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Silicon Valley’s $4 Billion Gamble on Defense Manufacturing
In The News
Every month Neros Inc. makes hundreds of drones designed to drop warheads on adversaries. By the end of the year, the company wants its new Southern California factory to cran...
By Becca Wasser
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In The News
Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security
U.S. Should Be Cautious With New Chip Equipment Controls, Work With Allies, Researchers SayThe Trump administration should carefully study any new export controls on the subsystems of semiconductor manufacturing equipment so it doesn’t unintentionally undercut U.S. ...
By Emily Kilcrease, Geoffrey Gertz & Ruby Scanlon
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In The News
Technology & National Security
What We're Hearing on the AI Action PlanThe Trump administration's AI action plan is the tech and AI industry's dream, per glowing reactions that rolled in after its release....
By Caleb Withers
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Noteworthy
Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security
Noteworthy | America's AI Action PlanIntroduction The United States is in a race to achieve global dominance in artificial intelligence (AI). Whoever has the largest AI ecosystem will set global AI standards and...
By Vivek Chilukuri, Emily Kilcrease, Janet Egan, Geoffrey Gertz, Sam Howell, Caleb Withers, Michael Depp, Ruby Scanlon & Morgan Peirce
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In The News
Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Trump’s Threat of Russia-Related Secondary Tariffs Sparks SkepticismPresident Donald Trump’s threat to punish Russia’s trading partners if it does not pause its war on Ukraine could backfire, derailing negotiations with two important U.S. trad...
By Emily Kilcrease
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New Report Outlines Strategy to Compete with China’s Digital Silk Road in Kenya
Press Release
Washington, July 22, 2025 – Today, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a new report, Countering the Digital Silk Road: Kenya, by Vivek Chilukuri and Ruby Sc...
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Musk’s xAI Was a Late Addition to the Pentagon’s Set of $200 Million AI Contracts, Former Defense Employee Says
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The Pentagon last week announced multimillion-dollar contracts with four artificial intelligence companies intended to “address critical national security challenges,” includi...
By Josh Wallin
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Why Trump Hasn't Turned on Syria's New Leader Amid Execution of U.S. Citizen
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President Donald Trump's endorsement of Syrian Interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa is being tested amid sectarian violence that has led to the execution-style murder of at least...
By Adham Sahloul
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In The News
Technology & National Security
Did Big Tech Just Outfox the China Hawks?One of the most dizzying pivots in American policy toward China happened just last week, when two chipmakers — Nvidia and AMD — said that Donald Trump’s White House had effect...
By Janet Egan
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In The News
Technology & National Security
White House to Unveil Plan to Push U.S. AI Abroad, Crack Down on Restrictive Rules, Document ShowsThe White House intends to publish a plan on Wednesday that calls for the export of American AI technology abroad and a crackdown on state laws deemed too restrictive to let i...
By Janet Egan
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In The News
Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
JUST IN: Indo-Pacific Cybersecurity Needs Workforce Boost, Experts SayAn increase in cyberattacks from China and North Korea has magnified the importance of strengthening cybersecurity partnerships among Indo-Pacific allies, but the region’s par...
By Vivek Chilukuri & Dr. Duyeon Kim
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Pentagon Looks to Unleash ‘Military Drone Dominance’
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While no one knows when or where the next major war will break out, what is becoming clear is that next time the United States engages directly in a conflict, U.S. combat unit...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Army Transformation Called ‘Inflection Point’ for Maintenance Contracts
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The Army’s recently launched transformation initiative grabbed headlines for its plan to end procurement of “outdated” and “obsolete” programs, but its push to include “right ...
By Carlton Haelig
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In The News
Technology & National Security
Bill to Mandate Chip Export Location Tracking Would Backfire, Tech Policy Experts SayA bill to mandate location-tracking mechanisms for exports of advanced chips was panned this week by technology policy experts who said the requirement would be tricky to impl...
By Tim Fist
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In The News
Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
Trump Just Handed China a Major Advantage on AILate on Monday night, July 14, 2025, the ninth richest man in the world broke some momentous news: The US government would allow him, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, to sell H20 proc...
By Tim Fist
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In The News
Technology & National Security
How The Marine Corps Is Preparing For Drone Wars — And What’s MissingA new 1st Marine Division handbook shows how the Corps has modernized its thinking and is preparing to fight a drone war. It also reveals how far there is to go, not just in d...
By Samuel Bendett
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HASC’s Draft Authorization Would Save E-7, Block A-10 Retirements
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The House Armed Services Committee on July 15 passed its draft of the 2026 defense policy bill, 55-2, in a late-night vote following nearly 14 hours of debate over hot-button ...
By Carlton Haelig
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Is the U.S. Ready for the Next War?
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Late this spring, I was led into a car in Kyiv, blindfolded, and driven to a secret factory in western Ukraine. The facility belongs to TAF Drones, founded three years ago by ...
By Tom Shugart
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In The News
National Security Human Capital Program
Will Pete Hegseth’s ‘War on Woke’ Sideline Women?Donald Trump’s Pentagon chief moderated his stance to get the job but is now pushing for change in the name of high standards....
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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In The News
National Security Human Capital Program
A Top Green Beret Influencer Says He Exaggerated His War Story. The U.S. Military Is Investigating, and Vets See a Deeper Problem.Tim Kennedy, a Green Beret, former MMA fighter, and a recognizable figure in today's "Vet Bro" influencer culture, revealed this week that he had wrongly implied that he recei...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
