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U.S.-Japan-Philippines Trilateral Cooperation
Lisa Curtis, Ryan Claffey | March 17, 2026
Hellscape for Taiwan
Stacie Pettyjohn, Molly Campbell | February 26, 2026
Hit It with Your Best Shot
Emily Kilcrease | April 01, 2026
Quantum's Industrial Moment
Constanza M. Vidal Bustamante, Dr. John Burke | March 12, 2026
Reports
U.S.-Japan-Philippines Trilateral Cooperation
Executive Summary Growing challenges from the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC’s) massive military modernization, rapid technological advancement, and coercive military activ...
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Hellscape for Taiwan
Executive Summary The question of how Taiwan can effectively deter and, if necessary, defeat a Chinese invasion has become increasingly urgent. For the past two decades, Taiwa...
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Hit It with Your Best Shot
Executive Summary America needs an economic pressure doctrine. The country is using economic pressure in more novel ways and at greater scale than any other time in the postwa...
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Quantum's Industrial Moment
Quantum technologies are approaching a critical inflection point. Over the next three to five years, quantum sensors and computers that have long remained confined to laborato...
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CNAS Insights | MATCHing Policy to Strategy
Advanced semiconductors underpin the growing capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI). The computing power they provide drives military capability, economic productivity, ...
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CNAS Insights | American AI Exports Need a Sovereignty Solution
Earlier this month, the Department of Commerce opened applications for the American AI Exports Program, an ambitious effort to deploy American AI technology, tools, and infras...
Commentary
CNAS Insights | A Year After Liberation Day, Can Trump’s Trade Wars Be Salvaged?
As the trade wars have played out over the last year, the Trump administration has fumbled its opportunity....
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U.S. Fed Holds Rates Steady, Powell to Remain on Its Board
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“Three members resisted including an easing bias, suggesting more divides in the central bank ahead,” Rachel Ziemba, adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Sec...
By Rachel Ziemba
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U.S.-Gulf Trade Rose Pre-War Despite Trump Tariffs
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“U.S.-GCC trade is not really tariff-sensitive, especially U.S. exports to the GCC,” said Rachel Ziemba, a macrostrategy adviser in New York. “Whether it’s military equipment,...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Matt Scott and Kyle Rosenthal Join CNAS Board of Advisors
Washington, April 29, 2026 — Today, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is delighted to announce that Matt Scott and Kyle Rosenthal have joined the Center’s Board of...
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U.S. Air Force, Space Force Make ‘Explicit Shift’ in RDT&E Funding, Experts Say
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By Carlton Haelig
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Iraqi President Nominates Ali Al Zaidi as PM-Designate
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Political analyst Hamzeh Hadad said it appeared that Zaidi "has the tools" as a banker and TV channel owner "to help him sway people and politicians"....
By Hamzeh Hadad
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Leveraging the Defense Innovation Ecosystem for Maximum Effect
Introduction At a moment when the resilience of the wartime acquisition system is a national priority, start-ups, primes, investors, and the U.S. government must align to turn...
By Aaron Peterman & Sohaila Mali
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U.S. Air Force, Space Force Make ‘Explicit Shift’ in RDT&E Funding, Experts Say
By Carlton Haelig
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Markets React as Trump Orders Military Action in Hormuz
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Leveraging the Defense Innovation Ecosystem for Maximum Effect
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Blockade Brinkmanship: Richard Fontaine
Michael welcomes Richard Fontaine, CEO of the Center for a New American Security, to evaluate the sustainability of the US economic blockade in the Strait of Hormuz and the re...
By Richard Fontaine
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Japan, a Hesitant Geopolitical Actor No More
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Quad Summit Plan Turns Uneasy as India Pushes Ahead Without Top Leaders: Sources
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Blockade Brinkmanship: Richard Fontaine
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National Security Human Capital
Hegseth Accused of ‘Lying to the American Public’ About War in IranPentagon chief Pete Hegseth and top general Dan Caine faced lawmakers for the first time since the Iran war began, as the Trump administration seeks a record $1.5 trillion def...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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National Security Human Capital
What the New Draft Registration Rule Means for YouBy Katherine L. Kuzminski
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National Security Human Capital
Recruiting Is Up. Now the U.S. Military Wants to Grow the Force by Another 44,500 Troops.By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Charles on a Mission: Can King’s State Visit Salvage U.S.-UK Ties?
Call it the royal trump card: King Charles III has been dispatched to Washington on a state visit at the lowest point in the "special relationship" in at least seven decades. ...
By Jim Townsend
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Transatlantic Adaptation: A More European NATO?
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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U.S. Security Analysts Expect ‘More Europe and Less U.S. in NATO’
By Jim Townsend
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Charles on a Mission: Can King’s State Visit Salvage U.S.-UK Ties?
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Iraqi President Nominates Ali Al Zaidi as PM-Designate
Political analyst Hamzeh Hadad said it appeared that Zaidi "has the tools" as a banker and TV channel owner "to help him sway people and politicians"....
By Hamzeh Hadad
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The Russia-Iran Partnership
By Delaney Soliday
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Middle East Security / National Security Law
Continuing Crisis in Strait of Hormuz: Why Iran’s Hold is Illegal and U.S. Military Force Alone FailsBy Mark Nevitt
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Iraqi President Nominates Ali Al Zaidi as PM-Designate
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U.S.-Gulf Trade Rose Pre-War Despite Trump Tariffs
“U.S.-GCC trade is not really tariff-sensitive, especially U.S. exports to the GCC,” said Rachel Ziemba, a macrostrategy adviser in New York. “Whether it’s military equipment,...
By Rachel Ziemba
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U.S. Fed Holds Rates Steady, Powell to Remain on Its Board
By Rachel Ziemba
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As U.S.-Iran Talks Remain ‘Stalled’, Experts Warn of ‘Long-Term Disruptions’
By Rachel Ziemba
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U.S.-Gulf Trade Rose Pre-War Despite Trump Tariffs
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Technology & National Security
The Strange Rise and Fall of Russia’s Crowd Sourced Defense IndustryThe overall impact of the People’s VPK on the war effort is likely larger, encompassing a host of innovation efforts....
By Samuel Bendett & Michael Kofman
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Technology & National Security
Quantum 201: U.S. vs China Quantum Industrial BaseBy Constanza M. Vidal Bustamante
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Technology & National Security
What Happens if America Nationalizes AI?By Paul Scharre
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Masked and Anonymous
David Aaron is a former Manhattan assistant district attorney and Department of Justice national security and cyber prosecutor. He is now in private practice at an AmLaw 50 la...
By David Aaron
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Distinguishing Between Soldiers and Law Enforcement Officers
By Carrie Cordero
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U.S. Disputes Reports of Ships Breaching Blockade
By Mark Nevitt
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Masked and Anonymous
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CNAS Insights | Why the “Swing States” Approach Is Right for Africa
Africa watchers in Washington, D.C., were dispirited—though not surprised—when an email calling the continent “a peripheral—rather than a core theater for US interest” recentl...
By Gibbs McKinley
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How the U.S. and South Africa Could Use the G20 to Plot a Path Forward
By Richard Fontaine & Gibbs McKinley
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Losing the Swing States
By Richard Fontaine & Gibbs McKinley
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CNAS Insights | Why the “Swing States” Approach Is Right for Africa
