Featured Reports
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
Defense
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 ...
Energy, Economics & Security
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....
Transatlantic Security
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...
Technology & National Security
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
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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U.S., India Maintain Military Ties Even as Trade Frictions Mount
In The News
Military cooperation between the US and India remains steady, with an annual exercise concluding this weekend underscoring strong bilateral defense ties despite growing politi...
By Lisa Curtis
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Press Release
Technology & National Security
How the U.S. Can Counter China's Digital Silk Road in Saudi ArabiaWashington, September 16, 2025 – Today, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a new report, Countering the Digital Silk Road: Saudi Arabia by Vivek Chilukuri ...
By Vivek Chilukuri & Ruby Scanlon
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CNAS Welcomes Dr. David Capaldi to Board of Advisors
Washington, September 16, 2025–The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to welcome Dr. David F. Capaldi to its board of advisors. David F. Capaldi, MD, MBA, i...
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U.S. Wins Release of Wells Fargo Banker Placed Under Exit Ban in China
In The News
A Wells Fargo banker who had been barred from leaving China for several months has been allowed to return to the United States following negotiations between U.S. and Chinese ...
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China Lifts Wells Fargo Banker’s Exit Ban in U.S. Trade Talks
In The News
China has released a Wells Fargo & Co. banker it earlier blocked from leaving the country, according to a person familiar with the matter, ahead of a potential in-person m...
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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 ...
By Stacie Pettyjohn & Molly Campbell
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Report: U.S. Counter-Drone Defenses ‘Insufficient’ as China Scales Up Unmanned Capabilities
By Stacie Pettyjohn & Molly Campbell
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Defense / Transatlantic Security
Europe’s Delusions Over What It Means to Deter RussiaBy Franz-Stefan Gady
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Countering the Swarm
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U.S., India Maintain Military Ties Even as Trade Frictions Mount
Military cooperation between the US and India remains steady, with an annual exercise concluding this weekend underscoring strong bilateral defense ties despite growing politi...
By Lisa Curtis
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- U.S. Wins Release of Wells Fargo Banker Placed Under Exit Ban in China
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U.S., India Maintain Military Ties Even as Trade Frictions Mount
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National Security Human Capital Program
National Guard Documents Reveal Candor, ‘Shame’ over D.C. DeploymentThe National Guard, in measuring public sentiment about President Donald Trump’s federal takeover of Washington, D.C., has assessed that its mission is perceived as “leveragin...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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National Security Human Capital Program / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
‘Not Like Calling 911’—How A National Guard Call-Up Actually WorksBy Katherine L. Kuzminski
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National Security Human Capital Program
Donald Trump to Order Defense Department's RenamingBy Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Brussels Sprouts LIVE: Europe with Less U.S.: Preventing Russia Opportunistic Aggression in Europe
Despite the degradation of Moscow’s military in Ukraine, senior western officials estimate that it could reconstitute its forces within two to five years. A new CNAS report co...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
The Ukraine War Accelerates the International Drone Arms RaceBy Samuel Bendett
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Drones over Poland with Doug Lute and Kurt Volker
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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Brussels Sprouts LIVE: Europe with Less U.S.: Preventing Russia Opportunistic Aggression in Europe
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Israel’s Strike in Qatar: A “Big Red Line Has Been Crossed”
Donald Trump says he's "not thrilled" by Israel's unprecedented strike against Hamas in the Gulf state of Qatar – a key American ally. He adds it was the lone decision of Isra...
By Adham Sahloul
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Indo-Pacific Security / Middle East Security / Technology & National Security
United Arab Emirates Joins U.S. and China in Giving Away A.I. TechnologyBy Pablo Chavez
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The Main Points in the Leaked Plan for Gaza
By Adham Sahloul
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Israel’s Strike in Qatar: A “Big Red Line Has Been Crossed”
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TSMC Navigates Choppy Waters in Global Expansion Push
In late August, naysayers of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s (TSMC) international expansion had a brief “I told you so” moment amid speculation that the U.S. governme...
By J Travis Mosier
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
U.S.-India Relations Strained by Shifting Alliances and Economic PressuresBy Lisa Curtis
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The Fight to Preserve North American Trade
By Emily Kilcrease
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TSMC Navigates Choppy Waters in Global Expansion Push
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Technology & National Security
How the U.S. Can Counter China's Digital Silk Road in Saudi ArabiaWashington, September 16, 2025 – Today, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a new report, Countering the Digital Silk Road: Saudi Arabia by Vivek Chilukuri ...
By Vivek Chilukuri & Ruby Scanlon
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Technology & National Security
Countering the Digital Silk Road: Saudi ArabiaBy Vivek Chilukuri & Ruby Scanlon
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Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
The Ukraine War Accelerates the International Drone Arms RaceBy Samuel Bendett
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National Security Human Capital Program / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
‘Not Like Calling 911’—How A National Guard Call-Up Actually WorksThe War Horse spoke with Katherine Kuzminski, director of studies at the Center for a New American Security and a widely regarded expert in military personnel policy, to learn...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Trump Pushes Bounds of Military, Police Immigration ActionsBy Carrie Cordero
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Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Here Are Legal Issues Raised by Trump’s Order for National ‘Quick Reaction Force’By Carrie Cordero
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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...
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Global Swing States and the New Great Power Competition
By Richard Fontaine & Gibbs McKinley
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Technology & National Security
Countering the Digital Silk Road: BrazilBy Ruby Scanlon & Bill Drexel
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New CNAS Report Argues Six “Global Swing States” Will Shape the New Great Power Competition
