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Munitions Procurement and the Fiscal Year 2027 Defense Budget
Carlton Haelig | October 07, 2026
Behind the Front Line
Josh Wallin, Carlton Haelig | September 30, 2026
The AGI Moment
Paul Scharre | September 21, 2026
Redrawing the Map
Katherine L. Kuzminski | September 15, 2026
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Munitions Procurement and the Fiscal Year 2027 Defense Budget
Executive Summary The war with Iran has taken a tremendous toll on the American military’s munitions stockpile. Over half its inventory of high-end missile interceptors has be...
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Behind the Front Line
This report considers the near-term opportunities that exist for integrating agentic artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities across the Department of War. While integration ...
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The AGI Moment
Introduction The age of AI is upon us. What that means is not yet clear. As general-purpose AI capabilities continue to march toward human-level performance across a range of ...
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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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CNAS Insights | U.S.-China AI Agreements Need Verification, Not Trust
The 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...
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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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Political Fallout From Trump’s Russian Diesel Deal Overshadows Price Impact
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The planned imports will “have very little unnoticeable impact on domestic US diesel prices, even if it happens — and I think that’s a big if,” given legal complications and R...
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Trump Blames Kyiv For Diesel, But The Barrels Went Missing In Hormuz
In The News
That is the right diagnosis. Rachel Ziemba, a senior adjunct fellow at the Center for a New American Security, says the two wars are reinforcing each other in fuel markets, bu...
By Rachel Ziemba
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In The News
Technology & National Security
Drone Evolution Shakes Russia-Ukraine War DynamicsAs weapon systems evolve in real time, ‘game changers’ that could shift the war’s dynamics are emerging frequently. Samuel Bendett, a researcher at the Center for New American...
By Samuel Bendett
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Trump's AI Plan: Make Developers Pay When Models Misbehave"Despite calls for liability, it remains unsettled whether AI companies are legally responsible for securing their models against contributing to any harm, or whether users sh...
By Ben Hayum
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Trump’s AI Liability Push Opens Blame Game for Models Gone Rogue“Despite calls for liability, it remains unsettled whether AI companies are legally responsible for securing their models against contributing to any harm, or whether users sh...
By Ben Hayum
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BBC World News | Saudi Arabia: Cruise Missiles and Drones Intercepted
Becca Wasser, adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security joins BBC World News to discuss Saudi Arabia struggling to defend itself.Watch the full interview...
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Iran’s Drones Reveal U.S. Military Weakness
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Munitions Procurement and the Fiscal Year 2027 Defense Budget
By Carlton Haelig
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BBC World News | Saudi Arabia: Cruise Missiles and Drones Intercepted
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The Axis of Upheaval Goes to WarThey are fine-tuning their cooperation to make their partners more resilient—and more dangerous to the United States—while limiting costs and risks....
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Richard Fontaine
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Trump, Xi, and the Race for Superintelligence
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China Has Resolved Its ‘Malacca Dilemma’
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Hegseth Military Base Competition: Map Shows 6 States Most Likely to HostKatherine Kuzminski, director of studies at the Center for a New American Security, told Newsweek that one of the biggest questions is what Hegseth means by a “base.” The U.S....
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Hegseth Calls for Contest to Decide America’s Next Military BaseBy Katherine L. Kuzminski
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The Airpower We Need for Irregular WarfareBy Tobias Switzer
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Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security
The Axis of Upheaval Goes to WarThey are fine-tuning their cooperation to make their partners more resilient—and more dangerous to the United States—while limiting costs and risks....
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Richard Fontaine
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Could the Iran War Spread to Europe?
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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Ukraine's Winter Forecast: Economy and Politics
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security
The Axis of Upheaval Goes to WarThey are fine-tuning their cooperation to make their partners more resilient—and more dangerous to the United States—while limiting costs and risks....
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Richard Fontaine
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As the U.S. Pulls Its Forces Out of Iraq, What Happens to Iran-Backed Armed Groups?
By Hamzeh Hadad
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Iraq Begins High-Stakes Security Balancing Act as U.S. Troops Withdraw
By Hamzeh Hadad
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Political Fallout From Trump’s Russian Diesel Deal Overshadows Price Impact
The planned imports will “have very little unnoticeable impact on domestic US diesel prices, even if it happens — and I think that’s a big if,” given legal complications and R...
By Chris Kennedy
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Ziemba: No Immediate U.S. Role in Saudi-Houthi Fighting
By Rachel Ziemba
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Trump Blames Kyiv For Diesel, But The Barrels Went Missing In Hormuz
By Rachel Ziemba
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Political Fallout From Trump’s Russian Diesel Deal Overshadows Price Impact
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Technology & National Security
Trump’s AI Liability Push Opens Blame Game for Models Gone Rogue“Despite calls for liability, it remains unsettled whether AI companies are legally responsible for securing their models against contributing to any harm, or whether users sh...
By Ben Hayum
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Technology & National Security
Trump's AI Plan: Make Developers Pay When Models MisbehaveBy Ben Hayum
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Technology & National Security
Drone Evolution Shakes Russia-Ukraine War DynamicsBy Samuel Bendett
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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
By Mark Nevitt
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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 Sheehan
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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 Sheehan
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CNAS Insights | New Rules for U.S. Foreign Aid
