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U.S.-Japan-Philippines Trilateral Cooperation
Executive Summary Growing challenges from the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC’s) massive military modernization, rapid technological advancement, and coercive military activ...
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Hellscape for Taiwan
Executive Summary The question of how Taiwan can effectively deter and, if necessary, defeat a Chinese invasion has become increasingly urgent. For the past two decades, Taiwa...
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CNAS Insights | MATCHing Policy to Strategy
Advanced semiconductors underpin the growing capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI). The computing power they provide drives military capability, economic productivity, ...
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CNAS Insights | American AI Exports Need a Sovereignty Solution
Earlier this month, the Department of Commerce opened applications for the American AI Exports Program, an ambitious effort to deploy American AI technology, tools, and infras...
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CNAS Insights | A Year After Liberation Day, Can Trump’s Trade Wars Be Salvaged?
As the trade wars have played out over the last year, the Trump administration has fumbled its opportunity....
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The U.S. Has Been Burning Through Weapons in Iran It Could Need in a War with China. Here Are the Latest Estimates.
In The News
Franz-Stefan Gady, a defense expert at the Center for a New American Security, also warned on Wednesday that it would take four to five years to replenish US precision munitio...
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent Says Gulf, Asian Allies Request Swap Lines
In The News
“It is more likely that the ask is symbolic and one of the many ways that the UAE government has been trying to signal their commitment to the U.S., at least in national secur...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Air War in Iran Gives Way to Crippling Stalemate in Hormuz
In The News
“As it goes on, we could see oil prices getting higher and some stagflationary risks mounting, so this is going to weigh on global consumers,” said Rachel Ziemba, an adjunct s...
By Rachel Ziemba
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CNAS Welcomes Abe Denmark and David Black to Indo-Pacific Security Program
Washington, April 20, 2026 — The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is thrilled to welcome Abe Denmark and David Black as adjunct senior fellows with the Indo-Pacific S...
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How Iran’s Cheap, Low-Tech Drones Have Cost the U.S.
In The News
Air defense training teaches service members to prioritize using longer-range defense systems first to “get as many bites at the apple as you can,” but those are the most expe...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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The U.S. Has Been Burning Through Weapons in Iran It Could Need in a War with China. Here Are the Latest Estimates.
Franz-Stefan Gady, a defense expert at the Center for a New American Security, also warned on Wednesday that it would take four to five years to replenish US precision munitio...
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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Trump: U.S. Will Work with Iran to Get Its "Nuclear Dust"
By Becca Wasser
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Iran: No Plan for Talks After U.S. Seizes Ship
By Becca Wasser
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The U.S. Has Been Burning Through Weapons in Iran It Could Need in a War with China. Here Are the Latest Estimates.
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Japan, a hesitant geopolitical actor no more
U.S. politics are a key driver of Japan’s geopolitical renaissance....
By Derek Grossman
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Quad Summit Plan Turns Uneasy as India Pushes Ahead Without Top Leaders: Sources
By Lisa Curtis
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Can Philippines Become Critical Minerals Powerhouse with Help from U.S., Japan?
By Lisa Curtis & Ryan Claffey
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Japan, a hesitant geopolitical actor no more
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National Security Human Capital
How Hegseth Has Transformed the Pentagon’s Wartime Press OperationJason Dempsey, a career Army infantry officer who served as a special assistant to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said social media videos and public appearances do not serve the ...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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National Security Human Capital
Pentagon Calls Individual Ready Reserve a ‘Mobilization Asset’ in New PolicyBy Katherine L. Kuzminski
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National Security Human Capital
Army Gives Some Civilian Employees Days to Accept Reassignments, Separations or Face Involuntary Moves amid Force-Wide Rebalancing EffortBy Katherine L. Kuzminski
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‘U.S. Military Leverage a Risky Tactic’: Bombs, Military Escalation Will Not Bring Iran ‘To the Table’
Genie Godula is pleased to welcome Jim Townsend, Adjunct Senior Fellow in the CNAS Transatlantic Security Program and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) for E...
By Jim Townsend
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Orban Out: The Impact on European Politics, Ukraine, and Democracy
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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European Perspectives on the U.S.-Iran Conflict
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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‘U.S. Military Leverage a Risky Tactic’: Bombs, Military Escalation Will Not Bring Iran ‘To the Table’
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The Russia-Iran Partnership
The United States needs to prioritize increasing the cost of Russia’s support for Iran; sanctions alone are not sufficient and often encourage U.S. adversaries to get more inv...
By Delaney Soliday
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Middle East Security / National Security Law
Continuing Crisis in Strait of Hormuz: Why Iran’s Hold is Illegal and U.S. Military Force Alone FailsBy Mark Nevitt
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Cyber, Nuclear, Invasion? What Is Trump Threatening in Iran
By Daniel Schneiderman
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The Russia-Iran Partnership
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Air War in Iran Gives Way to Crippling Stalemate in Hormuz
“As it goes on, we could see oil prices getting higher and some stagflationary risks mounting, so this is going to weigh on global consumers,” said Rachel Ziemba, an adjunct s...
By Rachel Ziemba
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent Says Gulf, Asian Allies Request Swap Lines
By Rachel Ziemba
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Public Comments Submitted in Response to USTR Initiation of Section 301 Investigations
By Emily Kilcrease & Geoffrey Gertz
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Air War in Iran Gives Way to Crippling Stalemate in Hormuz
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Technology & National Security
CNAS Insights | MATCHing Policy to StrategyAdvanced semiconductors underpin the growing capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI). The computing power they provide drives military capability, economic productivity, ...
By Janet Egan & Michelle Nie
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Technology & National Security
CNAS Insights | American AI Exports Need a Sovereignty SolutionBy Ruby Scanlon & Vivek Chilukuri
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Technology & National Security
Iran Is Teaching Us Something About the American War MachineBy Paul Scharre
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U.S. Military Prepares to Board Iran-Linked Ships in Coming Days, Officials Say
“It’s a maximalist approach. If you want to put the screws down on Iran, you want to use every single legal authority you have to do that,” Nevitt said....
By Mark Nevitt
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The Constitution’s Forgotten Term Limit on Military Power
By Mark Nevitt & Matthew. B. Lawrence
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What to Know About ‘Ship Spoofing’ by Iran-Linked Vessel to Breach the U.S. Blockade of the Strait of Hormuz
By Mark Nevitt
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U.S. Military Prepares to Board Iran-Linked Ships in Coming Days, Officials Say
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CNAS Insights | Why the “Swing States” Approach Is Right for Africa
Africa watchers in Washington, D.C., were dispirited—though not surprised—when an email calling the continent “a peripheral—rather than a core theater for US interest” recentl...
By Gibbs McKinley
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How the U.S. and South Africa Could Use the G20 to Plot a Path Forward
By Richard Fontaine & Gibbs McKinley
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Losing the Swing States
By Richard Fontaine & Gibbs McKinley
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CNAS Insights | Why the “Swing States” Approach Is Right for Africa
