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Sanctions by the Numbers: 2025 Year in Review
Eleanor Hume, Kyle Rutter | January 29, 2026
After the Deal
Delaney Soliday, Shivane Anand | December 16, 2025
Short Supply
Katherine L. Kuzminski, Taren Sylvester | December 11, 2025
Prepared, Not Paralyzed
Janet Egan, Spencer Michaels, Caleb Withers | November 20, 2025
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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...
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After the Deal
Executive Summary More than two years have passed since the devastating October 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas (a.k.a. Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya, or Islamic Resista...
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Short Supply
Executive Summary The U.S. military faces a critical challenge: Fewer young Americans are willing to serve, and fewer adults are encouraging them to do so. Because of delibera...
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Prepared, Not Paralyzed
Executive Summary The Trump administration has embraced a pro-innovation approach to artificial intelligence (AI) policy. Its AI Action Plan, released July 2025, underscores t...
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CNAS Insights | Why the United States Needs Economic Coercion Doctrine
Economic tools now sit at the center of U.S. global competition. Sanctions, export controls, investment restrictions, and financial measures are employed with a frequency and ...
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CNAS Insights | Unpacking the H200 Export Policy
AI Chips for China With two new policies, President Donald Trump has implemented his pledge to allow sales of NVIDIA’s H200 AI chips to China in exchange for a quarter of the ...
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CNAS Insights | The 2025 National Security Strategy
The White House recently released its long-awaited National Security Strategy (NSS), a document mandated by U.S. law since the mid-1980s. The NSS of the second Trump term prom...
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Trump Turns to Military Leaders for High-Stakes Diplomacy
In The News
President Trump is increasingly turning to military leaders for some of his toughest diplomatic assignments, sending top brass to help negotiate the end of the Russia-Ukraine ...
By Elisa Catalano Ewers
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Why Netanyahu Wants His Say in Shaping a Trump Deal for Iran
In The News
As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for his seventh meeting with President Donald Trump since the U.S. leader took office a year ago, former officials identif...
By Rachel Brandenburg
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FAA Shutdown of El Paso Airspace Triggered by Dispute over Pentagon Laser Weapon
In The News
The abrupt closure of airspace over El Paso, Texas, was triggered by an interagency clash within the Trump administration on the use of a counterdrone laser system from a near...
By Molly Campbell
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As Naval Combat Evolves, There Will Be Few ‘Safe Havens’ in a Future War
In The News
The Navy has been heavily involved in combat operations in recent years, including two lengthy campaigns against Houthi rebels in Yemen, during which sailors were pitted again...
By Tom Shugart
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Trump Administration’s Venezuela Approach Gets Murkier
In The News
Nearly six weeks after the Trump administration ousted Venezuela’s leader with plans to effectively run the country, its manner of doing so is increasingly opaque....
By Alex Zerden
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CNAS Insights | America Isn’t Ready for a Drone War
This week, U.S. personnel near El Paso, Texas, tested a high-energy laser as part of their mission to shoot down cartel drones along the southern border. The resulting confusi...
By Stacie Pettyjohn & Molly Campbell
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Trump’s NATO DilemmaBy Sara Moller
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Weapons Used to Fight Drones Don’t Mix Well with Civilian Airspace
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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CNAS Insights | America Isn’t Ready for a Drone War
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Trump’s NATO DilemmaThis article was originally published in Foreign Affairs. Last November, Matthew Whitaker, the U.S. ambassador to NATO, startled a gathering of European officials at the Berl...
By Sara Moller
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
How Long Can Taiwan Ride the AI Wave?By J Travis Mosier
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The U.S. Army’s Quiet Rotation in the PhilippinesBy Katherine L. Kuzminski & Stacie Pettyjohn
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National Security Human Capital Program
Army to Be More Selective with Reenlistment Bonuses Under New GuidanceThe Army is adjusting how it awards reenlistment bonuses, refining how incentive pay is awarded as it tries to keep high-performing soldiers in hard-to-fill roles....
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program
The U.S. Army’s Quiet Rotation in the PhilippinesBy Katherine L. Kuzminski & Stacie Pettyjohn
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National Security Human Capital Program
Army Recruiting Waivers for Mental Health Will Be Approved at Lower LevelsBy Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Can Europe (Ever) Defend Itself?
Today’s Brussels Sprouts discussion follows on from our conversation last week on whether middle powers have the ability to chart a course more independent of the United State...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend & Franz-Stefan Gady
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There’s a Way Forward for Sovereign European Space Intel, but Is There the Will?
By Cameron Olbert
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Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security
Top Experts Decode India-U.S. Trade Deal | Questions Loom Over Russian Oil Imports, $500Bn InvestmentBy Daniel Silverberg
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Can Europe (Ever) Defend Itself?
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Trump Turns to Military Leaders for High-Stakes Diplomacy
President Trump is increasingly turning to military leaders for some of his toughest diplomatic assignments, sending top brass to help negotiate the end of the Russia-Ukraine ...
By Elisa Catalano Ewers
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Why Netanyahu Wants His Say in Shaping a Trump Deal for Iran
By Rachel Brandenburg
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Trump Turns to U.S. Military Leaders for Diplomatic Efforts on Iran and Ukraine
By Elisa Catalano Ewers
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Trump Turns to Military Leaders for High-Stakes Diplomacy
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Trump Administration’s Venezuela Approach Gets Murkier
Nearly six weeks after the Trump administration ousted Venezuela’s leader with plans to effectively run the country, its manner of doing so is increasingly opaque....
By Alex Zerden
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CNAS Insights | Why the United States Needs Economic Coercion Doctrine
By LtCol Mary Hossier
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Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Want to Stop Trump Bullying Your Country? RetaliateBy Edward Fishman
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Trump Administration’s Venezuela Approach Gets Murkier
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Technology & National Security
The Fight over China Splitting Big TechAnthropic CEO Dario Amodei has emerged as a prominent and vociferous critic of the Trump administration’s chip export policies....
By Janet Egan
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
How Long Can Taiwan Ride the AI Wave?By J Travis Mosier
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Technology & National Security
Pentagon Leaders Should Have More Control over Services’ Tech Budgets, GAO SuggestsBy Paul Scharre
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The Fed, Ed Accreditation, and DHS
Loren and Radha reminisce about wintry memories and Benedict Cumberbatch before a cocktail parties worth of gossip on Fed rates, tariffs, and appropriations politics. In dumps...
By Carrie Cordero
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Accountability and Oversight Concerns in DHS
By Carrie Cordero
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Legal Questions Remain After U.S. Capture of Maduro
By Carrie Cordero
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The Fed, Ed Accreditation, and DHS
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How the U.S. and South Africa Could Use the G20 to Plot a Path Forward
In the contest for the future of global order, South Africa’s choices will have a disproportionate impact on the outcome....
By Richard Fontaine & Gibbs McKinley
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Losing the Swing States
By Richard Fontaine & Gibbs McKinley
- New CNAS Report Argues Six “Global Swing States” Will Shape the New Great Power Competition
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How the U.S. and South Africa Could Use the G20 to Plot a Path Forward
