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The Iranian Force Built to Defend the Regime Now Faces the Ultimate Test
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U.S. and Israeli airstrikes killed many of Iran’s top leaders in just hours, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. But the huge security apparatus they oversaw to e...
By Richard Fontaine
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Defense / Middle East Security
Trump Faces Race to Defeat Iran Before U.S. and West Run Out of Missiles and InterceptorsDonald Trump was warned that America's stockpile of missiles and interceptors could run dry if his war in Iran is prolonged, sources say....
By Becca Wasser
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Iranian Drones Challenge Gulf’s Air Defenses
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Iran unleashed hundreds of drone strikes this weekend on Gulf Arab states, damaging U.S. bases and critical infrastructure and presenting a serious challenge to the Middle Eas...
By Samuel Bendett
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Defense / Middle East Security
U.S. Races to Accomplish Iran Mission Before Munitions Run OutWhen the U.S. military’s top general laid out the risks to President Trump of launching a major and extended attack on Iran, one of the issues he flagged was America’s stockpi...
By Becca Wasser
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Technology & National Security
Pentagon Assault on Anthropic Sends Shock Waves Across Silicon ValleyThe Trump administration’s declaration that AI company Anthropic would be cut off from all government contracts shook the tech industry late Friday, hardening political and cu...
By Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan
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Iran Strike Marks First Time U.S. Used New One-Way Attack Drones in Combat
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As part of its wave of airstrikes against Iran this weekend, U.S. Central Command confirmed that it had launched its new low-cost kamikaze drones, the first time the weapons h...
By Samuel Bendett
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Technology & National Security
Here’s What Smart People Are Saying About Anthropic’s Public Spat with the PentagonAnthropic has drawn a hard line with the Pentagon. CEO Dario Amodei said on Thursday that the company "cannot in good conscience accede" to the Defense Department's request th...
By Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan
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Defense / Middle East Security
Defensive Munition Shortages to Shape Attack on IranLimited supplies of critical defensive munitions to protect US forces and allies from Tehran’s missiles are likely to shape the military offensive against Iran, according to o...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Technology & National Security
Trump orders federal agencies to stop using Anthropic tech over AI safety disputeThe Trump administration on Friday ordered all U.S. agencies to stop using Anthropic's artificial intelligence technology and imposed other major penalties, culminating an unu...
By Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan
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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
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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
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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
