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‘Death by a Thousand Cuts’: How Decades of Munitions Neglect Left the U.S. Unprepared
“They now see — and they’re right about this — a very real threat at some point from the Russians. So they could give more Patriots to Ukraine,” says Jim Townsend, an adjunct ...
By Jim Townsend
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Women’s Share of Top Military Promotions Falls as Hegseth Blocks Nominees
High-ranking officers, referred to as general and flag officers, hold “a position of incredible importance,” said Mark Nevitt, a professor of law at Emory University, adjunct ...
By Mark Nevitt
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Top Former U.S. Generals Say Wars in Ukraine, Iran Becoming Steadily Intertwined
“It so happens that some of those shipments were Iranian, and Ukraine is not shy about hitting them, no matter who sends it,” said retired Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove, a f...
By Philip Breedlove
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A Firm Linked to China’s Missile Program Won a $2M Deal to Test a Major U.S. Army Project
“It’s a huge red flag,” said Emily Kilcrease, a senior fellow and program director at the Center for a New American Security. “If you are a U.S. company that wants to be engag...
By Emily Kilcrease
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The US Wants ‘Creative’ Ways To Punish Iran. What Might They Be?
But as the war drags on and the costs go up, the CENTCOM sender may have been hoping to come across a "silver bullet" strategy, or new tactics that pack the same punch Ukraine...
By Jim Townsend
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Kazakhstan’s Billion-Dollar Rare Earths Push Faces Familiar Obstacles
“There's no guarantee that the defence of the investments will continue into a new administration and … that's a long-standing problem for western companies not being able to ...
By Chris Kennedy
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U.S. Military Is Taking Drone Lessons from Wars in Ukraine, Middle East
Some have criticized U.S. military training exercises for being unrealistic and lax. This is in part because the U.S. and some European countries regulate operations that coul...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Technology & National Security
Anthropic, OpenAI Cyber Failures Point to U.S. Security RisksUS organizations may not have reliable access to AI tools capable of defending against autonomous cyberattacks, said Daniel Remler, a former State Department AI policy officia...
By Daniel Remler
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National Security Human Capital
Fears of a U.S. Draft Grow as the Selective Service Modernizes“I don’t think anybody is seriously considering a draft,” Jason Dempsey, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, told the DCNF. “It’s definitely no...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Now Accepting Applications for the 2027 Class of the Shawn Brimley Next Generation National Security Leaders Fellowship
“Preparing the next generation of national security leaders is a core CNAS mission,” said Michèle Flournoy, cofounder of CNAS and chair of the NextGen program. “We fully expec...
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Technology & National Security
With Moonshot’s Free Kimi K3, China Changes the Sovereign AI Playbook“Chinese open-weight models are growing in popularity around the world as free and customizable alternatives to the closed U.S. frontier,” Vivek Chilukuri, program director fo...
By Vivek Chilukuri
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Technology & National Security
Russian Missile Destroys U.S. Firm’s Kyiv Drone FactoryAnthony Vinci, a former senior US intelligence officer and adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security who wrote The Fourth Intelligence Revolution: The Fu...
By Anthony Vinci
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Why Is U.S. GDP Growth Slowing, and How Can It Be Reversed?
“Imports rose due to the investment and consumption driver, and so net exports were a drag on overall growth. Overall, the US is investing and consuming more but not producing...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Technology & National Security
With Moonshot’s Free Kimi K3, China Changes the Sovereign AI PlaybookWhether Kimi K3 breaks that pattern will likely depend partly on the support Moonshot provides and partly on government wariness about adopting Chinese models due to concerns ...
By Pablo Chavez
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National Security Human Capital
Pentagon, under Trump, Hegseth, draws curtain tighter around Iran WarJason Dempsey, who spent more than two decades in the Army and has served as special assistant to the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the episode reflects the “deep p...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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New Mystery Chinese Submarine Highlights Efforts to Build up Force
“Based on the reported dimensions alone, I’d be surprised if this boat were not nuclear-powered,” said Thomas Shugart, a former U.S. Navy submarine commander now with the Cent...
By Tom Shugart
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Technology & National Security
One Year In, U.S. Security Response Tests AI Action PlanRuby Scanlon, a technology and national security researcher at the Center for a New American Security, visited India in the wake of the Anthropic export controls. "I think it ...
By Ruby Scanlon
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Inside the Deal to Clinch Lindsey Graham’s ‘Sanctions Bill from Hell’
Richard Connolly, an expert on the Russian economy at the Royal United Services Institute, a think tank in London, and an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New America...
By Richard Connolly
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Why Is the Pentagon Splitting Up US Military Casualties in Iran?
Former Pentagon official Jim Townsend, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, told Newsweek that the administration is "playing games" by dividing...
By Jim Townsend
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As Oil Soars, Experts Watch Red Sea Tankers for Clarity on Houthi Blockade
Rachel Ziemba, adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, underscored that the standoff in Bab el-Mandeb is happening while crude buffers have not been r...
By Rachel Ziemba