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Credibility Rating
4/5
High(4)High quality. Established institution or organization with editorial oversight and accountability.
Rating inherited from publication venue: CNAS
CNAS is a mainstream national security think tank; relevant to AI safety primarily through its Technology & National Security program covering AI governance and defense AI policy, but not an AI safety-focused organization.
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Summary
CNAS is a Washington D.C.-based national security think tank publishing research on defense, technology policy, economic security, and AI governance. Its Technology & National Security program produces policy-relevant work on AI, cybersecurity, and emerging technologies with implications for AI safety and governance.
Key Points
- •Publishes reports on AI policy including a 2025 report 'Prepared, Not Paralyzed' analyzing the Trump administration's AI Action Plan and innovation approach
- •Covers AI cyber defense gaps, urging Congressional action on threat intelligence sharing infrastructure
- •Research spans economic security, sanctions, defense human capital, and technology policy intersections
- •Provides timely commentary connecting AI capabilities developments to national security implications
- •Relevant to AI governance debates around government oversight, defense applications, and international competitiveness
Cited by 14 pages
| Page | Type | Quality |
|---|---|---|
| Long-Horizon Autonomous Tasks | Capability | 65.0 |
| AI Misuse Risk Cruxes | Crux | 65.0 |
| AI Safety Solution Cruxes | Crux | 65.0 |
| AGI Development | -- | 52.0 |
| AI Risk Portfolio Analysis | Analysis | 64.0 |
| Capabilities-to-Safety Pipeline Model | Analysis | 73.0 |
| Autonomous Cyber Attack Timeline | Analysis | 63.0 |
| Power-Seeking Emergence Conditions Model | Analysis | 63.0 |
| Racing Dynamics Impact Model | Analysis | 61.0 |
| AI Risk Cascade Pathways Model | Analysis | 67.0 |
| AI Risk Interaction Matrix | Analysis | 65.0 |
| AI Risk Interaction Network Model | Analysis | 64.0 |
| Center for a New American Security | Organization | -- |
| AI Governance and Policy | Crux | 66.0 |
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Featured Reports
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U.S.-Japan-Philippines Trilateral Cooperation
Lisa Curtis, Ryan Claffey | March 17, 2026
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Hellscape for Taiwan
Stacie Pettyjohn, Molly Campbell | February 26, 2026
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Hit It with Your Best Shot
Emily Kilcrease | April 01, 2026
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Quantum's Industrial Moment
Constanza M. Vidal Bustamante, Dr. John Burke | March 12, 2026
Reports
Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
U.S.-Japan-Philippines Trilateral Cooperation
Executive Summary
Growing challenges from the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC’s) massive military modernization, rapid technological advancement, and coercive military activ...
Reports
Defense
Hellscape for Taiwan
Executive Summary
The question of how Taiwan can effectively deter and, if necessary, defeat a Chinese invasion has become increasingly urgent. For the past two decades, Taiwa...
Reports
Energy, Economics & Security
Hit It with Your Best Shot
Executive Summary
America needs an economic pressure doctrine. The country is using economic pressure in more novel ways and at greater scale than any other time in the postwa...
Reports
Technology & National Security
Quantum's Industrial Moment
Quantum technologies are approaching a critical inflection point. Over the next three to five years, quantum sensors and computers that have long remained confined to laborato...
CNAS INSIGHTS
CNAS Insights brings timely analysis and expert commentary to the most pressing topics in national security.
Commentary
Energy, Economics & Security
CNAS Insights | A Year After Liberation Day, Can Trump’s Trade Wars Be Salvaged?
As the trade wars have played out over the last year, the Trump administration has fumbled its opportunity....
Commentary
CNAS Insights | Pakistan’s Iran Mediation Gambit Likely to Boost Ties with the Trump Administration
It may be surprising to some that Pakistan has taken on the risky role of a key mediator between the United States and Iran to try to end the war entering its second month. Ho...
Commentary
Technology & National Security
CNAS Insights | Bridging Washington and Silicon Valley
The recent friction between Anthropic and the Pentagon has made me reflect on the painful chasm that opened between Washington and Sili
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