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China's on a mission to dominate space internet
China is ramping up plans for government-sponsored satellites to beam internet from space, taking on U.S. rivals like SpaceX and Amazon in the race to own the next frontier of...
By Ainikki Riikonen
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What China's five-year plan could mean for venture capital's tech sectors
China recently unveiled its strategic economic vision for the next five years in a lengthy plan that could help shape the direction of high-tech industries laden with venture ...
By Jordan Schneider
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New tech poised to neutralize Washington’s Huawei problem
Once dismissed as “pie in the sky” by top officials, Open Radio Access Networks are suddenly poised to upend China’s dominance in the global telecom marketplace. And as Washin...
By Martijn Rasser
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Army Trains AI to Identify Faces in the Dark
Facial recognition has already come a long way since U.S. Special Operations Forces used the technology to help identify Osama bin Laden after killing the Al-Qaeda leader in h...
By Ainikki Riikonen
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Huawei’s Highway to Success Goes Through Russia
The year 2020 was a difficult one for Huawei. In August, the Trump administration imposed new restrictions aimed at depriving Huawei access to computer chips made with U.S. te...
By Samuel Bendett
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CNAS Responds: Assessing Biden's Interim National Security Strategy
Richard Fontaine, Chief Executive Officer: "National Security Strategies do more signaling than strategizing. They resemble not true strategies so much as really long speeches...
By Richard Fontaine, Lisa Curtis, Chris Dougherty, Martijn Rasser, Dr. Nina Kollars, Michael Kofman, Becca Wasser, Nathalie Grogan, Katie Galgano & Jennie Matuschak
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Could Your Electric Vehicle Be Sabotaged?
Just as the United States and its companies are pushing to electrify transportation, the nascent industry faces a new threat: In an apparent new form of brinkmanship, leading ...
By Ainikki Riikonen
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AI panel urges US to boost tech skills amid China's rise
An artificial intelligence commission led by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is urging the U.S. to boost its AI skills to counter China, including by pursuing “AI-enabled” weap...
By Megan Lamberth
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U.S. Enlists Allies to Counter China’s Technology Push
President Biden portrays U.S. relations with China as a clash of values: democracy vs. autocracy. But his rhetoric obscures the administration’s more pragmatic approach of cob...
By Martijn Rasser
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John Costello Joins CNAS as Adjunct Senior Fellow in the Technology and National Security Program
Washington, February 18, 2021—The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce that John Costello, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Intelligence and Se...
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For US and allies, prepping for AI warfare starts with the data
The U.S. and allies are using a new forum started by the Pentagon’s top artificial intelligence office to work toward developing AI systems that can connect in the future to h...
By Megan Lamberth
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Biden backs off on TikTok ban in review of Trump China moves
The Biden administration is backing off former President Donald Trump’s attempts to ban the popular video app TikTok, asking a court to postpone a legal dispute over the propo...
By Martijn Rasser
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The myth and reality of the super soldier
Is China trying to make its own version of Captain America? US intelligence has suggested so. But beyond the hype, the possibility of a super soldier is not so outlandish and ...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Exclusive: China gene firm providing worldwide COVID tests worked with Chinese military
BGI Group, the world’s largest genomics company, has worked with China’s military on research that ranges from mass testing for respiratory pathogens to brain science, a Reute...
By Elsa B. Kania
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CNAS Responds: Week One of the Biden Presidency
A week in, the Biden administration has made a series of moves across national security policy. In the advisory below, CNAS experts unpack key developments and possible outcom...
By Richard Fontaine, Carrie Cordero, Chris Dougherty, Jason Bartlett, Nathalie Grogan, Megan Lamberth, Emma Moore, Carisa Nietsche, Ainikki Riikonen & Rachel Ziemba
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Biden’s biggest clean-energy partner: China
“Ultimately, bringing manufacturing back to the U.S. would require a rethink of economic policy,” said Martijn Rasser, a senior fellow at the bipartisan Center for a New Ameri...
By Martijn Rasser
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A Scientist Is Arrested, and Academics Push Back
It was Donald J. Trump’s last full week in office, so Andrew E. Lelling, the federal prosecutor in Boston, knew he had limited time left in his job. But there was one more imp...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Russia Enters Military Drone Export Market With Sale To Myanmar
Russian news media are reporting a deal to supply Orlan-10E drones to Myanmar, formerly known as Burma. The transaction with a military widely condemned for its actions agains...
By Samuel Bendett
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Here’s What to Expect from the New Administration in Technology Policy
As they prepared for their new roles in the White House, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris had access to the most necessary piece of technology in governmen...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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How the Pentagon’s AI Center Aims to Advance ‘Responsible AI Literacy’ in 2021
In 2021, the Pentagon’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center intends to further push forward foundational guidance and projects promoting responsible AI use and strengthened a...
By Megan Lamberth