Featured Reports
Stuck in the Cul-de-Sac
Carlton Haelig, Philip Sheers | October 21, 2025
Countering the Digital Silk Road
Vivek Chilukuri, Ruby Scanlon | October 15, 2025
Tipping the Scales
Caleb Withers | September 23, 2025
Countering the Swarm
Stacie Pettyjohn, Molly Campbell | September 10, 2025
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Stuck in the Cul-de-Sac
For more than a decade, the United States has sought to modernize its military to deter China, but it has become stuck in a developmental cul-de-sac that has allowed China to ...
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Countering the Digital Silk Road
The year 2025 marks the 10th anniversary of the Digital Silk Road (DSR), China’s effort to strengthen its global ties and influence through technology. In the decade since the...
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Tipping the Scales
This report examines how emerging AI capabilities could disrupt the cyber offense-defense balance....
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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 ...
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.
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CNAS 2025 National Security Conference | America's Edge: Forging the Future
Jun 3, 2025
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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...
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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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Why Trump Is Gunning for America’s Defence Giants
In The News
If you want to understand why Donald Trump is gunning for America’s defence companies, a big part of the answer lies in a single, startling estimate....
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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In The News
National Security Human Capital Program
The Military Is Running Out of Teenagers to Recruit — And Old-School Methods to Reach Them Are FailingMilitary recruiting is on the upswing, but many recruiters say it's never been harder to get young people interested in service....
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Trump Promises Oil Executives ‘Total Safety’ If They Invest in Venezuela
In The News
United States President Donald Trump has called on oil executives to rush back into Venezuela as the White House looks to quickly secure $100bn in investments to revive the co...
By Rachel Ziemba
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U.S. Force’s Presence in Caribbean Has Limits, Despite Trump Vow
In The News
President Donald Trump vowed to keep US forces in the Caribbean for the foreseeable future. Yet given the sheer size of the military buildup in Latin America, he can’t maintai...
By Becca Wasser
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Trump’s Military Flex Gives Russia and China Black Eyes
In The News
The seizure of two tankers, including a Russia-flagged vessel, suspected of evading U.S. sanctions marks yet another dramatic escalation of President Donald Trump's enforcemen...
By Rachel Ziemba
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U.S. Force’s Presence in Caribbean Has Limits, Despite Trump Vow
President Donald Trump vowed to keep US forces in the Caribbean for the foreseeable future. Yet given the sheer size of the military buildup in Latin America, he can’t maintai...
By Becca Wasser
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Why Trump Is Gunning for America’s Defence Giants
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How Europe Is Trying to Rebuild Its Armed Forces for a Long WarBy Franz-Stefan Gady
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U.S. Force’s Presence in Caribbean Has Limits, Despite Trump Vow
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Trump Renews Push to Annex Greenland, Tensions Rise
European allies issued statements supporting Denmark and Greenland's sovereignty, warning forcible takeover could endanger NATO. Danish PM Mette Frederiksen reiterated Greenla...
By Lisa Curtis
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China Slaps Export Controls on Japan Military for Taiwan RemarksBy Becca Wasser
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North Korea Launches Hypersonic Missiles in Show of Force as President Lee Visits China
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Trump Renews Push to Annex Greenland, Tensions Rise
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National Security Human Capital Program
The Military Is Running Out of Teenagers to Recruit — And Old-School Methods to Reach Them Are FailingMilitary recruiting is on the upswing, but many recruiters say it's never been harder to get young people interested in service....
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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National Security Human Capital Program
Key Elements of the 2026 National Defense Authorization ActBy Katherine L. Kuzminski
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National Security Human Capital Program
What Is Nifty Nugget? NDAA Revives 47-Year-Old Military ExerciseBy Katherine L. Kuzminski
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The Donroe Doctrine? Venezuela, Greenland, and America's New Agenda
On January 3, the United States apprehended the sitting president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, and brought him to the United States to face trial for drug trafficking. In the...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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Defense / Transatlantic Security
How Europe Is Trying to Rebuild Its Armed Forces for a Long WarBy Franz-Stefan Gady
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Trump Administration Renews Push for Greenland Emboldened by Maduro Capture
By Richard Fontaine
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The Donroe Doctrine? Venezuela, Greenland, and America's New Agenda
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Trump Promises Oil Executives ‘Total Safety’ If They Invest in Venezuela
United States President Donald Trump has called on oil executives to rush back into Venezuela as the White House looks to quickly secure $100bn in investments to revive the co...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Lebanon Is Disarming Hezbollah. The U.S. and Israel Can Do More to Help.
By Elisa Catalano Ewers
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U.S. Refining Shift to Venezuelan Oil Won’t Happen Overnight
By Rachel Ziemba
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Trump Promises Oil Executives ‘Total Safety’ If They Invest in Venezuela
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Moving On From Free Trade with Mark DiPlacido
Geoff sits down with Mark DiPlacido of American Compass to discuss his recent series of essays, On Balance, that advocates U.S. trade policy should move away from the previous...
By Geoffrey Gertz
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TikTok Still a U.S. Security Risk, Defamation Suits & Free Speech and Other Commentary
By Liza Tobin
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Trumponomics: What Trump's Venezuela Attack Means for the Global Economic Order
By Chris Kennedy
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Moving On From Free Trade with Mark DiPlacido
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Technology & National Security
‘Overwatch’ from Space, Cyber Ops Foundational to Maduro MissionJust as it is for all Joint Force missions, space support was essential to the success of the US military’s capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, according to US Spa...
By Anthony Vinci
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Technology & National Security
For Defense AI, Bubble, Bubble, Toil and … Bargains?: 2026 PreviewBy Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
America’s Cyber Retreat Is Undermining Indo-Pacific SecurityBy Morgan Peirce
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Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Legal Questions Remain After U.S. Capture of MaduroCNAS senior fellow and general counsel Carrie Cordero joined CNN to discuss the arrest and capture of Venezuelan leader Maduro, legal issues surrounding the military campaign ...
By Carrie Cordero
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Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Nicolás Maduro Indictment ImplicationsBy Carrie Cordero
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Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
U.S. Intervention in VenezuelaBy Carrie Cordero
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How the U.S. and South Africa Could Use the G20 to Plot a Path Forward
In the contest for the future of global order, South Africa’s choices will have a disproportionate impact on the outcome....
By Richard Fontaine & Gibbs McKinley
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Losing the Swing States
By Richard Fontaine & Gibbs McKinley
- New CNAS Report Argues Six “Global Swing States” Will Shape the New Great Power Competition
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How the U.S. and South Africa Could Use the G20 to Plot a Path Forward
