix the process.
Their conversation will cover the national security risks posed by the current Senate confirmation process and what needs to change to ensure the most highly qualified civilian and military leaders are able to service in the Nation’s most critical national security positions.
For more information visit: https://www.cnas.org/events/virtual-event-if-confirmed-an-insiders-view-of-the-national-security-confirmation-process
AUKUS: Taking Stock and Looking Forward
On Friday, June 21, Please join CNAS for a discussion on AUKUS: Taking Stock and Looking Forward. This public program will cap two days of private discussions co-hosted by the Center for a New American Security, the Australia Strategic Policy Institute, and the Royal United Services Institute. It marks the third annual Trilateral AUKUS dialogue, where officials, academia, the think tank community, and the private sector from all three nations will discuss the progress of AUKUS Pillars I and II, the wider strategic implications of AUKUS, regional reactions, how to use Pillar II to unlock innovation and speed hi-tech development, addressing workforce and industrial capacity issues, and what’s next for the legislative agenda.
For more information visit: https://www.cnas.org/events/virtual-event-aukus-taking-stock-and-looking-forward
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