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WEBIn The News. Military.com. September 30, 2024. Marines Surpass Enlisted Recruitment Goal by 1, Officers over a Dozen in Sharp Drop from 2023. Despite the diminished numbers, the service did indeed exceed its goals, and according to Katherine Kuzminski, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security think ...
Women in Combat: Five-Year Status Update - CNAS
WEBMar 31, 2020 — It has been five years since the ban on women in combat was lifted in 2015 and women began integrating previously closed combat arms billets in January 2016. Five years is the length of a service academy contract and longer than the average enlistment contract. Two years ago, there was mostly good news …
Improving Joint Operational Concept Development within the U.S …
WEBOct 21, 2021 — It was evident that the DoD remains tied to its traditional ways of warfighting when General John Hyten, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said an initial effort at developing a new joint warfighting concept based largely on how the U.S. military has operated for the past 30 years proved an utter failure when tested in a series of wargames in late 2020. 6 That result, Hyten said, has ...
Navigating Relations with Russia in the Arctic
WEBNov 18, 2021 — Engaging in “gray zone” activities. Russian actors are engaging in a wide range of malicious activities below the threshold of conflict. Russia has on a number of occasions jammed GPS signals, for instance during NATO’s Trident Juncture exercise in November 2018, and in ways that disrupt life in parts of northern Norway.
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WEBNov 17, 2020 — Senior Defense Department leaders have looked to new technologies, from artificial intelligence (AI) to hypersonic missiles, to reinvigorate the U.S. military’s technological edge vis-à-vis great power competitors. To do so, the United States will need to adopt a technology strategy appropriate for today’s technology landscape.
Sanctions by the Numbers: 2021 Year in Review | Center for a New …
WEBJan 13, 2022 — In 2021, the Treasury issued a total of 765 new designations with the majority (51 percent) pursuant to country-specific sanctions programs, mainly Belarus, Burma, China, and Russia, and 787 delistings with roughly 92 percent pursuant to thematic sanctions programs, mainly addressing drug trafficking. …
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WEBFeb 8, 2024 — Executive Summary. This report concludes that drones have transformed the battlefield in the war in Ukraine, but in an evolutionary rather than revolutionary fashion. 1 While tactical innovation abounds and drones offer some new capabilities, their impact falls short of the truly disruptive change that constitutes a so-called revolution in military affairs.
Assessing the Evolving Russian Nuclear Threat | Center for a New …
WEBOct 31, 2023 — Introduction. Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 reignited concerns about Moscow’s vast nuclear arsenal and the conditions under which the Kremlin might be willing to use these weapons. Moscow has gone to great lengths to stoke such concerns. At the start of the war, the Russian president publicly asked military ...
Sanctions by the Numbers: SDN, CMIC, and Entity List ... - CNAS
WEBMar 2, 2023 — Introduction. The United States has progressively expanded the scope of sanctions and entity-based export controls on Chinese persons (i.e., individuals and entities), primarily through the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN) list, the Non-SDN Chinese Military Industrial Complex (CMIC) list, and the Entity List.
Sharper: Integrated Deterrence | Center for a New American
WEBJan 11, 2023 — The U.S. Department of Defense has advanced the concept of integrated deterrence in the 2022 National Defense Strategy (NDS). Integrated deterrence seeks to integrate all tools of national power across domains, geography, and spectrum of conflict, while working with allies and partners. But what integrated deterrence entails in …