This report finds that the FY27 budget, despite the significant increase in requested procurement, is a necessary but insufficient vehicle for closing…

Integrating AI Agents into Joint Force Support Functions

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas.

Reforms will not result in weapons delivered at speed and scale to American warfighters, or a stronger defense industrial base, if Congress does not pass…

For more than a decade, the United States has sought to modernize its military to deter China, but it has become stuck in a developmental cul-de-sac.

GOP congressional leaders are resisting standalone military pay legislation, fearing it will take pressure off Democrats.

A more flexible force can be a stronger deterrent in a crisis.

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Military personnel, political appointees, and civil servants meet the demands of the National Security Strategy by providing the nation with the…

The United States needs a different DIB than it has today if it wants to deter and prevail in future great power conflict.

Outsized combat aircraft built for stealthy long-range supersonic flight may be worth the cost for the US and China, but countries in Europe may be better off pursuing other capabilities.

The First 100 Days is a series of recommendations from CNAS experts. The recommendations span the most pressing issues that will test the administration.

The Trump administration can take immediate actions to deter China and reverse negative trends in military power in the Indo-Pacific.

The US Marine Corps is dramatically increasing its relevance to the war fighting capability of the United States. As the world lurches into an age of renewed strategic competition, the Marine Corps un...

The withdrawals by one of President Bashar al-Assad’s key backers come amid a resurgent rebel offensive.

Today a new Axis of Upheaval —the increasing alignment among China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea—is fundamentally altering the geopolitical landscape.…

In this op-ed, Carlton Haelig of CNAS argues the US needs to shift its priorities away from Europe and the Middle East in order to better focus on the threat of China.