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China’s Military-Civil Fusion program: CNAS fellow Elsa Kania on the myths and realities
The Sinica podcast hosts Elsa Kania, a Ph.D. candidate in Harvard University’s Department of Government and adjunct fellow at the Center for a New American Security who resear...
By Elsa B. Kania
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AI with military characteristics
What does AI mean for military might, and how are debates over autonomous weapons unfolding in diplomatic backchannels? Robert O. Work and Elsa Kania join FT innovation editor...
By Robert O. Work & Elsa B. Kania
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Indo-Pacific Futures – Critical technology
Elsa Kania joins the National Security Podcast to discuss the technologies that have become critical to national security and how they’re going to shape the region over the co...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Chinese technology is advancing, but it’s a long way from global domination
Elsa Kania discusses how Chinese technology firms are beginning to lead the way in certain social media areas, but they’re also coming up against cultural and manufacturing li...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Defense One Radio, Ep. 86: Insurrection, social media, and the future of tech policy
Elsa Kania is interviewed to better understand those hundreds of Americans who stormed the Capitol, and look into what “national security” means when an insurrection can be st...
By Elsa B. Kania
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The Lawfare Podcast: The State of the U.S.-China Relationship
CNAS Adjunct Senior Fellow Elsa B. Kania joins Tarun Chhabra of the Brookings Institution and Georgetown Center for Security and Emerging Technology; Rob Williams, executive d...
By Elsa B. Kania
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The Cyberlaw Podcast: The (Almost) COVID-19-Free Episode
If your podcast feed has suddenly become a steady diet of more or less the same COVID-19 stories, here’s a chance to listen to cyber experts talk about what they know about – ...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Beyond the Arms Race Narrative: AI & China with Helen Toner & Elsa Kania
Discussions of Chinese artificial intelligence frequently center around the trope of a U.S.-China arms race. On this month’s FLI podcast, we’re moving beyond the arms race nar...
By Elsa B. Kania & Helen Toner
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Bombshell: The One With Mara Jade
This week on Bombshell Loren and Erin hold down the fort and ask the brilliant Elsa Kania to explain the new Chinese defense white paper. Britain has a new PM, Pakistan’s visi...
By Elsa B. Kania & Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Battlefield singularity, AI pixie dust, and the future of war
On this National Security Podcast, Elsa Kania joins Katherine Mansted to talk about strategic competition in the age of artificial intelligence, the modernisation of China’s P...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Who is ahead in the technological race for military dominance?
When you're asked to paint a picture of war, what comes to mind? It's likely to be hundreds of troops on the ground, supported by pilots flying jets and dropping bombs on tar...
By Elsa B. Kania
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CNAS Tech: Discussing a Long-Awaited Executive Order on 5G Security
On May 15, President Trump issued an executive order designed to protect the United States from security vulnerabilities in the global communications technology supply chain. ...
By Paul Scharre, Elsa B. Kania & Megan Lamberth
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5G: What It Is and What It Means for the Transatlantic Relationship
CNAS Adjunct Senior Fellow Elsa B. Kania joins Dr. Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Rachel Rizzo to discuss 5G technology and its implications for transatlantic security. Elsa B. Kan...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Rachel Rizzo & Elsa B. Kania
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Quantum Hegemony
China is positioning itself as a powerhouse in quantum science, posing a challenge to U.S. national security and innovation leadership. Elsa B. Kania, an Adjunct Fellow at CNA...
By Elsa B. Kania, John Costello & Paul Scharre
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The Lawfare Podcast: Elsa Kania on China’s Quantum Quest
If you ask scientists what is most likely to kick off the next great wave of technological change, a good number will answer “quantum mechanics”—a field whose physics Al...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Quantum Hegemony? China’s Ambitions and the Challenge to U.S. Innovation Leadership
Paul Scharre, Director and Senior Fellow of the Technology and National Security program at CNAS, hosts a discussion with Technology and National Security Adjunct Fellow Elsa ...
By Elsa B. Kania & Paul Scharre
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Technology and Innovation in an Era of U.S.-China Strategic Competition
China has taken significant steps to implement national strategies and encourage investment aimed at surpassing the U.S. in high-tech fields like artificial intelligence. In t...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Analysis on UN Certain Conventional Weapons Convention
Join Kara Frederick, from the Technology and National Security program at CNAS, in a discussion with Mary Wareham, Paul Scharre, and Elsa B. Kania on the key takeaways of the ...
By Kara Frederick, Paul Scharre, Elsa B. Kania & Mary Wareham