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CNAS is a prominent U.S. defense-oriented think tank; this program homepage aggregates policy-focused research on AI governance and national security, relevant for understanding how geopolitical competition shapes AI development incentives and regulatory approaches.

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The Center for a New American Security's Technology and National Security Program produces policy research and recommendations focused on U.S.-China competition in AI, biotechnology, next-generation communications, and quantum technologies. It aims to help U.S. and allied policymakers maintain technological leadership while managing risks to security and democratic values. The program bridges technology and policy communities to develop actionable governance frameworks.

Key Points

•Focuses on U.S.-China great power competition across AI, biotech, quantum, and next-gen communications infrastructure
•Produces evidence-based analysis assessing U.S. technological leadership relative to China and associated national security risks
•Emphasizes responsible technology development, adoption, and governance rather than purely capabilities-focused competition
•Convenes technology and policy communities to bridge gaps and develop joint solutions
•Recent work includes AI geopolitics, biosecurity gaps, Digital Silk Road countering strategies, and 6G infrastructure competition

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The Technology and National Security Program (“Tech”) produces cutting-edge research and recommendations to help U.S. and allied policymakers responsibly win and manage the great power competition with China over critical and emerging technologies. The escalating U.S.-China competition in artificial intelligence (AI), biotechnologies, next-generation information and communications technologies and digital infrastructure, and quantum information sciences will have far-reaching implications for U.S. foreign policy and national and economic security.

The Tech Program focuses on high-impact technology areas with in-depth, evidence-based analysis to assess U.S. leadership vis-à-vis China, anticipate technology-related risks to security and democratic values, and outline bold but actionable steps for the United States and its allies to lead in responsible technology development, adoption, and governance. A key focus of the Tech Program is convening the technology and policy communities to bridge gaps, exchange perspectives, and together develop solutions.

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## Highlights

- [![](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/files.cnas.org/_600x360_crop_center-center_none/redquantumWEB.jpg)](https://www.cnas.org/publications/reports/atomic-advantage) Reports
  [Atomic Advantage](https://www.cnas.org/publications/reports/atomic-advantage)
   Executive Summary
  One of the most consequential national security contests now unfolds on battlefields invisible to the naked eye—across the faint radiofrequency signals of th...


  By
   Constanza M. Vidal Bustamante

- [![](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/files.cnas.org/_600x360_crop_center-center_none/china_ai_hires-web.jpg)](https://www.cnas.org/publications/reports/promethean-rivalry) Reports
  [Promethean Rivalry](https://www.cnas.org/publications/reports/promethean-rivalry)
   Executive Summary
  Just as nuclear weapons revolutionized 20th-century geopolitics, artificial intelligence (AI) is primed to transform 21st-century power dynamics—with world l...


  By
   Bill Drexel

- [![](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/files.cnas.org/_600x360_crop_center-center_none/DigitalSilkRoad_Cover_Brazil_web.jpg)](https://www.cnas.org/publications/reports/countering-the-digital-silk-road-brazil) Reports
  [Countering the Digital Silk Road: Brazil](https://www.cnas.org/publications/reports/countering-the-digital-silk-road-brazil)
   Project Overview
  This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Digital Silk Road (DSR), China’s ambitious initiative to shape critical digital infrastructure around the world to...


  By
   Ruby Scanlon & Bill Drexel


## Recent Publications

- [![](<Base64-Image-Removed>)](https://www.cnas.org/publications/video/the-geopolitics-of-6g-with-vivek-chilukuri-michael-calabrese-and-lindsay-gorman) Video

[Technology & National Security](https://www.cnas.org/research/technology-and-national-security)
[The Geopolitics of 6G with Vivek Chilukuri, Michael 

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