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U.S.-Japan-Philippines Trilateral Cooperation

Lisa Curtis, Ryan Claffey | March 17, 2026

Sanctions by the Numbers: 2025 Year in Review

Eleanor Hume, Kyle Rutter | January 29, 2026

Hellscape for Taiwan

Stacie Pettyjohn, Molly Campbell | February 26, 2026

Eyes in the Sky

Philip Sheers | March 03, 2026

Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
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...

Energy, Economics & Security
Sanctions by the Numbers: 2025 Year in Review

This installment of Sanctions by the Numbers examines the United States’ use of financial sanctions and entity-based export controls...

Defense
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...

Defense
Eyes in the Sky

In the Department of Defense’s priority scenarios—a “defense by denial” of China and homeland defense—dedicated airborne sensing and battle management aircraft and their crew ...

CNAS INSIGHTS

CNAS Insights brings timely analysis and expert commentary to the most pressing topics in national security.

Technology & National Security
CNAS Insights | America’s AI Cyber Defense Gap Needs Congress to Act

Twice in the past five months, the U.S. Congress has allowed the authorization for U.S. cyber threat intelligence sharing to lapse. In each case, it managed only short-term ex...

Defense
CNAS Insights | Can the United States Sustain Its War Against Iran?

Last week, the Trump administration hosted U.S. defense companies at the White House for a discussion on defense production. At the center of ongoing operations are questions ...

Technology & National Security
CNAS Insights | Setting the Rules for AI Warfare

The escalating feud between the Pentagon and Anthropic, one of world’s leading artificial intelligence (AI) companies, highlights a crucial question that will shape security i...

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Energy, Economics & Security
Trump Temporarily Waives Century-Old Shipping Law amid Rising Fuel Costs
Rachel Ziemba, a senior fellow at the think tank Center for a New American Security, said the Jones Act waiver is designed to support that move — but it will have limited impa...

By Rachel Ziemba
- Al Jazeera
- March 18, 2026
In The News

Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Qatar Says Iran Attack Caused Significant Damage at Ras Laffan Gas Facility
Rachel Ziemba, a senior fellow at the think tank Center for a New American Security, said the fact that Ras Laffan had already paused production meant there would be no new gl...

By Rachel Ziemba
- Al Jazeera
- March 18, 2026
In The News

Indo-Pacific Security
Why Delayed US-China Summit Raises Stakes for Takaichi Ahead of White House Visit
Richard Fontaine, a former State Department and National Security Council (NSC) official, said Trump “is likely to express some frustration” at the situation. “If the summit c...

By Richard Fontaine & Lisa Curtis
- South China Morning Post
- March 18, 2026
In The News

Defense / Middle East Security
The Iran War Could Sap American Military Power for Years
The current pace of operations is likely to produce occasional “carrier gaps”—when America cannot deploy a carrier in some parts of the world—for two or three years, says Stac...

By Stacie Pettyjohn
- The Economist
- March 18, 2026
In The News

Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security
Australian Involvement in Protecting Strait of Hormuz Would Provide Confidence to Other Nations
Jim Townsend, a former U-S Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence and adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, who spent more than two decades working o...

By Jim Townsend
- ABC Australia
- March 17, 2026

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Defense
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  The Ties That Bind
  Introduction U.S. policymakers have made the revitalization of the U.S. defense industrial base (DIB) a top national security priority and are directing considerable resources...
  
  By Cara Abercrombie
  - Commentary
- Defense / Middle East Security
  The Iran War Could Sap American Military Power for Years
  By Stacie Pettyjohn
  - In The News
- Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
  U.S.-Japan-Philippines Trilateral Cooperation
  By Lisa Curtis & Ryan Claffey
  - Reports
Indo-Pacific Security
- Indo-Pacific Security
  Why Delayed US-China Summit Raises Stakes for Takaichi Ahead of White House Visit
  Richard Fontaine, a former State Department and National Security Council (NSC) official, said Trump “is likely to express some frustration” at the situation. “If the summit c...
  
  By Richard Fontaine & Lisa Curtis
  - In The News
- Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
  U.S.-Japan-Philippines Trilateral Cooperation
  By Lisa Curtis & Ryan Claffey
  - Reports
- Indo-Pacific Security
  Maduro Gone, Khamenei Killed — Is Kim Jong-Un the Next Target as U.S. Normalizes ‘Decapitation Strikes’?
  By Dr. Go Myong-Hyun
  - In The News
National Security Human Capital
- National Security Human Capital
  It Only Took 2 Weeks for the Iran War to Cause a Draft Scare
  An awkwardly worded question and a poorly phrased answer by a government official have launched speculation and debate about the possibility of a draft. Most of it is wrong or...
  
  By Katherine L. Kuzminski
  - In The News
- National Security Human Capital
  Fears of Military Draft Swirl amid Iran Conflict - Expert Weighs In
  By Katherine L. Kuzminski
  - In The News
- National Security Human Capital / Middle East Security
  Trump Appears Ready to Attack Iran as U.S. Strike Force Takes Shape
  By Dr. Jason Dempsey
  - In The News
Transatlantic Security
- Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security
  Australian Involvement in Protecting Strait of Hormuz Would Provide Confidence to Other Nations
  Jim Townsend, a former U-S Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence and adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, who spent more than two decades working o...
  
  By Jim Townsend
  - In The News
- Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
  Vladimir Putin Enjoys a Huge Windfall from the Iran War
  By Rachel Ziemba
  - In The News
- Transatlantic Security
  Europe’s New Nuclear Deterrence Debate and France’s Answer
  By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
  - Podcast
Middle East Security
- Defense / Middle East Security
  The Iran War Could Sap American Military Power for Years
  The current pace of operations is likely to produce occasional “carrier gaps”—when America cannot deploy a carrier in some parts of the world—for two or three years, says Stac...
  
  By Stacie Pettyjohn
  - In The News
- Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
  Qatar Says Iran Attack Caused Significant Damage at Ras Laffan Gas Facility
  By Rachel Ziemba
  - In The News
- Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security
  Australian Involvement in Protecting Strait of Hormuz Would Provide Confidence to Other Nations
  By Jim Townsend
  - In The News
Energy, Economics & Security
- Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
  Qatar Says Iran Attack Caused Significant Damage at Ras Laffan Gas Facility
  Rachel Ziemba, a senior fellow at the think tank Center for a New American Security, said the fact that Ras Laffan had already paused production meant there would be no new gl...
  
  By Rachel Ziemba
  - In The News
- Energy, Economics & Security
  Trump Temporarily Waives Century-Old Shipping Law amid Rising Fuel Costs
  By Rachel Ziemba
  - In The News
- Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
  Vladimir Putin Enjoys a Huge Windfall from the Iran War
  By Rachel Ziemba
  - In The News
Technology & National Security
- Technology & National Security
  The Geopolitics of 6G with Vivek Chilukuri, Michael Calabrese, and Lindsay Gorman
  Vivek Chilukuri, senior fellow and program director at the Center for a New American Security, joined POLITICO Policy Outlook to discuss the geopolitical implications of 6G, t...
  
  By Vivek Chilukuri
  - Video
- Technology & National Security
  Two Illegal Biolabs Reveal Gaps in U.S. Biosecurity
  By Sam Howell
  - Commentary
- Technology & National Security
  CNAS Insights | America’s AI Cyber Defense Gap Needs Congress to Act
  By Spencer Michaels, Janet Egan & Michael Daniel
  - Commentary
National Security Law
- National Security Law
  Legal and Operational Issues in the Strait of Hormuz: Transit Passage Under Fire
  The Strait of Hormuz has long been recognized as one of the world’s most strategically vital and legally complex maritime passages....
  
  By Mark Nevitt
  - Commentary
- Middle East Security / National Security Law
  Is the U.S. Fighting a War Without Rules?
  By Mark Nevitt
  - Podcast
- National Security Law
  Can a President Unilaterally Withdraw—and Rejoin—the UN Climate Treaty?
  By Mark Nevitt
  - Commentary
Global Swing States
- Global Swing States
  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
  - Commentary
- Global Swing States
  How the U.S. and South Africa Could Use the G20 to Plot a Path Forward
  By Richard Fontaine & Gibbs McKinley
  - Commentary
- Global Swing States
  Losing the Swing States
  By Richard Fontaine & Gibbs McKinley
  - Commentary