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Sanctions by the Numbers: Comparing the Trump and Biden Administrations’ Sanctions and Export Controls on China
Eleanor Hume, Rowan Scarpino | October 23, 2024
Integration for Innovation
Michael Brown, Ellen Lord, Andrew Metrick, Robert O. Work | September 25, 2024
The China-Russia Entente in East Asia
Jacob Stokes, Evan Wright, Nathaniel Schochet | September 26, 2024
Building the Future Capital Campaign
May 22, 2024
Energy, Economics & Security
Sanctions by the Numbers: Comparing the Trump and Biden Administrations’ Sanctions and Export Controls on China
Executive Summary The Biden administration has exceeded the Trump administration in the number of financial sanctions and entity-based export controls placed on Chinese person...
Defense
Integration for Innovation
Executive Summary In August 2023, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks made a clear case that the Department of Defense (DoD) must do better in “creat[ing] and exploit[i...
Indo-Pacific Security
The China-Russia Entente in East Asia
Executive Summary Closer cooperation between China and Russia is a major force driving global geopolitics. But how relations between the two authoritarian powers are shaping s...
Building the Future Capital Campaign
In a world awash with challenges, the demand for the Center’s work has never been greater than today. The new campaign will ensure that CNAS can fulfill its critical mission n...
HIGH STAKES
High Stakes: Preparing the Next President is a new election-year initiative to explore the most pressing national security issues that will face the next administration.
Indo-Pacific Security
The Axis of Upheaval
The West has been too quick to dismiss the coordination among China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia....
Leading the Free World
The United States has led the free world for eight decades, helping to usher in an era of unprecedented human flourishing. For much of that period, democracies expanded in num...
Middle East Security
Virtual Event | Confronting the Axis of Upheaval
Sep 20, 2024
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‘Profound Fear and Anxiety Among Women in Uniform’: Pentagon Reacts to Allegations Against Hegseth
In The News
The release of a police report with graphic details of sexual assault allegations against Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be Defense secretary, is stok...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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U.S. Treasury Targets Russia’s Gazprombank with New Sanctions
In The News
The United States imposed new sanctions on Russia's Gazprombank on Thursday, the Treasury Department said, as President Joe Biden steps up actions to punish Moscow for its inv...
By Edward Fishman
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CNAS Defense Program Welcomes New Fellows
Washington, November 21, 2024 – The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to welcome Dr. Carlton Haelig, Morgan Poyant, and Dr. Sara Moller to its Defense Progr...
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CNAS Welcomes David Jar to Board of Advisors
Washington, November 21, 2024 — The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to welcome David Jar to its board of advisors. David Jar is a managing director at Bl...
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Anyone Can Buy Data Tracking U.S. Soldiers and Spies to Nuclear Vaults and Brothels in Germany
In The News
A joint investigation by WIRED, Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), and Netzpolitik.org reveals that US companies legally collecting digital advertising data are also providing the wor...
By Vivek Chilukuri
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Generating an Edge
Emerging capabilities such as AI and machine learning are transforming strategic cooperation, competition and conflict throughout the Indo-Pacific and beyond, military command...
By Paul Scharre
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Pentagon to Disclose More Drones in Secretive China Program
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Loyalty Is Common Thread as Trump Fills Foreign Policy, Immigration Jobs
By Richard Fontaine
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Generating an Edge
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A U.S. Ban on Investing in Chinese AI Startups Could Escalate Under Trump
Late last month, the US Treasury Department finalized new restrictions limiting what kinds of Chinese tech startups US venture capital firms can invest in for national securit...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Donald Trump Makes Peace in West-Asia a Priority Post Election
By Lisa Curtis
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Trump Revives ‘Peace Through Strength,’ but Meaning up to Debate
By Jacob Stokes
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A U.S. Ban on Investing in Chinese AI Startups Could Escalate Under Trump
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To Improve Recruiting, Make Medical Standards Match Retention Ones
Standards exist for a reason, but excluding people who could thrive in the military unnecessarily impairs readiness....
By Kareen Hart & Taren Sylvester
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‘Profound Fear and Anxiety Among Women in Uniform’: Pentagon Reacts to Allegations Against Hegseth
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Sharper: Trump 2.0
By Charles Horn & Gwendolyn Nowaczyk
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To Improve Recruiting, Make Medical Standards Match Retention Ones
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Trump and the War in Ukraine with Michael Kofman and Robert Lee
More than 1000 days into the War in Ukraine, questions about continued support for the Ukrainian effort and the prospect of a negotiated settlement in the months to come have ...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend, Rob Lee & Mike Kofman
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RUSI Recording: The Impact of the U.S. Presidential Election on European Security
By Jim Townsend
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Sharper: Trump 2.0
By Charles Horn & Gwendolyn Nowaczyk
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Trump and the War in Ukraine with Michael Kofman and Robert Lee
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As Middle East Crisis Grinds On, Pentagon Shows Signs of Strain
The open-ended crisis in the Middle East has begun to squeeze the Pentagon, fueling unease over the U.S. military’s ability to balance imminent threats to American interests t...
By Becca Wasser
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“The Ayatollah Has No Clothes” – with Rich Goldberg and Richard Fontaine
By Richard Fontaine
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How Israel Tries to Destroy Hezbollah’s Financial Network
By Jonathan Lord
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As Middle East Crisis Grinds On, Pentagon Shows Signs of Strain
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U.S. Treasury Targets Russia’s Gazprombank with New Sanctions
The United States imposed new sanctions on Russia's Gazprombank on Thursday, the Treasury Department said, as President Joe Biden steps up actions to punish Moscow for its inv...
By Edward Fishman
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Sharper: Trump 2.0
By Charles Horn & Gwendolyn Nowaczyk
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A U.S. Ban on Investing in Chinese AI Startups Could Escalate Under Trump
By Emily Kilcrease
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U.S. Treasury Targets Russia’s Gazprombank with New Sanctions
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Sharper: Trump 2.0
Donald Trump's return to the White House is widely expected to reshape America's global priorities. With personnel choices and policy agendas that mark a significant break fro...
By Charles Horn & Gwendolyn Nowaczyk
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U.S. Government Commission Pushes Manhattan Project-Style AI Initiative
By Jacob Helberg
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Anyone Can Buy Data Tracking U.S. Soldiers and Spies to Nuclear Vaults and Brothels in Germany
By Vivek Chilukuri
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Sharper: Trump 2.0
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Sharper: Trump 2.0
Donald Trump's return to the White House is widely expected to reshape America's global priorities. With personnel choices and policy agendas that mark a significant break fro...
By Charles Horn & Gwendolyn Nowaczyk
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Legal Analysts Details ‘Practical Impact’ of Trump Win on Court Cases: ‘They Succeeded Spectacularly’
By Carrie Cordero
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‘Trump Will Use His Strength For Peace': Ex White House Official
By Lisa Curtis
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Sharper: Trump 2.0
