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West Sanctions Russia but Fears Game-Changing Attack
When President Joe Biden stood in front of the world’s media in the East Room of the White House on Thursday (Friday AEDT), he said what every major leader had been thinking a...
By Martijn Rasser
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Tech on High Alert for Russia's Ukraine Disinformation Offensive
In The News
Russia's Ukraine invasion, seeded by a web of state-backed disinformation campaigns, is putting Big Tech in a bind. Why it matters: How tech firms respond to Russia's disinfor...
By Margarita "Rita" Konaev
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CNAS Responds: Assessing the wide-reaching impacts of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Press Note
Richard Fontaine Chief Executive Officer: Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine will produce many casualties. Among them may be Washington’s foremost foreign policy plans. T...
By Richard Fontaine, Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Lisa Curtis, Paul Scharre, Edward Fishman, Emily Kilcrease, Samuel Bendett & Ryan Fedasiuk
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U.S. Risks Blowback Over Russia Chip Sanctions
In The News
The Biden administration is widely expected to impose unprecedented — and potentially devastating — technology and financial sanctions against Russia should the Kremlin move f...
By Martijn Rasser
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Olympians Warned to Bring Burner Phones
In The News
When Olympic athletes from all over the world land in Beijing for the 2022 Olympic Games, they'll be loaded up with burner phones and will likely leave their own devices behin...
By Martijn Rasser
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FCC Adds China Unicom to List of Chinese Telecoms Banned in U.S. on Espionage Fears
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission ejected China Unicom Hong Kong Ltd. from the U.S. market, adding to the tally of Chinese telecommunications companies sanctioned by ...
By Martijn Rasser
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CNAS strategy game examines how U.S., China respond to Taiwan semiconductor disruption
Press Release
Washington, January 27— Essential to the day-to-day functioning of modern society, semiconductors are increasingly at the center of a high-stakes competition between the U.S. ...
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How the Computer Chip Shortage Could Incite a U.S. Conflict With China
In The News
The war game scenario conducted by a Washington think tank began with a sudden failure at three Taiwanese semiconductor foundries that make high-end computer chips used in suc...
By Martijn Rasser & Becca Wasser
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Algorithmic Warfare: Pentagon Shakes Up AI, Digital Bureaucracies
In December, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks made waves when she issued a memo announcing the creation of a new key role that would report directly to her: the chie...
By Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan
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Russia’s Marker Robot is a Testbed For Its Next-Gen Military Tech
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This month, Russia announced that it had completed research on its experimental Marker robot combat vehicle. The machine, designed from the start as a testbed for future tools...
By Samuel Bendett
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Is There a Path Forward in Congress for Mandatory Cyber Incident Reporting?
In The News
A group of lawmakers are pushing to get cybersecurity incident reporting requirements signed into law as a top priority for Congress in 2022 after it was left out of the lates...
By Laura G. Brent
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The legacy of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission
In The News
One of the government’s key mechanisms for pushing cybersecurity policy in recent years is shutting down. The Cyberspace Solarium Commission was charged in 2019 with sorting t...
By Laura G. Brent
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2022 Defense Authorization Bill (Once Again) Looks to Reform How DOD Buys Tech
In The News
The latest military spending authorization comes with plans to increase the Pentagon’s pace and scope of technology innovation. Though generally pleased with the bill, former ...
By Megan Lamberth
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T-DAY: The Battle for Taiwan
In The News
On the front line of the superpower struggle between the United States and China, Taiwan has fashioned a defensive masterstroke. It has become indispensable to both sides. In ...
By Martijn Rasser
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China Telecom Vows to Defy FCC Eviction, Keep Operating in U.S.
China Telecom (Americas) Corp. said it intends to continue most of its U.S. operations despite an order from regulators to stop due to espionage concerns. China Telecom said i...
By Martijn Rasser
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Chinese Espionage Circles the Globe
In The News
China collects vast swathes of information from around the world, by fair or foul means, as part of its national intelligence apparatus. Some of this spying is done by individ...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Pentagon Pivot to Asia-Pacific Came Into Focus in 2021 as US Left Afghanistan
In The News
Ending America’s war in Afghanistan was President Joe Biden’s most important foreign policy decision of 2021, cementing a major shift in US military posture and Pentagon prior...
By Margarita "Rita" Konaev
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Forget U.S. Military Aid, Putin Eyes Threat from Turkish Drones in Ukraine
While Russian President Vladimir Putin has condemned the ongoing flow of U.S. military assistance to Ukraine as the Eastern European nation faces off with pro-Moscow separatis...
By Michael Kofman & Margarita "Rita" Konaev
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FY2022 National Defense Authorization Act: Spotlight on Technology
Press Note
Congress has finally passed the long-awaited $770 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)—setting the nation’s defense expenditures and priorities for the next fisca...
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The FY2022 National Defense Authorization Act
Press Note
After weeks of delay, the United States Congress passed the long-awaited $770 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)—setting the nation’s defense expenditures and p...
