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Countering the Swarm
Stacie Pettyjohn, Molly Campbell | September 10, 2025
Game Over?
Emily Kilcrease, Geoffrey Gertz | August 04, 2025
Understanding Russia’s Calculus on Opportunistic Aggression in Europe
Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend, Kate Johnston, Greg Weaver | September 04, 2025
Global Compute and National Security
Janet Egan | July 29, 2025
Defense
Countering the Swarm
After decades of air dominance and a near monopoly on precision strike, the United States now faces a dramatically different, more hostile world as the proliferation of cheap ...
Energy, Economics & Security
Game Over?
The trade wargame suggests that sustained high tariffs could create leverage and urgency to spur action toward a productive restructuring of the international trade system....
Transatlantic Security
Understanding Russia’s Calculus on Opportunistic Aggression in Europe
Executive Summary Numerous factors are working to dissuade Russia from directly challenging NATO, but once Moscow reconstitutes its military, one scenario stands out as a plau...
Technology & National Security
Global Compute and National Security
The current pathway to breakthrough artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities relies on amassing and leveraging vast “compute”—specialized chips housed within massive data cen...
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...
Global Swing States
Global Swing States and the New Great Power Competition
International politics is undergoing a period of rapid, significant change. China and Russia are working together more closely and alongside Iran and North Korea...
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Technology & National Security
Ukraine’s Drone War over the Black Sea Is Heating UpUkraine has turned to drones and asymmetrical warfare to counter Russia’s superior firepower, but nowhere has this strategy been more effective than in the Black Sea....
By Samuel Bendett
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US Can Spare Only Limited Tomahawk Missiles, Likely No Major Impact on Ukraine Conflict
In The News
The United States could provide Ukraine with only 20 to 50 long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles....
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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In The News
Technology & National Security
Behind Russia’s Battlefield Drone Surge in Ukraine? Chinese Factories.China has materially helped Russia gain a key battlefield advantage in its grinding war against Ukraine, dramatically increasing exports over the summer of key components need...
By Samuel Bendett
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Donald Trump to Meet Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Washington on Friday
In The News
US President Donald Trump will welcome his Ukrainian counterpart to Washington on Friday for talks about how they can force Russia’s Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table, i...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Trump Wanted a Trade Deal. Xi Opened a New Front Instead.
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Beijing shattered a fragile trade truce with Washington this week, announcing sweeping restrictions on exports that contain even trace amounts of Chinese rare earth....
By Liza Tobin
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US Can Spare Only Limited Tomahawk Missiles, Likely No Major Impact on Ukraine Conflict
The United States could provide Ukraine with only 20 to 50 long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles....
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Donald Trump to Meet Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Washington on Friday
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Does China Want to Target Taiwan and U.S. Bases?
By CDR Thomas Shugart, USN
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US Can Spare Only Limited Tomahawk Missiles, Likely No Major Impact on Ukraine Conflict
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How China Could Use U.S. Farmland to Attack America
Chinese entities have been acquiring land in key locations near U.S. military bases, sparking national security concerns about possible spying — or even a potential attack. Fo...
By David Feith
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Japan’s Iron Lady: A Prime Minister for the Trump Era?
By Ryan Claffey
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CNAS Insights | Mr. President, You Are Losing India
By Lisa Curtis & Richard Fontaine
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How China Could Use U.S. Farmland to Attack America
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National Security Human Capital Program
US to Build Facility for Qatari F-15s in Idaho; Details Remain UnclearThe Pentagon will build a facility for the Qatari air force at an Idaho air base, the U.S. defense secretary announced on Friday....
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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National Security Human Capital Program
Texas National Guard Lands in Chicago, Sparking Feuds Between State Leaders, TrumpBy Katherine L. Kuzminski
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National Security Human Capital Program
Trump Says He’d Consider Invoking the Insurrection Act. What Does That Mean?By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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The Return of Diplomacy to Great Power Competition
On the surface, great power competition often seems driven by economic and military conflict, but diplomacy has always been central to great powers' engagement with the world....
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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What’s Driving President Trump’s New Confidence in Ukraine’s War Effort
By Richard Fontaine
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Moldova Chooses Its Future with William Hill and Laura Thornton
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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The Return of Diplomacy to Great Power Competition
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How a Peace Deal Between Hamas and Israel Will Reshape the Middle East
Rachel Brandenberg joins NPR to discuss how the region will change if Israel and Hamas continue to abide by the peace deal President Trump brokered. Listen to the interview o...
By Rachel Brandenburg
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Oct. 7 Anniversary: Israel Battles Optics, Isolation, and Mounting Death Toll as World Pushes Trump Deal
By Adham Sahloul
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Donald Trump’s Gaza Plan Skips Step One
By Delaney Soliday
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How a Peace Deal Between Hamas and Israel Will Reshape the Middle East
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Export Controls and U.S. Trade Policy: Making Sense of the New Terrain
This article was originally published in Just Security. U.S. export controls are evolving from a narrow national security tool to a broader trade policy instrument, reflectin...
By Geoffrey Gertz & Thomas Krueger
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China’s New Weapon in US Trade Talks: Batteries
By Emily Kilcrease
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Trump Wanted a Trade Deal. Xi Opened a New Front Instead.
By Liza Tobin
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Export Controls and U.S. Trade Policy: Making Sense of the New Terrain
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Technology & National Security
Countering the Digital Silk RoadExecutive Summary The year 2025 marks the 10th anniversary of the Digital Silk Road (DSR), China’s effort to strengthen its global ties and influence through technology. In th...
By Vivek Chilukuri & Ruby Scanlon
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Technology & National Security
Ukraine’s Drone War over the Black Sea Is Heating UpBy Samuel Bendett
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Technology & National Security
Behind Russia’s Battlefield Drone Surge in Ukraine? Chinese Factories.By Samuel Bendett
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Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Rising Lion Shows the U.S. Needs More Allies Like IsraelSince first exposing Iran’s nuclear weapons program in 1994, Israel knew that it might need to take military action. Yet, June’s attack was only seven months in the making....
By Lt. Gen. Robert Ashley, Jr. (Ret.)
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National Security Human Capital Program / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
‘Not Like Calling 911’—How A National Guard Call-Up Actually WorksBy Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Trump Pushes Bounds of Military, Police Immigration ActionsBy Carrie Cordero
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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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Global Swing States and the New Great Power Competition
By Richard Fontaine & Gibbs McKinley
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Technology & National Security
Countering the Digital Silk Road: BrazilBy Ruby Scanlon & Bill Drexel
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New CNAS Report Argues Six “Global Swing States” Will Shape the New Great Power Competition
