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Sanctions by the Numbers: Comparing the Trump and Biden Administrations’ Sanctions and Export Controls on China
Eleanor Hume, Rowan Scarpino | October 23, 2024
Integration for Innovation
Michael Brown, Ellen Lord, Andrew Metrick, Robert O. Work | September 25, 2024
The China-Russia Entente in East Asia
Jacob Stokes, Evan Wright, Nathaniel Schochet | September 26, 2024
Building the Future Capital Campaign
May 22, 2024
Energy, Economics & Security
Sanctions by the Numbers: Comparing the Trump and Biden Administrations’ Sanctions and Export Controls on China
Executive Summary The Biden administration has exceeded the Trump administration in the number of financial sanctions and entity-based export controls placed on Chinese person...
Defense
Integration for Innovation
Executive Summary In August 2023, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks made a clear case that the Department of Defense (DoD) must do better in “creat[ing] and exploit[i...
Indo-Pacific Security
The China-Russia Entente in East Asia
Executive Summary Closer cooperation between China and Russia is a major force driving global geopolitics. But how relations between the two authoritarian powers are shaping s...
Building the Future Capital Campaign
In a world awash with challenges, the demand for the Center’s work has never been greater than today. The new campaign will ensure that CNAS can fulfill its critical mission n...
HIGH STAKES
High Stakes: Preparing the Next President is a new election-year initiative to explore the most pressing national security issues that will face the next administration.
Indo-Pacific Security
The Axis of Upheaval
The West has been too quick to dismiss the coordination among China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia....
Leading the Free World
The United States has led the free world for eight decades, helping to usher in an era of unprecedented human flourishing. For much of that period, democracies expanded in num...
Middle East Security
Virtual Event | Confronting the Axis of Upheaval
Sep 20, 2024
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Satellite Photo Shows New Activity at China's Underground Submarine Base
In The News
Satellite imagery appears to have captured the activation of a possible damage control system at an underground submarine base for Chinese nuclear-powered submarines operating...
By Tom Shugart
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20 Sets of Military Family Members Serving in the National Guard Deploy to Japan
In The News
Twenty sets of families serving in the Minnesota National Guard deployed to Japan earlier this year. The families are made up of siblings, parents and spouses deployed to the ...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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As Middle East Crisis Grinds On, Pentagon Shows Signs of Strain
In The News
The open-ended crisis in the Middle East has begun to squeeze the Pentagon, fueling unease over the U.S. military’s ability to balance imminent threats to American interests t...
By Becca Wasser
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Export Controls Failed to Keep Cutting-Edge AI Chips from China’s Huawei
In The News
TAIPEI, Taiwan — A few weeks ago, analysts at a specialized technological lab put a microchip from China under a powerful microscope. Something didn’t look right. Figuring out...
By Emily Kilcrease
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U.S. and China in ‘Robust Conversation’ on North Korea Sending Troops to Russia: Blinken
In The News
US and China are engaged in high-level dialogue regarding North Korea sending troops to Russia as the Kremlin wages war on Ukraine, America’s top diplomat said on Thursday.US ...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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Satellite Photo Shows New Activity at China's Underground Submarine Base
Satellite imagery appears to have captured the activation of a possible damage control system at an underground submarine base for Chinese nuclear-powered submarines operating...
By Tom Shugart
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As Middle East Crisis Grinds On, Pentagon Shows Signs of Strain
By Becca Wasser
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Satellite Imagery Shows Mystery Ship Built in China amid Breakneck Naval Expansion
By Tom Shugart
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Satellite Photo Shows New Activity at China's Underground Submarine Base
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Satellite Photo Shows New Activity at China's Underground Submarine Base
Satellite imagery appears to have captured the activation of a possible damage control system at an underground submarine base for Chinese nuclear-powered submarines operating...
By Tom Shugart
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Trump vs. Harris: Who Holds The Edge On Election Eve? Discussing With Former Senator Lisa Curtis
By Lisa Curtis
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Satellite Imagery Shows Mystery Ship Built in China amid Breakneck Naval Expansion
By Tom Shugart
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Satellite Photo Shows New Activity at China's Underground Submarine Base
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20 Sets of Military Family Members Serving in the National Guard Deploy to Japan
Twenty sets of families serving in the Minnesota National Guard deployed to Japan earlier this year. The families are made up of siblings, parents and spouses deployed to the ...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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DoD Program Makes It Easier to Enlist with ADHD, Asthma, Other Medical Conditions
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Episode 7: Kate Kuzminski, CNAS
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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20 Sets of Military Family Members Serving in the National Guard Deploy to Japan
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Developing the European Defense Industry
Since the war in Ukraine began, the European Union has provided substantial military support to Kyiv. Yet years of underinvestment and a lack of coordination mean that Europe’...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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The President's Inbox: Axis of Autocracies Challenge, With Jennifer Kavanagh & Andrea Kendall-Taylor
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Ukraine Rolls Out Dozens of AI Systems to Help Its Drones Hit Targets
By Samuel Bendett
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Developing the European Defense Industry
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As Middle East Crisis Grinds On, Pentagon Shows Signs of Strain
The open-ended crisis in the Middle East has begun to squeeze the Pentagon, fueling unease over the U.S. military’s ability to balance imminent threats to American interests t...
By Becca Wasser
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“The Ayatollah Has No Clothes” – with Rich Goldberg and Richard Fontaine
By Richard Fontaine
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How Israel Tries to Destroy Hezbollah’s Financial Network
By Jonathan Lord
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As Middle East Crisis Grinds On, Pentagon Shows Signs of Strain
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Export Controls Failed to Keep Cutting-Edge AI Chips from China’s Huawei
TAIPEI, Taiwan — A few weeks ago, analysts at a specialized technological lab put a microchip from China under a powerful microscope. Something didn’t look right. Figuring out...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Careers in Economic Security with Michèle Flournoy and John Hughes
By Emily Kilcrease, Geoffrey Gertz, Michèle Flournoy & John Hughes
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Sharper: Emerging Technology
By Hilal Aka & Charles Horn
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Export Controls Failed to Keep Cutting-Edge AI Chips from China’s Huawei
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Ukraine Rolls Out Dozens of AI Systems to Help Its Drones Hit Targets
KYIV, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Ukraine is using dozens of domestically made AI-augmented systems for its drones to reach targets on the battlefield without being piloted, a senior o...
By Samuel Bendett
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U.S. Efforts to Contain Xi’s Push for Tech Supremacy Are Faltering
By Jordan Schneider
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Sharper: Emerging Technology
By Hilal Aka & Charles Horn
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Ukraine Rolls Out Dozens of AI Systems to Help Its Drones Hit Targets
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Countering Election Falsehoods: Lessons from the Hurricanes
Give people the information they need to make an informed decision, and give it to them straight....
By Carrie Cordero
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How to Stop Rogue States Like Russia from Interfering in Our Politics
By Richard Fontaine
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Geopolitical Doomscrolling
By Emily Kilcrease, Geoffrey Gertz & Carrie Cordero
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Countering Election Falsehoods: Lessons from the Hurricanes
