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How an Army of Drones Changed the Battlefield in Ukraine
Commentary
The new conventional wisdom that ever-present swarms of drones have made it almost impossible to attack and achieve success therefore needs to be qualified....
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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What Ridley Scott’s ‘Napoleon’ Gets Wrong About War
Commentary
I’m just a defense analyst, so I’ll leave a proper critique of Ridley Scott’s new blockbuster biopic Napoleon to the many reviewers who have already disparaged it. I, for one,...
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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Biden Took the First Step With AI Commitments — Now It’s Congress’ Turn
Commentary
One of the keys to tackling these risks is developing advanced methods to train effective AI systems while maintaining Americans’ privacy....
By Josh Wallin
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Time to Act: Building the Technical and Institutional Foundations for AI Assurance
Commentary
Assurance for AI systems presents unique challenges....
By Josh Wallin & Andrew Reddie
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Israel’s Military Tech Fetish Is a Failed Strategy
Commentary
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s strategic myopia and hubris that led him to be blindsided on Oct. 7 was enabled by the trust that the IDF and Israel’s other securi...
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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Sharper: AUKUS
Commentary
The AUKUS partnership among Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States began as an agreement to provide Australia access to nuclear-powered submarines and various de...
By Rebecca Wittner, Anna Pederson & Charles Horn
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Why There Are No Game-Changing Weapons for Ukraine
Commentary
Germany has become the second-biggest contributor of military aid to Ukraine after the United States, but you wouldn’t know it by following the debate in Berlin. In a replay o...
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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To Avoid AI Catastrophes, We Must Think Smaller
Commentary
These incidents are not theoretical, nor are they projections of long-term dangers; rather, these AI tools are already presenting tangible threats to individual health and wel...
By Josh Wallin
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For Replicator to Work, the Pentagon Needs to Directly Help with Production
Commentary
Today’s innovation ecosystem alone cannot achieve the necessary production scale, especially for the less commercially viable classes of systems relevant in the Indo-Pacific....
By Andrew Metrick
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Sharper: Campaigning and the National Defense Strategy
Commentary
The United States faces the unprecedented challenge of simultaneously deterring large-scale conventional aggression by two nuclear-armed powers while also managing other threa...
By Philip Sheers, Molly Campbell & Anna Pederson
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Franz-Stefan Gady and Michael Kofman on what Ukraine must do to break through Russian defences
Commentary
Ukraine’s victory will not be secured by any single capability or weapon, but by effective use of force, better training and sustained Western support....
By Franz-Stefan Gady & Michael Kofman
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Why Norms Matter More Than Ever for Space Deterrence and Defense
Commentary
This article was originally published in War on the Rocks. Diplomacy and defense have always gone hand-in-hand, and space is no exception. Space has become a fundamental part...
By Robin Dickey
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A Nuclear Collision Course in South Asia
Commentary
The prospects for sustaining this era of minimum deterrence appear increasingly shaky....
By Dr. Andrew Krepinevich, Jr.
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Marine Force Design: Changes Overdue Despite Critics’ Claims
Commentary
Imagine a Corps that can emulate what the Ukrainian army did to the Russian army during the first phase of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation,” but...
By Robert O. Work
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Fireside Chat with Senator Jack Reed
Transcript
Transcript from the April 24, 2023, conversation between Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), and Stacie Pettyjohn, Senior Fellow and Director of the Defense program at the Center for a ...
By Stacie Pettyjohn & Jack Reed
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Bad Blood: The TTX for the House Select Committee on Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
Congressional Testimony
I. Introduction Chairman Gallagher, Ranking Member Krishnamoorthi, distinguished members of the committee and staff, thank you for inviting me to come today to talk about the ...
By Stacie Pettyjohn, Becca Wasser & Andrew Metrick
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Why Security Assistance Often Fails
Commentary
The 20th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq has launched a set of reflections and recriminations over the decision to invade and subsequent bungling of the occupation. B...
By Rachel Tecott Metz
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War Games: House Committee simulates Chinese invasion of Taiwan
Video
Last week, the Defense Team and Gaming Lab from CNAS conducted a tabletop exercise for the House Select Committee on China examining a hypothetical future invasion of Taiwan b...
By Stacie Pettyjohn, Becca Wasser & Andrew Metrick
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AUKUS, deterrence and US foreign policy with Becca Wasser
Podcast
Becca Wasser joins Justin Bassi for a conversation on AUKUS, integrated deterrence and US foreign policy. Becca details some of the strategic challenges Australia and the Unit...
By Becca Wasser
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The Surprising Success of U.S. Military Aid to Ukraine
Commentary
Ukraine’s military has defied expectations in its war with Russia, and many analysts attribute its success to U.S. help. But the mere fact of receiving aid is no guarantee of ...
By Polina Beliakova & Rachel Tecott Metz
