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Stuck in the Cul-de-Sac
Carlton Haelig, Philip Sheers | October 21, 2025
Countering the Digital Silk Road
Vivek Chilukuri, Ruby Scanlon | October 15, 2025
Tipping the Scales
Caleb Withers | September 23, 2025
Countering the Swarm
Stacie Pettyjohn, Molly Campbell | September 10, 2025
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Stuck in the Cul-de-Sac
For more than a decade, the United States has sought to modernize its military to deter China, but it has become stuck in a developmental cul-de-sac that has allowed China to ...
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Countering the Digital Silk Road
The year 2025 marks the 10th anniversary of the Digital Silk Road (DSR), China’s effort to strengthen its global ties and influence through technology. In the decade since the...
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Tipping the Scales
This report examines how emerging AI capabilities could disrupt the cyber offense-defense balance....
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Countering the Swarm
After decades of air dominance and a near monopoly on precision strike, the United States now faces a dramatically different, more hostile world as the proliferation of cheap ...
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.
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CNAS 2025 National Security Conference | America's Edge: Forging the Future
Jun 3, 2025
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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...
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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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A Wargame Shows Just How Vulnerable Europe Is to a Russian AttackEuropean governments are preparing for war with Russia. A newly released wargame suggests they aren’t ready....
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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CNAS Welcomes Lindsey Ford and Scott Hembrough to Indo-Pacific Security Program
Washington, February 5, 2026 — The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) today announced the appointment of Lindsey Ford and Scott Hembrough to its Indo-Pacific Security P...
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Technology & National Security
Pentagon Leaders Should Have More Control over Services’ Tech Budgets, GAO SuggestsThe Pentagon could further accelerate its technology purchasing if the services’ emerging-tech budget requests flowed through the office of the defense undersecretary for rese...
By Paul Scharre
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U.S. Takes Energy Leverage to New Heights
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Energy markets, oil firms, producers and major importers have lived with the impact of US sanctions on the energy trade for decades. But the levers the administration of Presi...
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Anand Visits D.C. As Trump Administration Makes Case for Critical Minerals Trade Zone
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Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand was in Washington on Wednesday as the Trump administration made a case for international partners to join a preferential trade zone for cr...
By Rachel Ziemba
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A Wargame Shows Just How Vulnerable Europe Is to a Russian AttackEuropean governments are preparing for war with Russia. A newly released wargame suggests they aren’t ready....
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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What to Expect From U.S., Iran Talks Friday in Oman?
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Opposites Attract (and Execute)
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"Modi-Trump Share a Very..." White House on India-U.S. Deal as BJP vs Congress at Home
In the wake of a high-octane year of tariff wars and diplomatic friction, a massive breakthrough has finally been reached: the India-US Trade Deal is officially here. But as t...
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Will India Halt Russian Oil Imports Under India-U.S. Trade Deal? U.S. Expert Lisa Curtis Explains
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Congressional Support Key for Sustaining Momentum of U.S., UK, Australia Partnership
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"Modi-Trump Share a Very..." White House on India-U.S. Deal as BJP vs Congress at Home
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Army Recruiting Waivers for Mental Health Will Be Approved at Lower LevelsThe Army is loosening its grip on recruiting waivers for mental health and misconduct, putting those decisions in the hands of the commanders who oversee street-level recruiti...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Many Future Military Officers Come from Scouting. A Pentagon Split Could Put Those Ties at Risk.By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Pentagon Creates Permanent PCs Agency, Eyes Software Overhaul to Fix Military MovesBy Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Carney's Challenge: Can Europe Take the Reins of NATO?
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney made headlines at this year's World Economic Forum in Davos with his speech in which he declared that the international system is in the mi...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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Defense / Transatlantic Security
A Wargame Shows Just How Vulnerable Europe Is to a Russian AttackBy Franz-Stefan Gady
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Ukraine Makes Its Case to Trump’s Congress
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Carney's Challenge: Can Europe Take the Reins of NATO?
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U.S. Positions Aircraft Carriers, Strike Platforms Across Middle East as Iran Talks Shift to OmanThe U.S. military has bolstered its presence across the Middle East amid escalating tensions with Iran, as nuclear talks were thrown into uncertainty Wednesday before being mo...
By Philip Sheers
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Walmart Hits Trillion Dollar Market Cap for the First Time
By Rachel Ziemba
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Indo-Pacific Security / Middle East Security
Trump Cuts India Tariffs to 18% as Modi Agrees to Stop Buying Russian OilBy Rachel Ziemba
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U.S. Takes Energy Leverage to New Heights
Energy markets, oil firms, producers and major importers have lived with the impact of US sanctions on the energy trade for decades. But the levers the administration of Presi...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Unpacking the Trump Administration’s Plans for Venezuela’s Oil Revenue
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Sheinbaum Warns of Deeper Cuba Crisis After Trump Oil Threat
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U.S. Takes Energy Leverage to New Heights
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Technology & National Security
Pentagon Leaders Should Have More Control over Services’ Tech Budgets, GAO SuggestsThe Pentagon could further accelerate its technology purchasing if the services’ emerging-tech budget requests flowed through the office of the defense undersecretary for rese...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Export Controls Backfire: The China Innovation ParadoxBy James Sanders
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Technology & National Security
The Army Just Unveiled Its Latest Tank. Will It Be the Last?By Paul Scharre
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Accountability and Oversight Concerns in DHS
CNAS general counsel and senior fellow Carrie Cordero joins CNN to discuss a 2020 CNAS report detailing how to improve the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through enhanc...
By Carrie Cordero
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Legal Questions Remain After U.S. Capture of Maduro
By Carrie Cordero
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Nicolás Maduro Indictment Implications
By Carrie Cordero
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Accountability and Oversight Concerns in DHS
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How the U.S. and South Africa Could Use the G20 to Plot a Path Forward
In the contest for the future of global order, South Africa’s choices will have a disproportionate impact on the outcome....
By Richard Fontaine & Gibbs McKinley
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Losing the Swing States
By Richard Fontaine & Gibbs McKinley
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How the U.S. and South Africa Could Use the G20 to Plot a Path Forward
