Kate Kuzminski
@klkuzminski.bsky.social
Deputy Director of Studies and Director of the Military, Veterans, and Society Program at the Center for a New American Security | Adjunct Professor, Georgetown Security Studies Program | Military Personnel Management | Civil-Military Relations
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Super excited that a new edited volume, Bend But Do Not Break, is coming out, edited by Jaron Wharton, @klkuzminski.bsky.social @jkdemp.bsky.social @mzmargulies.bsky.social Keith Carter, and @carriealee.bsky.social
And it’s apparently doing well on the amazons
And it’s apparently doing well on the amazons
November 25, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Super excited that a new edited volume, Bend But Do Not Break, is coming out, edited by Jaron Wharton, @klkuzminski.bsky.social @jkdemp.bsky.social @mzmargulies.bsky.social Keith Carter, and @carriealee.bsky.social
And it’s apparently doing well on the amazons
And it’s apparently doing well on the amazons
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Since the Russian invasion, the security services of Russia and Ukraine "have discovered a cheap and accessible asset — youngsters who can be recruited for one-off covert attacks," Lilia Yapparova, an investigative reporter, writes in a guest essay.
Since the Russian invasion, the security services of Russia and Ukraine "have discovered a cheap and accessible asset — youngsters who can be recruited for one-off covert attacks," Lilia Yapparova, an investigative reporter, writes in a guest essay.
Opinion | The War in Ukraine Has a Shocking New Weapon
Teenagers are being recruited for one-off covert attacks behind enemy lines.
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September 5, 2025 at 11:50 AM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Since the Russian invasion, the security services of Russia and Ukraine "have discovered a cheap and accessible asset — youngsters who can be recruited for one-off covert attacks," Lilia Yapparova, an investigative reporter, writes in a guest essay.
Since the Russian invasion, the security services of Russia and Ukraine "have discovered a cheap and accessible asset — youngsters who can be recruited for one-off covert attacks," Lilia Yapparova, an investigative reporter, writes in a guest essay.
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Scoop: The Army is implementing a gender neutral fitness test for combat arms in June
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New Army Fitness Test: No More Ball Yeet, Higher Standards for Combat Arms
Among the most notable adjustments, which will likely be met with glee across the ranks, is the removal of the Standing Power Throw.
www.military.com
April 22, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Scoop: The Army is implementing a gender neutral fitness test for combat arms in June
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The recovery, which took a week and hundreds of personnel, was punctuated by fuel leaks and engineering setbacks. It ended when an Estonian dog team smelled faint traces of the fourth soldier still in the bog.
The fuller story: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
The fuller story: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Tragedy killed 4 U.S. soldiers in Lithuania. A small army got them home.
Over seven days, hundreds of people from four countries searched a muddy bog for the missing Americans. This is their remarkable story.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The recovery, which took a week and hundreds of personnel, was punctuated by fuel leaks and engineering setbacks. It ended when an Estonian dog team smelled faint traces of the fourth soldier still in the bog.
The fuller story: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
The fuller story: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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The mission to recover 4 U.S. soldiers from a Lithuanian bog was more complex and dangerous that you know. Navy divers could barely breathe in the thick mud, struggling to move as if it were drying concrete. They couldn't see anything and did their work entirely by touch.
April 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The mission to recover 4 U.S. soldiers from a Lithuanian bog was more complex and dangerous that you know. Navy divers could barely breathe in the thick mud, struggling to move as if it were drying concrete. They couldn't see anything and did their work entirely by touch.
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NEW: CNAS launches National Security Human Capital (NSHC) Program, a major research program led by
@klkuzminski.bsky.social focused on strengthening the United States’ most critical defense asset: its people.
www.cnas.org/press/press-...
@klkuzminski.bsky.social focused on strengthening the United States’ most critical defense asset: its people.
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CNAS Launches New National Security Human Capital Program to Safeguard America’s Warfighting Edge
Military personnel, political appointees, and civil servants meet the demands of the National Security Strategy by providing the nation with the…
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April 16, 2025 at 2:35 PM
NEW: CNAS launches National Security Human Capital (NSHC) Program, a major research program led by
@klkuzminski.bsky.social focused on strengthening the United States’ most critical defense asset: its people.
www.cnas.org/press/press-...
@klkuzminski.bsky.social focused on strengthening the United States’ most critical defense asset: its people.
www.cnas.org/press/press-...
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Army Reverses Course and Resumes Remote Entrance Exam Testing After Cutting Off Funding
Army Reverses Course and Resumes Remote Entrance Exam Testing After Cutting Off Funding
The Army has reversed its decision to halt travel funding that enabled potential recruits to take the military entrance exam at remote locations and high schools -- just a week after cutting off the…
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March 14, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Army Reverses Course and Resumes Remote Entrance Exam Testing After Cutting Off Funding
Important new @foreignaffairs.com piece from @cnas.bsky.social’s Defense Program Director @spettyjohn.bsky.social: www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
America’s Eroding Airpower
Washington must upgrade its fleet of planes, drones, and missiles.
www.foreignaffairs.com
March 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Important new @foreignaffairs.com piece from @cnas.bsky.social’s Defense Program Director @spettyjohn.bsky.social: www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
New and important from @lindsaypcohn.bsky.social in @lawfare.bsky.social:
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/trum...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/trum...
Trump’s Military Purge Spells Trouble for Democracy and Defense
Firing military leaders for perceived disloyalty is often part of a strategy to consolidate regime power—even as it weakens the military.
www.lawfaremedia.org
February 27, 2025 at 9:18 PM
New and important from @lindsaypcohn.bsky.social in @lawfare.bsky.social:
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/trum...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/trum...
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From @klkuzminski.bsky.social: "Tackle the Military Recruiting Crisis" www.cnas.org/publications...
Tackle the Military Recruiting Crisis
The Trump administration should drive a whole-of-government approach to address the military recruiting crisis.
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January 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
From @klkuzminski.bsky.social: "Tackle the Military Recruiting Crisis" www.cnas.org/publications...
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Dig into the full volume here: www.cnas.org/publications...
Featuring stellar contributions from @rhfontaine.bsky.social, @klkuzminski.bsky.social, @beccawasser.bsky.social, @vivekchil.bsky.social, and @jonathanlorddc.bsky.social, along with other incisive colleagues without bsky accounts.
Featuring stellar contributions from @rhfontaine.bsky.social, @klkuzminski.bsky.social, @beccawasser.bsky.social, @vivekchil.bsky.social, and @jonathanlorddc.bsky.social, along with other incisive colleagues without bsky accounts.
The First 100 Days
The First 100 Days is a series of recommendations from CNAS experts. The recommendations span the most pressing issues that will test the administration.
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January 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Dig into the full volume here: www.cnas.org/publications...
Featuring stellar contributions from @rhfontaine.bsky.social, @klkuzminski.bsky.social, @beccawasser.bsky.social, @vivekchil.bsky.social, and @jonathanlorddc.bsky.social, along with other incisive colleagues without bsky accounts.
Featuring stellar contributions from @rhfontaine.bsky.social, @klkuzminski.bsky.social, @beccawasser.bsky.social, @vivekchil.bsky.social, and @jonathanlorddc.bsky.social, along with other incisive colleagues without bsky accounts.
Always fun to join @jkdemp.bsky.social for a conversation on @warontherocks.bsky.social Soldier Pulse podcast; this time, we’re talking officer promotions. How does it *actually* work? What’s the deal with generals? Can a president just fire a G/O?:
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warontherocks.com/episode/sold...
Let's Talk Promotions - War on the Rocks
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January 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Always fun to join @jkdemp.bsky.social for a conversation on @warontherocks.bsky.social Soldier Pulse podcast; this time, we’re talking officer promotions. How does it *actually* work? What’s the deal with generals? Can a president just fire a G/O?:
warontherocks.com/episode/sold...
warontherocks.com/episode/sold...
Seven years. You would love the new office. You’d be proud of what we’ve continued to build.
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Saying Goodbye to One of the Best Men in Washington
Shawn Brimley was of a special breed.
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January 9, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Seven years. You would love the new office. You’d be proud of what we’ve continued to build.
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Excited to close out the year with the inclusion of my piece with @klkuzminski.bsky.social among the most read War on the Rocks articles of 2024! Honored to be among such prodigious authors
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Most Read War on the Rocks Articles of 2024 - War on the Rocks
As we close out 2024, War on the Rocks reflects on the stories and analyses that resonated most with our readers during a year marked by evolving
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December 31, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Excited to close out the year with the inclusion of my piece with @klkuzminski.bsky.social among the most read War on the Rocks articles of 2024! Honored to be among such prodigious authors
warontherocks.com/2024/12/most...
warontherocks.com/2024/12/most...
New @warontherocks.bsky.social piece from LTG David Barno and Dr. Nora Bensahel featuring analysis from @tcdsylvester.bsky.social + my recent @cnas.bsky.social report, "Back to the Drafting Board": warontherocks.com/2024/12/amer...
America is Not Prepared for a Protracted War - War on the Rocks
The gruesome ongoing war in Ukraine should have shattered any remaining illusions that the U.S. military can count on swiftly and decisively defeating any
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December 4, 2024 at 2:30 PM
New @warontherocks.bsky.social piece from LTG David Barno and Dr. Nora Bensahel featuring analysis from @tcdsylvester.bsky.social + my recent @cnas.bsky.social report, "Back to the Drafting Board": warontherocks.com/2024/12/amer...
NEW @defenseone.bsky.social OpEd from @cnas.bsky.social's @tcdsylvester.bsky.social and Kareen Hart: "To Improve Recruiting, Make Medical Standards Match Retention Ones"
www.defenseone.com/ideas/2024/1...
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To improve recruiting, make medical standards match retention ones
Many of the assumptions that undergird the recruiting standards are outdated or simply wrong.
www.defenseone.com
November 22, 2024 at 2:36 PM
NEW @defenseone.bsky.social OpEd from @cnas.bsky.social's @tcdsylvester.bsky.social and Kareen Hart: "To Improve Recruiting, Make Medical Standards Match Retention Ones"
www.defenseone.com/ideas/2024/1...
www.defenseone.com/ideas/2024/1...
I appreciated the opportunity to join Vox’s Today, Explained to discuss what the nominee for Secretary of Defense signals about future DoD policy and Civ-Mil norms. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Team America
Podcast Episode · Today, Explained · 11/18/2024 · 27m
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November 18, 2024 at 10:55 PM
I appreciated the opportunity to join Vox’s Today, Explained to discuss what the nominee for Secretary of Defense signals about future DoD policy and Civ-Mil norms. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Great to sit with @gregjaffe.bsky.social of WaPo and Kate Kuzminski to discuss military recruiting challenges.
November 15, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Great to sit with @gregjaffe.bsky.social of WaPo and Kate Kuzminski to discuss military recruiting challenges.
Few better experiences than getting to discuss the state of military recruitment with @jkdemp.bsky.social + @gregjaffe.bsky.social on @warontherocks.bsky.social Soldier Pulse: warontherocks.com/episode/sold...
The Army's Evolving Recruiting Standards and Their Implications - War on the Rocks
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November 15, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Few better experiences than getting to discuss the state of military recruitment with @jkdemp.bsky.social + @gregjaffe.bsky.social on @warontherocks.bsky.social Soldier Pulse: warontherocks.com/episode/sold...