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Game Over? How the United States Could Have Won the Trade Wars
Washington, August 4, 2025 — Today, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a new report, Game Over? How the United States Could Have Won the Trade Wars, by Emi...
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Defense / Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
Ukraine Bets Big on Interceptor Drones as Low-Cost Air Shieldhen President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said at the end of last month that Ukraine needs $6 billion to fund the production of interceptor drones, setting a target of 1,000 a day, he...
By Samuel Bendett
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Technology & National Security
Researcher: U.S. Seems ‘Hesitant’ to Control Chip Equipment to Avoid Hurting China TalksThe Trump administration appears to be avoiding new China-related controls on sensitive semiconductor manufacturing equipment because it fears those restrictions could impede ...
By Janet Egan
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Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security
The Anti-U.S. Axis Isn’t Dead, Just RestingJune was a bad month for the theocrats in Tehran, what with all those Israeli and American bombs falling on them. It also seemed — at least superficially — to be a setback for...
By Richard Fontaine, Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Nicholas Lokker
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
U.S. Navy Warship Rearms at Sea With One Eye on China WarA United States warship recently conducted a rearm-at-sea operation, demonstrating the Navy's capability to sustain combat power during a potential war with China in the vast ...
By Tom Shugart
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Technology & National Security
Implementation Uncertainty Clouds U.S. AI Action PlanU.S. President Donald Trump's new AI Action Plan represents a novel approach to artificial intelligence policymaking in the US, even compared to his own first term, which was ...
By Janet Egan
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CNAS Shawn Brimley Next Generation National Security Leaders Fellowship Now Accepting Applications for the 2026 Class
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is now accepting applications for the 2026 class of the Shawn Brimley Next Generation National Security Leaders Fellowship....
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National Security Human Capital Program
Air Force Rebrands Facebook Page to Combat Rumors, Leaked Memos and Reddit ThreadsA long-standing Air Force Facebook page created to represent its top enlisted leader has been renamed and rebranded as a news source -- an apparent move by the service to cont...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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What the U.S. Navy Could Learn from Ukraine About Sinking Enemy Ships
Even though Ukraine does not have much in the way of a navy, it has scored several victories against the Russian military by using drone boats known as unmanned surface vessel...
By Tom Shugart
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U.S. Army Trying to Figure Out What to Do with the Tank It Built but Can’t Use
The M10 Booker, an armored vehicle that was to be the U.S. Army’s first new major combat weapon in decades, was canceled this year because the “light” tanks were too heavy to ...
By Carlton Haelig
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Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security
JUST IN: Growing Alignment Among Potential Foes Creating Challenges for U.S., Experts SayThe alignment between Russia, China, North Korea and Iran carries implications across the United States’s diplomatic and economic foreign policy, but the military threat is of...
By Richard Fontaine & Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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‘Exorbitant Privilege’: Can the U.S. Dollar Maintain Its Global Dominance?
Since the 1940s, the US dollar has held firm as the global reserve currency, driving international trade and reinforcing the status of the United States as an economic superpo...
By Rachel Ziemba
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New CNAS Report Outlines Strategy for US AI Leadership Through Global Partnerships
Washington, Tuesday, July 29, 2025 — Today, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a new report, Global Compute and National Security: Strengthening American A...
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
With Trump Pressure and a ‘New Lebanon,’ Can Hezbollah’s Shadow Economy Be Dismantled?Up until a few months ago, the drive from Beirut’s international airport through the Lebanese capital city’s southern suburbs used to feature a stream of pro-Iranian and Hezbo...
By Alex Zerden
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Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security
Trump May Not Replace Biden-Era AI Rule“It certainly seems — at the moment, at least — that the tech side has the upper hand,” said Geoffrey Gertz, senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security....
By Geoffrey Gertz
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New Report Forecasts the Rising Military Challenges from the Axis of Upheaval
Washington, July 28, 2025 — A new report released today by the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) warns of the threat posed by intensifying military cooperation among t...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Nicholas Lokker
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The Pentagon’s Policy Guy Is All In on China
Elbridge Colby believes that China is the only country on the planet that has the ambition, resources, and military might to knock the United States off its pedestal as the wo...
By Richard Fontaine
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Pentagon Thrown into Confusion over Think Tank Ban
A wide swath of Defense Department officials fear that new rules banning employees from participating at think tank and research events — a key way the Pentagon delivers its m...
By Becca Wasser
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India's New Deals Leave U.S. to Catch Up
On a sweltering afternoon beside the turquoise waters of the Indian Ocean, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stood beside Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu for the island nation's...
By Lisa Curtis
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Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security
U.S. Should Be Cautious With New Chip Equipment Controls, Work With Allies, Researchers SayThe Trump administration should carefully study any new export controls on the subsystems of semiconductor manufacturing equipment so it doesn’t unintentionally undercut U.S. ...
By Emily Kilcrease, Geoffrey Gertz & Ruby Scanlon