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CNAS Insights | Trump's Plan B for Tariffs
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The administration is already pivoting to a new tariff architecture that will mostly, though not entirely, recreate his previous tariffs....
By Geoffrey Gertz
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CNAS Insights | America Isn’t Ready for a Drone War
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This week, U.S. personnel near El Paso, Texas, tested a high-energy laser as part of their mission to shoot down cartel drones along the southern border. The resulting confusi...
By Stacie Pettyjohn & Molly Campbell
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CNAS Insights | Why the United States Needs Economic Coercion Doctrine
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Economic tools now sit at the center of U.S. global competition. Sanctions, export controls, investment restrictions, and financial measures are employed with a frequency and ...
By LtCol Mary Hossier
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Technology & National Security
CNAS Insights | Unpacking the H200 Export PolicyAI Chips for China With two new policies, President Donald Trump has implemented his pledge to allow sales of NVIDIA’s H200 AI chips to China in exchange for a quarter of the ...
By Janet Egan & James Sanders
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CNAS Insights | Eight Things to Watch for in 2026
CNAS Insights
Buckle up for a pivotal geopolitical year. In 2026, the world will struggle to make sense of U.S. actions and intentions, and Washington will remain uncertain about its own pl...
By Richard Fontaine
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Technology & National Security
CNAS Insights | The Export Control Loophole Fueling China's Chip ProductionThis week, Reuters reported that China has apparently built a prototype of an extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUV) system, a highly intricate machine used to produce cutting-...
By Michelle Nie, Autumn Dorsey & Janet Egan
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CNAS Insights | Russia Is Winning the Battle for Influence in Nigeria
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Across Africa, Russia and its proxies are well known for providing security and extracting wealth. In the Sahel the Wagner Group, and subsequently the Russian Defense Ministry...
By Kate Johnston
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CNAS Insights | The 2025 National Security Strategy
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By Richard Fontaine, Paul Scharre, Katherine L. Kuzminski, Emily Kilcrease, Lisa Curtis, Carrie Cordero, Vivek Chilukuri, Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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CNAS Insights | Ten Days That Shook the War
CNAS Insights
A bad peace is worse than no peace. ...
By Richard Fontaine
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CNAS Insights | Budgetary Own Goals Undermine “Speed and Volume”
CNAS Insights
On November 7, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth laid out a plan to overhaul the Department of Defense’s (DOD’s) acquisition system. Placing an emphasis on delivering new capa...
By Philip Sheers, Carlton Haelig & Stacie Pettyjohn
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
CNAS Insights | The Cost of Silence on China’s Cyber AggressionJust weeks before the much anticipated meeting between President Donald Trump and General Secretary Xi Jinping, the United States discovered yet another major China-backed cyb...
By Morgan Peirce
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CNAS Insights | Mr. President, You Are Losing India
CNAS Insights
Last month, after Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin, and Narendra Modi clasped hands in Tianjin, China, President Donald Trump concluded that the United States had “lost India and Ru...
By Lisa Curtis & Richard Fontaine
