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The First 100 Days
Richard Fontaine, Geoffrey Gertz, Emily Kilcrease, Janet Egan, Paul Scharre, Vivek Chilukuri, Sam Howell, Constanza M. Vidal Bustamante, Stacie Pettyjohn, Carlton Haelig, Becca Wasser, Josh Wallin, Jacob Stokes, Lisa Curtis, Katherine L. Kuzminski, Carrie Cordero, Jonathan Lord, Jim Townsend | January 20, 2025
Biopower
Vivek Chilukuri, Hannah Kelley | January 15, 2025
Stress-Testing State Power
Carrie Cordero | December 05, 2024
Axis of Upheaval
November 18, 2024
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...
Technology & National Security
Biopower
For policymakers, the question is not whether the biorevolution has transformative power, but which nation will responsibly harness that power...
Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Stress-Testing State Power
Introduction As the end of the first quarter of the 21st century approaches, the United States’ unique federalist system of government is increasingly relevant as it relates t...
Axis of Upheaval
Today a new Axis of Upheaval—the increasing alignment among China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea—is fundamentally altering the geopolitical landscape. Cooperation among the fo...
AMERICA'S EDGE
Experts from the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) issued their recommendations for The First 100 Days, a blueprint to help the new administration navigate national security challenges from day one.
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...
CNAS 2025 National Security Conference | America's Edge: Forging the Future
Save the DateJune 3, 2025 The United States faces a rapidly changing global security landscape. Evolving technology, shifting alliances, and emerging threats require America t...
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EU Renews Russia Sanctions While Keeping Gas Exemptions, as Trump’s Ukraine Ceasefire Deal Looms
In The News
The European Union has decided to extend its economic sanctions on Russia for another six months after reaching a last-minute deal with Hungary, which had threatened to veto t...
By Richard Connolly
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Trump’s Pentagon Sheds No-Politics Image in a Major Reversal
In The News
President Donald Trump failed in his first term to bend the Pentagon to his will, facing delays and defiance from a group of military leaders who were determined to uphold its...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Trump’s Climate Agenda ‘May Push UAE Investors Away from U.S.’
In The News
Masdar and the UAE’s other renewable energy companies may need to rethink their US investments now that President Donald Trump has pulled the plug on new offshore wind project...
By Rachel Ziemba
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U.S. Central Bankers Resist Pressure from Donald Trump to Cut Interest Rates
In The News
Jay Powell 1, Donald Trump 0....
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Ukraine’s Marauding Sea Drones Bewilder Russia
In The News
On December 31, a Ukrainian naval drone destroyed a Russian Mi-8 helicopter for the first time using missiles launched from the unmanned craft. Two days later, Ukraine managed...
By Samuel Bendett
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Colombia Tariffs, Banning Chinese Drones, and Stacie Pettyjohn on Drone Warfare
Emily and Geoff play a quick round of Tariff Tarot to dissect Trump’s tariff threats on Colombia last weekend. Then they dig in to the bipartisan debate over banning various c...
By Emily Kilcrease, Stacie Pettyjohn & Geoffrey Gertz
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U.S. Central Bankers Resist Pressure from Donald Trump to Cut Interest Rates
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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In Trump’s Pentagon, a Growing Skepticism About U.S. Military Power
By Richard Fontaine
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Colombia Tariffs, Banning Chinese Drones, and Stacie Pettyjohn on Drone Warfare
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In Trump’s Pentagon, a Growing Skepticism About U.S. Military Power
To understand how the second Trump administration may use the U.S. military, the best clues aren’t written in the pages of Foreign Affairs or sussed out during panel discussio...
By Richard Fontaine
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What That New Powerful Chinese AI App Means for Washington
By Bill Drexel
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U.S. Tech Stocks Plunge on China AI’s Unexpectedly Strong Showing
By Janet Egan
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In Trump’s Pentagon, a Growing Skepticism About U.S. Military Power
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Trump’s Pentagon Sheds No-Politics Image in a Major Reversal
President Donald Trump failed in his first term to bend the Pentagon to his will, facing delays and defiance from a group of military leaders who were determined to uphold its...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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President's Latest Order Gives Uniformed Military 30 Days to Eliminate Diversity Efforts
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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In 12 Years, Almost No Takers for Marines’ Career Intermission Program
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Trump’s Pentagon Sheds No-Politics Image in a Major Reversal
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The Eurasian Century: Hot Wars, Cold Wars, and the Making of the Modern World with Hal Brands
For more than 100 years, the continent of Eurasia has played a central role in global geopolitics. In the 20th century, numerous authoritarian powers from Germany under Kaiser...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend & Hal Brands
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Trump Wants a Nuclear Deal. Can He Be the Ultimate Negotiator?
By Jon B. Wolfsthal
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EU Renews Russia Sanctions While Keeping Gas Exemptions, as Trump’s Ukraine Ceasefire Deal Looms
By Richard Connolly
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The Eurasian Century: Hot Wars, Cold Wars, and the Making of the Modern World with Hal Brands
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Trump’s Climate Agenda ‘May Push UAE Investors Away from U.S.’
Masdar and the UAE’s other renewable energy companies may need to rethink their US investments now that President Donald Trump has pulled the plug on new offshore wind project...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Sharper: Trump's First 100 Days
By Charles Horn
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Convene the E3 to Address the Iranian Nuclear Threat
By Jonathan Lord
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Trump’s Climate Agenda ‘May Push UAE Investors Away from U.S.’
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Trump’s Climate Agenda ‘May Push UAE Investors Away from U.S.’
Masdar and the UAE’s other renewable energy companies may need to rethink their US investments now that President Donald Trump has pulled the plug on new offshore wind project...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Colombia Tariffs, Banning Chinese Drones, and Stacie Pettyjohn on Drone Warfare
By Emily Kilcrease, Stacie Pettyjohn & Geoffrey Gertz
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Trump Threatens Tariffs Over Immigration, Drugs and Greenland
By Rachel Ziemba
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Trump’s Climate Agenda ‘May Push UAE Investors Away from U.S.’
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DeepSeek DeepDive + Hands-On With Operator + Hot Mess Express!
ChinaTalks’ Jordan Schneider, adjunct fellow of the Technology and National Security Program at the Center for a New American Security, joins to explain the Chinese A.I. indus...
By Jordan Schneider
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Ukraine’s Marauding Sea Drones Bewilder Russia
By Samuel Bendett
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Generative AI Makes Chinese, Iranian Hackers More Efficient, Report Says
By Caleb Withers
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DeepSeek DeepDive + Hands-On With Operator + Hot Mess Express!
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Sharper: Trump's First 100 Days
Donald Trump takes office in a complex and volatile global environment. Rising tensions with China, the continued war in Ukraine, and instability in the Middle East all pose s...
By Charles Horn
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Coordinate the Interagency to Counter Malign Foreign Influence
By Carrie Cordero
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The Clock Is Ticking on TikTok with Potential Ban Coming This Weekend
By Carrie Cordero
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Sharper: Trump's First 100 Days
