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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

Technology & National Security
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...

Energy, Economics & Security
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...

Energy, Economics & Security
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....

Indo-Pacific Security
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...

CNAS INSIGHTS

CNAS Insights brings timely analysis and expert commentary to the most pressing topics in national security.

Technology & National Security
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, ...

Technology & National Security
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...

Energy, Economics & Security
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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In The News

Technology & National Security
Europe’s Tech ‘Liberation Day’? Computer Says Not Yet
Tony 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
- Reuters
- June 4, 2026
In The News

Defense
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
- Breaking Defense
- June 4, 2026
Noteworthy
Noteworthy | Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security
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
- June 3, 2026
In The News

Defense
U.S. Tells Europe, Canada to Boost NATO Air and Naval Forces as Washington Steps Back
Jim Townsend, a former senior Pentagon ⁠official now at the Center for a New American Security think tank, said the move sent the wrong political signal to U.S. allies and t...

By Jim Townsend
- Reuters
- June 3, 2026
In The News

Technology & National Security
Trump’s AI Security Order Signals Concession of AI Risks
“I think it’s a substantial shift, even if the executive order doesn’t itself mandate or cause anything that significant,” said James Sanders, a research associate with the Ce...

By James Sanders
- MLex
- June 3, 2026

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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
  - In The News
- Defense / Technology & National Security
  AI on the Battlefield: Project Maven and the Future of War with Jack Shanahan
  By Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan
  - Podcast
- Defense
  U.S. Tells Europe, Canada to Boost NATO Air and Naval Forces as Washington Steps Back
  By Jim Townsend
  - In The News
Indo-Pacific Security
- Indo-Pacific Security
  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
  - Commentary
- Indo-Pacific Security
  ‘Xi Has Stuck His Foot in the Door’: Ex-White House Official Liza Tobin’s Warning on Beijing Tactics
  By Liza Tobin
  - In The News
- Indo-Pacific Security
  Thwarting Communications Blackout
  By Jacob Stokes & Ryan Claffey
  - Reports
National Security Human Capital
- National Security Human Capital
  The Kid Rock Flyby Controversy and the Erosion of Military Professionalism
  Adherence to high standards and a willingness to conduct investigations when those standards may have been violated are a feature of the American military and contribute in no...
  
  By Dr. Jason Dempsey
  - Commentary
- National Security Human Capital
  Beyond the Selective Service Myths
  By Katherine L. Kuzminski
  - Podcast
- Defense / National Security Human Capital
  ‘Insatiable’ Demand: Inside the Fight for a Bigger U.S. Special Forces Budget
  By Jim Townsend
  - In The News
Transatlantic Security
- Transatlantic Security
  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
  - Podcast
- Transatlantic Security
  Window of Opportunity? Deterrence and Moscow’s Calculus
  By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend & Jeffrey Edmonds
  - Podcast
- Transatlantic Security
  The Coming Crisis of NATO Deterrence
  By Celeste Wallander
  - Commentary
Middle East Security
- Middle East Security
  Iran War Soured Gulf Arabs on Iraq. Can New Leader in Baghdad Win Them Back?
  “It isn’t clear what policies Zaidi would have because he’s never held public office before nor has he ever run in elections and campaigned on any specific policy,” says Hamze...
  
  By Hamzeh Hadad
  - In The News
- Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
  Trump Requests Edits to Iran Deal
  By Chris Kennedy
  - Video
- Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
  Trump Holding Off on New Iran Strikes After Gulf Appeal
  By Chris Kennedy
  - Video
Energy, Economics & Security
- Energy, Economics & Security
  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
  - Podcast
- Energy, Economics & Security
  U.S. Targets Brazil With New Tariffs Over Trade Practices
  By Rachel Ziemba
  - In The News
- Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
  Trump Requests Edits to Iran Deal
  By Chris Kennedy
  - Video
Technology & National Security
- Technology & National Security
  Europe’s Tech ‘Liberation Day’? Computer Says Not Yet
  Tony 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
  - In The News
- Defense / Technology & National Security
  AI on the Battlefield: Project Maven and the Future of War with Jack Shanahan
  By Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan
  - Podcast
- Technology & National Security
  Trump’s AI Security Order Signals Concession of AI Risks
  By James Sanders
  - In The News
National Security Law
- Technology & National Security / National Security Law
  CNAS Insights | The Case for Long-Term CISA 2015 Reauthorization
  Last fall, one of the United States’ most important cyber defense laws expired. For six weeks, the private sector no longer had legal protections to share critical cyber threa...
  
  By Carrie Cordero & Morgan Peirce
  - Commentary
- National Security Law
  Legal Background: Distinguishing Between Law Enforcement Powers
  By Matthew Kroscher
  - Commentary
- National Security Law
  An Achievable Balance
  By Terrence M. Cunningham & Gene Voegtlin
  - Commentary
Global Swing States
- Global Swing States
  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
  - CNAS Insights
- Transatlantic Security / Global Swing States
  Beyond the Sahel
  By Kate Johnston, Valeria Allende & Isabel Dlabach
  - Reports
- Global Swing States
  CNAS Insights | Why the “Swing States” Approach Is Right for Africa
  By Gibbs McKinley
  - CNAS Insights