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Disorderly Conduct
Emily Kilcrease, Adam Tong | June 26, 2024
Swarms over the Strait
Stacie Pettyjohn, Hannah Dennis, Molly Campbell | June 20, 2024
Back to the Drafting Board
Katherine L. Kuzminski, Taren Sylvester | June 18, 2024
Catalyzing Crisis
Bill Drexel, Caleb Withers | June 11, 2024
Energy, Economics & Security
Disorderly Conduct
The United States must develop a strong, pragmatic strategy for advancing its economic and security interests within the U.S.-China economic relationship, accounting for the f...
Defense
Swarms over the Strait
Executive Summary Drones have transformed battlefields in Libya, Nagorno-Karabakh, and Ukraine, but in a companion report, Evolution Not Revolution: Drone Warfare in Russia’s ...
Military, Veterans & Society
Back to the Drafting Board
Executive Summary For the first time since the Cold War, the United States faces threats from great power competitors. These advanced threats—particularly the pacing threat of...
Technology & National Security
Catalyzing Crisis
Executive Summary The arrival of ChatGPT in November 2022 initiated both great excitement and fear around the world about the potential and risks of artificial intelligence (A...
HIGH STAKES
High Stakes: Preparing the Next President is a new election-year initiative to explore the most pressing national security issues that will face the next administration.
Defense
Swarms over the Strait
Executive Summary Drones have transformed battlefields in Libya, Nagorno-Karabakh, and Ukraine, but in a companion report, Evolution Not Revolution: Drone Warfare in Russia’s ...
CNAS 2024 National Security Conference: High Stakes
Jun 6, 2024
Indo-Pacific Security
The Axis of Upheaval
The West has been too quick to dismiss the coordination among China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia....
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CNAS Shawn Brimley Next Generation National Security Leaders Fellowship is Now Accepting Applications for the 2025 Class
Press Release
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is now accepting applications for the 2025 class of the Shawn Brimley Next Generation National Security Leaders Fellowship. Each ...
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‘Axis of upheaval’ adds urgency to review of UK defence spending
In The News
“Russia has been the catalyst of this,” said Richard Fontaine, the co-author of an April paper in Foreign Affairs entitled The Axis of Upheaval. A desperate search for munitio...
By Richard Fontaine
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US shrugs off ‘all-out war’ worries in Middle East
In The News
JONATHAN LORD, director of the Middle East Security program at the Center for a New American Security, said that however Israel responds, “we’ll have to wait and see” what Hez...
By Jonathan Lord
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F-16 fighter jets arrive in Ukraine but may not tip advantage against Russia
In The News
Some analysts are even more skeptical than Zelensky. Becca Wasser, an analyst at the Center for a New American Security, said the F-16s might be most potent as a psychological...
By Becca Wasser
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The Kamala Harris Doctrine
In The News
When it comes to the broader region, Harris has made multiple trips to Southeast Asia and been one of the prominent faces of the Biden administration’s Indo-Pacific strategy. ...
By Lisa Curtis
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F-16 fighter jets arrive in Ukraine but may not tip advantage against Russia
Some analysts are even more skeptical than Zelensky. Becca Wasser, an analyst at the Center for a New American Security, said the F-16s might be most potent as a psychological...
By Becca Wasser
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Cambodian naval base could accommodate Chinese submarines: analyst
By Tom Shugart
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US defence industry faces uncertainty despite production ‘boomlet’
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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F-16 fighter jets arrive in Ukraine but may not tip advantage against Russia
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The Kamala Harris Doctrine
When it comes to the broader region, Harris has made multiple trips to Southeast Asia and been one of the prominent faces of the Biden administration’s Indo-Pacific strategy. ...
By Lisa Curtis
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Lost Decade — how the US fell behind in checking China
By Richard Fontaine
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Biden administration disturbed by Modi-Putin visit during NATO summit
By Lisa Curtis
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The Kamala Harris Doctrine
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Latest Cuts at Military Times Accelerates Decline of News Source to Airmen, Guardians
Katherine Kuzminski, Deputy Director of Studies and the Director of the Military, Veterans, and Society Program at the Center for a New American Security, a Washington, D.C.-b...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Should women be drafted? Congress weighs the question yet again
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Back to the Drafting Board
By Katherine L. Kuzminski & Taren Sylvester
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Latest Cuts at Military Times Accelerates Decline of News Source to Airmen, Guardians
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‘Axis of upheaval’ adds urgency to review of UK defence spending
“Russia has been the catalyst of this,” said Richard Fontaine, the co-author of an April paper in Foreign Affairs entitled The Axis of Upheaval. A desperate search for munitio...
By Richard Fontaine
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A Night of NATO at the National Archives
By Jim Townsend & Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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75 Years of NATO: Key Takeaways from the Washington Summit
By Jim Townsend & Kate Johnston
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‘Axis of upheaval’ adds urgency to review of UK defence spending
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US shrugs off ‘all-out war’ worries in Middle East
JONATHAN LORD, director of the Middle East Security program at the Center for a New American Security, said that however Israel responds, “we’ll have to wait and see” what Hez...
By Jonathan Lord
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War with Hezbollah ‘lies in Israel’s hands’
By Jonathan Lord
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Senate Dems stew over Biden’s military sale to Israel
By Jonathan Lord
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US shrugs off ‘all-out war’ worries in Middle East
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Sharper: Economic Security
U.S. international economic policy now centers squarely on economic security objectives, as a result of geopolitical competition with China, post-pandemic awareness of the fra...
By Anna Pederson & Emily Kilcrease
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Economic Security in Asia Part 1: China's growing pains with Dan Rosen
By Emily Kilcrease & Geoffrey Gertz
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What a Bunch of Malarkey!
By Emily Kilcrease & Geoffrey Gertz
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Sharper: Economic Security
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Quantum Computing in US-China Competition
A conversation between Bonnie Glaser and Sam Howell discussing the quantum computing, its applications, and its place in US-China competition.PRINT ARTICLEChina Global Podcast...
By Sam Howell & Bonnie Glaser
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Catalyzing Crisis
By Bill Drexel & Caleb Withers
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Nvidia’s New Sales Booster: The Global Push for National AI Champions
By Pablo Chavez
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Quantum Computing in US-China Competition
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Trump meets with Orbán, Saudis, Cameron as they prepare for his return
“Everyone is searching for clues as to what Trump would do if he got a second term,” said Richard Fontaine, a former State Department official and CEO of the Center for a New ...
By Richard Fontaine
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Will a FISA lapse cause a disaster? It depends on who you ask
By Carrie Cordero
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Trump Holds Series of Meetings With Foreign Leaders
By Richard Fontaine
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Trump meets with Orbán, Saudis, Cameron as they prepare for his return
