Featured Topics

We are committed to shaping and elevating the debate on the most difficult strategic issues facing America - helping to forge a way forward and, ultimately, out of Iraq is a difficult but vital endeavor. 

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Natural Resources + National Security = Natural Security

From oil to critical minerals to water, the global competition for natural resources in the 21st century will generate economic dislocation, tension, instability, and even conflict.

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Iraq

We are committed to shaping and elevating the debate on the most difficult strategic issues facing America - helping to forge a way forward and, ultimately, out of Iraq is a difficult but vital endeavor. 

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National Security Leaders Event Series

CNAS builds relationships with a variety of audiences through such programs as the National Security Leaders Forum. 

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Regional Security Challenges

CNAS will focus on immediate threats and long-term security challenges in the following regions: Afghanistan, Asia, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, and the Middle East.

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Terrorism & Irregular Warfare

CNAS explores alternative strategies for coping with violent extremism, and the significant threat posed by irregular warfare across the globe.

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U.S. Foreign Policy
U.S. Foreign Policy

CNAS focuses on policy toward Asia and the wider Middle East region, and thinks stragically about the role of America in the world through projects on grand strategy.

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U.S. Military Forces & Operations
U.S. Military Forces & Operations

CNAS projects on the future of the U.S. military, force structure and roles and missions of the services aim to prepare future leaders for the demands of 21st century conflict. 

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US National Security Strategy
U.S. National Security Strategy

CNAS has a range of efforts aimed at helping American policymakers develop a new strategy for the nation, as well as supporting strategies for critical issues such as energy security and coping with violent extremism.

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WMD & Nuclear Proliferation

Weapons of mass destruction (WMD) including the dangers of nuclear proliferation pose perhaps the gravest national security threat to the United States.

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