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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
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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...
Reports
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...
Reports
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...
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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 ...
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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...
Commentary
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 ...
Commentary
CNAS Insights | Setting the Rules for AI Warfare
The escalating feud between the Pentagon and Anthropic, one of world’s leading artificial intelligence (AI) companies, highlights a crucial question that will shape security i...
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‘We’re Not Keeping Up’: Why the Future of War Still Eludes U.S. Leaders
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“When you combine good intelligence surveillance reconnaissance with guided munitions — that was the future we were worried about,” Work, who is now a distinguished senior fel...
By Robert O. Work
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In The News
Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
U.S. Lifts Sanctions on Some Iranian Oil as Energy Prices SoarZiemba, adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, said she did not think the U.S would want money from oil sales to go to Iran's government - but it cou...
By Rachel Ziemba
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CNAS Welcomes Cara Abercrombie to Defense Program as Adjunct Senior Fellow
Washington, March 19, 2026 — The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) Defense Program is pleased to welcome the Honorable Cara Abercrombie as an adjunct senior fellow. Ab...
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In The News
Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
U.S. Encourages Flow of Iranian Oil While It Battles Iran“Iran will likely profit from these sales, thereby providing more money to fund its regime, the war and its proxies,” said Alex Zerden, [adjunct senior fellow at the Center fo...
By Alex Zerden
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Iraq Was Enjoying Newfound Peace and Prosperity. Then Came the Iran War.
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“The way in which the U.S. and Israel killed the supreme leader of Iran in its opening salvo, the symbolism of him being an ayatollah, a religious leader, had an impact” on th...
By Hamzeh Hadad
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‘We’re Not Keeping Up’: Why the Future of War Still Eludes U.S. Leaders
“When you combine good intelligence surveillance reconnaissance with guided munitions — that was the future we were worried about,” Work, who is now a distinguished senior fel...
By Robert O. Work
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Escalation Spiral? Fears of a 'Forever War' as Both Sides Dig In
By Becca Wasser
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The Ties That Bind
By Cara Abercrombie
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‘We’re Not Keeping Up’: Why the Future of War Still Eludes U.S. Leaders
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Ex-Member of Trump Administration Says Iran Is Trump’s Top Priority
In an interview on Tuesday, Curtis noted that when the summit was first planned, its significance lay in that it would take place two weeks before Trump was scheduled to meet ...
By Lisa Curtis
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Why Delayed US-China Summit Raises Stakes for Takaichi Ahead of White House Visit
By Richard Fontaine & Lisa Curtis
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
U.S.-Japan-Philippines Trilateral CooperationBy Lisa Curtis & Ryan Claffey
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Ex-Member of Trump Administration Says Iran Is Trump’s Top Priority
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National Security Human Capital
DHS Pick Mullin Boasts of ‘Special Assignments’ Abroad but Offers Few DetailsJason Dempsey, a retired army officer and senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, said Mullin appears to be interested in fostering a perception that he has w...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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National Security Human Capital
It Only Took 2 Weeks for the Iran War to Cause a Draft ScareBy Katherine L. Kuzminski
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National Security Human Capital
Fears of Military Draft Swirl amid Iran Conflict - Expert Weighs InBy Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security
Australian Involvement in Protecting Strait of Hormuz Would Provide Confidence to Other NationsJim Townsend, a former U-S Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence and adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, who spent more than two decades working o...
By Jim Townsend
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Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Vladimir Putin Enjoys a Huge Windfall from the Iran WarBy Rachel Ziemba
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Europe’s New Nuclear Deterrence Debate and France’s Answer
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
U.S. Lifts Sanctions on Some Iranian Oil as Energy Prices SoarZiemba, adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, said she did not think the U.S would want money from oil sales to go to Iran's government - but it cou...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Iraq Was Enjoying Newfound Peace and Prosperity. Then Came the Iran War.
By Hamzeh Hadad
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
U.S. Encourages Flow of Iranian Oil While It Battles IranBy Alex Zerden
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
U.S. Lifts Sanctions on Some Iranian Oil as Energy Prices SoarZiemba, adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, said she did not think the U.S would want money from oil sales to go to Iran's government - but it cou...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
U.S. Encourages Flow of Iranian Oil While It Battles IranBy Alex Zerden
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Qatar Says Iran Attack Caused Significant Damage at Ras Laffan Gas FacilityBy Rachel Ziemba
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Technology & National Security
CNAS Insights | Bridging Washington and Silicon ValleyThe 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...
By Anne Neuberger
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Technology & National Security
The Geopolitics of 6G with Vivek Chilukuri, Michael Calabrese, and Lindsay GormanBy Vivek Chilukuri
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Technology & National Security
Two Illegal Biolabs Reveal Gaps in U.S. BiosecurityBy Sam Howell
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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
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Middle East Security / National Security Law
Is the U.S. Fighting a War Without Rules?By Mark Nevitt
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Can a President Unilaterally Withdraw—and Rejoin—the UN Climate Treaty?
By Mark Nevitt
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Legal and Operational Issues in the Strait of Hormuz: Transit Passage Under Fire
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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
