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Hal Brands and Colin Kahl make the characteristic argument that Trump’s approach to the world — resting on economic nationalism, extreme homeland security, amoral transactionalism, and aloof militarism — may undermine American leadership in the international system over time. Elizabeth Saunders similarly describes a Potemkin-like approach to foreign policy that slowly erodes the pillars of American power.
Yesterday, the Commission on the National Defense Strategy for the United States released its final report, and today, Commissioners presented their unanimous conclusions and recommendations before Congress.
The heart of CSBA is our team of uniquely qualified defense experts and our dedicated operations team who ensure excellence across all endeavors. 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.
This July, CSBA hosted the Secretary of Defense Executive Fellows program for a two-week orientation ahead of the Fellows’ training appointments in the private sector.
On July 17, 2024, Ambassador Eric Edelman, CSBA Counselor and Vice Chair of the National Defense Strategy Commission (NDS), joined NDS Commission Chair Jane Harman, and NDS Commission Members GEN Jack Keane (USA, Ret.) and Mara Rudman, and moderator Courtney Kube of NBC News for a readout of the forthcoming NDS Commission Report.
This year's NATO Summit was stalked by two quite different phantasms – the spectre of weak leadership among Western leaders, and what former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has characterized as the most dangerous and challenging international security environment since World War Two.
Eric and Eliot host Sergey Radchenko, the Wilson E. Schmidt Distinguished Professor at the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies based in Bologna, Italy
