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Recommendations for Securing and Promoting AI Agents

The Center for a New American Security's response to Center for AI Standards and Innovation Request For Information: Security ...
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The Pentagon and Silicon Valley: The Future of AI in National Defense

The recent standoff between the Department of War and Anthropic over restrictions on military use of AI has underscored these tensions, ...
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Jack Shanahan: An Inside Look at Track 2 AI Meetings Between the U.S. and China

Jack Shanahan has become synonymous with the adoption of artificial intelligence in the U.S. Department of Defense. As the founding director of the Joint AI Center, which was subsumed by the Chief ...
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Trump Mulls Using Special Forces to Seize Iran's Uranium

U.S. President Donald Trump is weighing the option of deploying special forces on the ground in Iran to seize the Islamic Republic's near-bomb-grade uranium, according to three diplomatic officials ...
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CNAS Insights | Can the United States Sustain Its War Against Iran?

How could munitions constraints limit the ongoing campaign against Iran? How quickly can industry replenish what’s been ...
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AI-Ready Biodata Is America’s Next Strategic Infrastructure

While competitors are building coordinated AI-bio ecosystems, the U.S. biodata (biological data) environment remains fragmented, underfunded, and insecure. Without a federally led effort to build ...
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U.S. Is Close to Degrading Iran Militarily but Very Far from Regime Change, Says Think Tank

Richard Fontaine, CEO of the national security think tank CNAS, says greater clarity on U.S. President Donald Trump’s objectives is needed to make progress in negotiations with Iran. He believes ...
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Trump Unlikely to Ever Commit Ground U.S. Forces to Iran, Expert Says

Richard Fontaine, CEO of the national security think tank CNAS, says greater clarity on U.S. President Donald Trump’s objectives is needed to make progress in negotiations ...
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There are ‘no quick and easy fixes’ to end Iran’s oppressive regime: Townsend

Former deputy assistant of defence for NATO and CNAS adjunct senior fellow Jim Townsend joined CTV News to discuss why he believes Iran will eventually run out of ammunition as the war goes on.
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Calculating Iran’s Missile Math After First Week of War

A crucial question for how the war will play out is understanding Iran’s missile depth — its ability to strike US military bases in the Middle East, Israel, and America’s partners in the Gulf. Getting ...
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U.S. Officials Confirm Russia-Iran Intelligence Sharing

U.S. officials confirmed intelligence sharing between Russia and Iran. Bloomberg Economics Defense Lead and CNAS adjunct senior fellow Becca Wasser discusses with David Gura and Christina Ruffini on ...
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Deterrence at Scale

Developing strong, pragmatic and principled national security and defense policies.