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U.S.-Japan-Philippines Trilateral Cooperation
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CNAS Insights | American AI Exports Need a Sovereignty Solution
Earlier this month, the Department of Commerce opened applications for the American AI Exports Program, an ambitious effort to deploy American AI technology, tools, and infras...
Commentary
CNAS Insights | A Year After Liberation Day, Can Trump’s Trade Wars Be Salvaged?
As the trade wars have played out over the last year, the Trump administration has fumbled its opportunity....
Commentary
CNAS Insights | Pakistan’s Iran Mediation Gambit Likely to Boost Ties with the Trump Administration
It may be surprising to some that Pakistan has taken on the risky role of a key mediator between the United States and Iran to try to end the war entering its second month. Ho...
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How China and Russia Are Becoming Iran’s Eyes in the Sky
In The News
Carlton Haelig, a fellow with the Defense Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), said Beijing only has thin deniability over the TEE-01B satellite. “It is v...
By Carlton Haelig
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Can the U.S. and Iran Close Off the Strait of Hormuz? What International Law Says.
In The News
Here, most experts agree that the stakes are extremely high. Until the Iran war, the international law governing the seas “was going so fine that no one thought about it,” say...
By Mark Nevitt
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What to Know About ‘Ship Spoofing’ by Iran-Linked Vessel to Breach the U.S. Blockade of the Strait of Hormuz
In The News
Boarding operations would likely rely on smaller, more maneuverable assets, including rigid-hull boats and helicopters, to rapidly intercept and inspect vessels, Mark Nevitt, ...
By Mark Nevitt
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Quad Summit Plan Turns Uneasy as India Pushes Ahead Without Top Leaders: Sources
In The News
Lisa Curtis, who served as deputy assistant to the president and senior director for South and Central Asia during Trump’s first term from 2017 to 2021, argued that trying to ...
By Lisa Curtis
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In The News
Technology & National Security
Iran Is Teaching Us Something About the American War Machine“We’re starting to see the contours of a new age of missile and drone warfare,” Paul Scharre of the Center for a New American Security says....
By Paul Scharre
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How China and Russia Are Becoming Iran’s Eyes in the Sky
Carlton Haelig, a fellow with the Defense Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), said Beijing only has thin deniability over the TEE-01B satellite. “It is v...
By Carlton Haelig
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Embracing Private Equity in the Next Era of National Security
By General John W. Raymond & Matt O’Kane
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The Pentagon Wants a 188 Percent Bump for Missile Procurement. Can Industry Deliver?
By Becca Wasser
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How China and Russia Are Becoming Iran’s Eyes in the Sky
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Quad Summit Plan Turns Uneasy as India Pushes Ahead Without Top Leaders: Sources
Lisa Curtis, who served as deputy assistant to the president and senior director for South and Central Asia during Trump’s first term from 2017 to 2021, argued that trying to ...
By Lisa Curtis
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Can Philippines Become Critical Minerals Powerhouse with Help from U.S., Japan?
By Lisa Curtis & Ryan Claffey
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China to Play Significant Role in Helping Iran Rebuild: Analyst
By Richard Fontaine
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Quad Summit Plan Turns Uneasy as India Pushes Ahead Without Top Leaders: Sources
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National Security Human Capital
How Hegseth Has Transformed the Pentagon’s Wartime Press OperationJason Dempsey, a career Army infantry officer who served as a special assistant to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said social media videos and public appearances do not serve the ...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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National Security Human Capital
Pentagon Calls Individual Ready Reserve a ‘Mobilization Asset’ in New PolicyBy Katherine L. Kuzminski
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National Security Human Capital
Army Gives Some Civilian Employees Days to Accept Reassignments, Separations or Face Involuntary Moves amid Force-Wide Rebalancing EffortBy Katherine L. Kuzminski
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European Perspectives on the U.S.-Iran Conflict
On April 7, after more than five weeks of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, U.S. President Donald Trump announced a 14-day ceasefire, provided Iran allows passage through the St...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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‘Closer to a Break than Ever’: Can NATO Survive If Trump Pulls the U.S. Out?
By Jim Townsend
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Trump Is Claiming Victory, Even As What Exactly America Won Remains Unclear
By Jim Townsend
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European Perspectives on the U.S.-Iran Conflict
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Middle East Security / National Security Law
Continuing Crisis in Strait of Hormuz: Why Iran’s Hold is Illegal and U.S. Military Force Alone FailsIran has drawn explicit lessons from this disruption and is now seeking to institutionalize its control....
By Mark Nevitt
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Cyber, Nuclear, Invasion? What Is Trump Threatening in Iran
By Daniel Schneiderman
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Indo-Pacific Security / Middle East Security
Trump Finds His Offramp with Iran. But the Causes of War Remain Unresolved.By Richard Fontaine
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U.S. Threat to Blockade Hormuz Sets Up Risky New Showdown
“The de-escalation window for the global economy, such as it was, is over for now,” said Rachel Ziemba, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, a W...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Energy Prices May Take ‘Months’ to Normalise, Despite Ceasefire: Analysts
By Rachel Ziemba
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The Long Tail of the Hormuz Energy Crisis with Rachel Ziemba
By Emily Kilcrease & Rachel Ziemba
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U.S. Threat to Blockade Hormuz Sets Up Risky New Showdown
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Technology & National Security
CNAS Insights | American AI Exports Need a Sovereignty SolutionEarlier this month, the Department of Commerce opened applications for the American AI Exports Program, an ambitious effort to deploy American AI technology, tools, and infras...
By Ruby Scanlon & Vivek Chilukuri
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Technology & National Security
Iran Is Teaching Us Something About the American War MachineBy Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
How the Pentagon Can Manage the Risks of AI WarfareBy Paul Scharre
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What to Know About ‘Ship Spoofing’ by Iran-Linked Vessel to Breach the U.S. Blockade of the Strait of Hormuz
Boarding operations would likely rely on smaller, more maneuverable assets, including rigid-hull boats and helicopters, to rapidly intercept and inspect vessels, Mark Nevitt, ...
By Mark Nevitt
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Can the U.S. and Iran Close Off the Strait of Hormuz? What International Law Says.
By Mark Nevitt
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Mined and Blockaded: Iran’s Unlawful Mining and the U.S. Port Blockade
By Mark Nevitt
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What to Know About ‘Ship Spoofing’ by Iran-Linked Vessel to Breach the U.S. Blockade of the Strait of Hormuz
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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
