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Women in National Security: Mara Karlin
Podcast
Mara Karlin, a nonresident senior fellow in the Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence in the Foreign Policy program at Brookings, discusses the roadblocks that kee...
By Mara Karlin & Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Dual-Military Families Need Help From The Service That They Aren’t Getting
Commentary
When Renee Swift, an Air Force officer, married an active-duty Navy pilot, the couple added to their already-challenging careers a third, seemingly full-time job: coordinating...
By Amy Schafer & Moira Fagan
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Trump's coming hard line on China
US President Donald Trump’s first visit to Beijing was an exhibition of mutual flattery. China rolled out the red carpet for what it termed a 'state visit plus', replete with ...
By Ely Ratner
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Eric Fanning and Susanna V. Blume talk NDAA, DoD Budget
Eric Fanning, former Secretary of the Army, and CNAS fellow Susanna Blume talk about the NDAA, DoD budget, and acquisition reform....
By Eric Fanning & Susanna V. Blume
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Is the U.S. ready for China’s ‘space militias’?
Economic interests in space continue to rise. In 2016 the global space economy represented $329 billion, and 76 percent of the total was produced through commercial efforts. W...
By Adam Routh
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It’s time for congressional hearings on weaponized AI
Commentary
Progress in AI technology, according to one of its leading researchers, will bring about “an equally large transformation” as the electricity revolution did roughly a century ...
By Gregory C. Allen
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The Leap Into Quantum Technology: A Primer for National Security Professionals
China recently announced the launch of its Jinan Project, a quantum information effort billed as “the world’s first unhackable computer network.” Building on its launch last y...
By Richard Fontaine & Michael J. Biercuk
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Women in National Security: Alina Polyakova
Podcast
Alina Polyakova, the David Rubenstein Fellow for foreign policy at the Brookings Institution, discusses the options available to women who want to work in national security....
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The critical human element in the machine age of warfare
Commentary
In 1983, Stanislav Petrov helped to prevent the accidental outbreak of nuclear war by recognizing that a false alarm in Soviet early warning systems was not a real report of a...
By Elsa B. Kania
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All the Bombs in the World Won't Solve the North Korea Crisis (It Will Only Make It Worse)
Commentary
In comments recently delivered at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, President Donald Trump’s National Security Adviser Herbert Raymond “H.R.” McMaster reaffirmed the ...
By Nicholas Blanchette & Benjamin Rimland
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Christian Hänel talks the importance of diversity in transatlantic relations
Podcast
Christian Hänel, of the Robert Bosch Foundation, chats with CNAS expert Julie Smith about why he was “positively surprised” by his first visit to Pittsburgh—as part of t...
By Julianne Smith & Christian Hänel
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CNAS Commentary: CFIUS Reform Gaining Momentum
Commentary
Washington, November 16 – With Congress considering legislation that would expand the mandate of the committee that reviews foreign investment in the U.S. – the Committee on F...
By Peter Harrell
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The 5 things we learned from Trump’s Asia trip
President Trump returned Tuesday night after 12 days in Asia. So what did we learn from his stops in Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines? Here are five take...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper
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Should we fear killer robots?
Commentary
Physicist Stephen Hawking recently warned of the dangers of artificial intelligence and "powerful autonomous weapons." Autonomous technology is racing forward, but internation...
By Paul Scharre
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Remarks by Paul Scharre to the United Nations Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems
Geneva, Switzerland As we have heard this week, artificial intelligence and autonomy are rapidly advancing. While no nation has said they will build autonomous weapons, the t...
By Paul Scharre
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Lethal Autonomous Weapons and Policy-Making Amid Disruptive Technological Change
Commentary
This week, countries are meeting at the United Nations to discuss lethal autonomous weapons and the line between human and machine decision-making. One complicating factor in ...
By Paul Scharre
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We’re Losing Our Chance to Regulate Killer Robots
Commentary
Scores of countries are gathering at the United Nations this week to discuss lethal autonomous weapon systems – essentially, robots that would pick their own targets. This mar...
By Paul Scharre
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Eric Schmidt Keynote Address at the Center for a New American Security Artificial Intelligence and Global Security Summit
Transcript prepared by Gregory C. Allen and Anthony Cho. This transcript has been edited for clarity. Discussion starts at :30 of video. Paul Scharre: So thanks for joini...
By Paul Scharre, Anthony Cho, Gregory C. Allen & Eric Schmidt
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Stephen Hawking, Artificial Intelligence, and the UN Summit
Podcast
This week, countries discuss lethal autonomous weapons at the United Nations, while Stephen Hawking warns of the dangers of artificial intelligence. Paul Scharre, Director of ...
By Paul Scharre & Neal Urwitz
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Trump's Post-Pivot Strategy
Commentary
U.S. President Donald Trump’s five-nation tour of Asia in November 2017 marks the inception of America’s post-pivot strategy. Through summitry and speeches, Trump set forth h...
By Patrick M. Cronin
