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Daniel Remler | June 12, 2026
Thwarting Communications Blackout
Jacob Stokes, Ryan Claffey | May 28, 2026
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Constanza M. Vidal Bustamante, Morgan Peirce | May 26, 2026
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Geoffrey Gertz, Eleanor Hume | May 21, 2026
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Red Lines
Chinese advanced artificial intelligence (AI) systems pose a serious and growing threat to U.S. national security. At least seven Chinese developers now produce systems with f...
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Thwarting Communications Blackout
Control over the physical means of transmitting information—the lifeblood of modern societies—has become a central area of contestation between Taiwan and the United States on...
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The Entanglement Edge
Quantum networking—technologies that transmit quantum states between nodes—is an underappreciated but potentially consequential dimension of U.S.-China quantum competition....
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Invested Allies
The United States is seeking to strengthen its domestic capabilities and supply chain resilience in a number of sectors critical for its economic security, including semicondu...
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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 ...
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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...
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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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The Dream of Quantum Computing Is Both Dead and AliveStill, the sector has a long history of disputed research and serial hype. People in the field are pursuing at least a half-dozen experimental approaches, and each has its fla...
By Constanza M. Vidal Bustamante
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National Security Human Capital
Sexual Assault Rates Decline in Latest Pentagon Survey Following Reforms“We’re seeing increased trust in reporting and in the systems that are available,” said Katherine Kuzminski, the director of studies at the Center for a New American Security,...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Pakistan Works to Broker U.S.-Iran Peace as Washington’s Economic Pressure Campaign Continues
In The News
Emily Kilcrease, senior director of the Energy, Economics and Security Program at the Center for a New American Security, said removing Chinese banks from the U.S. dollar syst...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Bessent Unveils Sweeping New Iran Sanctions but Delays Toughest Blow
In The News
The question is how other entities view Bessent’s “warning shot,” said Rachel Ziemba, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, a bipartisan nonprofi...
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How U.S. Sanctions on Iran Ripple Through Global Markets and Consumers
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“Today’s sanctions are mostly incremental, but are part of trying to intimidate remaining trading partners into cutting ties [with Iran],” said Rachel Ziemba, an adjunct senio...
By Rachel Ziemba
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The Risks of Downplaying China’s Military
Deterrence can succeed, and continued U.S., Taiwanese, and allied investment can matter a great deal — if undertaken with the urgency the situation demands....
By Tom Shugart
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The U.S. Start-Up Making Low-Cost Interceptors for the Iran War
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Korean Drone Boom Creates New Rumblings in Old Conflict
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The Risks of Downplaying China’s Military
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Trump Is Linking Economic Investment With Military Alliances: Political Analyst
Derek Grossman from the University of Southern California, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, says Trump is most interested in making money of...
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Beijing Sees One Theater. Washington Should, Too
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Pyongyang silent on Trump’s stated overture to Kim
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Trump Is Linking Economic Investment With Military Alliances: Political Analyst
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National Security Human Capital
Sexual Assault Rates Decline in Latest Pentagon Survey Following Reforms“We’re seeing increased trust in reporting and in the systems that are available,” said Katherine Kuzminski, the director of studies at the Center for a New American Security,...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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More Troops Reported Sexual Assaults Last Year as Incidents FellBy Katherine L. Kuzminski
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The USS Abraham Lincoln and the Toll of the Iran WarBy Katherine L. Kuzminski
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From Ukraine to Iran, Attacks on Civilian Sites Put Us All at Risk
This article was originally published in Inkstick. The last several years have seen military conflict fan out around the world — from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to the US-Is...
By Nicholas Lokker
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Putin’s Doomsday Weapon Sparks New Era of Submarine Warfare
By Richard Connolly
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Front Line Dynamics, Deep Strikes, and a Theory of Victory
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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From Ukraine to Iran, Attacks on Civilian Sites Put Us All at Risk
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Has Outlined the Trump Administration's New Economic Measures Against Iran
Alex Zerden, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, joins Al Jazeera to discuss the Trump Administration's announcement of Operation Economic Outc...
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The Iran War Is Testing a Depleted Treasury
By Alex Zerden
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Treasury Scales Back Scrutiny of U.S. Shell Companies
By Alex Zerden
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Has Outlined the Trump Administration's New Economic Measures Against Iran
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Pakistan Works to Broker U.S.-Iran Peace as Washington’s Economic Pressure Campaign Continues
Emily Kilcrease, senior director of the Energy, Economics and Security Program at the Center for a New American Security, said removing Chinese banks from the U.S. dollar syst...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Why Washington's ‘Toughest Sanctions in History’ Won't Stop Iran
By Emily Kilcrease
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How U.S. Sanctions on Iran Ripple Through Global Markets and Consumers
By Rachel Ziemba
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Pakistan Works to Broker U.S.-Iran Peace as Washington’s Economic Pressure Campaign Continues
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Technology & National Security
The Dream of Quantum Computing Is Both Dead and AliveStill, the sector has a long history of disputed research and serial hype. People in the field are pursuing at least a half-dozen experimental approaches, and each has its fla...
By Constanza M. Vidal Bustamante
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Technology & National Security
CNAS Insights | Sovereign AI’s Second Wave Is Coming Into ViewBy Pablo Chavez, Vivek Chilukuri & Ruby Scanlon
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Air Force Security Teams Want to Train With Chinese-Made Drones at Nuclear BaseBy Samuel Bendett
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Shutdown Reform’s Constitutional Blind Spot: The Two-Year Clause
There is a path forward to ending shutdowns, should Congress choose to do so. Federal armies just can’t be part of it....
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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How Congress Can Regulate Military Promotions After Trump v. Slaughter
By Mark Nevitt
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Shutdown Reform’s Constitutional Blind Spot: The Two-Year Clause
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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
