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Global Compute and National Security

Janet Egan | July 29, 2025

Global Swing States and the New Great Power Competition

Richard Fontaine, Gibbs McKinley | June 26, 2025

Cyber Crossroads in the Indo-Pacific

Vivek Chilukuri, Lisa Curtis, Janet Egan, Morgan Peirce, Elizabeth Whatcott, Nathaniel Schochet | June 24, 2025

Quad: The Next Phase

Lisa Curtis, Kareen Hart, Ryan Claffey, Keerthi Martyn, Thomas Corel | June 18, 2025

Global Compute and National Security

The current pathway to breakthrough artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities relies on amassing and leveraging vast “compute”—specialized chips housed within massive data cen...

Global Swing States and the New Great Power Competition

International politics is undergoing a period of rapid, significant change. China and Russia are working together more closely and alongside Iran and North Korea...

Cyber Crossroads in the Indo-Pacific

The Indo-Pacific faces a cyber crossroads. Down one path lies deeper military, intelligence, and economic ties between Washington and its key allies and partners in this strat...

Quad: The Next Phase

The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) among the United States, Australia, India, and Japan is becoming the focal point for economic and technological cooperation in the I...

AMERICA'S EDGE

The United States faces a rapidly changing global security landscape. Evolving technology, shifting alliances, and emerging threats require America to harness bold, innovative approaches. The CNAS 2025 national security conference, America’s Edge: Forging the Future, will bring together bipartisan leaders, policymakers, and industry to chart a vision for enhancing America’s global edge.

CNAS 2025 National Security Conference | America's Edge: Forging the Future

Jun 3, 2025

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, including competition...

Global Swing States and the New Great Power Competition

International politics is undergoing a period of rapid, significant change. China and Russia are working together more closely and alongside Iran and North Korea...

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Ambassador Gor: Trump’s Hiring Chief on Fast Track to India
Sergio Gor may be a contentious figure in some corners of President Donald Trump’s world, but his path to a U.S. ambassadorship in India is looking smooth....

By Lisa Curtis
- Semafor
- August 29, 2025
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
India to Seek New Trade Partners, U.S. Deal in Face of New Trump Tariffs
As Washington’s 50 per cent tariff on India took effect on Wednesday, among the highest in place against any country, New Delhi has settled on a hedging strategy – keep seekin...

By Lisa Curtis
- South China Morning Post
- August 28, 2025
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Transatlantic Security
‘Grasping for Straws’: Europe Floats Ukraine-Russia Buffer Zone in Push for Peace
European leaders are weighing the creation of a 40 kilometer buffer zone between the Russian and Ukrainian frontlines as part of a peace deal, a last-ditch idea Moscow has emb...

By Jim Townsend
- POLITICO
- August 28, 2025
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Defense
How Did the World’s Most Sophisticated Military Fall So Far Behind With Drone Warfare?
When the Pentagon announced a “joint interagency task force” in July to bring the U.S. military up to speed on drone warfare, Vice Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. James Mingus...

By Stacie Pettyjohn
- POLITICO
- August 27, 2025
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Transatlantic Security
In Marathon Meeting, Trump Enjoys a Playbook More Familiar Abroad
In President Donald Trump’s longest on-camera appearance of his second term, he soaked up credit from his Cabinet as he moved to assert personal dominance over more and more a...

By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
- The Washington Post
- August 27, 2025

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  Experts Urge Caution as NORAD Intercepts Russian Spy Planes 4 Times in Week
  For the fourth time in a week, a Russian spy plane has been intercepted by U.S. Air Force F-16s near Alaska, according to North American Aerospace Defense Command. The most re...
  
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  How Did the World’s Most Sophisticated Military Fall So Far Behind With Drone Warfare?
  By Stacie Pettyjohn
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  The World’s Biggest Chipmaker Needs to Move Beyond Taiwan
  By Becca Wasser
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Indo-Pacific Security
- Indo-Pacific Security
  Ambassador Gor: Trump’s Hiring Chief on Fast Track to India
  Sergio Gor may be a contentious figure in some corners of President Donald Trump’s world, but his path to a U.S. ambassadorship in India is looking smooth....
  
  By Lisa Curtis
  - In The News
- Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
  India to Seek New Trade Partners, U.S. Deal in Face of New Trump Tariffs
  By Lisa Curtis
  - In The News
- Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
  Bloomberg Surveillance | Geoffrey Gertz
  By Geoffrey Gertz
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National Security Human Capital Program
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  What National Guard Troops Legally Can and Can’t Do in Washington, DC
  The roughly 2,000 National Guardsmen deployed to Washington, D.C. have been tasked with assisting local law enforcement, but the lines separating where the troops’ mission end...
  
  By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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- National Security Human Capital Program
  Experts Estimate National Guard Deployment in DC Is Costing Roughly $1 Million a Day
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- National Security Human Capital Program
  Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth Ready to Change Defense Department's Name
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Transatlantic Security
- Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
  LISTEN: Why It’s So Hard to Go After Russia’s Oil Revenue
  Emily Kilcrease, senior fellow and director of the Energy, Economics, and Security Program at the Center for a New American Security, joins the show to talk about secondary ta...
  
  By Emily Kilcrease
  - Podcast
- Transatlantic Security
  ‘Grasping for Straws’: Europe Floats Ukraine-Russia Buffer Zone in Push for Peace
  By Jim Townsend
  - In The News
- Defense / Transatlantic Security
  Experts Urge Caution as NORAD Intercepts Russian Spy Planes 4 Times in Week
  By Tom Shugart
  - In The News
Middle East Security
- Middle East Security
  How to Keep Hezbollah Away from Power
  The Middle East is entering a new era; Iran is weaker than it has ever been, the Assad regime is no more, and Lebanon is under new leadership with the potential to create last...
  
  By Delaney Soliday & Adam Koussih
  - Commentary
- Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
  UAE’s Global Energy Push Faces Economic Security Reality Check
  By Rachel Ziemba
  - In The News
- Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security
  The Anti-U.S. Axis Isn’t Dead, Just Resting
  By Richard Fontaine, Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Nicholas Lokker
  - In The News
Energy, Economics & Security
- Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
  LISTEN: Why It’s So Hard to Go After Russia’s Oil Revenue
  Emily Kilcrease, senior fellow and director of the Energy, Economics, and Security Program at the Center for a New American Security, joins the show to talk about secondary ta...
  
  By Emily Kilcrease
  - Podcast
- Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
  India to Seek New Trade Partners, U.S. Deal in Face of New Trump Tariffs
  By Lisa Curtis
  - In The News
- Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
  Bloomberg Surveillance | Geoffrey Gertz
  By Geoffrey Gertz
  - Video
Technology & National Security
- Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security
  Sharper: Chips and Export Controls
  As competition between the United States and China has intensified, advanced technology has become the latest battlefield. After years of restricting China’s access to advance...
  
  By Charles Horn
  - Commentary
- Technology & National Security
  Scaling Laws: The Open Questions Surrounding Open Source AI with Nathan Lambert and Keegan McBride
  By Keegan McBride
  - Podcast
- Defense / Technology & National Security
  The World’s Biggest Chipmaker Needs to Move Beyond Taiwan
  By Becca Wasser
  - In The News
Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
- Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
  Anderson Cooper 360 - Carrie Cordero
  Carrie Cordero, Robert M. Gates senior fellow and general counsel, joins CNN to discuss the situation with the National Guard and possible scenarios moving forward.Watch the f...
  
  By Carrie Cordero
  - Video
- Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
  Just Security Podcast: What Just Happened – Federalization of Law Enforcement in Washington DC
  By Carrie Cordero
  - Podcast
- Transatlantic Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
  Respect Umpires — on the Field and in the Courtroom
  By Will Rogers
  - Commentary
Global Swing States
- Global Swing States
  New CNAS Report Argues Six “Global Swing States” Will Shape the New Great Power Competition
  Washington, June 26, 2025 – As international politics undergoes rapid transformation and great power competition intensifies, a new report from the Center for a New American S...
  - Press Release
- Global Swing States
  Global Swing States and the New Great Power Competition
  By Richard Fontaine & Gibbs McKinley
  - Reports
- Technology & National Security
  Countering the Digital Silk Road: Brazil
  By Ruby Scanlon & Bill Drexel
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