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Europe Stepping Up and the United States Stepping Back
This week, the Allies met for the NATO summit in Ankara, Türkiye, in what was billed as a summit of low expectations. President Donald Trump once again created headlines with ...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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Defense Tech’s Big Test
Introduction The U.S. defense sector is at the front end of the largest private capital cycle it has ever seen, with venture capital investment assuming an inceasingly powerfu...
By Mela Louise Norman
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After the Trump-Xi Summit, What’s Next for the U.S. and China?
This article was originally published in Inkstick. The recent Xi-Trump summit helped extend the truce the countries agreed on and created some new institutions to manage the r...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Would the U.S. Protect NATO Allies If They Were Attacked?
Former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence for NATO and adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security Jim Townsend says he is unsure whether the US woul...
By Jim Townsend
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Technology & National Security
The Kill Switch and the Long ArmBut much remains undecided: The EU’s rules are still being written, and the biggest investments are still only plans. An assurance offered now can shape those choices but if o...
By Pablo Chavez
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Trump Uses Air Force One to Depart Turkey
Becca Wasser, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, joins CNN This Morning to discuss why President Trump flew home from Turkey on the old the Ai...
By Becca Wasser
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U.S. Missile Stockpiles Under Pressure
Germany is buying US Tomahawk missiles even as Europe races to build its own defense industry. Bloomberg Economics' Becca Wasser, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a ...
By Becca Wasser
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Technology & National Security
AI, Trust, and the Future of WarfareLieutenant General John (Jack) N.T. Shanahan, U.S. Air Force (Ret.), an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, helped shape the Department of Defense...
By Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan
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Trump Won’t Humiliate Starmer At Nato Summit Over Defence Spending
“He might even say something kind!” President Trump is unlikely to attack the UK or Keir Starmer over defence spending, says former Pentagon official and adjunct senior fellow...
By Jim Townsend
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What New Iran Attacks Means for the Future of the Oil Market
The US launched fresh airstrikes on Iran and revoked a waiver that allowed it to sell oil globally. Bloomberg Economics' Chris Kennedy, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center ...
By Chris Kennedy
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Why the U.S. Is Losing the Drone War
The US defense industry is struggling to keep up with the revolution in cheap drones vs. expensive reusable military equipment. Today on the show, we talk with Stacie Pettyjoh...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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U.S. Strikes Iranian Bridge as Tensions Escalate
The US has struck a major bridge in Iran, with casualties reported and warnings of further attacks. Tehran says it will not be pressured into a deal, raising questions over wh...
By Rachel Ziemba
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The Fourth of July That Saved My Family
When we tolerate the romanticization of political violence, we cede the moral high ground and pave the way for another 9/11 or another cowardly attack on a school or music fes...
By Anne Neuberger
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How Congress Can Regulate Military Promotions After Trump v. Slaughter
If Congress wishes to preserve merit-based military promotions while respecting presidential command authority, the solution is not to eliminate executive discretion but to ca...
By Mark Nevitt
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Rethinking Treasury's Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Office
The United States does not need a new department. It needs its existing economic statecraft apparatus to work—better resourced, better organized, and better calibrated to a th...
By Alex Zerden
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Fragile Truce: U.S. and Iran Stand Down “For Now” After Strikes
Becca Wasser, adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, joined CNN This Morning to discuss the U.S.-Iran ceasefire and the future of negotiations. Watc...
By Becca Wasser
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Prospects for Ukraine and a Look Ahead to Ankara
The past month has featured a series of major transatlantic gatherings that together tell an important story about where the alliance is headed. At the NATO Foreign Ministers ...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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Technology & National Security
CNAS Insights | Governing Jailbreak IncidentsIn June 2026, Anthropic publicly released Claude Fable 5, a restricted version of its highly cyber-capable Mythos model. Within days, reports reached U.S. officials that resea...
By Ben Hayum
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2026 Summer Reading List from Derisky Business
On Derisky Business, the economic security podcast from the Center for a New American Security, we like to ask all our guests to recommend their favorite books listeners shoul...
By Emily Kilcrease, Geoffrey Gertz & Eleanor Hume
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Thanks to Trump, Russia’s Own ‘Pivot to Asia’ Is Bearing Fruit
If Washington wants to maintain its strategic position in Southeast Asia, it will need to do more than compete with China. It will also need to avoid handing Russia opportunit...
By Derek Grossman