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Countering the Swarm

Stacie Pettyjohn, Molly Campbell | September 10, 2025

Game Over?

Emily Kilcrease, Geoffrey Gertz | August 04, 2025

Understanding Russia’s Calculus on Opportunistic Aggression in Europe

Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend, Kate Johnston, Greg Weaver | September 04, 2025

Global Compute and National Security

Janet Egan | July 29, 2025

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 ...

Game Over?

The trade wargame suggests that sustained high tariffs could create leverage and urgency to spur action toward a productive restructuring of the international trade system....

Understanding Russia’s Calculus on Opportunistic Aggression in Europe

Executive Summary Numerous factors are working to dissuade Russia from directly challenging NATO, but once Moscow reconstitutes its military, one scenario stands out as a plau...

Global Compute and National Security

The current pathway to breakthrough artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities relies on amassing and leveraging vast “compute”—specialized chips housed within massive data cen...

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...

Press

National Security Human Capital Program
CNAS Launches Comprehensive Study on Philanthropy to the Military and Veteran Community
Washington, September 30, 2025—The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is embarking on a critical study to examine the current landscape of philanthropic and federal sup...

By Katherine L. Kuzminski
- Press Release
- September 30, 2025
In The News

Energy, Economics & Security
White House Equity Grabs Deepen Pivot to State Capitalism
The Trump administration has signalled that its strategy of taking equity in private companies to secure critical supply chains is just beginning, laying bare to domestic and ...

By Geoffrey Gertz
- fDi Intelligence
- September 30, 2025
In The News

Defense
U.S. Drone Swarm Plan Spiraling into Oblivion
The US’s Replicator project, billed as a way to swarm China with “small, smart, cheap” drones, has been grounded by delays, spiraling costs and software chaos, raising questio...

By Paul Scharre
- Asia Times
- September 29, 2025
In The News

Defense
The Missiles Threatening Taiwan
China is transforming parts of its east coast into a platform for potential missile strikes against Taiwan and the nearby seas. The buildup is a vital part of the Chinese lead...

By Tom Shugart
- The New York Times
- September 29, 2025
In The News

Energy, Economics & Security
Trump Expands Global Technology Net with Rules Covering Subsidiaries
The Trump administration sought to close a potential loophole in its global technology restrictions on Monday by expanding the range of companies that are subject to sanctions...

By Emily Kilcrease
- The New York Times
- September 29, 2025

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Events

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Make Room Study Session: Networking & Building Your Brand
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- Oct 8, 2025
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- Oct 2, 2025
Virtual Event | "Free, Open, and Secure": Mobilizing for Indo-Pacific Security in 2025

Our Research Programs

Defense
- Defense / Technology & National Security
  Which Technology Offers the Best Defense Against Drones? Lasers or Mobile Gun Trucks?
  Poland, Denmark, Sweden, Romania and Norway are some of the European countries that have reported -- just this month alone -- drone incursions into their airspace. So far, the...
  
  By Stacie Pettyjohn
  - Video
- Defense
  The Missiles Threatening Taiwan
  By Tom Shugart
  - In The News
- Defense
  U.S. Drone Swarm Plan Spiraling into Oblivion
  By Paul Scharre
  - In The News
Indo-Pacific Security
- Indo-Pacific Security
  USSC Briefing Room | The Prognosis for the Quad and Other U.S. Alliances in the Indo-Pacific
  In conversation with the United States Studies Centre, Director of the Indo-Pacific Program at the Center for a New American Security, Lisa Curtis discussed the Quad and the f...
  
  By Lisa Curtis
  - Podcast
- Indo-Pacific Security
  South Korea: Why Is President Lee Urging New Term Limits?
  By Dr. Duyeon Kim
  - In The News
- Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security
  With His Pivot on Ukraine, Trump May Be Washing His Hands of the War
  By Richard Fontaine
  - In The News
National Security Human Capital Program
- National Security Human Capital Program
  CNAS Launches Comprehensive Study on Philanthropy to the Military and Veteran Community
  Washington, September 30, 2025—The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is embarking on a critical study to examine the current landscape of philanthropic and federal sup...
  
  By Katherine L. Kuzminski
  - Press Release
- National Security Human Capital Program
  Hegseth Shuts Down Group Advising on Women in the Military
  By Dr. Kyleanne Hunter
  - In The News
- National Security Human Capital Program
  National Guard Documents Reveal Candor, ‘Shame’ over D.C. Deployment
  By Dr. Jason Dempsey
  - In The News
Transatlantic Security
- Transatlantic Security
  Expert Explains: Defense Sec. Hegseth Calls Military Meeting in Northern Virginia
  Hundreds of U.S. military leaders are headed to northern Virginia on orders from Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Europe and...
  
  By Jim Townsend
  - Video
- Defense / Transatlantic Security
  NATO’s Counter-Drone Conundrum
  By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend & Stacie Pettyjohn
  - Podcast
- Transatlantic Security
  Why President Trump Should Put Off the New Nuclear Arms Race for One More Year
  By Jon B. Wolfsthal
  - Commentary
Middle East Security
- Middle East Security
  Why This Trump-Netanyahu Meeting Is Different
  As President Donald Trump receives Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House for the fourth time this year, the pressure for both men to put an end to the w...
  
  By Rachel Brandenburg
  - In The News
- Middle East Security
  Fourth Time’s a Charm? How Trump Could Push Netanyahu into Ending the Gaza War
  By Rachel Brandenburg
  - Commentary
- Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
  Abu Dhabi’s Multibillion-Dollar Energy Push Faces Early Stumbles
  By Rachel Ziemba
  - In The News
Energy, Economics & Security
- Energy, Economics & Security
  White House Equity Grabs Deepen Pivot to State Capitalism
  The Trump administration has signalled that its strategy of taking equity in private companies to secure critical supply chains is just beginning, laying bare to domestic and ...
  
  By Geoffrey Gertz
  - In The News
- Energy, Economics & Security
  Trump Expands Global Technology Net with Rules Covering Subsidiaries
  By Emily Kilcrease
  - In The News
- Energy, Economics & Security
  Alex Zerden on the Middle East, Crypto, Cartels and Changing U.S. Priorities
  By Alex Zerden
  - Podcast
Technology & National Security
- Defense / Technology & National Security
  Which Technology Offers the Best Defense Against Drones? Lasers or Mobile Gun Trucks?
  Poland, Denmark, Sweden, Romania and Norway are some of the European countries that have reported -- just this month alone -- drone incursions into their airspace. So far, the...
  
  By Stacie Pettyjohn
  - Video
- Technology & National Security
  Exclusive: Chinese Drone Experts Worked with Sanctioned Russian Arms Maker, Sources Say
  By Samuel Bendett
  - In The News
- Technology & National Security
  To Win the AI Race, Bolster Export Control Enforcement with Intelligence
  By Christian Chung
  - Commentary
Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
- Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
  Rising Lion Shows the U.S. Needs More Allies Like Israel
  Since first exposing Iran’s nuclear weapons program in 1994, Israel knew that it might need to take military action. Yet, June’s attack was only seven months in the making....
  
  By Lt. Gen. Robert Ashley, Jr. (Ret.)
  - Commentary
- National Security Human Capital Program / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
  ‘Not Like Calling 911’—How A National Guard Call-Up Actually Works
  By Katherine L. Kuzminski
  - In The News
- Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
  Trump Pushes Bounds of Military, Police Immigration Actions
  By Carrie Cordero
  - In The News
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
  - Reports