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Munitions Procurement and the Fiscal Year 2027 Defense Budget
Carlton Haelig | October 07, 2026
Behind the Front Line
Josh Wallin, Carlton Haelig | September 30, 2026
The AGI Moment
Paul Scharre | September 21, 2026
Redrawing the Map
Katherine L. Kuzminski | September 15, 2026
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Munitions Procurement and the Fiscal Year 2027 Defense Budget
Executive Summary The war with Iran has taken a tremendous toll on the American military’s munitions stockpile. Over half its inventory of high-end missile interceptors has be...
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Behind the Front Line
This report considers the near-term opportunities that exist for integrating agentic artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities across the Department of War. While integration ...
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The AGI Moment
Introduction The age of AI is upon us. What that means is not yet clear. As general-purpose AI capabilities continue to march toward human-level performance across a range of ...
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Redrawing the Map
Executive Summary The United States is home to 17.3 million veterans in 2026—a population that has declined from 21.0 million in 2015, as older, conscription-era veterans have...
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CNAS Insights | U.S.-China AI Agreements Need Verification, Not Trust
The upcoming Trump-Xi summit is likely to disappoint the leaders of top AI labs that have recently called for urgent, coordinated pacing of frontier AI progress. While agreeme...
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CNAS Insights | Strategic Stability with China Will Come at a Cost
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese General Secretary Xi Jinping will meet this week for the latest high-stakes summit. A core focus will be extending a trade truce set to...
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CNAS Insights | America Must Expand AI Export Controls Amid Talks with China
The path forward is to lengthen the United States’ AI lead by expanding, not weakening, technology protections, starting with closing three priority gaps: remote access, adver...
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Are Yearlong Deployments the Navy’s New Normal?In recent decades, the Navy has generally kept deployments to six or seven months, although that is not a set-in-stone policy, said Katherine Kuzminski, vice president of stud...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Technology & National Security
U.S. Aims Iran ‘Shadow Fleet’ Sanctions at Law Firm, ShippersTargeting a law firm is “rare,” but not unprecedented, according to Alex Zerden, a former US sanctions official and founder of Capital Peak Strategies....
By Alex Zerden
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Flying Drones Are a Risky Way To Rescue Wounded Troops. A Ukrainian Official Says They’re a ‘Lifeline of Last Resort.’A challenge is that big drones are big targets. Samuel Bendett, a drone warfare expert at the Center for Naval Analyses, a U.S. research organization, told Business Insider on...
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Ukrainian Forces Say They Used a Heavy Drone To Evacuate a Wounded Soldier for the First TimeLarge drones can carry heavier payloads, but their size can also be a vulnerability on the battlefield. Samuel Bendett, a drone warfare expert at the Center for Naval Analyses...
By Samuel Bendett
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Trump Offers Putin Economic Relief in Hopes That Russia Will Return the FavorAlex Zerden, the founder of the risk advisory firm Capitol Peak Strategies and a former official in the Treasury Department’s Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, s...
By Alex Zerden
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Charting the New Nuclear Age
Executive Summary With the continued growth of China’s nuclear arsenal, the United States will likely face two nuclear peer threats in the coming years. The United States cann...
By Stacie Pettyjohn, Carlton Haelig & Natasha Lander Finch
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BBC World News | Saudi Arabia: Cruise Missiles and Drones Intercepted
By Becca Wasser
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Iran’s Drones Reveal U.S. Military Weakness
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Charting the New Nuclear Age
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Tariffs Pose a Risk to U.S.-India Relationship
“Both the United States and India should not buy Russian oil and gas, but I don’t think simply imposing big tariffs on India is the way to get them to” reduce their purchases,...
By Richard Fontaine
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The Axis of Upheaval Goes to WarBy Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Richard Fontaine
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Trump, Xi, and the Race for Superintelligence
By Jordan Schneider
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Tariffs Pose a Risk to U.S.-India Relationship
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National Security Human Capital
Are Yearlong Deployments the Navy’s New Normal?In recent decades, the Navy has generally kept deployments to six or seven months, although that is not a set-in-stone policy, said Katherine Kuzminski, vice president of stud...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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National Security Human Capital
Myths of Battlefield Triumph Are Destroying the U.S. MilitaryBy Dr. Jason Dempsey
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National Security Human Capital
Hegseth Military Base Competition: Map Shows 6 States Most Likely to HostBy Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Midterm Push or Meaningful Shift? Trump’s Approach to Russia
On October 9, U.S. President Donald Trump announced he had reached a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin to produce to purchase Russian diesel ahead of next month’s mid...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Thanks to Trump and Putin the Risk Russia Poses Is Only Likely to Grow
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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The Axis of Upheaval Goes to WarBy Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Richard Fontaine
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Midterm Push or Meaningful Shift? Trump’s Approach to Russia
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The Axis of Upheaval Goes to WarThey are fine-tuning their cooperation to make their partners more resilient—and more dangerous to the United States—while limiting costs and risks....
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Richard Fontaine
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As the U.S. Pulls Its Forces Out of Iraq, What Happens to Iran-Backed Armed Groups?
By Hamzeh Hadad
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Iraq Begins High-Stakes Security Balancing Act as U.S. Troops Withdraw
By Hamzeh Hadad
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Is This How a Europe-China Trade War Starts? With Tobias Gehrke
Tobias Gehrke joins Emily and Geoff to debrief on the latest news on EU-China trade tensions. They discuss the EU-China deal on hybrid vehicles, the potential for further esca...
By Emily Kilcrease & Geoffrey Gertz
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Political Fallout From Trump’s Russian Diesel Deal Overshadows Price Impact
By Chris Kennedy
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Ziemba: No Immediate U.S. Role in Saudi-Houthi Fighting
By Rachel Ziemba
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Is This How a Europe-China Trade War Starts? With Tobias Gehrke
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Technology & National Security
Flying Drones Are a Risky Way To Rescue Wounded Troops. A Ukrainian Official Says They’re a ‘Lifeline of Last Resort.’A challenge is that big drones are big targets. Samuel Bendett, a drone warfare expert at the Center for Naval Analyses, a U.S. research organization, told Business Insider on...
By Samuel Bendett
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Technology & National Security
U.S. Aims Iran ‘Shadow Fleet’ Sanctions at Law Firm, ShippersBy Alex Zerden
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Technology & National Security
Ukrainian Forces Say They Used a Heavy Drone To Evacuate a Wounded Soldier for the First TimeBy Samuel Bendett
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U.S. Strikes Iranian Oil Tankers in Response to Tehran’s Attacks on Navy Ships
While civilian ships aren’t typically lawful targets, they lose their protected status if they contribute to an adversary’s military action and if destroying them offers a def...
By Mark Nevitt
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Shutdown Reform’s Constitutional Blind Spot: The Two-Year Clause
By Mark Nevitt
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Women’s Share of Top Military Promotions Falls as Hegseth Blocks Nominees
By Mark Nevitt
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U.S. Strikes Iranian Oil Tankers in Response to Tehran’s Attacks on Navy Ships
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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 Sheehan
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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 Sheehan
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CNAS Insights | New Rules for U.S. Foreign Aid
