“The Trump team certainly has opened the aperture,” former Pentagon adviser Hal Brands, now at Johns Hopkins’ School of Advanced International Studies in the District, told The Washington Times in March
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Hostages, Assassinations, and the Future of National Defense
Shield of the Republic
Eric and Eliot discuss the multinational hostage return deal with Russia, the Israeli strikes in Beirut and Tehran, and the recent release of the National Defense Strategy Commission report.
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News Coverage: National Defense Strategy Commission Report
Five CSBA experts significantly contributed to the efforts of the Commission on the National Defense Strategy for the United States. We invite you to explore a selection of related news coverage.
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Podcast: Paul Nitze: National Security’s Forgotton Man
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Eric and Eliot host James Graham Wilson, an historian in the Department of State's Historian's Office, to discuss his new book, America's Cold Warrior: Paul Nitze and National Security From Roosevelt to Reagan.
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US faces growing threats, and we’re woefully unprepared. Here’s how to fix that.
The Hill
The national security threats against the U.S. are as significant as and more complex than they were at the height of the Cold War or even World War II. We are not prepared to meet these threats today and could, in very short order, find ourselves in a war across multiple theaters with peer and near-peer adversaries that we could lose.
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CSBA Welcomes New Team Members
The heart of CSBA is our team of uniquely qualified defense experts and operations professionals. We are thrilled to introduce staff who have joined our team in 2024 and those who have recently stepped into new roles within our organization.
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Video: Eric Edelman and Mara Rudman on U.S. Military Readiness
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The Commission on the National Defense Strategy Vice Chair Eric Edelman and Commissioner Mara Rudman talk about the bipartisan panel’s report on U.S. defense strategy and military readiness.