Bridge Colby quoted in Reuters article: “As Shanahan heads to Asia, Iran tensions threaten Pentagon’s ‘great power’ focus”

"...'China can change the world... we can’t afford to lose in Asia. Asia is the crown jewel,' said Elbridge Colby, who led the Pentagon’s development of the National Defence Strategy. “'So we have to stay in the Middle East, but you’ve got to turn down the temperature and the demand signal,' said Colby, currently with the Centre for a New American Security." Read the full article here: Full Article

2019-08-22T12:27:25-04:00May 27, 2019|News|

Ely Ratner cited in Bloomberg article: “America Begins To See The Consequences Of The Past Policy Errors That Helped China’s Rise”

"One of the errors of previous administrations in South Asia was the failure to assure Asian allies that America would come to their side in case they were attacked by China, as has been argued by foreign policy experts for quite some-time. Ely Ratner of the Center for American Security, for instance, has been calling for America to abandon its neutrality in the South China Sea region by supplementing diplomacy with military assurances. "In ‘The Stealth Superpower: How China Hid Its [...]

2019-08-06T13:48:15-04:00May 25, 2019|News|

Vikram Singh writes in CBS News: “Commentary: The Great American Brain Drain is coming”

"On a recent flight back from New Delhi to Washington, my seatmate was a typical American success story in the making. The young man, who I'll call Ashok, said he was finishing his master's degree at a top 20 engineering school, where he applies artificial intelligence and machine learning to aeronautical engineering. "'So, where to after graduation?' I asked. 'Lockheed or Boeing? SpaceX? Some startup?' "'Oh, I'm not staying in America,' Ashok said bluntly. 'I'd have to hang around months hoping [...]

2019-08-06T13:48:31-04:00May 23, 2019|News|

Dennis Ross quoted in The Washington Post article: “Trump officials brief a divided Congress on escalating tensions with Iran”

"For Trump, the purpose of exerting 'maximum pressure' on Iran through sanctions is 'the belief that he will bring them around and they’ll realize they need to do a deal and the terms will be better,' said Dennis Ross, a former diplomat who negotiated Middle East agreements for Republican and Democratic administrations. “'The point is, he still thinks there’s a deal he can do. . . . I think for him, the real measure, in his mind, is showing he improved over what [...]

2019-08-06T13:48:39-04:00May 21, 2019|News|

Ely Ratner quoted in The Washington Post article: “As Trump escalates China trade dispute, economic ties lose stabilizing force in matters of national security”

"'For some sides of the administration, the purpose of the tariffs was to build leverage so as to pressure China to open its markets to American businesses, thereby deepening the U.S.-China relationship,' said Ely Ratner, director of studies at the Center for a New American Security, who was previously an adviser to former vice president Joe Biden. 'Others see economic interdependence as a huge vulnerability and a problem that needs to be solved. Is the goal a more reciprocal economic relationship [...]

2019-08-06T13:49:01-04:00May 19, 2019|News|

Mike Singh quoted in Business Insider article, “The US and its allies in Iraq are bracing for attacks as a hidden threat from Iran looms”

"...While some observers have suggested the US is marching toward war with Iran, others have stressed that this is not the case. Michael Singh, managing director at the Washington Institute and a former member of the National Security Council, argues that the 'risk of inadvertent conflict and escalation is real.' "'This is [especially] the case given the likely poor understanding each side has of the other's intent and red lines, and the poor communications not just between the US and Iran, [...]

2019-08-06T13:49:12-04:00May 15, 2019|News|

Lisa Monaco featured on MSNBC’s The Oath With Chuck Rosenberg Podcast: “Lisa Monaco: Dr. Doom”

"Lisa Monaco’s last job in public service was as the Homeland Security Adviser to President Barack Obama – a position that exposed her to some of the most difficult and perplexing issues in the nation, though she has held many fascinating and important jobs in government. A graduate of Harvard College and the University of Chicago School of Law, Lisa worked on the staff of Attorney General Janet Reno, as a federal prosecutor in the District of Columbia, on the Enron [...]

2020-04-07T17:29:58-04:00May 15, 2019|News|

Michèle Flournoy quoted in The Military Times article, “Does your combat experience even matter against Chinese and Russian troops?”

"'I would bet on an American soldier, sailor, airmen, Marine with combat experience any day over a Russian or Chinese counterpart,' said Michèle Flournoy, a former senior Pentagon official under President Barack Obama. 'But this is going to be a different kind of warfare.' “'It’s been a long time since we fought without domain supremacy from the early moments of conflict,' she said at the think tank event. 'We have never fought with constant cyber harassment, losing comms, connectivity, the ability [...]

2019-08-06T13:49:35-04:00May 9, 2019|News|
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