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Mike McFaul on Autocrats vs Democrats
Are we in a new Cold War? That is the question Mike McFaul takes on in his new book, Autocrats versus Democrats: Russia, China, America, and the New Global Disorder. McFaul ar...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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Are We Ready? | America’s Next Battlefield, with Thomas Shugart
Thomas Shugart, adjunct senior fellow at CNAS, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how the tools and tactics of warfare have changed in the past decade and whether the ...
By Tom Shugart
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What's an Economic Security Agreement and Why Does the U.S. Need Them? With Peter Harrell
Derisky Business is returning for season 2! After a brief hiatus in which obviously nothing (nothing!) notable happened in the world of trade and economic security, Emily and ...
By Geoffrey Gertz & Emily Kilcrease
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Why Chinese Car Investments Are a National-Security Risk
If the U.S. wants to win the competition for technology and security, it must distinguish between productive investment and Trojan horses....
By David Feith
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How Are China, Ukraine and the U.S. Actually Using Military AI?
Artificial intelligence is being used on the battlefields of Ukraine right now — or is it? That’s one of the questions driving the second part of Breaking Defense's roundtable...
By Josh Wallin
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A New Era of Strongman Rulers Is Upon Us
The consequences of strongman rule also seep into the fabric of economies and everyday life....
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Geoeconomics Summit 2025 - The Changing Dynamics of Statecraft
David Feith, adjunct senior fellow at CNAS, participated in a panel during an Institute of Geoeconomics summit in Tokyo to compare geoeconomic statecraft under the Biden and T...
By David Feith
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Losing the Swing States
The United States has strained its relations with friendly BRICS members....
By Richard Fontaine & Gibbs McKinley
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U.S.-China Trade Talks Return to ‘Fragile Ceasefire’ – Former China Director
The United States and China say they've reached a "framework agreement" to avoid another 100% US tariff on Chinese goods. Officials have even been hinting of a trade breakthro...
By Liza Tobin
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Trump Heads to Asia with High-Stakes Meeting with China’s Xi on the Agenda
President Donald Trump departed Washington Friday night for Asia with trade and U.S. relations with China top of mind. He is set to hold a high-stakes sit-down with Chinese Pr...
By Jacob Stokes
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Did Europe Change Trump's Mind on Ukraine?
The Trump administration made a major move this week in its announcement of sanctions on major Russian oil companies Rosneft and Luke Oil, along with 31 subsidiaries. This fol...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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How to Choke Your Enemy: Why America Turned the World Economy into Its Weapon of Global Domination
Edward Fishman, adjunct senior fellow at CNAS, joined host Andrew Keen to discuss how America has turned the world economy into its weapon of global domination. In his bestsel...
By Edward Fishman
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Is the U.S. Ready for War with China?U.S. military planners are caught in an impossible dilemma....
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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The Pentagon Is Using Artificial Intelligence Right Now. Here’s How.
Artificial intelligence is the future of the military, or so Pentagon leaders keep saying. But is it the future — or is that future already here? That’s the question Breaking ...
By Josh Wallin
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How to Escape China’s Rare-Earth Chokehold
This article was originally published in The Wall Street Journal. Your editorial is right that countering China’s weaponization of rare-earth supply chains requires technologi...
By Liza Tobin
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Tariffs Are a Weaker Weapon than Trump Thinks
This article was originally published in Financial Times. This past summer, Donald Trump’s faith in tariffs appeared vindicated. He sealed lopsided trade deals with the EU, Ja...
By Edward Fishman
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Trump Hits Russian Oil with ‘Tremendous Sanctions’
We are now learning that President Donald Trump’s Treasury Department will sanction Russia’s two largest oil producers, Rosneft and Lukoil. According to Trump, this continues ...
By Edward Fishman
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Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Bloomberg Tech | Day 1 | Opening Night DebateGeoffrey Gertz, senior fellow, joined Bloomberg Tech's opening night debate and attempted to answer the question “Is Europe Too Late to Compete in the Chip War?” The U.S. and ...
By Geoffrey Gertz
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North Korea Hardens Posture as Allies Recalibrate Before APEC
With President Trump set to attend the APEC summit in Gyeongju, questions are resurfacing about a possible return to U.S.–North Korea diplomacy. No working-level talks are und...
By Dr. Go Myong-Hyun
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Technology & National Security
NOTUS Perspectives: AI Requires Massive Allocations of Energy. Will Other Sectors Suffer?On the current trajectory, the government may need to prioritize energy for AI over other uses to ensure the United States remains the global leader in advanced AI....
By Janet Egan