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Drones, Missiles, and the U.S. Munitions Shortage
Philip Sheers, Stacie Pettyjohn | September 18, 2026
Redrawing the Map
Katherine L. Kuzminski | September 15, 2026
Superpowers and AGI
Jacob Stokes | August 27, 2026
Whither the Coalition?
Emily Kilcrease, James Crabtree | August 18, 2026
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Drones, Missiles, and the U.S. Munitions Shortage
Executive Summary Drones have exploded in popularity since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. There is a growing view that inexpensive drones—“affordable mass”—a...
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Redrawing the Map
Executive Summary The United States is home to 17.3 million veterans in 2026—a population that has declined from 21.0 million in 2015, as older, conscription-era veterans have...
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Superpowers and AGI
Executive Summary Artificial intelligence (AI) systems continue to progress at a steady pace. This trend has fed forecasts that artificial general intelligence (AGI)—generally...
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Whither the Coalition?
Executive Summary The future of Taiwan, a self-governing island democracy that is claimed by the People’s Republic of China (PRC), remains one of the most complex and fraught ...
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CNAS Insights | Strategic Stability with China Will Come at a Cost
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese General Secretary Xi Jinping will meet this week for the latest high-stakes summit. A core focus will be extending a trade truce set to...
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CNAS Insights | America Must Expand AI Export Controls Amid Talks with China
The path forward is to lengthen the United States’ AI lead by expanding, not weakening, technology protections, starting with closing three priority gaps: remote access, adver...
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CNAS Insights | A Better Way to Deal with Canada
These days, Canada and the United States sound more like adversaries than the closest of allies. President Donald Trump imposed 50 percent tariffs over the weekend on a range ...
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Japan’s New CIA Could Be Takaichi’s Trump Card
In The News
Japan is stepping up to meet his administration’s demands for allies to do more. Intelligence reform may generate fewer headlines than higher defense spending, new missiles, o...
By Derek Grossman
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Businesses ‘Frozen Out’ of Trump’s Tariff Channel with China
In The News
“There’s always a risk that this kind of thing devolves into endless chit-chat,” said Emily Kilcrease, a former deputy assistant U.S. trade representative during Trump’s first...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Rare Earths Force Trump to Be Less Hostile Before Xi Summit
In The News
"The US and the Trump administration are just fundamentally in a different position with China where they can't use that overly coercive, over-reaching approach, knowing that ...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Aerospace Suppliers Test Rare-Earth Alternatives to Ease Reliance on China
In The News
"Even under optimistic scenarios, we are years, not months, away from breaking our dependency on China for rare earths," said Geoffrey Gertz, a former official on the White Ho...
By Geoffrey Gertz
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In The News
Technology & National Security
AI Safety Looms as Major Xi-Trump Summit Topic amid Intensifying RaceDaniel Remler, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, a Washington-based think tank, said while most firms appear interested in using technologies from bot...
By Daniel Remler
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Big Take: The Real Costs of the U.S. Iran Blockade
On today's Big Take podcast, Bloomberg Global Defense Editor Gerry Doyle and Bloomberg Economics Defense Lead and adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Securi...
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Russia’s Secret Plan to Supercharge Kamikaze Drone Production
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Drones, Missiles, and the U.S. Munitions Shortage
By Philip Sheers & Stacie Pettyjohn
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Big Take: The Real Costs of the U.S. Iran Blockade
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Japan’s New CIA Could Be Takaichi’s Trump Card
Japan is stepping up to meet his administration’s demands for allies to do more. Intelligence reform may generate fewer headlines than higher defense spending, new missiles, o...
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Big Questions—And Key Logistical Details—Loom Ahead of China-U.S. Summit
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America’s Secret Weapon in the Nuclear Race
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Japan’s New CIA Could Be Takaichi’s Trump Card
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Redrawing the MapExecutive Summary The United States is home to 17.3 million veterans in 2026—a population that has declined from 21.0 million in 2015, as older, conscription-era veterans have...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Hegseth Made the Fitness Test Harder for Women in Combat Roles. Most Female Marines Are PassingBy Kyleanne Hunter
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As ICE Deports Service Members’ Families, the Pentagon Turns to Immigrant Communities to Fill Military RanksBy Katherine L. Kuzminski
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A Rearmed Germany's Place in Europe
Today we are taking a closer look at Germany as it returns to military power. As the United States pulls back from Europe and threats of Russian aggression are heightened, Ger...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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Sep 18, ’26 Washington Roundtable
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Why Autocrats Care What People Think
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A Rearmed Germany's Place in Europe
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The Canadian Tycoon Accused of Helping Russia’s ‘War Machine’
“This really is a case study of gaps in enforcement and the limits of compliance extraterritorially,” said Alex Zerden, a former U.S. Treasury official and adjunct senior fell...
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25 Years After 9/11, Iraq’s Dream Remains Unfulfilled
By Hamzeh Hadad
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Iran Turns to Crypto to Shore Up Economy
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The Canadian Tycoon Accused of Helping Russia’s ‘War Machine’
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Businesses ‘Frozen Out’ of Trump’s Tariff Channel with China
“There’s always a risk that this kind of thing devolves into endless chit-chat,” said Emily Kilcrease, a former deputy assistant U.S. trade representative during Trump’s first...
By Emily Kilcrease
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CNAS Insights | Strategic Stability with China Will Come at a Cost
By Emily Kilcrease & Geoffrey Gertz
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Fulfilling Earlier U.S.-China Agreements Is a Work in Progress as Trump and Xi Meet Again
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Businesses ‘Frozen Out’ of Trump’s Tariff Channel with China
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Technology & National Security
CNAS Insights | U.S.-China AI Agreements Need Verification, Not TrustThe upcoming Trump-Xi summit is likely to disappoint the leaders of top AI labs that have recently called for urgent, coordinated pacing of frontier AI progress. While agreeme...
By Ruby Scanlon & Janet Egan
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Technology & National Security
AI Safety Looms as Major Xi-Trump Summit Topic amid Intensifying RaceBy Daniel Remler
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Technology & National Security
The AGI MomentBy Paul Scharre
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U.S. Strikes Iranian Oil Tankers in Response to Tehran’s Attacks on Navy Ships
While civilian ships aren’t typically lawful targets, they lose their protected status if they contribute to an adversary’s military action and if destroying them offers a def...
By Mark Nevitt
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Shutdown Reform’s Constitutional Blind Spot: The Two-Year Clause
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Women’s Share of Top Military Promotions Falls as Hegseth Blocks Nominees
By Mark Nevitt
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U.S. Strikes Iranian Oil Tankers in Response to Tehran’s Attacks on Navy Ships
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CNAS Insights | New Rules for U.S. Foreign Aid
Join us for the CNAS 2026 National Security Conference: New Rules, on Thursday, June 11!...
By Gibbs McKinley
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Transatlantic Security / Global Swing States
Beyond the SahelBy Kate Johnston, Valeria Allende & Isabel Dlabach
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CNAS Insights | Why the “Swing States” Approach Is Right for Africa
By Gibbs McKinley
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CNAS Insights | New Rules for U.S. Foreign Aid
