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Experts Have Questions About the New National Defense Strategy—on China, Force Design, and More
In The News
The soft-pedal rollout of the National Defense Strategy—a Friday-night email to press as the Washington, D.C., area braced for a crippling snowstorm—has experts wondering whet...
By Stacie Pettyjohn & Becca Wasser
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CNAS Announces 2026 Shawn Brimley Next Generation National Security Fellows
Press Release
Washington, January 28, 2026—The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) announced today the selection of the 2026 Shawn Brimley Next Generation National Security Fellows. N...
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Iran’s Neighbors on Edge as U.S. ‘Armada’ Arrives in Middle East
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Iran’s neighbors are on edge over the possibility that President Trump will pull the trigger on strikes against Iran, as Tehran and its allies have promised to forcefully reta...
By Adham Sahloul
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Trump Tells Iran Time Running Out for Deal as Ships Enter Region
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President Donald Trump warned Iran to make a nuclear deal with the US or face military strikes far worse than the attack he ordered last June, increasing pressure on the regim...
By Becca Wasser
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Technology & National Security
Algorithmic Warfare: AI a Double-Edged Sword for Cyber Defense, OffenseArtificial intelligence holds great potential to enhance both offensive and defensive operations in the cyber domain, but it remains to be seen which side of the coin will ben...
By Caleb Withers
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Behind China’s Race to Build Aircraft-Carriers
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Just before Christmas, the Pentagon quietly released its annual report on the Chinese armed forces. The public document, based on classified intelligence assessments, was quic...
By Tom Shugart
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Inside China’s AI Army: Drones Learn to Hunt and Kill like Nature’s Predators
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China is teaching its drones to fight like animals. Engineers at Beihang University, a military-linked school, created a system in which defensive drones mimic hawks by target...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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New U.S. Defense Strategy ‘Barely Mentions Technology’
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The new National Defense Strategy broadly prioritizes the Trump administration’s plans for protecting U.S. territories and assets and juicing the military’s industrial base, b...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Pentagon Broadens Counter-Drone Authorities in Bid to Shore up Vulnerable U.S. Bases
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The Pentagon said it consolidated policies around protecting American military facilities from drone threats after unclear guidance that left base commanders scrambling on how...
By Molly Campbell
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Trump Administration Pushes Out Official Whose Unit Banned Chinese Vehicles
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President Donald Trump's administration has pushed out a Commerce Department official whose office effectively barred nearly all Chinese cars from the US market for national ...
By Geoffrey Gertz
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Will the ‘Donroe Doctrine’ Pay off Long Term?
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President Trump has put the U.S. on an expansionist path not seen since the early 1800s, trying to increase national territory and influence with an ironclad view that the Wes...
By Jim Townsend
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David Feith on Trump 1.0 vs Trump 2.0 and China
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David Feith, CNAS adjunct senior fellow, served as an official in both of the president’s terms discusses why Trump has become less hawkish on China, and his sudden departure ...
By David Feith
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The Memo: U.S. Allies Grapple with a World Order Upended by Trump
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A tumultuous period between the United States and its traditional allies took another lurch Friday, as NATO nations expressed outrage over remarks from President Trump the pre...
By Jim Townsend
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National Security Human Capital
Many Future Military Officers Come from Scouting. A Pentagon Split Could Put Those Ties at Risk.Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is reportedly considering severing ties with Scouting America, which could mean a consequential break with an organization that has long been...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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China Trains AI-Controlled Weapons with Learning from Hawks, Coyotes
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Engineers studying drone combat at one of China’s top military-linked universities needed a way to simulate clashes between drone swarms in real time. They turned to nature fo...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Defense / Middle East Security
Trump’s Move to Send U.S. Ships to Mideast Renews Iran ThreatPresident Donald Trump has dispatched naval assets to the Middle East, prompting fresh speculation that he’ll follow through on threats to attack Iran’s senior leadership amid...
By Becca Wasser
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Trump Wants U.S. Investment in Venezuela, but Sanctions Still Complicate It
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President Trump is trying to kick-start private investment in Venezuela while maintaining considerable control over the country and the companies that are allowed to do busine...
By Emily Kilcrease
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National Security Human Capital
Pentagon Creates Permanent PCs Agency, Eyes Software Overhaul to Fix Military MovesThe Pentagon is turning its Permanent Change of Station (PCS) task force into a permanent, joint activity, a move that its first commanding general argues will pay dividends f...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Trump’s Turnabout on Greenland Shows the Limits of His Coercive Powers
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Even by President Trump’s own mercurial standards, his whipsawing over the past few weeks on Greenland — insisting on the largest land acquisition in American history and then...
By Richard Fontaine
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CNAS Launches Essay Series on Revitalizing the Defense Industrial Base
Press Release
Washington, January 22, 2026 — Today, the Center for a New American Security’s (CNAS) Defense Program launched a new essay series on modernizing and revitalizing America’s def...
