Featured Reports
From Production Lines to Front Lines
Becca Wasser, Philip Sheers | April 03, 2025
Assessing China’s Nuclear Decision-Making
Jacob Stokes | March 18, 2025
Promethean Rivalry
Bill Drexel | April 22, 2025
Countering the Digital Silk Road: Brazil
Ruby Scanlon, Bill Drexel | April 24, 2025
Defense
From Production Lines to Front Lines
Executive Summary The U.S. defense industrial base (DIB) is struggling to meet the demands of the current strategic environment—let alone prepare for a potential conflict agai...
Indo-Pacific Security
Assessing China’s Nuclear Decision-Making
China’s rapid nuclear buildup is raising questions about how the country makes decisions related to nuclear weapons. This policy brief analyzes that trend by presenting three ...
Technology & National Security
Promethean Rivalry
Executive Summary Just as nuclear weapons revolutionized 20th-century geopolitics, artificial intelligence (AI) is primed to transform 21st-century power dynamics—with world l...
Technology & National Security
Countering the Digital Silk Road: Brazil
Project Overview This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Digital Silk Road (DSR), China’s ambitious initiative to shape critical digital infrastructure around the world to...
AMERICA'S EDGE
The United States faces a rapidly changing global security landscape. Evolving technology, shifting alliances, and emerging threats require America to harness bold, innovative approaches. The CNAS 2025 national security conference, America’s Edge: Forging the Future, will bring together bipartisan leaders, policymakers, and industry to chart a vision for enhancing America’s global edge.
CNAS 2025 National Security Conference | America's Edge: Forging the Future
Jun 3, 2025
The First 100 Days
The First 100 Days is a series of recommendations from CNAS experts. The recommendations span the most pressing issues that will test the administration, including competition...
Set the Tone, Establish Policy, Hire Personnel—And Prepare for Crisis
President Donald Trump enters office at a critical moment and faces multiple crises...
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Photos Show U.S. Helicopters Escorting Nuclear Submarine
In The News
The Kentucky is one of the 14 Ohio-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines in service with the U.S. Navy. Each submarine, often referred to as a "boomer," can carry...
By Tom Shugart
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Researchers Ask BIS to Prioritize Enforceability in Potential Changes to AI Diffusion Rule
In The News
Although the Bureau of Industry and Security's AI diffusion export control rule has sparked broad pushback from some U.S. allies, it appears to take a “strong step” toward imp...
By Janet Egan & Spencer Michaels
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Is It Too Late to Slow China’s AI Development?
In The News
For a company worth nearly $3 trillion, facing an unexpected cost of a few billion dollars may sound relatively paltry. But U.S. chipmaker Nvidia’s announcement in a regulator...
By Jacob Stokes
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Trump’s Tariff on Foreign-Made Films Is on Shaky Legal Ground: ‘How on Earth Are They Going to Enforce This?’
In The News
President Trump is on shaky legal ground if he follows through on a plan to impose a 100% tariff on films produced “in foreign lands.” Experts agree that the pledge is legally...
By Emily Kilcrease
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SAV Q&A with Lisa Curtis: The Pahalgam Crisis & U.S. Role
In The News
On April 30, 2025, Lisa Curtis spoke with South Asian Voices Editor-in-Chief Akriti Vasudeva Kalyankar and Associate Editors Elizabeth Zazycki and Omaer Naeem on the implicati...
By Lisa Curtis
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Photos Show U.S. Helicopters Escorting Nuclear Submarine
The Kentucky is one of the 14 Ohio-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines in service with the U.S. Navy. Each submarine, often referred to as a "boomer," can carry...
By Tom Shugart
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The Pentagon Push to Change an “Antiquated” System
By Carlton Haelig
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RAF Unveils Its Own Plan for New Drones to Fly Alongside Fighters
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Photos Show U.S. Helicopters Escorting Nuclear Submarine
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SAV Q&A with Lisa Curtis: The Pahalgam Crisis & U.S. Role
On April 30, 2025, Lisa Curtis spoke with South Asian Voices Editor-in-Chief Akriti Vasudeva Kalyankar and Associate Editors Elizabeth Zazycki and Omaer Naeem on the implicati...
By Lisa Curtis
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Is It Too Late to Slow China’s AI Development?
By Jacob Stokes
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U.S. to Discuss Dual-Use Shipbuilding with Japan, Navy Chief Says
By Tom Shugart
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SAV Q&A with Lisa Curtis: The Pahalgam Crisis & U.S. Role
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Gen. Allvin Outlines Air Force Moves to 'Revive Our Warrior Ethos and Rebuild Our Military'
The Air Force's top uniformed leader pointed to increases in recruiting numbers, slightly longer basic military training exercises and new dining hall options as examples of h...
By Taren Sylvester
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Disarray at Pentagon Puts Spotlight on Civilian Leadership’s Crucial Role
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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U.S. Army Rolls Out ‘Sex-Neutral’ Fitness Test for Some Combat Jobs
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Gen. Allvin Outlines Air Force Moves to 'Revive Our Warrior Ethos and Rebuild Our Military'
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Trump’s Top Official ‘Dead Weight’ Mike Waltz Set to Resign from the Administration
Trump's now former national security advisor Mike Waltz has been seen as “dead weight” and Steve Witkoff should takeover his post, says Jim Townsend, adjunct senior fellow at ...
By Jim Townsend
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Sharper: Trump’s First 100 Days and Ukraine
By Charles Horn
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Ukraine Negotiates for Its Future
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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Trump’s Top Official ‘Dead Weight’ Mike Waltz Set to Resign from the Administration
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CNAS Middle East Program Director Jonathan Lord to Join Office of Senator Angela Alsobrooks as National Security Advisor
Washington, April 17, 2025 — The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) announces that Jonathan Lord, senior fellow and director of the Middle East Security Program, will j...
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U.S. Airstrikes Alone Can’t Dislodge the Houthis
By Eitan Danon
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China Backs Iran in Nuclear Talks, Slams ‘Threat of Force’ From the West
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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CNAS Middle East Program Director Jonathan Lord to Join Office of Senator Angela Alsobrooks as National Security Advisor
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Trump’s Tariff on Foreign-Made Films Is on Shaky Legal Ground: ‘How on Earth Are They Going to Enforce This?’
President Trump is on shaky legal ground if he follows through on a plan to impose a 100% tariff on films produced “in foreign lands.” Experts agree that the pledge is legally...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Friendshore First, Trade War Second
By Edward Fishman
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Trump's First 100 Days in Trade Policy
By Emily Kilcrease & Geoffrey Gertz
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Trump’s Tariff on Foreign-Made Films Is on Shaky Legal Ground: ‘How on Earth Are They Going to Enforce This?’
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U.S. Lawmaker Targets Nvidia Chip Smuggling to China with New Bill
A U.S. lawmaker plans to introduce legislation in coming weeks to verify the location of artificial-intelligence chips like those made by Nvidia after they are sold....
By Tim Fist
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Is It Too Late to Slow China’s AI Development?
By Jacob Stokes
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Researchers Ask BIS to Prioritize Enforceability in Potential Changes to AI Diffusion Rule
By Janet Egan & Spencer Michaels
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U.S. Lawmaker Targets Nvidia Chip Smuggling to China with New Bill
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Sharper: Trump's First 100 Days
Donald Trump takes office in a complex and volatile global environment. Rising tensions with China, the continued war in Ukraine, and instability in the Middle East all pose s...
By Charles Horn
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Coordinate the Interagency to Counter Malign Foreign Influence
By Carrie Cordero
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The Clock Is Ticking on TikTok with Potential Ban Coming This Weekend
By Carrie Cordero
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Sharper: Trump's First 100 Days
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Developing Leaders to Promote Gender Integration
Diversity of lived experiences results in stronger leaders....
By Dr. Jeannette Gaudry Haynie & Dr. Kyleanne Hunter
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Sharper: America's National Security Workforce
By Emma Moore, Chris Estep & Cole Stevens
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Women in Combat: Five-Year Status Update
By Emma Moore
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Developing Leaders to Promote Gender Integration
