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Defense / Middle East Security
What It Would Take to Reopen the Strait of HormuzThe strait is about 140 miles (225 kilometers) long and only 25 miles wide at its narrowest point, meaning ships have little room to maneuver and are easy targets for attacks ...
By Becca Wasser
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The U.S. Wants War Without Entanglement. It May Not Exist.
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This approach to warfare appears to rest on three pillars: speed, unilateral action and limited violence imposed from a distance....
By Becca Wasser
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The Ties That Bind
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Introduction U.S. policymakers have made the revitalization of the U.S. defense industrial base (DIB) a top national security priority and are directing considerable resources...
By Cara Abercrombie
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Technology & National Security
Two Illegal Biolabs Reveal Gaps in U.S. BiosecurityThis article was originally published in Lawfare.Last month, law enforcement officials launched an investigation into a suspected biolab in the Las Vegas home of Chinese natio...
By Sam Howell
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Legal and Operational Issues in the Strait of Hormuz: Transit Passage Under Fire
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The Strait of Hormuz has long been recognized as one of the world’s most strategically vital and legally complex maritime passages....
By Mark Nevitt
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How the Pentagon Is Fumbling the Nuclear Energy Renaissance
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This article was originally published in The National Interest. In June 2024, the Department of Defense (DOD) announced it was stepping back into the nuclear reactor business ...
By Will Rogers
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The Curse of Middle-Sized Wars
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This article was originally published in Foreign Affairs. In 1988, the military historian James Stokesbury observed that democracies are best at fighting either little wars, w...
By Robert D. Kaplan
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How the War on Iran Threatens the Global Economy
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This article was originally published in TIME. Around two weeks into the American and Israeli war with Iran, the economic, political, and military costs of the conflict for th...
By Becca Wasser
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Commentary
Defense / Middle East Security
Iran’s Cheap, Plentiful Weaponry Puts U.S. Military Under Unprecedented StrainThis article was originally published in Bloomberg. When the first cruise missiles began detonating inside Iran, the strikes had all the hallmarks of previous successful U.S. ...
By Becca Wasser
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Commentary
Technology & National Security
Recommendations for Securing and Promoting AI AgentsThe Center for a New American Security (CNAS) welcomes the opportunity to provide a response to the U.S. Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) Request For Information...
By Ben Hayum, Janet Egan & Caleb Withers
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Technology & National Security
AI-Ready Biodata Is America’s Next Strategic InfrastructureThis article was originally published in War on the Rocks. There is little doubt in Washington that AI is a powerful technology that will help determine which country rules th...
By Michelle Holko & Sam Howell
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Around the Table with Preston Marquis
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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...
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Deterrence at Scale
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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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Commentary
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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In Brief: Increasing Tensions Between China and Japan Create Risks for the Region
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This article was originally published in War on the Rocks. China’s latest pressure campaign targeting Japan serves multiple purposes for Beijing. One is to redirect domestic p...
By Jacob Stokes
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Trump’s Way of War
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This article was originally published in Foreign Affairs. When bombs began falling on Iran this weekend, most Americans were as surprised as the rest of the world. The U.S. fo...
By Richard Fontaine
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Boosting Economic Security Collaboration Among G7 Economies and like-Minded Allies
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Emily Kilcrease, senior fellow and director of the CNAS energy, economics, and security program, and Geoff Gertz, senior fellow, participated in the T7, the official engagemen...
By Emily Kilcrease & Geoffrey Gertz
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How to Adapt in an Era of Algorithm Warfare
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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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Technology & National Security
Fighting AI Cyberattacks Starts with Knowing They’re HappeningThe U.S. government currently has no systematic way to identify whether a cyberattack resulted from novel AI capabilities or more conventional methods....
By Janet Egan & Michelle Nie
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Ducking Climate Science Is a Danger to the U.S. Military. Congress Must Help.
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This article was originally published in Breaking Defense. The Trump Administration’s recent decision to revoke the EPA “endangerment finding” is emblematic of a trend in Amer...
By Will Rogers
