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Sanctions by the Numbers: 2025 Year in Review
Eleanor Hume, Kyle Rutter | January 29, 2026
Short Supply
Katherine L. Kuzminski, Taren Sylvester | December 11, 2025
Prepared, Not Paralyzed
Janet Egan, Spencer Michaels, Caleb Withers | November 20, 2025
Economic Security in North America
Emily Kilcrease, Geoffrey Gertz | December 03, 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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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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Economic Security in North America
Executive Summary The United States, Mexico, and Canada Agreement (USMCA) negotiated during President Donald Trump’s first term includes a novel review clause. By July 2026, t...
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CNAS Insights brings timely analysis and expert commentary to the most pressing topics in national security.
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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...
Commentary
CNAS Insights | Trump's Plan B for Tariffs
The administration is already pivoting to a new tariff architecture that will mostly, though not entirely, recreate his previous tariffs....
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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...
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UAE Lenders Suffer Outages After Amazon Data Centre Hit by ‘Objects’
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Banking customers in the United Arab Emirates have reported disruption to banking apps in the wake of missile and drone attacks from Iran....
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The Gulf Next Door
In The News
They say that if you don’t like Dubai, you won’t like the future. That’s usually a note of cultural snobbery — the shiny, booming expat city is a place for “social media hotel...
By Richard Fontaine
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Technology & National Security
The U.S. Launches a Peace Corps for AI to Compete with ChinaWhile speaking at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi last month, White House science and technology adviser Michael Kratsios announced the launch of Tech Corps. Posi...
By Ruby Scanlon
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U.S. Races to Accomplish Iran Mission Before Munitions Run OutWhen the U.S. military’s top general laid out the risks to President Trump of launching a major and extended attack on Iran, one of the issues he flagged was America’s stockpi...
By Becca Wasser
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The Iranian Force Built to Defend the Regime Now Faces the Ultimate Test
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U.S. and Israeli airstrikes killed many of Iran’s top leaders in just hours, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. But the huge security apparatus they oversaw to e...
By Richard Fontaine
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Trump Faces Race to Defeat Iran Before U.S. and West Run Out of Missiles and InterceptorsDonald Trump was warned that America's stockpile of missiles and interceptors could run dry if his war in Iran is prolonged, sources say....
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U.S. Races to Accomplish Iran Mission Before Munitions Run OutBy Becca Wasser
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Iran Strike Marks First Time U.S. Used New One-Way Attack Drones in Combat
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China’s First Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier Will Challenge U.S. Sea PowerNew satellite imagery obtained by Newsweek shows work advancing on China’s fourth aircraft carrier, with defense analysts increasingly convinced the vessel will be nuclear-pow...
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China May Grab a Lead in the Race for Military Fusion
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Afghanistan Under Taliban Rule Makes the World Less Safe
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Trump Appears Ready to Attack Iran as U.S. Strike Force Takes ShapeA lack of calamities during those previous operations has made it easy to overlook the potential pitfalls of future missions, said Jason Dempsey, a retired Army officer who st...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Army to Be More Selective with Reenlistment Bonuses Under New GuidanceBy Katherine L. Kuzminski
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The U.S. Army’s Quiet Rotation in the PhilippinesBy Katherine L. Kuzminski & Stacie Pettyjohn
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Reflecting on Four Years of War in Ukraine
This week marks the four-year anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Brussels Sprouts wanted to mark this somber milestone with a look at the conflict and the...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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Trump Vowed to End Ukraine War in 24 Hours, but He Still Can’t — Putin’s Maximalist Goals to Blame?
By Nicholas Lokker
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Four Years Later, How Close Is Russia to Achieving Its Goals in Ukraine?
By Nicholas Lokker
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Reflecting on Four Years of War in Ukraine
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The Gulf Next Door
They say that if you don’t like Dubai, you won’t like the future. That’s usually a note of cultural snobbery — the shiny, booming expat city is a place for “social media hotel...
By Richard Fontaine
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UAE Lenders Suffer Outages After Amazon Data Centre Hit by ‘Objects’
By Rachel Ziemba
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Trump’s Way of War
By Richard Fontaine
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The Gulf Next Door
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Could There Be a Way to Make Economic Sanctions More Mission Oriented?
One of the main tools foreign policy leaders have to exert pressure on other governments is through the use of economic tools. Sanctions, export controls, investment restricti...
By Lt Col Mary Hossier
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Boosting Economic Security Collaboration Among G7 Economies and like-Minded Allies
By Emily Kilcrease & Geoffrey Gertz
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Ducking Climate Science Is a Danger to the U.S. Military. Congress Must Help.
By Will Rogers
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Could There Be a Way to Make Economic Sanctions More Mission Oriented?
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Technology & National Security
The U.S. Launches a Peace Corps for AI to Compete with ChinaWhile speaking at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi last month, White House science and technology adviser Michael Kratsios announced the launch of Tech Corps. Posi...
By Ruby Scanlon
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Technology & National Security
Pentagon Assault on Anthropic Sends Shock Waves Across Silicon ValleyBy Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan
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Technology & National Security
Trump orders federal agencies to stop using Anthropic tech over AI safety disputeBy Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan
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Can a President Unilaterally Withdraw—and Rejoin—the UN Climate Treaty?
This article was originally published in Lawfare. On Jan. 7, the Trump administration withdrew the United States from more than 60 international agreements and organizations, ...
By Mark Nevitt
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The Fed, Ed Accreditation, and DHS
By Carrie Cordero
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Accountability and Oversight Concerns in DHS
By Carrie Cordero
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Can a President Unilaterally Withdraw—and Rejoin—the UN Climate Treaty?
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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
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How the U.S. and South Africa Could Use the G20 to Plot a Path Forward
By Richard Fontaine & Gibbs McKinley
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Losing the Swing States
By Richard Fontaine & Gibbs McKinley
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CNAS Insights | Why the “Swing States” Approach Is Right for Africa
