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Countering Coercion
Lisa Curtis, Nilanthi Samaranayake | March 29, 2024
Forging a New Era of U.S.-Japan-South Korea Trilateral Cooperation
Lisa Curtis, Evan Wright, Hannah Kelley | March 21, 2024
Future-Proofing Frontier AI Regulation
Paul Scharre | March 13, 2024
Evolution Not Revolution
Stacie Pettyjohn | February 08, 2024
Indo-Pacific Security
Countering Coercion
The People’s Republic of China’s (PRC or China) has been engaging in gray zone activity—coercive behavior that is aimed at changing the status quo but that is below a threshol...
Indo-Pacific Security
Forging a New Era of U.S.-Japan-South Korea Trilateral Cooperation
Executive Summary In August 2023, the leaders of Japan, the Republic of Korea (ROK), and the United States met for an unprecedented in-person summit at Camp David to expand an...
Technology & National Security
Future-Proofing Frontier AI Regulation
Executive Summary Policymakers should prepare for a world of significantly more powerful AI systems over the next decade. These developments could occur without fundamental b...
Defense
Evolution Not Revolution
This report concludes that drones have transformed the battlefield in the war in Ukraine, but in an evolutionary rather than revolutionary fashion. While tactical innovation a...
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Public-Private Partnerships Can Propel U.S. Biotech Leadership
Press Release
Washington, April 22, 2024 — Today, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a new Biotech Matters commentary, Public-Private Coordination of Biotechnology: Thre...
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Trump meets with Orbán, Saudis, Cameron as they prepare for his return
In The News
“Everyone is searching for clues as to what Trump would do if he got a second term,” said Richard Fontaine, a former State Department official and CEO of the Center for a New ...
By Richard Fontaine
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Army on track to meet lower recruiting goal, Navy may fall short
In The News
The Army’s decision to lower its recruiting goal comes as the service is undergoing a massive force structure transformation, under which the total size of the force is expect...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Israel’s Military Risks Being Overstretched
In The News
Given all of this—and a potential hot war with Iran—some analysts are worried about Israel’s troops becoming overextended. “Israel has a significant opportunity cost, and ther...
By Jonathan Lord
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Will a FISA lapse cause a disaster? It depends on who you ask
In The News
“If the government has obtained renewal of the certifications, even if the law is not reauthorized this month, those certifications remain in effect over the course of the yea...
By Carrie Cordero
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Ukrainian president has stark new warning as war rages on
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warns that Ukraine will lose the war with Russia without US assistance. Franz-Stefan Gady of CNAS explains why US military aid is crucia...
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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Trump will see nuclear subs as a ‘win-win’, US foreign policy guru predicts
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Stock Buybacks in Defense: What Drives Them, and How That Can Change?
By Mikhail Grinberg, Jerry McGinn & Lloyd Everhart
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Ukrainian president has stark new warning as war rages on
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The Axis of Upheaval
The West has been too quick to dismiss the coordination among China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia....
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Richard Fontaine
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AUKUS weighs expanding security pact with Japan to deter China
By Richard Fontaine
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Biden’s ‘Coalitions of the Willing’ Foreign-Policy Doctrine
By Lisa Curtis
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The Axis of Upheaval
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Army on track to meet lower recruiting goal, Navy may fall short
The Army’s decision to lower its recruiting goal comes as the service is undergoing a massive force structure transformation, under which the total size of the force is expect...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Supreme Court sides with Army veteran in overlapping GI Bill benefits case
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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How DOD missed its opportunity to counter extremism in the ranks
By Samantha Olson
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Army on track to meet lower recruiting goal, Navy may fall short
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The Axis of Upheaval
The West has been too quick to dismiss the coordination among China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia....
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Richard Fontaine
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The State of the War in Ukraine with Michael Kofman
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend & Michael Kofman
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Sharper: NATO 75
By Anna Pederson, Anna Avanesyan & Charles Horn
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The Axis of Upheaval
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The Axis of Upheaval
The West has been too quick to dismiss the coordination among China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia....
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Richard Fontaine
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Iran ‘minimizing impact’ of Israeli strike: analyst
By Jonathan Lord
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Israel’s Military Risks Being Overstretched
By Jonathan Lord
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The Axis of Upheaval
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Biden to triple tariffs on Chinese steel ahead of reelection bid
Rachel Ziemba, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, or CNAS, said the Biden administration is reviewing why some Chinese steel derivatives curre...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Yellen: U.S. will levy sanctions against Iran over attack on Israel
By Rachel Ziemba
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Sanctions by The Numbers: The Russian Energy Sector
By Jocelyn Trainer, Nicholas Lokker, Kristen Taylor & Uliana Certan
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Biden to triple tariffs on Chinese steel ahead of reelection bid
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Biotech Matters: Public-Private Coordination of Biotechnology
An appreciation of biotechnology’s great opportunities is, for many commentators, intimately joined with regret about a disconnect between the U.S. government and the private ...
By Richard Danzig
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Iranian and Chinese Drones Are Overwhelming American Warships—But This High-Tech Weapon Could Help Them Fight Back
By Paul Scharre
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US-China competition to field military drone swarms could fuel global arms race
By Paul Scharre
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Biotech Matters: Public-Private Coordination of Biotechnology
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Trump meets with Orbán, Saudis, Cameron as they prepare for his return
“Everyone is searching for clues as to what Trump would do if he got a second term,” said Richard Fontaine, a former State Department official and CEO of the Center for a New ...
By Richard Fontaine
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Will a FISA lapse cause a disaster? It depends on who you ask
By Carrie Cordero
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Trump Holds Series of Meetings With Foreign Leaders
By Richard Fontaine
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Trump meets with Orbán, Saudis, Cameron as they prepare for his return
