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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 | Bridging Washington and Silicon Valley

The recent friction between Anthropic and the Pentagon has made me reflect on the painful chasm that opened between Washington and Silicon Valley following leaks from Edward S...

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 ...

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Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
Russian Female Drone Pilots Flying Against The Wind Of Tradition
“Russia’s traditional attitude towards the general role of women may preclude a wider acceptance of even professional drone pilots across the force,” Samuel Bendett, an expert...

By Samuel Bendett
- Forbes
- March 26, 2026
In The News

Technology & National Security
She Uncovered a Terrifying Lab Hidden in California, with Alleged Ties to China
It isn’t known how many biolabs are operating in the United States because there’s no monitoring system in place, said Sam Howell, an associate fellow with the technology and ...

By Sam Howell
- Los Angeles Times
- March 25, 2026
In The News

National Security Human Capital
Army Raises Enlistment Age Limit to 42 and Eases Marijuana Rules
Katherine Kuzminski, the director of studies at the Center for a New American Security and an expert on military recruitment, said the Army most likely increased its age cap t...

By Katherine L. Kuzminski
- The New York Times
- March 25, 2026
In The News

Defense / Middle East Security
Trump Has Options to Invade Iran—All of Them Would Cost Dearly
"The big limitation that I see, really, to any of this is the fact that Iran's geography is not favorable to invasion, and it's been a fact of Iran's internal defense for mill...

By Carlton Haelig
- Newsweek
- March 24, 2026
In The News

Transatlantic Security
Russia Plays Chicken with Trump
“Even though the Trump administration has prioritized Latin America, the Russians are signaling that they’re not willing to fully give that up until — or, I should say — unles...

By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
- POLITICO
- March 24, 2026

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Defense
- Defense / Middle East Security
  What It Would Take to Reopen the Strait of Hormuz
  The strait is about 140 miles (225 kilometers) long and only 25 miles wide at its narrowest point, meaning ships have little room to maneuver and are easy targets for attacks ...
  
  By Becca Wasser
  - Commentary
- Defense / Middle East Security
  Trump Has Options to Invade Iran—All of Them Would Cost Dearly
  By Carlton Haelig
  - In The News
- Defense
  ‘We’re Not Keeping Up’: Why the Future of War Still Eludes U.S. Leaders
  By Robert O. Work
  - In The News
Indo-Pacific Security
- Indo-Pacific Security
  Repairing the Breach
  U.S.-India relations stumbled badly during the second half of 2025. Differences between U.S. and Indian officials over how a ceasefire was reached between New Delhi and Islama...
  
  By Lisa Curtis, Keerthi Martyn & Sitara Gupta
  - Reports
- Indo-Pacific Security
  Is ‘Voice of America’ Over?
  By Lisa Curtis
  - In The News
- Indo-Pacific Security / Middle East Security
  Iran U.S. War Latest Updates | ‘U.S., Israel Making Gains’: Lisa Curtis On Week 3 of Iran War
  By Lisa Curtis
  - Video
National Security Human Capital
- National Security Human Capital
  Army Raises Enlistment Age Limit to 42 and Eases Marijuana Rules
  Katherine Kuzminski, the director of studies at the Center for a New American Security and an expert on military recruitment, said the Army most likely increased its age cap t...
  
  By Katherine L. Kuzminski
  - In The News
- National Security Human Capital
  Army Raises Enlistment Age to 42, Eases Marijuana Restrictions
  By Katherine L. Kuzminski
  - In The News
- National Security Human Capital
  DHS Pick Mullin Boasts of ‘Special Assignments’ Abroad but Offers Few Details
  By Dr. Jason Dempsey
  - In The News
Transatlantic Security
- Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
  Russian Female Drone Pilots Flying Against The Wind Of Tradition
  “Russia’s traditional attitude towards the general role of women may preclude a wider acceptance of even professional drone pilots across the force,” Samuel Bendett, an expert...
  
  By Samuel Bendett
  - In The News
- Transatlantic Security
  Russia Plays Chicken with Trump
  By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
  - In The News
- Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security
  Whose War Is It? Trump Eyes Iran Talks as Israel Hints at Long Campaign
  By Jim Townsend
  - In The News
Middle East Security
- Defense / Middle East Security
  What It Would Take to Reopen the Strait of Hormuz
  The strait is about 140 miles (225 kilometers) long and only 25 miles wide at its narrowest point, meaning ships have little room to maneuver and are easy targets for attacks ...
  
  By Becca Wasser
  - Commentary
- Defense / Middle East Security
  Trump Has Options to Invade Iran—All of Them Would Cost Dearly
  By Carlton Haelig
  - In The News
- Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security
  Whose War Is It? Trump Eyes Iran Talks as Israel Hints at Long Campaign
  By Jim Townsend
  - In The News
Energy, Economics & Security
- Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
  Oil Prices Continue to Underprice Outage
  As the Iran war continues into its 4th week, the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz has heightened pressure on the US and major energy importers. Iran has threatened to...
  
  By Rachel Ziemba
  - Video
- Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
  U.S. Lifts Sanctions on Some Iranian Oil as Energy Prices Soar
  By Rachel Ziemba
  - In The News
- Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
  U.S. Encourages Flow of Iranian Oil While It Battles Iran
  By Alex Zerden
  - In The News
Technology & National Security
- Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
  Russian Female Drone Pilots Flying Against The Wind Of Tradition
  “Russia’s traditional attitude towards the general role of women may preclude a wider acceptance of even professional drone pilots across the force,” Samuel Bendett, an expert...
  
  By Samuel Bendett
  - In The News
- Technology & National Security
  She Uncovered a Terrifying Lab Hidden in California, with Alleged Ties to China
  By Sam Howell
  - In The News
- Technology & National Security
  Off Target
  By Caleb Withers, Jay Kim & Ethan Chiu
  - Reports
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