Publications

This article looks at what lessons can be learned from the counter-insurgency era that spanned the US-led interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq. According to the authors, COIN was more of a narrative ...chevron_right

This commentary discusses some of the aviation security implications of Germanwings Flight 4U9525, which was brought down deliberately by its co-pilot in March 2015. The author contends that a potenti...chevron_right

In this testimony given before the US Congress US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, CNAS' Elbridge Colby examines the implications of China’s growing arsenal of offensive missile forces i...chevron_right

This testimony focuses on 1) the acute challenges posed by China’s anti-access/area-denial (A2/AD) missile force to US power projection in East Asia, and 2) what Washington might do about them.chevron_right

This edition includes articles on 1) the effects which a breakdown in the nuclear negotiations between the P5+1 countries and Iran could have on the latter's relationships with its South Caucasian and...chevron_right

This paper discusses the significance to Israel and the wider Middle East of the 2015 military cooperation between Saudi Arabia and a number of other Arab States to support the recently overthrown Yem...chevron_right

This brief discusses the problem of the North Korean nuclear program and the stalled negotiations (Six Party Talks) to denuclearize the country. The author argues that the only way to break the stalem...chevron_right

This brief summarizes developments during March 2015 in global situations of current or potential conflict and assesses whether the overall situation in each case has deteriorated, improved, or remain...chevron_right

This paper examines the negotiations leading up to the 12 February 2015 (second) Minsk agreement on a ceasefire in the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine, the military balance in the region and the a...chevron_right

This brief discusses Sino-US relations and some of the reasons why Chinese and US policymakers often misperceive each other's foreign policy positions and points of view.chevron_right

This commentary discusses the problems facing Australia’s submarine acquisition program to replace its existing fleet. The author also reviews the main contender countries that could supply the submar...chevron_right

Drawing on the example of Zimbabwe, this paper examines the causal relationship between education and non-contentious political participation under electoral authoritarianism. The authors find that, u...chevron_right

Ahead of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Conference in April and May 2015, the NPT faces criticism from non-nuclear states whose patience with the treaty's apparent lack of success is runni...chevron_right

This analysis canvases the work of international relations specialists in China in order to explain the geopolitical underpinnings of the country's economic policies. The three authors also examine th...chevron_right

This publication recommends that the US should take the lead in establishing an all-Syrian National Stabilization Force (SNSF) that would provide a military solution to the country's civil war. In sup...chevron_right