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Red Lines
Daniel Remler | June 12, 2026
Thwarting Communications Blackout
Jacob Stokes, Ryan Claffey | May 28, 2026
The Entanglement Edge
Constanza M. Vidal Bustamante, Morgan Peirce | May 26, 2026
Invested Allies
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 | 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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Hegseth Pushes for Action After Sailors Appear to Flout His Beard PolicyThose EEO reforms are a welcome effort to improve a process that has long been plagued by delays, according to Katherine Kuzminski, a scholar at the Center for a New American ...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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There’s Promise — And Pitfalls — In the Army’s Low-Cost Interceptor Plan, Experts Say
In The News
Such reasoning is “really sensible,” Stacie Pettyjohn, director of the defense program at the Center for a New American Security, told Breaking Defense, especially with lesson...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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China Sends Nuclear Missile Message as Us Looks Elsewhere
In The News
Jacob Stokes, senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, said the launch shows China "is looking to consolidate its nuclear triad through more operational tests ...
By Jacob Stokes
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Trump’s Pledge to Lift Turkey Sanctions Sets up Fight with Congress, Allies
Carlton Haelig, a fellow with the defense program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), downplayed the concerns of the F-35 program’s security with Turkey fielding...
By Carlton Haelig
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NATO Weathers Another Trump Storm but Braces for More After Ankara Summit
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"Even if Trump makes nice, the damage is done," said Jim Townsend, a former senior Pentagon official now at the Center for a New American Security think tank. "Russia and the ...
By Jim Townsend
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Defense Tech’s Big Test
Introduction The U.S. defense sector is at the front end of the largest private capital cycle it has ever seen, with venture capital investment assuming an inceasingly powerfu...
By Mela Louise Norman
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Experts Say Trump’s Plan to License Patriot Missiles for Ukraine Could Take Years
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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Despite Trump’s Announcement, Patriot Missile Production in Ukraine May Not Start for Years
By W. Jonathan Rue
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Defense Tech’s Big Test
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China Sends Nuclear Missile Message as Us Looks Elsewhere
Jacob Stokes, senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, said the launch shows China "is looking to consolidate its nuclear triad through more operational tests ...
By Jacob Stokes
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Thanks to Trump, Russia’s Own ‘Pivot to Asia’ Is Bearing Fruit
By Derek Grossman
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Navigating the Currents: Sri Lanka’s National Security Debate in the New Indian Ocean Order
By Keerthi Martyn
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China Sends Nuclear Missile Message as Us Looks Elsewhere
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National Security Human Capital
Hegseth Pushes for Action After Sailors Appear to Flout His Beard PolicyThose EEO reforms are a welcome effort to improve a process that has long been plagued by delays, according to Katherine Kuzminski, a scholar at the Center for a New American ...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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National Security Human Capital
Hegseth Goes Quiet on Iran as Trump Pursues DiplomacyBy Dr. Jason Dempsey
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A Congressional Fight over VA Benefits Is Dividing Veterans GroupsBy Dr. Kyleanne Hunter
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Europe Stepping Up and the United States Stepping Back
This week, the Allies met for the NATO summit in Ankara, Türkiye, in what was billed as a summit of low expectations. President Donald Trump once again created headlines with ...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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NATO Weathers Another Trump Storm but Braces for More After Ankara Summit
By Jim Townsend
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Would the U.S. Protect NATO Allies If They Were Attacked?
By Jim Townsend
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Europe Stepping Up and the United States Stepping Back
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Rethinking Treasury's Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Office
The United States does not need a new department. It needs its existing economic statecraft apparatus to work—better resourced, better organized, and better calibrated to a th...
By Alex Zerden
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Trump Deal Gives Iran 100s of Billions More than Obama’s Nuclear Pact He Slammed, in Return for Far Less
By Daniel Schneiderman
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Daniel Silverberg on Amanpour & Company
By Daniel Silverberg
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Rethinking Treasury's Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Office
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After the Trump-Xi Summit, What’s Next for the U.S. and China?
This article was originally published in Inkstick. The recent Xi-Trump summit helped extend the truce the countries agreed on and created some new institutions to manage the r...
By Rachel Ziemba
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What New Iran Attacks Means for the Future of the Oil Market
By Chris Kennedy
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U.S. Strikes Iranian Bridge as Tensions Escalate
By Rachel Ziemba
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After the Trump-Xi Summit, What’s Next for the U.S. and China?
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Technology & National Security
The Kill Switch and the Long ArmBut much remains undecided: The EU’s rules are still being written, and the biggest investments are still only plans. An assurance offered now can shape those choices but if o...
By Pablo Chavez
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Technology & National Security
Lawmakers Probe Growing Use of Chinese AI Models in U.S. CompaniesBy Daniel Remler
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Technology & National Security
AI, Trust, and the Future of WarfareBy Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan
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How Congress Can Regulate Military Promotions After Trump v. Slaughter
If Congress wishes to preserve merit-based military promotions while respecting presidential command authority, the solution is not to eliminate executive discretion but to ca...
By Mark Nevitt
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Ex-Trump Adviser John Bolton Pleads Guilty to Mishandling Classified Documents
By Carrie Cordero
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Congress Lets Part of Spy Law Lapse. What’s Next for Counterterrorism Efforts?
By Carrie Cordero
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How Congress Can Regulate Military Promotions After Trump v. Slaughter
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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
