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American AI Companies Can’t Get Enough Chips
James Sanders, Janet Egan, Rory Madigan | May 07, 2026
Who Will Make Money on AI?
Geoffrey Gertz, Emily Kilcrease | May 05, 2026
Hit It with Your Best Shot
Emily Kilcrease | April 01, 2026
Repairing the Breach
Lisa Curtis, Keerthi Martyn, Sitara Gupta | March 26, 2026
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American AI Companies Can’t Get Enough Chips
In 2026, artificial intelligence (AI) chip production has become a binding constraint on the pace of the AI compute buildout. Demand for computing power to train and deploy ad...
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Who Will Make Money on AI?
The private sector is playing a leading role in advancing the frontier of artificial intelligence (AI). As a result, commercial incentives are likely to have a significant imp...
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Hit It with Your Best Shot
America needs an economic pressure doctrine. The country is using economic pressure in more novel ways and at greater scale than any other time in the postwar period....
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Repairing the Breach
U.S.-India relations stumbled badly during the second half of 2025. Differences between U.S. and Indian officials over how a ceasefire was reached between New Delhi and Islama...
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CNAS Insights | MATCHing Policy to Strategy
Advanced semiconductors underpin the growing capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI). The computing power they provide drives military capability, economic productivity, ...
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CNAS Insights | American AI Exports Need a Sovereignty Solution
Earlier this month, the Department of Commerce opened applications for the American AI Exports Program, an ambitious effort to deploy American AI technology, tools, and infras...
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CNAS Insights | A Year After Liberation Day, Can Trump’s Trade Wars Be Salvaged?
As the trade wars have played out over the last year, the Trump administration has fumbled its opportunity....
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National Security Human Capital
Female Navy Officers Say They Fear a Career Cap After Hegseth Cuts Women from Promotions ListWhile Hegseth is within his rights to intervene in the list, “it’s just not the norm” and its “a break from tradition” said Katherine Kuzminski, a researcher specializing in m...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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A Deal with Iran May Need Some Delusional Thinking to Work
In The News
“The fundamentals of diplomatic negotiations often require a suspension of disbelief,” said Alex Zerden, a former Treasury Department diplomat who has worked for both Republic...
By Alex Zerden
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In The News
Technology & National Security
Europe’s Tech ‘Liberation Day’? Computer Says Not YetTony Blair Institute's Director of Science & Technology, Keegan McBride, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, said the package was an impor...
By Keegan McBride
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A Navy Carrier Is About to Deploy with a Robot Ship. Could It Change the Service Forever?
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“This is a really important, initial early step in terms of developing those CONOPS. The Navy isn’t waiting around to develop a bunch of prototypes and just sort of leave them...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Noteworthy | Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security
Noteworthy
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose. The United States contin...
By Vivek Chilukuri, Daniel Remler, Michelle Nie, Caleb Withers & James Sanders
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A Navy Carrier Is About to Deploy with a Robot Ship. Could It Change the Service Forever?
“This is a really important, initial early step in terms of developing those CONOPS. The Navy isn’t waiting around to develop a bunch of prototypes and just sort of leave them...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Defense / Technology & National Security
AI on the Battlefield: Project Maven and the Future of War with Jack ShanahanBy Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan
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U.S. Tells Europe, Canada to Boost NATO Air and Naval Forces as Washington Steps Back
By Jim Townsend
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A Navy Carrier Is About to Deploy with a Robot Ship. Could It Change the Service Forever?
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Does the Quad Still Matter?
Under the second Trump administration, some analysts have expressed growing pessimism about the group’s effectiveness, given the president’s apparent lack of interest in atten...
By Lisa Curtis
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‘Xi Has Stuck His Foot in the Door’: Ex-White House Official Liza Tobin’s Warning on Beijing Tactics
By Liza Tobin
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Thwarting Communications Blackout
By Jacob Stokes & Ryan Claffey
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Does the Quad Still Matter?
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National Security Human Capital
Female Navy Officers Say They Fear a Career Cap After Hegseth Cuts Women from Promotions ListWhile Hegseth is within his rights to intervene in the list, “it’s just not the norm” and its “a break from tradition” said Katherine Kuzminski, a researcher specializing in m...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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National Security Human Capital
The Kid Rock Flyby Controversy and the Erosion of Military ProfessionalismBy Dr. Jason Dempsey
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National Security Human Capital
Beyond the Selective Service MythsBy Katherine L. Kuzminski
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U.S. Posture Changes and the Future of European Defense Planning
Over the last several weeks, European allies have been trying to interpret a steady stream of signals from Washington about the future of the U.S. military role in Europe, dis...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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Window of Opportunity? Deterrence and Moscow’s Calculus
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend & Jeffrey Edmonds
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The Coming Crisis of NATO Deterrence
By Celeste Wallander
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U.S. Posture Changes and the Future of European Defense Planning
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A Deal with Iran May Need Some Delusional Thinking to Work
“The fundamentals of diplomatic negotiations often require a suspension of disbelief,” said Alex Zerden, a former Treasury Department diplomat who has worked for both Republic...
By Alex Zerden
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Iran War Soured Gulf Arabs on Iraq. Can New Leader in Baghdad Win Them Back?
By Hamzeh Hadad
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Trump Requests Edits to Iran DealBy Chris Kennedy
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A Deal with Iran May Need Some Delusional Thinking to Work
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Europe’s Looming Trade War with China, with Tobias Gehrke
Emily and Geoff sit down with Tobias Gehrke to talk about why Europe is facing a looming trade war with China and how prepared (or not) it is to handle trade wars on multiple ...
By Emily Kilcrease & Geoffrey Gertz
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U.S. Targets Brazil With New Tariffs Over Trade Practices
By Rachel Ziemba
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Trump Requests Edits to Iran DealBy Chris Kennedy
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Europe’s Looming Trade War with China, with Tobias Gehrke
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Technology & National Security
Europe’s Tech ‘Liberation Day’? Computer Says Not YetTony Blair Institute's Director of Science & Technology, Keegan McBride, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, said the package was an impor...
By Keegan McBride
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Defense / Technology & National Security
AI on the Battlefield: Project Maven and the Future of War with Jack ShanahanBy Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan
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Technology & National Security
Trump’s AI Security Order Signals Concession of AI RisksBy James Sanders
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Can the Secretary of Defense Remove Admirals from a Promotion List?
At stake is whether Congress’s carefully constructed promotion system can continue to serve its core purpose: ensuring that advancement to the military’s highest ranks is base...
By Mark Nevitt
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Technology & National Security / National Security Law
CNAS Insights | The Case for Long-Term CISA 2015 ReauthorizationBy Carrie Cordero & Morgan Peirce
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Legal Background: Distinguishing Between Law Enforcement Powers
By Matthew Kroscher
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Can the Secretary of Defense Remove Admirals from a Promotion List?
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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
