Defense and Security

Analysis

    • Op-Ed

    Nuclear Arms Race a Mere "Sleight of Hand" by Trump

    • Li Bin
    • December 29, 2016
    • China US Focus

    China should not be destabilized by President-elect Trump’s threats of an arms race. Instead, it needs to prioritize its own goal of increasing its retaliatory capability through weapon modernization.

    • Op-Ed

    Egypt-Israeli Cooperation: At the Top Only

    While military and intelligence cooperation between Israel and Egypt has become increasingly close, these ties don’t exist at the people-to-people level.

    • Op-Ed

    Europe Isn’t Prepared for What 2017 May Bring

    Europe has been so weakened by the tumultuous events of 2016 that it is left unprepared to deal with the big foreign policy challenges of 2017.

    • Op-Ed

    Russia’s Post-Soviet Journey

    A quarter-century after the dissolution of the Soviet Union Russia has moved away from Europe. Russian leaders regard their country as a self-sustained civilization related to Europe yet clearly separate from it.

    • Op-Ed

    Ideology Should Not Guide Foreign Policy

    Any ideology, not just communist, is a poor guide for foreign policy. Foreign military misadventures result in disappointment at home and loss of prestige abroad.

    • Op-Ed

    Into the Tunnels

    Following infighting during the spring of 2016, the Eastern Ghouta has been split and Assad is now moving to recapture it.

    • Op-Ed

    Terrorism Fails to Reach Its Goal

    The Turkish public, whose sensitivities regarding Syria have consistently grown more intense over the years, must now be persuaded of the astuteness of Turkey's foreign policy choices.

    • Status-neutral Arms Control: Promises and Pitfalls

      • Ulrich Kühn, Sergi Kapanadze, Wolfgang Richter, Wolfgang Zellner
      • December 15, 2016
      • Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

      The end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union has led to the creation of a territorial reality characterized by new states with uncertain security status, separatist armed conflicts, and ethnic strife.

      • Op-Ed

      South Korea’s THAAD Dilemma Continues

      Neither suspending nor continuing the deployment of THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) is a palatable choice for South Korea.

      • Op-Ed

      Netanyahu and Sisi Building Strong Security Ties

      The Egyptian–Israeli relationship was built on a foundation of security cooperation, and in many ways that cooperation has never been better.

    Carnegie Experts on
    Defense and Security

    • expert thumbnail - Acton
      James M. Acton
      Jessica T. Mathews Chair
      Co-director
      Nuclear Policy Program
      Acton holds the Jessica T. Mathews Chair and is co-director of the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
    • expert thumbnail - Ahmed
      Salman Ahmed
      Nonresident Senior Fellow
      Geoeconomics and Strategy Program
      Salman Ahmed is a nonresident senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he focuses on the future of U.S. national security strategy and its role in promoting national economic interests.
    • expert thumbnail - Al-Saif
      Bader Al-Saif
      Nonresident Fellow
      Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center
      Bader Mousa Al-Saif is a nonresident fellow at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, where his research focuses on the Gulf and Arabian Peninsula.
    • expert thumbnail - Arbatov
      Alexey Arbatov
      Alexey Arbatov is the head of the Center for International Security at the Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations.
    • expert thumbnail - Axyonova
      Vera Axyonova
      EASI-Hurford Next Generation Fellow
      Vera Axyonova is an EASI-Hurford Next Generation fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
    • expert thumbnail - Baruah
      Darshana M. Baruah
      Nonresident Scholar
      South Asia Program
      Darshana M. Baruah is a nonresident scholar with the South Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Her primary research focuses on maritime security in Asia and the role of the Indian Navy in a new security architecture.
    • expert thumbnail - Bateman
      Jon Bateman
      Fellow
      Cyber Policy Initiative
      Jon Bateman is a fellow in the Cyber Policy Initiative of the Technology and International Affairs Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
    • expert thumbnail - Baunov
      Alexander Baunov
      Senior Fellow
      Editor in Chief of Carnegie.ru
      Carnegie Moscow Center
      Baunov is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Moscow Center and editor in chief of Carnegie.ru.
    • expert thumbnail - Bellows
      Abigail Bellows
      Nonresident Scholar
      Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program
      Abigail Bellows is a nonresident scholar in the Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
    • Elena Bogatyreva
      Program Coordinator
      Foreign and Security Policy
      Carnegie Moscow Center
    • expert thumbnail - Botto
      Kathryn Botto
      Senior Research Analyst
      Asia Program
      Kathryn Botto is a senior research analyst in the Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Her research focuses on Asian security issues, with particular emphasis on the Korean Peninsula and U.S. defense policy towards East Asia.
    • expert thumbnail - Brattberg
      Erik Brattberg
      Director
      Europe Program
      Fellow
      Erik Brattberg is director of the Europe Program and a fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington. He is an expert on European politics and security and transatlantic relations.
    • expert thumbnail - Brose
      Christian Brose
      Christian Brose is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and head of strategy at Anduril Industries.
    • expert thumbnail - Brown
      Frances Z. Brown
      Senior Fellow
      Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program
      Dr. Frances Z. Brown is a senior fellow with Carnegie’s Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program, who previously worked at the White House, USAID, and in non-governmental organizations. She writes on conflict, governance, and U.S. foreign policy.
    • expert thumbnail - Chaudhuri
      Rudra Chaudhuri
      Director
      Carnegie India
      Rudra Chaudhuri is the director of Carnegie India. His primary research interests include the diplomatic history of South Asia and contemporary security issues.
    • expert thumbnail - Crocker
      Ryan Crocker
      Nonresident Senior Fellow
      Geoeconomics and Strategy Program
      Ryan Crocker is a nonresident senior fellow in the Geoeconomics and Strategy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
    • expert thumbnail - Cunningham
      Fiona Cunningham
      Stanton Fellow
      Nuclear Policy Program
      Fiona Cunningham is a Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
    • expert thumbnail - Dvorkin
      Vladimir Dvorkin
      Major General Dvorkin (retired) is a chief researcher at the Center for International Security at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations.
    • expert thumbnail - Feigenbaum
      Evan A. Feigenbaum
      Vice President for Studies
      Evan A. Feigenbaum is vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he oversees research in Washington, Beijing and New Delhi on a dynamic region encompassing both East Asia and South Asia.
    • expert thumbnail - Gabuev
      Alexander Gabuev
      Senior Fellow and Chair
      Russia in the Asia-Pacific Program
      Carnegie Moscow Center
      Gabuev is a senior fellow and the chair of the Russia in the Asia-Pacific Program at the Carnegie Moscow Center.
    • expert thumbnail - Ghanem
      Dalia Ghanem
      Resident Scholar
      Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center
      Dalia Ghanem is a resident scholar at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, where her work examines political and extremist violence, radicalization, Islamism, and jihadism with an emphasis on Algeria.
    • expert thumbnail - Godement
      François Godement
      Nonresident Senior Fellow
      Asia Program
      Godement, an expert on Chinese and East Asian strategic and international affairs, is a nonresident senior fellow in the Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
    • expert thumbnail - Gokhale
      Vijay Gokhale
      Nonresident Senior Fellow
      Carnegie India
      Mr. Vijay Gokhale is a nonresident senior fellow at Carnegie India and the former foreign secretary of India.
    • expert thumbnail - Gottemoeller
      Rose Gottemoeller
      Nonresident Senior Fellow
      Nuclear Policy Program
      Rose Gottemoeller is a nonresident senior fellow in Carnegie’s Nuclear Policy Program. She also serves as the Frank E. and Arthur W. Payne Distinguished Lecturer at Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution.
    • expert thumbnail - Grare
      Frederic Grare
      Nonresident Senior Fellow
      South Asia Program
      Grare is a nonresident senior fellow in Carnegie’s South Asia Program. His research focuses on security issues and democratization in India, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. Previously, he led the Asia bureau at the Directorate for Strategic Affairs in the French Ministry of Defense.
    • expert thumbnail - Haenle
      Paul Haenle
      Maurice R. Greenberg Director’s Chair
      Carnegie–Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
      Paul Haenle holds the Maurice R. Greenberg Director’s Chair at the Carnegie–Tsinghua Center based at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. Haenle served as the director for China, Taiwan, and Mongolia Affairs on the National Security Council staffs of former presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama prior to joining Carnegie.
    • expert thumbnail - Hellyer
      H. A. Hellyer
      Nonresident Scholar
      Middle East Program
      Dr. H.A. Hellyer is a senior associate fellow and scholar at the Royal United Services Institute in London and a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. His research focuses on politics, international relations, security, and religion in the West and the Arab world.
    • expert thumbnail - Hooper
      Charles Hooper
      Nonresident Scholar
      Asia Program
      Charles Hooper is a nonresident scholar in the Asia Program.
    • expert thumbnail - Jaffrey
      Sana Jaffrey
      Nonresident Scholar
      Asia Program
      Sana Jaffrey is a nonresident scholar in the Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Her research focuses on violent conflict and the challenges of state-building in developing democracies.
    • expert thumbnail - Kleinfeld
      Rachel Kleinfeld
      Senior Fellow
      Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program
      Kleinfeld is a senior fellow in the Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program. She was the founding CEO of the Truman National Security Project.
    • expert thumbnail - Kozhanov
      Nikolay Kozhanov
      Former nonresident scholar
      Foreign and Security Policy Program
      Moscow Center
      Kozhanov is a former nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Moscow Center and a contributing expert to the Moscow-based Institute of the Middle East.
    • expert thumbnail - Kühn
      Ulrich Kühn
      Nonresident Scholar
      Nuclear Policy Program
      Ulrich Kühn is a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and the head of the arms control and emerging technologies program at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg.
    • expert thumbnail - Jinghua
      Lyu Jinghua
      Visiting Scholar
      Cyber Policy Initiative
      Lyu Jinghua is a visiting scholar with Carnegie’s Cyber Policy Initiative. Her research focuses primarily on cybersecurity and China-U.S. defense relations.
    • expert thumbnail - MacDonald
      Thomas MacDonald
      Fellow
      Nuclear Policy Program
      Thomas MacDonald is a fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
    • expert thumbnail - Mathews
      Jessica Tuchman Mathews
      Distinguished Fellow
      Mathews is a distinguished fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. She served as Carnegie’s president for 18 years.
    • expert thumbnail - Maurer
      Tim Maurer
      Director
      Cyber Policy Initiative
      Senior Fellow
      Technology and International Affairs Program
      Dr. Tim Maurer is director of the Cyber Policy Initiative and a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
    • expert thumbnail - McDonough
      Denis McDonough
      Nonresident Scholar
      Technology and International Affairs Program
      Denis McDonough is a nonresident scholar in Carnegie’s Technology and International Affairs Program.
    • expert thumbnail - Medeiros
      Evan S. Medeiros
      Nonresident Senior Fellow
      Asia Program
      Evan S. Medeiros is a nonresident senior fellow in the Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
    • expert thumbnail - Meghji
      Sultan Meghji
      Nonresident Scholar
      Cyber Policy Initiative
      Sultan Meghji is a nonresident scholar in the Cyber Policy Initiative at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where his research focuses on the architecture of the global financial system and the impact of artificial intelligence and quantum computing.
    • expert thumbnail - Miller
      Andrew Miller
      Nonresident Scholar
      Middle East Program
      Andrew Miller is a nonresident scholar in Carnegie’s Middle East Program.
    • expert thumbnail - Nerguizian
      Aram Nerguizian
      Senior Advisor
      Program on Civil-Military Relations in Arab States
      Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center
      Aram Nerguizian is senior advisor of the Program on Civil-Military Relations in Arab States at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center, where his work focuses on the Lebanese security sector, long-term force transformation in the Levant, and efforts to develop national security institutions in post-conflict and divided societies.
    • expert thumbnail - Paal
      Douglas H. Paal
      Nonresident Scholar
      Asia Program
      Paal previously served as vice chairman of JPMorgan Chase International and as unofficial U.S. representative to Taiwan as director of the American Institute in Taiwan.
    • expert thumbnail - Page
      Matthew T. Page
      Nonresident Scholar
      Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program
      Matthew T. Page is a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
    • expert thumbnail - Panda
      Ankit Panda
      Stanton Senior Fellow
      Nuclear Policy Program
      Ankit Panda is the Stanton Senior Fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
    • expert thumbnail - Ryu
      Rexon Y. Ryu
      Nonresident Senior Fellow
      Ryu is a nonresident senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he leads an initiative focused on the intersection of diplomacy, technology, and innovation.
    • expert thumbnail - Sayigh
      Yezid Sayigh
      Senior Fellow
      Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center
      Yezid Sayigh is a senior fellow at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, where he leads the program on Civil-Military Relations in Arab States (CMRAS). His work focuses on the comparative political and economic roles of Arab armed forces and nonstate actors, the impact of war on states and societies, and the politics of postconflict reconstruction and security sector transformation in Arab transitions, and authoritarian resurgence.
    • expert thumbnail - Schwemlein
      James Schwemlein
      Nonresident Scholar
      South Asia Program
      James Schwemlein is a nonresident scholar in the South Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
    • expert thumbnail - Staniland
      Paul Staniland
      Nonresident Scholar
      South Asia Program
      Paul Staniland is a nonresident scholar in the South Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
    • expert thumbnail - Tellis
      Ashley J. Tellis
      Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs
      Ashley J. Tellis holds the Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs and is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, specializing in international security and U.S. foreign and defense policy with a special focus on Asia and the Indian subcontinent.
    • expert thumbnail - Toronto
      Nathan Toronto
      Commissioning Editor
      Program on Civil-Military Relations in Arab States
      Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center
      Nathan Toronto is the commissioning editor for the Program on Civil-Military Relations in Arab States at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center. His research and practitioner work focus on civil-military relations, battlefield effectiveness, military recruitment and education, and Middle East security, especially in the Gulf region.
    • expert thumbnail - Trenin
      Dmitri Trenin
      Director
      Carnegie Moscow Center
      Trenin, director of the Carnegie Moscow Center, has been with the center since its inception. He also chairs the research council and the Foreign and Security Policy Program.
    • expert thumbnail - Vaddi
      Pranay Vaddi
      Fellow
      Nuclear Policy Program
      Pranay Vaddi is a fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
    • Jodi Vittori
      Nonresident Scholar
      Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program
      Jodi Vittori is a nonresident scholar in the Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program. She is an expert on the linkages of corruption, state fragility, illicit finance, and U.S. national security.
    • expert thumbnail - Walles
      Jake Walles
      Nonresident Senior Fellow
      Middle East Program
      Jake Walles is a nonresident senior fellow in the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he focuses on Israeli-Palestinian issues, Tunisia, and counterterrorism.
    • expert thumbnail - Wehrey
      Frederic Wehrey
      Senior Fellow
      Middle East Program
      Frederic Wehrey is a senior fellow in the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. His research deals with armed conflict, security sectors, and identity politics, with a focus on Libya, North Africa, and the Gulf.
    • expert thumbnail - West
      Tom West
      Nonresident Scholar
      South Asia Program
      Tom West is a nonresident scholar in the South Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and an associate vice president at the Cohen Group.
    • expert thumbnail - Xuetong
      Yan Xuetong
      President, Carnegie–Tsinghua Management Board
      Carnegie–Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
      Yan Xuetong is one of China’s leading experts on China’s foreign policy, national security, and U.S.-China relations. At Tsinghua University, he is dean of the Institute of Modern International Relations.
    • expert thumbnail - Yerkes
      Sarah Yerkes
      Senior Fellow
      Middle East Program
      Sarah Yerkes is a senior fellow in Carnegie’s Middle East Program, where her research focuses on Tunisia’s political, economic, and security developments as well as state-society relations in the Middle East and North Africa.
    • expert thumbnail - Zhao
      Tong Zhao
      Senior Fellow
      Carnegie–Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
      Tong Zhao is a senior fellow in Carnegie’s Nuclear Policy Program based at the Carnegie–Tsinghua Center for Global Policy.

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