India and China are locked in a high-stakes struggle for influence in the Indian Ocean. Control over tiny islands could choke global trade and reshape regional power. Lisa Cur... Rachel Ziemba, ...

CNAS is now accepting applications for the 2026 class of the Shawn Brimley Next Generation National Security Leaders Fellowship.

Around the Table is a three-question interview series from the Make Room email newsletter. Each edition features a conversation with a peer in the national security community to learn about their ...

The concept of a multipolar order is seductive to Indian policymakers, who think India would have more influence if global power were dispersed. Such calculations may have made sense 25 years ago, ...

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Compute has become the engine of AI progress. Advanced chips in massive data centers are enabling breakthroughs in AI capabilities and large-scale deployment. If current trends continue, nations with ...

The report highlights the central role of “compute”—the specialized chips, data centers, and technical infrastructure needed ...

Ultimately, AI and its impacts will transcend national borders. But the infrastructure that underpins it will remain firmly ...

Who will coordinate the surge in defense spending about to get underway? So far, the debate over the future of the European ...

Why is America leading the AI race, despite China's introduction of Deepseek and their hectic efforts to compete? Well, Vivek Chilukuri of the Centre for a New American Security has the answer.