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Daniel Remler | June 12, 2026
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Chinese advanced artificial intelligence (AI) systems pose a serious and growing threat to U.S. national security. At least seven Chinese developers now produce systems with f...
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Thwarting Communications Blackout
Control over the physical means of transmitting information—the lifeblood of modern societies—has become a central area of contestation between Taiwan and the United States on...
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The Entanglement Edge
Quantum networking—technologies that transmit quantum states between nodes—is an underappreciated but potentially consequential dimension of U.S.-China quantum competition....
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The United States is seeking to strengthen its domestic capabilities and supply chain resilience in a number of sectors critical for its economic security, including semicondu...
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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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CNAS Insights | Sovereign AI’s Second Wave Is Coming Into View
Earlier this year, CNAS launched the Sovereign AI Index to track every government-backed sovereign AI project since 2023. These projects seek to improve a country’s AI self-re...
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CNAS Insights | Japan isn’t rearming. It’s adapting to a new era.
Japan’s defense posture is changing and changing fast. Military spending has increased sharply over the past four years. Japan’s Self-Defense Forces (SDF) are acquiring long-r...
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The U.S. Start-Up Making Low-Cost Interceptors for the Iran War
In The News
“They are complements, not substitutes, for the PAC-3,” said Stacie Pettyjohn, a senior fellow and director of the defense program at the Center for a New American Security. S...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Putin’s Doomsday Weapon Sparks New Era of Submarine Warfare
In The News
“You’ve got to ask who the Russians are saying these things for,” says Dr Richard Connolly, an expert on Russian defence policy, associate fellow at the Royal United Services ...
By Richard Connolly
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The Ceasefire Has Expired. How Could the U.S.-Iran War Escalate?
In The News
Richard Fontaine, the president of the Center for a New American Security and longtime foreign policy adviser to John McCain, the late senator, told me: “The chances of an esc...
By Richard Fontaine
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There’s No Shortcut to Replenish U.S. Munitions Stockpiles
In The News
“The push for low-cost munitions is unlikely to have a material effect on the Iran War—at least not anytime soon,” said Becca Wasser, Bloomberg Economics’s defense lead and an...
By Becca Wasser
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Korean Drone Boom Creates New Rumblings in Old Conflict
In The News
A turn toward drones and lower reliance on manned military equipment could actually reduce the risk of violent clashes, according to Erik Lin-Greenberg, an associate professor...
By Erik Lin-Greenberg
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The Risks of Downplaying China’s Military
Deterrence can succeed, and continued U.S., Taiwanese, and allied investment can matter a great deal — if undertaken with the urgency the situation demands....
By Tom Shugart
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The U.S. Start-Up Making Low-Cost Interceptors for the Iran War
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Korean Drone Boom Creates New Rumblings in Old Conflict
By Erik Lin-Greenberg
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The Risks of Downplaying China’s Military
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Pyongyang silent on Trump’s stated overture to Kim
Dr. Duyeon Kim, an adjunct senior fellow with the Indo-Pacific Security Program at the Center for a New American Security, joins CNN to discuss the likelihood of a meeting bet...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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South Korea Hopes for Talks Between U.S. and North Korea After Trump Downsizes Military Drills
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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Japan Is Emerging as a Regional Security Power Broker
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Pyongyang silent on Trump’s stated overture to Kim
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National Security Human Capital
More Troops Reported Sexual Assaults Last Year as Incidents FellA higher rate indicates that the “‘no wrong door’ approach to reporting, investment in professionalizing sexual assault [and] prevention workforce competencies, and an emphasi...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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National Security Human Capital
The USS Abraham Lincoln and the Toll of the Iran WarBy Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Air Power Not Air Forces with Tobias SwitzerBy Tobias Switzer
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Putin’s Doomsday Weapon Sparks New Era of Submarine Warfare
“You’ve got to ask who the Russians are saying these things for,” says Dr Richard Connolly, an expert on Russian defence policy, associate fellow at the Royal United Services ...
By Richard Connolly
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Front Line Dynamics, Deep Strikes, and a Theory of Victory
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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America’s Depleted Arsenal and Military Readiness Concerns
By Celeste Wallander
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Putin’s Doomsday Weapon Sparks New Era of Submarine Warfare
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The Iran War Is Testing a Depleted Treasury
But Alex Zerden, a former Treasury official and founder of Capitol Peak Strategies, now an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, said the departures...
By Alex Zerden
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Treasury Scales Back Scrutiny of U.S. Shell Companies
By Alex Zerden
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Trump’s Remaining Economic Levers in Iran Fraught With Risks
By Alex Zerden
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The Iran War Is Testing a Depleted Treasury
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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 ...
By Richard Fontaine
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U.S., Canada Negotiators Race to Ink a Deal as Trump’s Tariff Deadline Looms
By Rachel Ziemba
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Whither the Coalition?
By Emily Kilcrease & James Crabtree
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CNAS Insights | A Better Way to Deal with Canada
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CNAS Insights | Sovereign AI’s Second Wave Is Coming Into ViewEarlier this year, CNAS launched the Sovereign AI Index to track every government-backed sovereign AI project since 2023. These projects seek to improve a country’s AI self-re...
By Pablo Chavez, Vivek Chilukuri & Ruby Scanlon
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Technology & National Security
Air Force Security Teams Want to Train With Chinese-Made Drones at Nuclear BaseBy Samuel Bendett
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Technology & National Security
Is AI All Hype or the Real Deal?By Anthony Vinci
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Women’s Share of Top Military Promotions Falls as Hegseth Blocks Nominees
High-ranking officers, referred to as general and flag officers, hold “a position of incredible importance,” said Mark Nevitt, a professor of law at Emory University, adjunct ...
By Mark Nevitt
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How Congress Can Regulate Military Promotions After Trump v. Slaughter
By Mark Nevitt
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Ex-Trump Adviser John Bolton Pleads Guilty to Mishandling Classified Documents
By Carrie Cordero
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Women’s Share of Top Military Promotions Falls as Hegseth Blocks Nominees
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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
