Featured Reports
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
Democracy in South Asia amid U.S. Aid Cuts
Lisa Curtis, Kareen Hart, Keerthi Martyn | May 15, 2025
From Production Lines to Front Lines
Becca Wasser, Philip Sheers | April 03, 2025
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...
Indo-Pacific Security
Democracy in South Asia amid U.S. Aid Cuts
The practice of democratic governance and the increased number of people across the world participating in national elections are positive trends that will help ensure governm...
Defense
From Production Lines to Front Lines
Executive Summary The U.S. defense industrial base (DIB) is struggling to meet the demands of the current strategic environment—let alone prepare for a potential conflict agai...
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. Strikes on Iran Could Hit American Economy at a Fragile Time
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The 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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Decoy Flights and Seven B-2 Stealth Bombers – How U.S. Says It Hit Iran’s Nuclear Sites
In The News
An 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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Iran Conflict Could Tilt Global Balance of Power
In The News
How 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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Will DJI Drones Be Banned in the US? DJI Says the Clock Is Ticking – and It Urgently Needs Its Fans to Help
In The News
DJI 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
Press Release
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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Decoy Flights and Seven B-2 Stealth Bombers – How U.S. Says It Hit Iran’s Nuclear Sites
An 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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Tariffs & and the Defense Industrial Base with Becca Wasser, plus what’s new in the U.S.-China trade war
By Emily Kilcrease, Geoffrey Gertz & Becca Wasser
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Production Power: The Revitalisation of the U.S. Defence Industrial Base and the Consequences for Europe
By Becca Wasser
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Decoy Flights and Seven B-2 Stealth Bombers – How U.S. Says It Hit Iran’s Nuclear Sites
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Iran Conflict Could Tilt Global Balance of Power
How 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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The U.S. and India–Pakistan Tensions with Lisa Curtis | The Ballpark Podcast
By Lisa Curtis
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Quad: The Next Phase
By Lisa Curtis, Kareen Hart, Ryan Claffey, Keerthi Martyn & Thomas Corel
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Iran Conflict Could Tilt Global Balance of Power
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Air Force Lowered Annual Recruiting Goal Due to Budget Woes, But Still on Track to Hit Target This Month
The 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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White House Denies Reporting by Guardian on VA Benefits: ‘Totally FALSE Story’
By Dr. Kyleanne Hunter
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Political Turmoil Strains the Army as It Marks a Milestone Birthday
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Air Force Lowered Annual Recruiting Goal Due to Budget Woes, But Still on Track to Hit Target This Month
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NATO Summit Preview with Julianne Smith and Camille Grand
Next week, on June 24th and 25th, NATO will hold its annual summit in the Hague. In the run-up to the event, expectations are low among allies. The ultimate goal is to navigat...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend, Julianne Smith & Camille Grand
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Threat of U.S.-China Land Grab in Space Demands Urgent Legal Reforms
By Jon B. Wolfsthal
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How Nuclear War Could Start
By Jon B. Wolfsthal
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NATO Summit Preview with Julianne Smith and Camille Grand
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Iran Conflict Could Tilt Global Balance of Power
How 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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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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U.S. Strikes on Iran Could Hit American Economy at a Fragile Time
By Rachel Ziemba
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Iran Conflict Could Tilt Global Balance of Power
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U.S. Strikes on Iran Could Hit American Economy at a Fragile Time
The 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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U.S. Enters War In Middle East: Will Iran Block The Strait Of Hormuz?
By Daniel Silverberg
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Trump May Go to War in Iran Without Congress — and That’s Just the New Normal
By Daniel Silverberg
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U.S. Strikes on Iran Could Hit American Economy at a Fragile Time
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Securing America’s AI Future: Federal Research and Development Priorities
On April 29, 2025, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) issued a Request for Information on the Development of a 2025 National Artificial Intelligenc...
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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‘We Want Peace’: How Attacks Between Israel and Iran Could Impact People in NC
By Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan
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Securing America’s AI Future: Federal Research and Development Priorities
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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?
