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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
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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...
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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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CNAS Welcomes Adam Pritzker to Board of Directors
Washington, May 6, 2026 — The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) today announced the election of Adam Pritzker to the Center’s Board of Directors. He previously served ...
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Technology & National Security
A Potential AI Labor Lesson from ChinaChina’s labor market is already in a tough position, and AI threatens to make it worse. Deflation and general pessimism around economic opportunities have partly led the count...
By Ruby Scanlon
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U.S. Plans to Hike Tariffs on EU Cars to 25% Will Hit Luxury Market the Most
In The News
“He does have authority to do this. What’s less clear is what the U.S. issue is. Europe had needed EU-level implementation of the agreement, which delayed some implementation,...
By Rachel Ziemba
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U.S. Pauses ‘Project Freedom’ as Trump Seeks Way out of Hormuz Impasse
In The News
“If he settles for a narrow deal on the strait and postpone[s] the nuclear talks, the U.S. gives up the leverage generated by blockading Iranian ports. If he holds out for a m...
By Richard Fontaine
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China Blocks U.S. Sanctions on Refiners Buying Iranian Crude
In The News
Emily Kilcrease, director of the Energy, Economics and Security Program at Washington-based Center for a New American Security, said that major Chinese institutions quietly co...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Experts Make Their Picks for Acquisition Reform Litmus Tests
If the department cannot pass these easy tests, there is little reason to believe it will do well on the harder ones....
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Trump Rues State of Iran Talks, Says Prefer Not to Strike
By Becca Wasser
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Leveraging the Defense Innovation Ecosystem for Maximum Effect
By Aaron Peterman & Sohaila Mali
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Experts Make Their Picks for Acquisition Reform Litmus Tests
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U.S. Pauses ‘Project Freedom’ as Trump Seeks Way out of Hormuz Impasse
“If he settles for a narrow deal on the strait and postpone[s] the nuclear talks, the U.S. gives up the leverage generated by blockading Iranian ports. If he holds out for a m...
By Richard Fontaine
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How the War with Iran Is Shaping U.S.-Chinese Competition
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CNAS Insights | Trump Should Talk to Xi About Military AIBy Jacob Stokes & Daniel Remler
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U.S. Pauses ‘Project Freedom’ as Trump Seeks Way out of Hormuz Impasse
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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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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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Rising Domestic Pressure in Russia?
Over the last several weeks, strain within Russia's domestic political system has become increasingly apparent. The Kremlin has intensified digital controls, intermittently di...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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Charles on a Mission: Can King’s State Visit Salvage U.S.-UK Ties?
By Jim Townsend
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Transatlantic Adaptation: A More European NATO?
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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Rising Domestic Pressure in Russia?
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UAE Exit from OPEC Signals Closer Alignment with U.S. Interests, Experts Say
“The exit was a surprise in timing (at least to me), but in some ways has been brewing for some time,” wrote Rachel Ziemba, adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New Ameri...
By Rachel Ziemba
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With War on Its Doorstep, Iraq Taps a Political Outsider to Become Prime Minister
By Hamzeh Hadad
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Iraqi President Nominates Ali Al Zaidi as PM-Designate
By Hamzeh Hadad
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UAE Exit from OPEC Signals Closer Alignment with U.S. Interests, Experts Say
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Who Will Make Money on AI?
Executive Summary The private sector is playing a leading role in advancing the frontier of artificial intelligence (AI). As a result, commercial incentives are likely to have...
By Geoffrey Gertz & Emily Kilcrease
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USTR Hearing on Section 301 Investigations into Structural Excess Capacity
By Emily Kilcrease
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U.S. Plans to Hike Tariffs on EU Cars to 25% Will Hit Luxury Market the Most
By Rachel Ziemba
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Who Will Make Money on AI?
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Technology & National Security
Anthony Vinci on Turning Uncertainty Into Decisions With AI ForecastingAnthony Vinci, CEO of Vico, joins the podcast to explain how AI-powered forecasting can quantify uncertainty and help people make better decisions. Drawing from his background...
By Anthony Vinci
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Technology & National Security
A Potential AI Labor Lesson from ChinaBy Ruby Scanlon
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
CNAS Insights | Trump Should Talk to Xi About Military AIBy Jacob Stokes & Daniel Remler
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Modernize States’ Legislative Efforts on Unsanctioned Militias While Protecting Constitutional Rights
Matt Gimovsky is senior corporate counsel at Kroll and an Army JAG with active-duty experience in administrative law and with the trial defense service....
By Matt Gimovsky
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Blurring the Line
By Mark Nevitt
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Five “Blockades” and One Legal Problem: Naval Enforcement in the U.S.–Iran Conflict
By Mark Nevitt
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Modernize States’ Legislative Efforts on Unsanctioned Militias While Protecting Constitutional Rights
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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
