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Defense / Middle East Security
Trump Mulls Using Special Forces to Seize Iran's UraniumU.S. President Donald Trump is weighing the option of deploying special forces on the ground in Iran to seize the Islamic Republic's near-bomb-grade uranium, according to thre...
By Becca Wasser
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Jack Shanahan: An Inside Look at Track 2 AI Meetings Between the US and ChinaJack Shanahan, adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, joined CTRL + ALT + DEFENSE to explore how AI adoption has evolved since his time leading the J...
By Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan
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CNAS Insights | Can the United States Sustain Its War Against Iran?
Last week, the Trump administration hosted U.S. defense companies at the White House for a discussion on defense production. At the center of ongoing operations are questions ...
By Stacie Pettyjohn & Philip Sheers
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Defense / Middle East Security
U.S. Officials Confirm Russia-Iran Intelligence SharingU.S. officials confirmed intelligence sharing between Russia and Iran. Bloomberg Economics Defense Lead and CNAS adjunct senior fellow Becca Wasser discusses with David Gura a...
By Becca Wasser
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Defense / Middle East Security
Calculating Iran’s Missile Math After First Week of WarA crucial question for how the war will play out is understanding Iran’s missile depth — its ability to strike US military bases in the Middle East, Israel, and America’s part...
By Becca Wasser
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Deterrence at Scale
Introduction From the Punic Wars to Franco-Spanish competition during the Renaissance to World War II, history is replete with examples of when industrial capacity—not simply ...
By Jennifer McArdle
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Defense / Middle East Security
Iran, Israel, and the U.S. Are Racing the ClockThis article was originally published in Foreign Policy. At first glance, the Israeli-U.S. attack on Iran is an uneven fight. The United States and Israel have overwhelming ai...
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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Defense / Middle East Security
Key Questions, and an Expert Take, After U.S. Strikes IranWhat is the US trying to accomplish with continued, massive military strikes in Iran? The Center for a New American Security’s Stacie Pettyjohn joins host Aaron Mehta to dive ...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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How Congress Is Reacting to the Iran Conflict
The US and Israel attacked Iran over the weekend, and Congress is scrambling to catch up. In this episode, Breaking Defense’s Aaron Mehta is joined by Stacie Pettyjohn of the ...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Defense / Middle East Security
Iran Retaliates Following U.S.-Israel StrikesBloomberg Economics Defense Lead and CNAS adjunct senior fellow Becca Wasser discusses Iran's retaliation to US-Israeli strikes over the weekend, and what potential moves lie ...
By Becca Wasser
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How to Adapt in an Era of Algorithm Warfare
This article was originally published in Foreign Policy. In the past, only major powers with billion-dollar budgets could strike a target with precision from a distance. Today...
By Anne Neuberger
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Our Defense Industrial Base—We Get What We Pay For
Introduction Over the last few years, there have been several attempts to address perceived shortcomings in the industrial base that supports the Department of Defense (DoD). ...
By Frank Kendall
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Trump’s Caribbean Surge Nears $3 Billion Price Tag So Far
This article was originally published in Bloomberg. When US forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, early in the new year, the Trump a...
By Becca Wasser
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CNAS Insights | America Isn’t Ready for a Drone War
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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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Trump’s NATO DilemmaThis article was originally published in Foreign Affairs. Last November, Matthew Whitaker, the U.S. ambassador to NATO, startled a gathering of European officials at the Berl...
By Sara Moller
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What to Expect From U.S., Iran Talks Friday in Oman?
Bloomberg's Becca Wasser & Wayne Sanders state they are not optimistic when discussing what they expect from the US and Iran when both countries speak Friday in Oman. They sug...
By Becca Wasser
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Opposites Attract (and Execute)
Introduction The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) in recent months has signaled interest in bringing new entrants into the defense industrial base (DIB), including venture-bac...
By Veronica Daigle & Grace Newsom
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Samuel Bendett on Drones and the Future of War
CNAS senior adjunct fellow Samuel Bendett joined the Revolution in Military Affairs podcast to discuss how drones impact warfare and the future of war. Listen to the full inte...
By Samuel Bendett
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The Ever-Changing, Unchanged Defense Acquisition System
Introduction The defense acquisition system has been and continues to be in a period of great change, both in terms of the laws and processes that govern it and the private se...
By Susanna V. Blume
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Are Defense Firms Showering Their Shareholders with Too Much Money?
In early January, President Donald Trump signed an executive order threatening bans on defense contractors paying dividends or buying their stock back. CNAS program director S...
By Stacie Pettyjohn