Defense
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Sep 20, 2012
The Center for National Policy hosted Walter Pincus for a discussion on the prospect of defense sequestration and concurrent implications for Congress and the Department of Defense.
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Sep 13, 2012
The Center for National Policy hosted New York Times chief Washington correspondent David Sanger for a discussion about his new book on President Obama's foreign policy "Confront and Conceal."
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Sep 4, 2012
From the toppling of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan to the 2011 raid that killed Osama bin Laden, special operations have taken on a new prominence in American foreign policy in the 21st Century. It appears that America's reliance on special operations forces will only increase in the coming decade. Major Fernando Lujan, Colonel David Maxwell (ret.), Sean Naylor and moderator CNP Research Fellow Ryan Evans discussed the political and strategic implications.
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Jun 21, 2012
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May 16, 2012
The United States is in the process of "rebalancing" to Asia. To date, it has not published a military strategy in support of that balancing. CNP President, Scott Bates, Dr. T.X. Hammes and CDR Bryan McGrath (ret.) debated a suitable strategy that might sufficiently deter China, assure our allies, and ensure the ability to terminate a conflict on acceptable terms.
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May 1, 2012
It has been exactly a year since an elite team of Navy SEALs killed al Qaeda's Osama Bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan. The world has seen other changes as well: the "Arab Spring," the reverberations of which continue to rock the Middle East and the larger Muslim world.
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Apr 4, 2012
A joint CNP and National Security Network discussion focused on the importance of cybersecurity policy.
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Mar 14, 2012
Recent fiscal concerns have brought the defense budget and our defense posture at large, into the spotlight. The future of the U.S. Armed Forces is dependent on this new economic reality as well on evolving contingencies on the front. With a shift towards small-footprint specialized operations, the military seems to be entering into a novel strategic and tactical paradigm. Join CNP President Scott Bates and a panel of experts as we discuss the critical developments for the defense community.
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Jan 26, 2012
In an effort to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions, the United States and European Union have warned the Iranian regime of prospective sanctions that would deal a devastating blow to their energy sector. Tehran's retaliatory threat to close the Strait of Hormuz has inflamed tensions in the Gulf with an escalating war of words.
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Jan 24, 2012
With US troop withdrawals moving forward, is an end in sight for the decade long war in Afghanistan? Will peace talks with the Taliban yield results? CNP President Scott Bates, The Honorable Paul McHale, Michael O'Hanlon and Joshua Foust discuss what the end of the Afghan War might mean for American interests and the people of the region.
