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Superpowers and AGI
Jacob Stokes | August 27, 2026
Whither the Coalition?
Emily Kilcrease, James Crabtree | August 18, 2026
An Uphill Climb
Lisa Curtis, Annie Pforzheimer | July 28, 2026
Hibernating Bear
Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Peter Schroeder, Kate Johnston | July 21, 2026
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Superpowers and AGI
Executive Summary Artificial intelligence (AI) systems continue to progress at a steady pace. This trend has fed forecasts that artificial general intelligence (AGI)—generally...
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Whither the Coalition?
Executive Summary The future of Taiwan, a self-governing island democracy that is claimed by the People’s Republic of China (PRC), remains one of the most complex and fraught ...
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An Uphill Climb
Executive Summary To avoid what is becoming a human rights catastrophe for the women and girls of Afghanistan and a ticking time bomb for a major terrorist resurgence in the n...
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Hibernating Bear
Executive Summary Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, there have been several crises—in Syria, Nagorno-Karabakh, Venezuela, and Iran—where Russia did not intervene ...
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CNAS Insights | A Better Way to Deal with Canada
These days, Canada and the United States sound more like adversaries than the closest of allies. President Donald Trump imposed 50 percent tariffs over the weekend on a range ...
CNAS Insights
CNAS Insights | Sovereign AI’s Second Wave Is Coming Into View
Earlier this year, CNAS launched the Sovereign AI Index to track every government-backed sovereign AI project since 2023. These projects seek to improve a country’s AI self-re...
CNAS Insights
CNAS Insights | Japan isn’t rearming. It’s adapting to a new era.
Japan’s defense posture is changing and changing fast. Military spending has increased sharply over the past four years. Japan’s Self-Defense Forces (SDF) are acquiring long-r...
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Taliban Energy Deal: From Delta Investment to Regional Competition
In The News
Annie Pforzheimer, a former deputy chief of mission at the US Embassy in Kabul, told Afghanistan International that the Delta agreement indicates that a Saudi company ultimate...
By Annie Pforzheimer
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25 Years After 9/11, Could Afghanistan Again Become a Launchpad for Global Terror?
In The News
"It is already harboring terrorists who have international aspirations. The next question is going to be whether they're going to carry those out. But has Afghanistan come ful...
By Annie Pforzheimer
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U.S. Strikes Iranian Oil Tankers in Response to Tehran’s Attacks on Navy Ships
In The News
While civilian ships aren’t typically lawful targets, they lose their protected status if they contribute to an adversary’s military action and if destroying them offers a def...
By Mark Nevitt
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Experts Say Trump’s Plan to License Patriot Missiles for Ukraine Could Take Years
In The News
Practical realities aside, scholars called the licensing proposal as a signal of increased buy-in from the White House, whose support for Ukraine has shifted repeatedly. Franz...
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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U.S. and China Eye Trump-XI Talks on AI Guardrails Despite Tech Rift
In The News
Private-sector executives eager to visit Beijing and propose partnerships frequently find their ambitions misaligned with Washington's policy red lines, said Jacob Stokes, a s...
By Jacob Stokes
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Experts Say Trump’s Plan to License Patriot Missiles for Ukraine Could Take Years
Practical realities aside, scholars called the licensing proposal as a signal of increased buy-in from the White House, whose support for Ukraine has shifted repeatedly. Franz...
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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Saudi Arabia Halts Energy Sites as Houthis Claim New Attacks
By Becca Wasser
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Where Do We Go from Here?
By Susanna V. Blume
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Experts Say Trump’s Plan to License Patriot Missiles for Ukraine Could Take Years
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Taliban Energy Deal: From Delta Investment to Regional Competition
Annie Pforzheimer, a former deputy chief of mission at the US Embassy in Kabul, told Afghanistan International that the Delta agreement indicates that a Saudi company ultimate...
By Annie Pforzheimer
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25 Years After 9/11, Could Afghanistan Again Become a Launchpad for Global Terror?
By Annie Pforzheimer
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U.S. and China Eye Trump-XI Talks on AI Guardrails Despite Tech Rift
By Jacob Stokes
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Taliban Energy Deal: From Delta Investment to Regional Competition
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National Security Human Capital
Hegseth’s Pentagon PurgeThe defense secretary’s office typically “does the final review of the [promotion] list from all the services before it goes to the White House” and does not intervene much in...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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National Security Human Capital
Afghanistan Under the TalibanBy Kyleanne Hunter
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National Security Human Capital
Sexual Assault Rates Decline in Latest Pentagon Survey Following ReformsBy Katherine L. Kuzminski
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A Report Card for Europe’s Defense Industry
As the war in Ukraine rages on, Ukraine has struggled this summer with a munitions shortage. With U.S. supplies strained by the war with Iran, European governments are having ...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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Sep 04, ’26 Washington Roundtable
By Jim Townsend
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Putin Says Ukraine Peace Deal Is Possible: Is This a New Path to Peace?
By Jim Townsend
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A Report Card for Europe’s Defense Industry
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Potential End of U.S. Aid to Peshmerga Could Mark ‘Transitional Phase’ in U.S.-KRG Relations, Experts Say
Hamzeh Hadad, an adjunct fellow with the Middle East Security Program at the Washington-based Center for a New American Security (CNAS), said he did not believe relations betw...
By Hamzeh Hadad
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How Billions in Iranian Money Passes Through U.S. Banks
By Alex Zerden
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World Mostly Shrugs Off Bessent’s Iran Sanctions Warnings
By Alex Zerden
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Potential End of U.S. Aid to Peshmerga Could Mark ‘Transitional Phase’ in U.S.-KRG Relations, Experts Say
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How China Is Stealing America’s AI
Sometimes the fingerprints are obvious: Kimi K3 has identified itself as “Claude,” Anthropic’s model; it was trained on so much of its rival’s output that it mistakes itself f...
By Liza Tobin
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Oil Prices Surge as U.S.-Iran Strikes Intensify in Strait of Hormuz
By Rachel Ziemba
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Iran War and U.S. Tariffs Squeeze Gulf Aluminium Producers
By Rachel Ziemba
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How China Is Stealing America’s AI
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Technology & National Security
Why Less Visibility Into How OpenAI’s New GPT-6 Astra ‘Thinks’ Is Sparking Safety Concerns“The fact that the Hugging Face incident happened, and then right afterwards, they are releasing a model that’s harder to monitor – that’s why so many people are freaked out,”...
By Ben Hayum
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
Sharper: China's AI RiseBy Charles Horn & Cadence Barker
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Technology & National Security
Russia Launches Mass Production of Electronic Warfare Systems to Counter Starlink, but Analysts Say Its Capabilities Are OverstatedBy Samuel Bendett
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U.S. Strikes Iranian Oil Tankers in Response to Tehran’s Attacks on Navy Ships
While civilian ships aren’t typically lawful targets, they lose their protected status if they contribute to an adversary’s military action and if destroying them offers a def...
By Mark Nevitt
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Shutdown Reform’s Constitutional Blind Spot: The Two-Year Clause
By Mark Nevitt
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Women’s Share of Top Military Promotions Falls as Hegseth Blocks Nominees
By Mark Nevitt
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U.S. Strikes Iranian Oil Tankers in Response to Tehran’s Attacks on Navy Ships
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CNAS Insights | New Rules for U.S. Foreign Aid
Join us for the CNAS 2026 National Security Conference: New Rules, on Thursday, June 11!...
By Gibbs McKinley
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Transatlantic Security / Global Swing States
Beyond the SahelBy Kate Johnston, Valeria Allende & Isabel Dlabach
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CNAS Insights | Why the “Swing States” Approach Is Right for Africa
By Gibbs McKinley
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CNAS Insights | New Rules for U.S. Foreign Aid
