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Technology & National Security
Anthropic Sees Support from Other Tech Workers in Feud with PentagonAnthropic PBC got a vote of support from Silicon Valley workers for its increasingly contentious public-relations battle with the Pentagon over how the military can use artifi...
By Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan
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New from CNAS | Embracing a Hellscape Strategy to Defend Taiwan
Developing a Four-Layer Defense to Defeat a Chinese Invasion...
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Does the U.S. Have Enough Aircraft Carriers for All Trump’s Wars?
As his latest threats to Iran suggest, President Donald Trump has become increasingly comfortable deploying military force around the world. But even with a military as large ...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Technology & National Security
The One Man Stopping Trump from Building Killer AIIn a sprawling 20,000-word essay published last month, Dario Amodei, the chief executive of Anthropic, warned that advances in artificial intelligence could pave the way for a...
By Vivek Chilukuri
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Trump Vowed to End Ukraine War in 24 Hours, but He Still Can’t — Putin’s Maximalist Goals to Blame?
US President Donald Trump had promised to end the Ukraine war within 24 hours of taking office. Yet more than a year into his term, the peace process remains a non-starter as ...
By Nicholas Lokker
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Technology & National Security
The High-Stakes Fight Between Hegseth and AnthropicHumanity’s real problem, the great biologist Edward O. Wilson once remarked, is that “we have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and godlike technology.” There is no...
By Daniel Remler
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Four Years Later, How Close Is Russia to Achieving Its Goals in Ukraine?
As tens of thousands of Russian soldiers poured into Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin addressed the world on February 24, 2022, and outlined the goals of the ‘special militar...
By Nicholas Lokker
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
China’s First Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier Will Challenge U.S. Sea PowerNew satellite imagery obtained by Newsweek shows work advancing on China’s fourth aircraft carrier, with defense analysts increasingly convinced the vessel will be nuclear-pow...
By Tom Shugart
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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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Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security
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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Inside Anthropic’s Existential Negotiations with the Pentagon
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
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?
“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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As Dems Push for Briefing on El Paso Incident, Experts Warn It Could Be the ‘Tip of the Iceberg’
“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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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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In Major Blow to Trump, U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down His Global Tariffs
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