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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Taiwan Looks to New Sea-Drone Tech to Repel ChinaTaiwan is accelerating efforts to develop a high-tech fleet of naval drones that military planners see as a potential game-changer in the island’s ability to fend off a possib...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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U.S. Ending All Trade Negotiations with Canada over Digital Tax: Trump
United States President Donald Trump has announced that the US is immediately ending trade talks with Canada in response to the country’s digital services tax on technology co...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
Russia Is Ready to Begin Its Summer OffensiveVladimir Putin appears increasingly confident that Russia will ultimately prevail on the battlefield in Ukraine as Moscow wages a bloody summer offensive....
By Samuel Bendett
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New CNAS Report Argues Six “Global Swing States” Will Shape the New Great Power Competition
Washington, June 26, 2025 – As international politics undergoes rapid transformation and great power competition intensifies, a new report from the Center for a New American S...
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / Middle East Security
How Trump’s Strike on Iran Might Affect China’s Calculus on TaiwanPresident Trump’s decision to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities, after earlier denouncing U.S. embroilment in foreign wars, introduces another complication for China’s leaders ...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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U.S., Iran Move Out of ‘Shadow War’ but Threat from Proxy Militias May Remain
By Adham Sahloul
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Indo-Pacific Security / Middle East Security
The Alluring Fantasy of a Quick Win in IranAfter the elation, the doubt. President Donald Trump said that “Operation Midnight Hammer”, had “totally obliterated” Iran’s uranium-enrichment facilities. But now an early in...
By Richard Fontaine
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Defense / Middle East Security
U.S. Troops in Middle East Will Remain Dispersed and at Elevated Alert, Analysts SayU.S. troops in the Middle East are likely to stay in a dispersed and defensive position amid the fragile ceasefire agreement between Iran and Israel, experts and former senior...
By Becca Wasser
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New CNAS Report Calls for a “Cyber Shield” to Meet Rising Threats in the Indo-Pacific
Washington, June 24, 2025 — Today, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a new report, Cyber Crossroads in the Indo-Pacific, by Vivek Chilukuri, Lisa Curtis, ...
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The Spiderweb and the Lion: Subversive Infiltration and U.S. National Security
Over a decade ago, when I was working on force protection issues for Navy air logistics missions, the threat of drone attacks was just beginning to be seriously discussed....
By Tom Shugart
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Indo-Pacific Security / Middle East Security
China Not Likely to Use Navy to Secure Hormuz Strait, Analyst SaysChina is highly unlikely to use its navy to secure the vital Strait of Hormuz if Iran threatens to close it as Middle East tensions rise, a top US analyst told reporters Monda...
By Richard Fontaine
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Defense / Middle East Security
Trump Wants Quick Win in Iran, but Goal Remains ElusiveBut with Trump musing about everything from "unconditional surrender" to regime change, it remains to be seen if the US intervention will remain limited -- or if Iran will let...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
U.S. Strikes on Iran Could Hit American Economy at a Fragile TimeThe U.S. attack on Iranian nuclear sites over the weekend could ratchet up the pressure on an American economy that’s turned increasingly fragile as a weekslong global trade w...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Defense / Middle East Security
Decoy Flights and Seven B-2 Stealth Bombers – How U.S. Says It Hit Iran’s Nuclear SitesAn 18-hour flight each way, multiple mid-air refuelings, and a series of decoys - this is how the mission to bomb Iran's nuclear facilities played out, according to four-star ...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Indo-Pacific Security / Middle East Security
Iran Conflict Could Tilt Global Balance of PowerHow will the Iran conflict affect the global balance of power? Answering this question may seem a fool’s errand given how fast events are moving now that U.S. President Donald...
By Richard Fontaine
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Technology & National Security
Will DJI Drones Be Banned in the US? DJI Says the Clock Is Ticking – and It Urgently Needs Its Fans to HelpDJI drones are the most popular flying cameras in the US. Both its consumer and professional quadcopters sell in huge numbers, and they also rank among the best drones you can...
By Elsa B. Kania
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New CNAS Report on Next Phase of Quad Cooperation in Indo-Pacific
Washington, June 18, 2025 — Today, the Center for a New American Security released a new report, Quad: The Next Phase, by Lisa Curtis, Kareen Hart, Ryan Claffey, Keerthi Marty...
By Lisa Curtis, Kareen Hart, Ryan Claffey, Keerthi Martyn & Thomas Corel
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CNAS Welcomes Jennifer Hendrixson White, Ian Bryan, and Jonathan Rue as Adjunct Senior Fellows
Washington, June 17, 2025 — The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce the addition of three adjunct senior fellows: Jennifer Hendrixson White, who j...
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National Security Human Capital Program
Air Force Lowered Annual Recruiting Goal Due to Budget Woes, But Still on Track to Hit Target This MonthThe Air Force had to reduce its target recruiting goal by several thousand airmen due to ongoing congressional budget delays, but is still on pace to hit its newly revised ben...
By Taren Sylvester
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National Security Human Capital Program
White House Denies Reporting by Guardian on VA Benefits: ‘Totally FALSE Story’The Trump administration on Monday denied reporting by The Guardian that said new Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals could refuse care to veterans based on factors ...
By Dr. Kyleanne Hunter