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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
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...
Set the Tone, Establish Policy, Hire Personnel—And Prepare for Crisis
President Donald Trump enters office at a critical moment and faces multiple crises...
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How the Russian Economy Is Faring as New Sanctions Hit
In The News
The European Union, along with the United Kingdom, imposed a new sanctions package on Tuesday that targets Russia....
By Rachel Ziemba
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DJI Drones Are Everywhere. The U.S. May Still Ban Them
In The News
Drones from Chinese giant DJI are deeply embedded in American life. With a potential ban looming, the company has until the end of the year to convince U.S. lawmakers it does ...
By Elsa B. Kania
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New CNAS Report Reveals Key Factors Shaping Global Response to Taiwan Crisis, Offers Strategic Recommendations for the United States
Press Release
Washington, May 21, 2025 – Today, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a new report, Regional and Global Responses to a Taiwan Contingency: Gauging the Prosp...
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What Trump ‘Walking Away’ Means for Ukraine
In The News
President Donald Trump and his top aides have threatened to walk away from efforts to broker peace in Ukraine as attempts to break the logjam with Russia fall short. But what ...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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EU Lifts More Syria Sanctions, but Barriers to Energy, Business Remain
In The News
US President Donald Trump's announcement set the tone for global sanctions policy on Syria, but a "labyrinth" of restrictive economic measures including sanctions will take ti...
By Alex Zerden
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China Unveils Game-Changing First Drone 'Mothership'
China's new drone "mothership" is set to take flight, according to the country's state broadcaster, which touted the aircraft as a game changer in drone warfare....
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Drones Are Transforming South Asian Warfare
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Trump Wants a Twin-Engined F-35. Experts Say It’s ‘Not Feasible.’
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China Unveils Game-Changing First Drone 'Mothership'
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Regional and Global Responses to a Taiwan Contingency
A contingency across the Taiwan Strait has the potential to reshape the Indo-Pacific and even global security environment. This report explores how states beyond the United St...
By Jacob Stokes, Kareen Hart, Ryan Claffey & Thomas Corel
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China Unveils Game-Changing First Drone 'Mothership'
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Democracy in South Asia amid U.S. Aid Cuts
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Regional and Global Responses to a Taiwan Contingency
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Airmen Given Just Days to Reenlist to Claim Bonus for High-Skill Jobs
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Air Force Delay on Separation and Retirement Orders Isn’t ‘Stop Loss,’ Defense Official Says
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Airmen Given Just Days to Reenlist to Claim Bonus for High-Skill Jobs
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How the Russian Economy Is Faring as New Sanctions Hit
The European Union, along with the United Kingdom, imposed a new sanctions package on Tuesday that targets Russia....
By Rachel Ziemba
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What Trump ‘Walking Away’ Means for Ukraine
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Ex-NATO Official: Putin Is ‘Stringing Along Trump’ to Push for Sanctions Relief
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How the Russian Economy Is Faring as New Sanctions Hit
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EU Lifts More Syria Sanctions, but Barriers to Energy, Business Remain
US President Donald Trump's announcement set the tone for global sanctions policy on Syria, but a "labyrinth" of restrictive economic measures including sanctions will take ti...
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Ziemba: U.S. Has To Be Ready To Accept Mideast Investments
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Trump Inks $600 Bn Deal In Saudi Arabia | Musk, Blackrock CEO Flank Trump In Gulf Visit
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EU Lifts More Syria Sanctions, but Barriers to Energy, Business Remain
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How the Russian Economy Is Faring as New Sanctions Hit
The European Union, along with the United Kingdom, imposed a new sanctions package on Tuesday that targets Russia....
By Rachel Ziemba
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EU Lifts More Syria Sanctions, but Barriers to Energy, Business Remain
By Alex Zerden
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Ex-NATO Official: Putin Is ‘Stringing Along Trump’ to Push for Sanctions Relief
By Jim Townsend
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How the Russian Economy Is Faring as New Sanctions Hit
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DJI Drones Are Everywhere. The U.S. May Still Ban Them
Drones from Chinese giant DJI are deeply embedded in American life. With a potential ban looming, the company has until the end of the year to convince U.S. lawmakers it does ...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure on DOE Lands
By Caleb Withers, Janet Egan & Spencer Michaels
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China Unveils Game-Changing First Drone 'Mothership'
By Tom Shugart
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DJI Drones Are Everywhere. The U.S. May Still Ban Them
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Protecting the Integrity of the National Guard
Posse comitatus, which is both a general principle and a criminal statute enshrined in the Posse Comitatus Act (PCA), dictates that there should be a clear separation between ...
By Claire Finkelstein
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Preventing the Use of the National Guard to Evade the Posse Comitatus Act
By Elizabeth Goitein
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Better Positioning the National Guard for 21st-Century Engagements
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Protecting the Integrity of the National Guard
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Developing Leaders to Promote Gender Integration
Diversity of lived experiences results in stronger leaders....
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Sharper: America's National Security Workforce
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Women in Combat: Five-Year Status Update
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Developing Leaders to Promote Gender Integration
