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Jeff Hogan and David Scully Join CNAS Board of Advisors
Washington, October 19, 2023 — The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) welcomes Jeff Hogan and David Scully to its Board of Advisors. “I am pleased to welcome Jeff an...
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Biden Turns a Few More Screws on China’s Chip Industry
“I don’t think that they shift the landscape as significantly” as last year’s, said Emily Kilcrease, director of the energy, economics, and security program at the Center for ...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
How the West—and Israel Itself—Inadvertently Funded HamasThe flow of money illustrates the conundrum Israel and the West have faced since 2007, when Hamas wrested control of the strip from its rival, the internationally recognized P...
By Alex Zerden
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U.S. Targets Crypto Mixers Over Money Laundering Risks
FinCEN’s proposal could have a chilling effect by further associating certain crypto activities with terrorist financing and money laundering, according to Alex Zerden, a form...
By Alex Zerden
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Vivek Chilukuri Named Director of the CNAS Technology and National Security Program
Washington, October 18, 2023 – The Center for a New American Security welcomes Vivek Chilukuri as Senior Fellow and Director of the Technology and National Security Program. ...
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
U.S. Hits Hamas Financiers With Sanctions in Response to Israel Attack“The practical effect of this is that it makes it almost impossible for these individuals and entities to interact with the U.S. financial system, and by virtue of that, with ...
By Alex Zerden
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Biden Faces Physical Risks in Flying to War-Torn Middle East
“Being in an active area of hostilities, they have to look very carefully at the threats that Israel is facing now, understanding that the president will be on the ground,” sa...
By Jonathan Lord
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U.S. Throws Nvidia a Lifeline While Choking Off China’s Chipmaking Future
The rules were designed to curtail China's ability to exploit American chips to build massive supercomputers that can be used to create technologies similar to OpenAI's ChatGP...
By Thomas Krueger
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China's Belt and Road: Will Xi's Economic Centerpiece Last Another Decade?
Lower-income BRI partnered countries' struggles to make payments, as well as Beijing's aggressive deleveraging efforts in the wake of China's ongoing property crisis. have mad...
By Emily Jin
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CNAS Responds: Export Controls on China
Today, the Commerce Department released a series of updated export regulations designed to curb China's progress in the field of advanced AI technologies. These revisions come...
By Paul Scharre, Emily Kilcrease, Vivek Chilukuri, Thomas Krueger, Tim Fist, Bill Drexel & Sam Howell
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Biden Didn’t Make Israeli-Palestinian Talks a Priority. Arab Leaders Say Region Now Paying the Price
Additionally, the Biden administration’s immediate and all-in rallying to Israel’s mounting defense after Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacres may only heighten Saudi Crown Prince Mohamme...
By Jonathan Lord
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White House Has Discussed U.S. Military Response If Hezbollah Attacks Israel
Between the lines: One of the legal justifications for the U.S. using force in case of a Hezbollah attack would be to protect tens of thousands of American citizens who live i...
By Jonathan Lord
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Explainer: Biden Combines Billions in Chipmaking Grants with China Curbs to Keep U.S. Ahead
As the United States has slashed the amount of top technology headed to China, it has also been using the promise of billions of dollars of funding to entice non-Chinese chipm...
By Emily Kilcrease
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National Security Human Capital Program
U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force Struggle for Recruits. The Marines Have Plenty.Katherine Kuzminski, who studies military personnel issues at the Center for New American Security, said that the Marine Corps’ tough and coyly negging message — broadcast thr...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Technology & National Security
What to Know About the U.S. Curbs on AI Chip Exports to ChinaBIS is seeking public comment on a number of questions, suggesting there could be further updates and offering some clues to the strategic direction the Commerce Department un...
By Paul Scharre
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Chinese Fighter Jets Buzz U.S. Planes in Dramatic New Videos
In the past two years, Washington has elevated to the leader level the “Quad” security partnership with Australia, Japan and India, widely seen as a counterweight to Beijing. ...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Hamas Attack Might Freeze Saudi-Israeli Normalization, but Won’t Likely Kill It: Analysts
Likewise, Director of the Middle East Security program at the Center for a New American Security Jonathan Lord said, “The war doesn’t change the ultimate calculus for Riyadh, ...
By Jonathan Lord
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Biden Faces Risks in Wartime Visit to Israel
Unlike other presidents who have urged restraint on Israel during past conflicts, Mr. Biden has emphasized that Israel has every right to defend itself. A visit, said Richard ...
By Richard Fontaine
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Defense / Middle East Security
How the Israel-Hamas War Is Tilting the Global Power Balance in Favor of Russia, ChinaSo far, little of the military aid rushed by the U.S. to Israel is of the kind that is needed for Ukraine. Israel’s most urgent request was for interceptors for its Iron Dome ...
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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Defense / Middle East Security / Technology & National Security
In Israel and Ukraine, Mix of Drones and Brute Force Shows Warfare’s Future“It’s a constant competition between measures and countermeasures,” said Stacie Pettyjohn, director of the defense program at the Center for a New American Security. U.S. for...
By Stacie Pettyjohn & Samuel Bendett