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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

Atomic Advantage

Constanza M. Vidal Bustamante | May 28, 2025

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

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

Atomic Advantage

Executive Summary One of the most consequential national security contests now unfolds on battlefields invisible to the naked eye—across the faint radiofrequency signals of th...

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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Bill to Mandate Chip Export Location Tracking Would Backfire, Tech Policy Experts Say
A bill to mandate location-tracking mechanisms for exports of advanced chips was panned this week by technology policy experts who said the requirement would be tricky to impl...

By Tim Fist
- Export Compliance Daily
- July 18, 2025
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
Trump Just Handed China a Major Advantage on AI
Late on Monday night, July 14, 2025, the ninth richest man in the world broke some momentous news: The US government would allow him, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, to sell H20 proc...

By Tim Fist
- Vox
- July 16, 2025
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Technology & National Security
How The Marine Corps Is Preparing For Drone Wars — And What’s Missing
A new 1st Marine Division handbook shows how the Corps has modernized its thinking and is preparing to fight a drone war. It also reveals how far there is to go, not just in d...

By Samuel Bendett
- Forbes
- July 16, 2025
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HASC’s Draft Authorization Would Save E-7, Block A-10 Retirements
The House Armed Services Committee on July 15 passed its draft of the 2026 defense policy bill, 55-2, in a late-night vote following nearly 14 hours of debate over hot-button ...

By Carlton Haelig
- Air & Space Forces Magazine
- July 16, 2025
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Defense
Is the U.S. Ready for the Next War?
Late this spring, I was led into a car in Kyiv, blindfolded, and driven to a secret factory in western Ukraine. The facility belongs to TAF Drones, founded three years ago by ...

By Tom Shugart
- The New Yorker
- July 14, 2025

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  Ep. 52: How to Rebuild Americas Defense Industrial Base
  In this episode ahead of Reindustrialize, Noah sits down with Becca Wasser and Phil Sheers from the Center for New American Security (CNAS) to discuss their groundbreaking rep...
  
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- Defense
  HASC’s Draft Authorization Would Save E-7, Block A-10 Retirements
  By Carlton Haelig
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- Defense
  Is the U.S. Ready for the Next War?
  By Tom Shugart
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Indo-Pacific Security
- Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
  Trump Just Handed China a Major Advantage on AI
  Late on Monday night, July 14, 2025, the ninth richest man in the world broke some momentous news: The US government would allow him, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, to sell H20 proc...
  
  By Tim Fist
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  - Commentary
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  Rubio Heads to Asia on Trip Overshadowed by Tariffs, Middle East
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National Security Human Capital Program
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  A Top Green Beret Influencer Says He Exaggerated His War Story. The U.S. Military Is Investigating, and Vets See a Deeper Problem.
  Tim Kennedy, a Green Beret, former MMA fighter, and a recognizable figure in today's "Vet Bro" influencer culture, revealed this week that he had wrongly implied that he recei...
  
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- National Security Human Capital Program
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- National Security Human Capital Program
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Transatlantic Security
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  During the past several weeks, and since around March of this year, Russia has increased the intensity of its attacks on Ukraine. Moscow is launching brutal aerial assaults on...
  
  By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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  NATO's Biggest Threats
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  How Russia Could Exploit a Vacuum in Europe
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  - Commentary
Middle East Security
- Middle East Security
  Trump and Netanyahu Meet Amid Gaza Cease-Fire Negotiations
  President Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confronted several high-stakes issues when they met for dinner on Monday night, including the long-term future of Gaza an...
  
  By Rachel Brandenburg
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- Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / Middle East Security
  How Trump’s Strike on Iran Might Affect China’s Calculus on Taiwan
  By Stacie Pettyjohn
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  U.S. Troops in Middle East Will Remain Dispersed and at Elevated Alert, Analysts Say
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Energy, Economics & Security
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  Edward Fishman, adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, explains how sanctions, chokepoints, and financial tools are redefining market risk and opport...
  
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Technology & National Security
- Technology & National Security
  Bill to Mandate Chip Export Location Tracking Would Backfire, Tech Policy Experts Say
  A bill to mandate location-tracking mechanisms for exports of advanced chips was panned this week by technology policy experts who said the requirement would be tricky to impl...
  
  By Tim Fist
  - In The News
- Technology & National Security
  How The Marine Corps Is Preparing For Drone Wars — And What’s Missing
  By Samuel Bendett
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- Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
  Trump Just Handed China a Major Advantage on AI
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Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
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  By Carrie Cordero
  - Video
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  Sharper: The National Guard
  By Charles Horn & Taren Sylvester
  - Commentary
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  DOJ Tests National Security Defense in Fight for Trump Agenda
  By Carrie Cordero
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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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