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Between the lines: Experts argue that two key things are kneecapping the U.S. government's desire to export American AI: An erratic export controls strategy that involves making decisions about access to advanced models on the fly. Not paying sufficient attention to China's efforts to spread its open-source AI models abroad while deploying AI at scale across manufacturing, health care and other industries domestically.

On Derisky Business, the economic security podcast from the Center for a New American Security, we like to ask all our guests to recommend their favorite books listeners should read to learn more about their area of expertise. We’ve compiled all the recommendations we’ve received over the last year, alongside some of CNAS’ own recent work on economic security, for the 2026 edition of the Derisky Business summer reading list.

In June 2026, Anthropic publicly released Claude Fable 5, a restricted version of its highly cyber-capable Mythos model. Within days, reports reached U.S. officials that researchers at Amazon and several other companies had jailbroken the model, apparently allowing the researchers to extract information useful for conducting cyberattacks.

Washington, June 26, 2026 — The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) today announced that Sarah Margon has joined the Center as an adjunct senior fellow. Margon brings more than two decades of experience at the intersection of policy, strategy, and politics, working extensively on making U.S. foreign and national security policy more effective across government, philanthropy, civil society, and the private sector.

This article was originally published in Responsible Statecraft. Last week, leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations led by Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. visited Kazan, Russia, to celebrate 35 years of ASEAN-Russia relations and 30 years of dialogue cooperation.

The National Interest logo Russia’s war in Ukraine has imposed staggering personnel costs on the Russian military. According to a January 2026 report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Russian casualties have surpassed a million since the start of the full-scale invasion. As the Kremlin searches for new sources of manpower without resorting to another large-scale mobilization, one notable trend has emerged: the growing recruitment of women.

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump has offered Iran hundreds of billions of dollars more than it received under President Barack Obama’s nuclear agreement – the one Trump condemned as “the worst deal in history.” The memorandum of understanding released June 17 provides $300 billion for Iran’s economic development and recovery, eases sanctions and unfreezes up to $24 billion in Iranian funds.

Militaries from the US to China are racing to build sea drones, reshaping warfare across the Indo-Pacific’s vast waters