Featured Reports
Cyber Crossroads in the Indo-Pacific
Vivek Chilukuri, Lisa Curtis, Janet Egan, Morgan Peirce, Elizabeth Whatcott, Nathaniel Schochet | June 24, 2025
Quad: The Next Phase
Lisa Curtis, Kareen Hart, Ryan Claffey, Keerthi Martyn, Thomas Corel | June 18, 2025
Atomic Advantage
Constanza M. Vidal Bustamante | May 28, 2025
Regional and Global Responses to a Taiwan Contingency
Jacob Stokes, Kareen Hart, Ryan Claffey, Thomas Corel | May 21, 2025
Indo-Pacific Security
Cyber Crossroads in the Indo-Pacific
The Indo-Pacific faces a cyber crossroads. Down one path lies deeper military, intelligence, and economic ties between Washington and its key allies and partners in this strat...
Indo-Pacific Security
Quad: The Next Phase
Executive Summary The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) among the United States, Australia, India, and Japan is becoming the focal point for economic and technological co...
Technology & National Security
Atomic Advantage
Executive Summary One of the most consequential national security contests now unfolds on battlefields invisible to the naked eye—across the faint radiofrequency signals of th...
Indo-Pacific Security
Regional and Global Responses to a Taiwan Contingency
A contingency across the Taiwan Strait has the potential to reshape the Indo-Pacific and even global security environment. This report explores how states beyond the United St...
AMERICA'S EDGE
The United States faces a rapidly changing global security landscape. Evolving technology, shifting alliances, and emerging threats require America to harness bold, innovative approaches. The CNAS 2025 national security conference, America’s Edge: Forging the Future, will bring together bipartisan leaders, policymakers, and industry to chart a vision for enhancing America’s global edge.
CNAS 2025 National Security Conference | America's Edge: Forging the Future
Jun 3, 2025
The First 100 Days
The First 100 Days is a series of recommendations from CNAS experts. The recommendations span the most pressing issues that will test the administration, including competition...
Set the Tone, Establish Policy, Hire Personnel—And Prepare for Crisis
President Donald Trump enters office at a critical moment and faces multiple crises...
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U.S., Iran Move Out of ‘Shadow War’ but Threat from Proxy Militias May Remain
In The News
By Adham Sahloul
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New CNAS Report Calls for a “Cyber Shield” to Meet Rising Threats in the Indo-Pacific
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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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China Not Likely to Use Navy to Secure Hormuz Strait, Analyst Says
In The News
China 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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The Spiderweb and the Lion: Subversive Infiltration and U.S. National Security
In The News
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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Trump Wants Quick Win in Iran, but Goal Remains Elusive
In The News
But 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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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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Trump Wants Quick Win in Iran, but Goal Remains Elusive
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Decoy Flights and Seven B-2 Stealth Bombers – How U.S. Says It Hit Iran’s Nuclear Sites
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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The Spiderweb and the Lion: Subversive Infiltration and U.S. National Security
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Cyber Crossroads in the Indo-Pacific
The Indo-Pacific faces a cyber crossroads. Down one path lies deeper military, intelligence, and economic ties between Washington and its key allies and partners in this strat...
By Vivek Chilukuri, Lisa Curtis, Janet Egan, Morgan Peirce, Elizabeth Whatcott & Nathaniel Schochet
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What Happened to the U.S. ‘Asia First’ Doctrine?
By Adham Sahloul
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China Not Likely to Use Navy to Secure Hormuz Strait, Analyst Says
By Richard Fontaine
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Cyber Crossroads in the Indo-Pacific
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Could the U.S. Bring Back the Draft?
In this episode of At the Boundary, GNSI’s Dr. Guido Rossi sits down with Katherine Kuzminski, Director of Studies at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), to explore...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Air Force Lowered Annual Recruiting Goal Due to Budget Woes, But Still on Track to Hit Target This Month
By Taren Sylvester
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White House Denies Reporting by Guardian on VA Benefits: ‘Totally FALSE Story’
By Dr. Kyleanne Hunter
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Could the U.S. Bring Back the Draft?
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What’s Making Some Countries Daydream About Nukes Again?
Yet the majority of nations that might decide to go nuclear are not rogue states, but U.S. allies and partners....
By Jon B. Wolfsthal
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Full interview with Jim Townsend and Corey Jacobson | POLITICO at The NATO Summit
By Jim Townsend
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Beware the Europe You Wish For
By Celeste Wallander
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What’s Making Some Countries Daydream About Nukes Again?
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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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Will Iran block the Strait of Hormuz?
By Rachel Ziemba
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What Happened to the U.S. ‘Asia First’ Doctrine?
By Adham Sahloul
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U.S., Iran Move Out of ‘Shadow War’ but Threat from Proxy Militias May Remain
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Will Iran block the Strait of Hormuz?
The world has held a close eye on the Strait of Hormuz lately with Israeli and U.S. strikes on Iran. Nearly a quarter of the world's seaborne oil passes through the narrow wat...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Bloomberg Surveillance: Economy and Israel
By Emily Kilcrease
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U.S. Strikes on Iran Could Hit American Economy at a Fragile Time
By Rachel Ziemba
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Will Iran block the Strait of Hormuz?
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Cyber Crossroads in the Indo-Pacific
The Indo-Pacific faces a cyber crossroads. Down one path lies deeper military, intelligence, and economic ties between Washington and its key allies and partners in this strat...
By Vivek Chilukuri, Lisa Curtis, Janet Egan, Morgan Peirce, Elizabeth Whatcott & Nathaniel Schochet
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Securing America’s AI Future: Federal Research and Development Priorities
By Caleb Withers & Spencer Michaels
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Will DJI Drones Be Banned in the US? DJI Says the Clock Is Ticking – and It Urgently Needs Its Fans to Help
By Elsa B. Kania
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Cyber Crossroads in the Indo-Pacific
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Can the President Deploy the National Guard to American Cities?
On CNN, Carrie Cordero breaks down the laws behind whether the President can deploy the National Guard to American cities, and whether the Insurrection Act will be invoked....
By Carrie Cordero
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Sharper: The National Guard
By Charles Horn & Taren Sylvester
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DOJ Tests National Security Defense in Fight for Trump Agenda
By Carrie Cordero
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Can the President Deploy the National Guard to American Cities?
