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Sanctions by the Numbers: Comparing the Trump and Biden Administrations’ Sanctions and Export Controls on China
Eleanor Hume, Rowan Scarpino | October 23, 2024
Integration for Innovation
Michael Brown, Ellen Lord, Andrew Metrick, Robert O. Work | September 25, 2024
The China-Russia Entente in East Asia
Jacob Stokes, Evan Wright, Nathaniel Schochet | September 26, 2024
Building the Future Capital Campaign
May 22, 2024
Energy, Economics & Security
Sanctions by the Numbers: Comparing the Trump and Biden Administrations’ Sanctions and Export Controls on China
Executive Summary The Biden administration has exceeded the Trump administration in the number of financial sanctions and entity-based export controls placed on Chinese person...
Defense
Integration for Innovation
Executive Summary In August 2023, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks made a clear case that the Department of Defense (DoD) must do better in “creat[ing] and exploit[i...
Indo-Pacific Security
The China-Russia Entente in East Asia
Executive Summary Closer cooperation between China and Russia is a major force driving global geopolitics. But how relations between the two authoritarian powers are shaping s...
Building the Future Capital Campaign
In a world awash with challenges, the demand for the Center’s work has never been greater than today. The new campaign will ensure that CNAS can fulfill its critical mission n...
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.
Indo-Pacific Security
The Axis of Upheaval
The West has been too quick to dismiss the coordination among China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia....
Middle East Security
Virtual Event | Confronting the Axis of Upheaval
Sep 20, 2024
Defense
Swarms over the Strait
The United States is betting that it can out-innovate China and use drones to defeat a People’s Liberation Army (PLA) invasion of Taiwan. Here, the United States should view U...
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US Submarine Earns Highest Military Honor for Spying on America's Enemies
In The News
The USS Washington, a conventionally armed 7,900-ton Virginia-class fast-attack submarine, was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for "outstanding performance in action wh...
By Tom Shugart
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Ukrainian Shooter Downs Russian Drone with WWI-Era Machine Gun
In The News
New footage appears to show Ukrainian troops firing decades-old guns to shoot down an Iranian-built Russian drone. A brief clip shared online appears to show a spurt of gunfir...
By Samuel Bendett
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Pentagon Lacks Counter-Drone Procedure Leading to Incursions Like at Langley, Experts Say
In The News
New reporting about over a dozen unidentified drones that were allowed to fly over Langley Air Force Base has prompted fresh calls for change to a threat that experts say will...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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North Korean Arms More Significant than Troops in Russia’s War Against Ukraine
In The News
Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, got to the point in his presidential address last night: “Another state,” he said, was “joining the war against Ukraine”. He was refe...
By Richard Fontaine
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Scatter and Survive: Inside a U.S. Military Shift to Deny China ‘Big, Juicy’ Targets
In The News
The remote Pacific airfield used to launch the atomic bombings of Japan during World War II is being revived with a different foe in mind: China. Runways emerging from the enc...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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US Submarine Earns Highest Military Honor for Spying on America's Enemies
The USS Washington, a conventionally armed 7,900-ton Virginia-class fast-attack submarine, was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for "outstanding performance in action wh...
By Tom Shugart
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Pentagon Lacks Counter-Drone Procedure Leading to Incursions Like at Langley, Experts Say
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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It’s Time for a True Industrial Strategy for American National Security
By Becca Wasser & Mara Rudman
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US Submarine Earns Highest Military Honor for Spying on America's Enemies
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North Korean Arms More Significant than Troops in Russia’s War Against Ukraine
Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, got to the point in his presidential address last night: “Another state,” he said, was “joining the war against Ukraine”. He was refe...
By Richard Fontaine
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Sharper: Allies and Partners
By Gwendolyn Nowaczyk & Charles Horn
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What Can the US Expect From Sri Lanka’s New President?
By Keerthi Martyn
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North Korean Arms More Significant than Troops in Russia’s War Against Ukraine
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Army Ups Recruiting Goal to 61,000 Soldiers in 2025, an 11% Jump
The Army will shoot to recruit 61,000 new soldiers in fiscal year 2025, Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth announced Monday, an increase of 6,000 recruits after two recen...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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The Army Is Giving All Soldiers a $240 Special Pay While Deployed
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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School of War Ep 150: Katherine Kuzminski on the Draft
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Army Ups Recruiting Goal to 61,000 Soldiers in 2025, an 11% Jump
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North Korean Arms More Significant than Troops in Russia’s War Against Ukraine
Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, got to the point in his presidential address last night: “Another state,” he said, was “joining the war against Ukraine”. He was refe...
By Richard Fontaine
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What Might We Expect in Foreign Policy During a Second Trump Term?
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Kate Johnston
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Brussels Sprouts Live: NATO in the American Heartland
By Mark Newton, Anniken Huitfeldt, Maria Markowska, John Deni & Rebecca Moore
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North Korean Arms More Significant than Troops in Russia’s War Against Ukraine
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What Does Yahya Sinwar’s Death Mean for the War in Gaza?
Jonathan Lord, Senior Fellow and Director of the Middle East Security program, joins RN Drive to discuss the death of Sinwar who has long been viewed as one of the militant gr...
By Jonathan Lord
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Israel Killed Hamas’s Leader. What Happens Next?
By Jonathan Lord
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The New U.S. Strategy on the Lebanon Conflict: Let It Play Out
By Jonathan Lord
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What Does Yahya Sinwar’s Death Mean for the War in Gaza?
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Sanctions by the Numbers: Comparing the Trump and Biden Administrations’ Sanctions and Export Controls on China
Executive Summary The Biden administration has exceeded the Trump administration in the number of financial sanctions and entity-based export controls placed on Chinese person...
By Eleanor Hume & Rowan Scarpino
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A Fight Among China Hawks Could Imperil U.S. AI Dominance
By Daniel Silverberg & Elena McGovern
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U.S. Chip Controls and the Future of AI Compute
By Emily Kilcrease, Geoffrey Gertz & Pablo Chavez
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Sanctions by the Numbers: Comparing the Trump and Biden Administrations’ Sanctions and Export Controls on China
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Ukrainian Shooter Downs Russian Drone with WWI-Era Machine Gun
New footage appears to show Ukrainian troops firing decades-old guns to shoot down an Iranian-built Russian drone. A brief clip shared online appears to show a spurt of gunfir...
By Samuel Bendett
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U.S. Chip Controls and the Future of AI Compute
By Emily Kilcrease, Geoffrey Gertz & Pablo Chavez
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Army Revamps Basic Training to Simulate Battlefield Stalked by Drone Swarms
By Samuel Bendett
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Ukrainian Shooter Downs Russian Drone with WWI-Era Machine Gun
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Countering Election Falsehoods: Lessons from the Hurricanes
Give people the information they need to make an informed decision, and give it to them straight....
By Carrie Cordero
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How to Stop Rogue States Like Russia from Interfering in Our Politics
By Richard Fontaine
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Geopolitical Doomscrolling
By Emily Kilcrease, Geoffrey Gertz & Carrie Cordero
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Countering Election Falsehoods: Lessons from the Hurricanes
