What the Hell Should We Do About Syria?
CNAS Senior Fellow Andrew Exum weighs in on the Syria debate in Foreign Policy, emphasizing the need to halt the movement of chemical and biological weapons outside of Syria.read more
View ArticleRisk and Rivalry: Iran, Israel and the Bomb
As Iran's nuclear progress continues and negotiations fail to reach a breakthrough, the threat of an Israeli preventive strike on Iran's nuclear facilities grows. In Risk and Rivalry: Israel, Iran and...
View ArticleCovert Wars, Waged Virally
In the New York Times, CNAS Senior Fellow Tom Ricks reviews David Sanger's book "Confront and Conceal," about the American role in using computer warfare to attack Iran’s nuclear program.read more
View ArticleNew Report Finds an Israeli Attack on Iran to be a Comprehensively Bad Idea
The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg reacts to the new CNAS report Risk and Rivalry: Iran, Israel and the Bomb, and interviews CNAS Non-Resident Senior Fellow Colin Kahl about a potential Israeli strike on...
View ArticleAttacking Iran Likely Counter-Productive, Think Tank Warns
Jim Lobe reacts to the new CNAS report Risk and Rivalry: Iran, Israel and the Bomb, noting that preventive military action should remain on the table, but only if Iran has made a clear move toward...
View ArticleRed, Red Lines
CNAS experts Colin Kahl, Melissa Dalton and Mathew Irvine make the argument that some of the potential dangers to Israel from a nuclear-armed Iran have been exaggerated. read more
View ArticleAhead Of Moscow Talks, U.S. Options On Iran
On NPR, CNAS Board Member Michèle Flournoy discusses U.S. policy options for dealing with Iran and offers projections on possible outcomes of upcoming diplomatic talks in Moscow.read more
View ArticleIran and the Bomb
In Foreign Affairs, Senior Fellow Dr. Colin Kahl rebuts the claim that a nuclear Iran will make the Middle East more secure.read more
View ArticleCan U.S. help Gulf shield itself against Iran?
In an op-ed for CNN.com, Senior Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program Dr. Patrick Cronin discusses recent efforts by Gulf nations to collaborate on a theater-wide missile defense system and...
View ArticleEx-Obama Official Warns: Take Israel Iran Threat 'Very Seriously'
CNAS Senior Fellow Dr. Colin Kahl discusses the likelihood of an Israeli strike against Iran this fall, in an interview with Al-Monitor.read more
View ArticleRenewing the Project BioShield Act: What Has It Bought and Wrought?
In Renewing the Project BioShield Act: What Has It Bought and Wrought?, Dr. Robert Kadlec, a consultant with RPK Consulting, writes that Project BioShield has achieved its strategic objectives and...
View ArticleAtomic Kingdom: If Iran Builds the Bomb, Will Saudi Arabia Be Next?
It is taken for granted in Washington that Saudi Arabia will inevitably pursue nuclear weapons if Tehran succeeds in its quest for the bomb. However, CNAS Senior Fellow Colin Kahl, Visiting Fellow...
View ArticleNorth Korea's Iran and Syria Connection
In a recent interview with The Star, Non-Resident Senior Fellow Dr. David Asher analyzes what the "scientific and technological cooperation" among North Korea, Iran and Syria could mean to the global...
View ArticleNorth Korea Abandons Armistice: 4 key Questions Answered
Senior Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program Dr. Patrick Cronin analyzes North Korea's recent and consistent violations of the 1953 armistice, its aggressive nuclear tests, and its new young...
View ArticlePentagon: Missile Defense System Covers Guam
Senior Advisor and Senior Director of the Asian-Pacific Security Program, Dr. Patrick Cronin discusses the capabilities of the recently launched North Korean Unha 3 rocket, which can now reach Guam and...
View ArticleB-2 Bombers in korea
March 28, 2013In his interview with The Huffington Post's Mike Sacks CNAS Senior Advisor and Senior Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program Dr. Patrick Cronin discusses the U.S military's...
View ArticleUS stealth Bomber as Messenger: What it says to China, North Korea
Senior Advisor and Senior Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program, Dr. Patrick Cronin discusses with The Christian Science Monitor the potential political signals sent to North Korea and China by...
View ArticleNKorea Refuses To Let SKoreans Enter Joint Factory
Senior Advisor and Senior Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program, Dr. Patrick Cronin discusses the potential consequences of North Korea's recent decision to bar South Korean managers and...
View ArticleTell Me How This Starts
Senior Advisor and Senior Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program, Dr. Patrick Cronin speculates in Foreign Policy on the potential possibilities of war as the conflict in the Korean Peninsula...
View ArticlePart I: Is Iran Slowing its Nuclear Program?
Senior Fellow, Dr. Colin Kahl discusses Iran's nuclear ambitions and steadfast determination to develop its program despite interantional opposition with United States Institute of Peace's The Iran...
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