Romy Koo is a Joseph S. Nye Jr. intern for the Defense Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), where she supports research on the ...

Expert authors assess the legal frameworks for how military uniforms make their way into the law enforcement ranks ...

Players in the DIB ecosystem have complementary roles that can enhance resilience, rather than crowd each other out.

As the United States engages in a new war in the Middle East, it might seem incongruous to curate a commentary series on what ...

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth and top general Dan Caine faced lawmakers for the first time since the Iran war began, as the Trump administration seeks a record $1.5 trillion defense budget. With the ...

Recently, masked ICE officers have become the “face” of a perceived “secret police” to critics ranging from the Cato ...

Matt Scott is a repeat start-up founder, national security executive, and expert on transforming organizations and operations to take advantage ...

The Center for a New American Security is an independent, bipartisan, nonprofit think tank that develops strong, pragmatic, ...

Applications for the 2026 class are now closed. Applications for the 2027 class will open in Summer 2026. Every year, the Center for a New American Security selects a bipartisan group of 20–25 ...

King Charles III has been dispatched to Washington on a state visit at the lowest point in the "special relationship" in at least seven decades. We ask Jim Townsend, adjunct senior fellow at the ...

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