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Navigating the Currents: Sri Lanka’s National Security Debate in the New Indian Ocean Order
Commentary
Sri Lanka’s national security debate in 2026 is ultimately between whether the country can break from the institutional pressures that have constrained previous reform attempt...
By Keerthi Martyn
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Commentary
Technology & National Security
Closing the Remote Access LoopThis article was originally published in Issues in Science and Technology. As Asad Ramzanali argues in “Why the Cloud Needs Competition” (Issues, Winter 2026), cloud computing...
By Michelle Nie
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Beyond Reshoring
Commentary
Introduction Over the past several years, Congress and the Trump and Biden administrations have made significant efforts to reverse America’s atrophying manufacturing capabili...
By Diem Salmon
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Trump’s Replacement Tariffs Will Have Unintended Consequences for USMCA
Commentary
Ultimately, this is a choice between two models of economic leadership. One relies on rules, predictability, and partnership. The other leans on discretion, leverage, and shor...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Commentary
Technology & National Security
Britain Should Be Europe’s Silicon Valley. One Thing Is Stopping It.At the heart of the country’s economic struggles is a central weakness that must be fixed: risk aversion. This is not a cultural problem, as is often implied, but institutiona...
By Keegan McBride
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Can the Secretary of Defense Remove Admirals from a Promotion List?
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At stake is whether Congress’s carefully constructed promotion system can continue to serve its core purpose: ensuring that advancement to the military’s highest ranks is base...
By Mark Nevitt
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Around the Table with Ryan Claffey
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Around the Table is a three-question interview series from the Make Room email newsletter as a part of the CNAS Make Room initiative. Each edition features a conversation with...
By Ryan Claffey
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Does the Quad Still Matter?
Commentary
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
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The Invisible Industrial Base
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Introduction When you think about the defense industrial base (DIB), the companies that come to mind are likely ones such as Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Huntington Inga...
By W. Jonathan Rue
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The Coming Crisis of NATO Deterrence
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If Washington signals an unwillingness to engage in conventional military action to defend Europe, Putin will conclude that Russia has escalation dominance on the continent an...
By Celeste Wallander
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Japan’s Point of No Return
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But if Washington treats a stronger Japan as a true partner and keeps it firmly within its alliance system, American influence in Asia will be greater than ever....
By Daisuke Kawai
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A Confirmation of Beijing’s Belief in Its Own Strength.
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https://www.notus.org/perspectives/what-will-be-the-main-long-term-impact-of-the-trump-xi-summit-predictions-from-11-foreign-policy-experts...
By Jacob Stokes
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National Security Human Capital
The Kid Rock Flyby Controversy and the Erosion of Military ProfessionalismAdherence 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
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Commentary
Technology & National Security / National Security Law
CNAS Insights | The Case for Long-Term CISA 2015 ReauthorizationLast 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
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I Was the Russian Commander in a War Game. This Is How I Defeated NATO.
Commentary
Deterrence depends not only on military capabilities—which are lacking—but also on what the enemy believes about your resolve....
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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Commentary
Technology & National Security
Taiwan Is the Key to AI DominanceA country determined to win the defining technological race of the century can’t allow its chief rival to control the industrial base on which that race depends....
By David Feith
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Does OPEC Still Matter?
Commentary
On April 28, the United Arab Emirates announced that it would leave OPEC, effective May 1 — ending nearly six decades as an OPEC member. In terms of oil production, it is the ...
By Rachel Ziemba
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From Innovation Ecosystem to Industrial Base
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Introduction America’s defense technology boom is real. Venture-backed firms building in artificial intelligence (AI), autonomy, space, and advanced manufacturing are winning ...
By Brian Katz
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The U.S. Is Losing Ground to China in Southeast Asia
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Without routine engagement, Southeast Asian countries become uneasy about U.S. commitments and tend to look elsewhere—such as to China—to fulfill their needs....
By Derek Grossman
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China’s Pharmaceutical Weapon
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Until SAPIR is extended to biologically derived drugs, until the FDA clears the bovine pathway, and until at least one American-owned heparin manufacturer operates on US soil,...
By Jennifer Hendrixson White
