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Technology & National Security
Silicon Valley Goes to WarAs reports emerge of AI-powered weapons systems deployed in strikes on Iran, Dr. Sarah Shoker, Senior Research Scholar at UC Berkeley, and Paul Scharre, Executive Vice Preside...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Anthropic-Pentagon Clash Spotlights the Role of AI in WarAnthropic sued the U.S. Department of Defense on Monday over its decision to designate the San Francisco AI company a “supply-chain risk to America’s national security.” That’...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Jack Shanahan: An Inside Look at Track 2 AI Meetings Between the U.S. and ChinaJack Shanahan has become synonymous with the adoption of artificial intelligence in the U.S. Department of Defense. As the founding director of the Joint AI Center, which was ...
By Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan
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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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Technology & National Security
CNAS Insights | Setting the Rules for AI WarfareThe escalating feud between the Pentagon and Anthropic, one of world’s leading artificial intelligence (AI) companies, highlights a crucial question that will shape security i...
By Paul Scharre
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Middle East Security / Technology & National Security
AI and the Future of WarfareRapid developments in artificial intelligence are changing modern warfare and raising a new batch of ethical questions. The U.S. military reportedly used Anthropic’s AI model ...
By Paul Scharre
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Middle East Security / Technology & National Security
AI Goes to WarPaul Scharre, executive vice president at the Center for a New American Security, spoke with Today, Explained co-host Sean Rameswaram about how AI and the military are becomin...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
The Pentagon and Anthropic - NBC’s Meet the Press NowPresident Trump is in Texas speaking about the economy ahead of the state’s high-stakes primary. Retired Lt. Gen. John “Jack” Shanahan, CNAS adjunct senior fellow and former d...
By Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan
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Technology & National Security
Fighting AI Cyberattacks Starts with Knowing They’re HappeningThis article was originally published in Lawfare. Anthropic reported in November 2025 that Chinese threat actors used its Claude model to launch widespread cyberattacks on com...
By Janet Egan & Michelle Nie
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Technology & National Security
The Sovereignty Gap in U.S. AI StatecraftThis article was originally published in Lawfare. As the India AI Impact Summit kicks off this week, the Trump administration has embraced the language of “sovereign AI.” Thro...
By Pablo Chavez
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Technology & National Security
America’s Key to Biotechnology Leadership? AI-Ready Biodata.This article was originally published in Just Security. From strengthening armor for U.S. warfighters to patching supply chain vulnerabilities, the convergence of AI and biote...
By Sam Howell & Michelle Holko
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Technology & National Security
The Rise of the Answer MachinesThis article was originally published in Financial Times. Every spring, I take red-eyes from Austin, Texas, to Oxford, England, to teach a graduate seminar on AI and philosoph...
By Brendan McCord
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Technology & National Security
Selling H200s to China Erodes Main U.S. AdvantageA new report says China could buy twice as much AI computing power as it can produce domestically if Nvidia H200 chips are allowed there. Janet Egan from the Center for a New ...
By Janet Egan
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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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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
AI and Policy, Both Foreign and DomesticIn an episode recorded just before Christmas, Darren interviews Janet Egan, Senior Fellow and Deputy Director of the Technology and National Security Program at CNAS, about AI...
By Janet Egan
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Technology & National Security
Unlike Giant Companies, Many Small Businesses Can’t Afford AI Infrastructure. This Bill Would HelpThis article was originally published in on NOTUS. Massive private investment has propelled America’s AI leadership, but it also raises thorny questions about the technology’s...
By Vivek Chilukuri
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Technology & National Security
Quantum Computing’s Industrial ChallengeThis article was originally published in Just Security. The United States, China, and Europe are preparing to refresh their national quantum programs in 2026, making this a pi...
By Constanza M. Vidal Bustamante
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
America’s Cyber Retreat Is Undermining Indo-Pacific SecurityThis article was originally published in Just Security. On Dec. 3, the White House backed away from sanctioning China’s spy agency, the Ministry of State Security (MSS), that ...
By Morgan Peirce
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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