Countering Terrorists From Afghanistan to Cyberspace
From serving as a counterterrorism analyst for the Pentagon in Afghanistan to working on security issues at Facebook, Kara Frederick has spe...
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20 of 166 episodesA Front Row Seat to China's Rise
How have China's global ambitions sharpened under President Xi Jinping, and how should the United States respond? Dr. Kurt M. Campbell serve...
Grappling With the Costs of Combat
As a woman serving on the front lines in Iraq, Kayla Williams faced not only the perils of combat, but the ordeals of sexism and harassment....
Working Advance for the U.S. State Department
When American diplomats travel abroad and meet with foreign leaders, who works behind the scenes to make sure everything runs smoothly? What...
Building the World’s Biggest Budget
What do the Pentagon's decisions about military spending say about our priorities as a nation? What goes into the DoD's $700 billion budget...
Working National Security on John McCain’s Presidential Campaign
Richard Fontaine spent years advising leading figures in American foreign policy, but working for the late Sen. John McCain was unlike anyth...
Preview: Stories from the Backchannel: Season Two
Now more than ever, Americans are interested in the people working behind the scenes on consequential national security decisions. In Season...
Women in National Security: Emma Moore
Emma Moore joins the CNAS Women in National Security podcast mini-series on human capital to discuss changing the requirements for national...
Women in National Security: Maggie Feldman-Piltch
Maggie Feldman-Piltch joins the CNAS Women in National Security podcast mini-series on human capital to discuss the gaps she sees in launchi...
Women in National Security: Sina Beaghley
Sina Beaghley joins the CNAS Women in National Security podcast mini-series on human capital to discuss security clearance reform. Sina is a...
Women in National Security: Laura Junor
Dr. Laura Junor joins the CNAS Women in National Security podcast mini-series on human capital to discuss how the government must change its...
CNAS Tech: Discussing a Long-Awaited Executive Order on 5G Security
On May 15, President Trump issued an executive order designed to protect the United States from security vulnerabilities in the global commu...
In or Out? What Should the U.S. Do in Syria?
Nicholas A. Heras asks three notable experts on U.S. national security decision making—Frances Z. Brown, Melissa Dalton, and Loren DeJonge S...
Russia, Hezbollah, and Iran...Oh My!
Nicholas A. Heras asks three notable experts on Russia, Iran, and Hezbollah in the Syrian conflict—Anna Borshchevskaya, Hanin Ghaddar, and B...
Counter-Terrorism in Syria: More Than Contain and Drone?
Nicholas A. Heras asks three notable experts on Salafist-jihadist organizations and the Syrian conflict — Jennifer Cafarella, Hassan Hassan,...
The Assad Dilemma
The Assad regime has been in power in Syria since 1970. For many analysts, the Syrian state could not exist without the regime, and the regi...
The Autocrat’s New Tool Kit
A new set of technological tools—some of them now maturing, others poised to emerge over the coming decade—seem destined to wind up in the h...
CNAS Tech: How (Not) to Talk About AI & Lethality
The U.S. Army recently announced its new Advanced Targeting & Lethality Automated System, or ATLAS program. The announcement generated conce...
CNAS Tech: "A Tale of Two AI Strategies"
Michael Kratsios and Dr. Lynne Parker from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy visited CNAS last week to discuss the Tru...
The White House: Accelerating America's Leadership in Artificial Intelligence
On Thursday, February 28, Michael Kratsios, Deputy Assistant to the President for Technology Policy, visited CNAS to discuss the President's...