Featured Reports
From Production Lines to Front Lines
Becca Wasser, Philip Sheers | April 03, 2025
Assessing China’s Nuclear Decision-Making
Jacob Stokes | March 18, 2025
Promethean Rivalry
Bill Drexel | April 22, 2025
Countering the Digital Silk Road: Brazil
Ruby Scanlon, Bill Drexel | April 24, 2025
Defense
From Production Lines to Front Lines
Executive Summary The U.S. defense industrial base (DIB) is struggling to meet the demands of the current strategic environment—let alone prepare for a potential conflict agai...
Indo-Pacific Security
Assessing China’s Nuclear Decision-Making
China’s rapid nuclear buildup is raising questions about how the country makes decisions related to nuclear weapons. This policy brief analyzes that trend by presenting three ...
Technology & National Security
Promethean Rivalry
Executive Summary Just as nuclear weapons revolutionized 20th-century geopolitics, artificial intelligence (AI) is primed to transform 21st-century power dynamics—with world l...
Technology & National Security
Countering the Digital Silk Road: Brazil
Project Overview This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Digital Silk Road (DSR), China’s ambitious initiative to shape critical digital infrastructure around the world to...
AMERICA'S EDGE
Experts from the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) issued their recommendations for The First 100 Days, a blueprint to help the new administration navigate national security challenges from day one.
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...
Set the Tone, Establish Policy, Hire Personnel—And Prepare for Crisis
President Donald Trump enters office at a critical moment and faces multiple crises...
CNAS 2025 National Security Conference | America's Edge: Forging the Future
Save the DateJune 3, 2025 The United States faces a rapidly changing global security landscape. Evolving technology, shifting alliances, and emerging threats require America t...
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CNAS Welcomes Shana Mansbach and Liza Tobin as Adjunct Senior Fellows
Washington, April 30, 2025 — The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to welcome two new adjunct senior fellows: Liza Tobin, who joins the Energy, Economics, a...
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U.S. to Discuss Dual-Use Shipbuilding with Japan, Navy Chief Says
In The News
The U.S. will talk with Japan about the option of employing dual-use shipbuilding--building commercial ships with military applications--Navy Secretary John Phelan told Nikkei...
By Tom Shugart
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Disarray at Pentagon Puts Spotlight on Civilian Leadership’s Crucial Role
In The News
The exodus of advisers from Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s office is affecting U.S. troops far from the Pentagon – highlighting the importance of strong civilian leadersh...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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U.S. Army Rolls Out ‘Sex-Neutral’ Fitness Test for Some Combat Jobs
In The News
The U.S. Army is rolling out a new fitness test that will require female soldiers serving in combat jobs to be rated on the same score chart as their male counterparts, a move...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Trump’s Fixation on a Tariff Battle Win Against China Could Cost Him the Trade War
In The News
President Donald Trump bet that his 145 percent tariff on Chinese imports would bring Chinese leader Xi Jinping running to cut a deal on trade....
By Emily Kilcrease
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U.S. to Discuss Dual-Use Shipbuilding with Japan, Navy Chief Says
The U.S. will talk with Japan about the option of employing dual-use shipbuilding--building commercial ships with military applications--Navy Secretary John Phelan told Nikkei...
By Tom Shugart
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China’s Military Spending Has Surged. So Have the Purges
By Tom Shugart
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How Much of a Threat Are Chinese Hypersonic Missiles to U.S. Navy Ships and Sailors?
By Tom Shugart
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U.S. to Discuss Dual-Use Shipbuilding with Japan, Navy Chief Says
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U.S. to Discuss Dual-Use Shipbuilding with Japan, Navy Chief Says
The U.S. will talk with Japan about the option of employing dual-use shipbuilding--building commercial ships with military applications--Navy Secretary John Phelan told Nikkei...
By Tom Shugart
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Global Leaders Condemn Pahalgam Terror Attack
By Lisa Curtis
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China’s Military Spending Has Surged. So Have the Purges
By Tom Shugart
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U.S. to Discuss Dual-Use Shipbuilding with Japan, Navy Chief Says
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Disarray at Pentagon Puts Spotlight on Civilian Leadership’s Crucial Role
The exodus of advisers from Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s office is affecting U.S. troops far from the Pentagon – highlighting the importance of strong civilian leadersh...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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U.S. Army Rolls Out ‘Sex-Neutral’ Fitness Test for Some Combat Jobs
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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National Security Has a Human Capital Problem and There’s No Fast Way Out
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Disarray at Pentagon Puts Spotlight on Civilian Leadership’s Crucial Role
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Sharper: Trump’s First 100 Days and Ukraine
The first 100 days of President Donald Trump’s second term has dramatically reoriented the United States’ relationship with its global allies and adversaries. Nowhere has this...
By Charles Horn
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Ukraine Negotiates for Its Future
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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A U.S. Strategy for Advancing EU Enlargement
By Nicholas Lokker
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Sharper: Trump’s First 100 Days and Ukraine
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CNAS Middle East Program Director Jonathan Lord to Join Office of Senator Angela Alsobrooks as National Security Advisor
Washington, April 17, 2025 — The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) announces that Jonathan Lord, senior fellow and director of the Middle East Security Program, will j...
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U.S. Airstrikes Alone Can’t Dislodge the Houthis
By Eitan Danon
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China Backs Iran in Nuclear Talks, Slams ‘Threat of Force’ From the West
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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CNAS Middle East Program Director Jonathan Lord to Join Office of Senator Angela Alsobrooks as National Security Advisor
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Trump's First 100 Days in Trade Policy
Emily and Geoff look back on the first 100 days of Trump’s trade policy, with a focus on how different parts of the U.S. political and economic system are reacting. They get i...
By Emily Kilcrease & Geoffrey Gertz
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Trump’s Fixation on a Tariff Battle Win Against China Could Cost Him the Trade War
By Emily Kilcrease
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Red Lines and Supply Chains: Trump’s Approach to Trade and Security
By Emily Kilcrease
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Trump's First 100 Days in Trade Policy
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Human, Machine, War: How the Mind-Tech Nexus Will Win Future Wars
Air University Press has published Strategic Multilayer Assessment’s (SMA) latest book, Human, Machine, War: How the Mind-Tech Nexus Will Win Future Wars. Forewords by General...
By Samuel Bendett & Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan
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Five Objectives to Guide U.S. AI Diffusion
By Janet Egan & Spencer Michaels
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Shaping the World’s AI Future: How the U.S. and China Compete to Promote Their Digital Visions
By Keegan McBride
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Human, Machine, War: How the Mind-Tech Nexus Will Win Future Wars
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Sharper: Trump's First 100 Days
Donald Trump takes office in a complex and volatile global environment. Rising tensions with China, the continued war in Ukraine, and instability in the Middle East all pose s...
By Charles Horn
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Coordinate the Interagency to Counter Malign Foreign Influence
By Carrie Cordero
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The Clock Is Ticking on TikTok with Potential Ban Coming This Weekend
By Carrie Cordero
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Sharper: Trump's First 100 Days
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Developing Leaders to Promote Gender Integration
Diversity of lived experiences results in stronger leaders....
By Dr. Jeannette Gaudry Haynie & Dr. Kyleanne Hunter
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Sharper: America's National Security Workforce
By Emma Moore, Chris Estep & Cole Stevens
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Women in Combat: Five-Year Status Update
By Emma Moore
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Developing Leaders to Promote Gender Integration
