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Pentagon pressures Anthropic on AI accessUS Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's threat to cut AI group Anthropic from government supply chains, or possibly compel it to prioritize government orders, raises several serio...
By Geoffrey Gertz
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Technology & National Security
Anthropic’s Pentagon Showdown Is About More than AI GuardrailsAs the Pentagon was pressing Anthropic PBC to drop the guardrails on its powerful artificial intelligence tools, a senior US defense official posed a hypothetical scenario to ...
By Jon B. Wolfsthal
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Inside Anthropic’s Existential Negotiations with the Pentagon
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Anthropic’s weekslong battle with the Department of Defense has played out over social media posts, admonishing public statements, and direct quotes from unnamed Pentagon offi...
By Geoffrey Gertz
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Nate Fick Returns to CNAS as Distinguished Senior Fellow
Washington, February 23, 2026 — The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is thrilled to welcome back Ambassador Nathaniel “Nate” Fick as a distinguished senior fellow wit...
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Trump’s Threat of 15% Tariffs Adds to Gulf’s ‘Macroeconomic Volatility'US President Donald Trump’s threat this weekend to raise global tariffs to 15 per cent from 10 per cent adds to macroeconomic volatility for the Gulf region, although any impa...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Trump Brings in New 10% Tariff as Supreme Court Rejects His Global Import Taxes
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US President Donald Trump has imposed a new 10% global tariff to replace ones struck down by the Supreme Court, calling the ruling "terrible" and lambasting the justices who r...
By Geoffrey Gertz
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Defense / Middle East Security
IDF Says Forces on High Alert amid Tensions with Iran, No Change to Public AdvisoriesThe IDF addressed the public on Friday through IDF spokesperson Effie Defrin, reassuring citizens about their readiness amid escalating tensions with Iran....
By Becca Wasser
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U.S. Sanctions in Latin America Have Increased. But Can They Be Enforced?
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“Cartels are inherently sanctions-evading organizations,” said Kyle Rutter, a researcher at the Center for a New American Security think tank. “It’s a constant game of whack-a...
By Kyle Rutter
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Defense / Middle East Security
The ‘Incredibly Significant’ U.S. Military Forces Surrounding Iran“This is a build-up like what we saw right before the Iraq war” in 2003, particularly in terms of air power, said Becca Wasser, a military strategy expert at the Center for a ...
By Becca Wasser
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Defense / Middle East Security
Trump’s Threatened Strikes to Push Iran Deal Risk BackfiringPresident Donald Trump said he is considering limited military strikes to pressure Iran into signing a new nuclear deal, but bombing the country may have the opposite effect, ...
By Becca Wasser
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U.S. President Trump Promises New Tariffs, Slams Supreme Court Decision
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United States President Donald Trump has slammed the Supreme Court as a “disgrace” after a 6-3 ruling that struck down his global tariffs, asserting that he will maintain the ...
By Rachel Ziemba
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In Major Blow to Trump, U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down His Global Tariffs
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The United States Supreme Court has struck down US President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs that he pursued under a law meant for use in national emergencies, rejecting one ...
By Rachel Ziemba
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As Dems Push for Briefing on El Paso Incident, Experts Warn It Could Be the ‘Tip of the Iceberg’
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“I think coordination has been lacking, and you're seeing a lot more sort of cowboy behavior, which could be problematic,” Stacie Pettyjohn, a senior fellow and director of th...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Four Years In, Putin’s Ukraine Conquest Is Still Stalled – But He’s Still Got Trump On His Side
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Four years after launching an invasion to seize neighboring Ukraine in a matter of days, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin can no longer replenish the tens of thousands of soldi...
By Jim Townsend
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Technology & National Security
Trump Attempts a Tightrope Walk on Selling AI Chips to China Without Boosting Its MilitaryCNAS research associate James Sanders told The Dispatch he believes that selling this number of chips would pose a substantial threat to national security, outweighing any eco...
By James Sanders
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National Security Human Capital / Middle East Security
Trump Appears Ready to Attack Iran as U.S. Strike Force Takes ShapeA lack of calamities during those previous operations has made it easy to overlook the potential pitfalls of future missions, said Jason Dempsey, a retired Army officer who st...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Why Trump’s ‘Faux Pas’ on Taiwan Is Ringing Alarm Bells in Washington
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The Munich Security Conference proved a tough training ground for Democratic firebrand and potential US presidential contender Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who made headlines for...
By Derek Grossman
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Defense / Middle East Security
What Iran’s Naval Exercise with China and Russia in the Strait of Hormuz Actually MeansAs the U.S. flows assets toward the Middle East, including the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group (CSG) now reportedly off the Moroccan coast, Iran, China and Russia will hol...
By Tom Shugart
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How Trump Revived Gunboat Diplomacy
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The message to the Islamic Republic is unmistakable: submit to US demands or face the wrath of the world’s most powerful navy....
By Tom Shugart
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‘Getting Ties on Track Top Priority for Both India, U.S.’: Former Us National Security Official Lisa Curtis
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US-India relations were once described as one of Washington’s most important strategic bets in the 21st century. But, over the past year, that partnership has come under serio...
By Lisa Curtis
