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Technology & National Security
Will AI Go Rogue?“It does seem totally feasible to me that a model will reach the conclusion that it could run twice as fast if there were two of it,” Caleb Withers, a research associate at th...
By Caleb Withers
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China Gains Major Edge on U.S. Amid Iran War, Intelligence Report Finds
“On balance, the war in Iran is massively improving China’s geopolitical position,” said Jacob Stokes, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security....
By Jacob Stokes
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Trump’s Man in Central Asia
“Initially there was concern in New Delhi that he might be stretched too thin or worse, that he might try to play a mediator role between India and Pakistan but that simply ha...
By Lisa Curtis
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How the Trump-Xi Meeting Became ‘The Shrinking Summit’
“I’m expecting more optics than substance out of the summit,” said Tobin, who’s now a fellow at the Center for a New American Security. “I think some of it will be real and mo...
By Liza Tobin
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
Fears of an AI Breakthrough Force the U.S. And China to TalkDaniel Remler, who led AI policy at the State Department during the Biden administration and took part in the Geneva talks, cast doubt on Chinese claims of disinterest in AGI ...
By Daniel Remler
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Trump-XI Summit: 5 Things to Watch as World’s Most Powerful Men MeetEmily Kilcrease, senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, said: "What I'm going to be looking for in the Board of Trade announcement, if it does come out, is r...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Trilateral Partners Respond to North Korea’s Missile Threats
“There have been several alarming signs regarding North Korean nuclear weapons development in the last few weeks,” Lisa Curtis, director of the Indo-Pacific Security Program a...
By Lisa Curtis
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U.S. Rare Earth Ambitions Take Big Step Forward in Greenland
“It's undeniable that the U.S. government and many other governments around the world, including in the Gulf, have woken up to the importance of developing critical mineral su...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
How Ukraine Is Taking the Fight Back to Russia in CrimeaUkraine has continued to target the bridge and its supporting infrastructure. “Despite numerous Russian attempts to secure the peninsula-based assets, Ukrainian drones still m...
By Samuel Bendett
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Trump Says He Will Suspend Petrol Tax amid Soaring U.S. Fuel Prices
“I anticipate it would pass, but there could be a procedural delay. It also suggests that President Trump doesn’t see a quick end to the reduced volumes and is trying to cushi...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Fuel, Munitions and Food: The Mounting Toll of Trump’s Iran War
The budget and future supplemental requests represent “a lot of money” and it is “going to have economic knockdown effects”, said Carlton Haelig, a defence fellow at the Cente...
By Carlton Haelig
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Technology & National Security
Microsoft’s Marquee African Data Center Hits Political StalemateA failure to see the project through might be more bruising for G42, which is working to expand beyond its home market and become a credible global AI provider. “It’s a blow t...
By Vivek Chilukuri
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Iran War Hangs Over China Summit
“Trump will have to juggle briefings and updates on two different, multifaceted sets of policy issues at once, all while a bit jet-lagged,” said Jacob Stokes, deputy director ...
By Jacob Stokes
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What Beijing Has Learned About the U.S. from the Iran War
The Chinese missile stockpile is likely much larger than the one Iran has on hand, so “they can treat some of their missiles in the way that Iran has treated their drones,” sa...
By Becca Wasser
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CNAS Welcomes Sara Schuman and Chris Kennedy to Energy, Economics, and Security Program
Washington, May 11, 2026 — Today, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) welcomed Sara Schuman and Chris Kennedy as adjunct senior fellows with the Center’s Energy, Eco...
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Rubio Approves $25.8 Billion in Weapons Push for Mideast Nations
Given the long wait time associated with most foreign military sales, “if you inject a priority new request, that’s going to displace or delay delivery to someone else,” said ...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Mideast War Looms Over Trump-Xi SummitEmily Kilcrease, director of the Energy, Economics, and Security Program at the Washington-based Center for a New American Security, said that China’s anti-sanction directives...
By Emily Kilcrease
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China Urges U.S. to Drop Trade Probe as Key Trump-XI Summit Approaches
“The U.S. tariffs have succeeded primarily in pushing the burden of China’s excess capacity to other markets,” said Emily Kilcrease, a senior fellow at the Center for a New Am...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Technology & National Security
Behind Washington’s AI Safety PivotRecent statements "reflect less of a major policy shift than an internal debate about how to reconcile its commitment to limit AI regulation with the realities of AI progress,...
By Vivek Chilukuri
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Military Drills on the Edge: U.S. And Allies Test Capabilities near Asia’s Flash Points
"U.S., Japan, Philippines trilateral cooperation is integral to any sort of collective deterrence throughout the first island chain," which includes Japan and the Philippines,...
By Lisa Curtis