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U.S. Announces the Arrival of a Nuclear Submarine in the Middle East
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“It's unusual to highlight the movement of strategic weapon systems like an Ohio-class submarine,” says Jonathan Lord, Director of the Middle East Security program at the Cent...
By Jonathan Lord
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CNAS Welcomes Chris Belisle as Managing Director of Corporate Relations
Washington, November 2, 2023 — The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to welcome Chris Belisle as Managing Director of Corporate Relations. “We are delighte...
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NOTEWORTHY: Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence
Noteworthy
CNAS experts unpack the recently released executive order from the White House that establishes new guidelines and goals for how artificial intelligence is responsibly used in...
By Paul Scharre, Vivek Chilukuri, Tim Fist, Bill Drexel, Josh Wallin, Hannah Kelley, Sam Howell, Michael Depp & Caleb Withers
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As tensions rise over Israel’s fight in Gaza, why a UAE official says Abraham Accords will endure
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Jonathan Lord, director of the Middle East security program at the Center for a New American Security, noted that since the Accords were signed, the UAE has become Israel’s 16...
By Jonathan Lord
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Will the war in Gaza spill over to the Middle East?
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“Tehran would be wise to caution restraint to its regional proxies and partners, as Washington has made clear that Tehran will be held responsible for the actions of Hezbollah...
By Jonathan Lord
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Hamas is hoarding vast amounts of fuel as Gaza hospitals run low, U.S. officials say
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The U.N. has issued almost daily warnings that its Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East will not be able to operate humanitarian services, including...
By Jonathan Lord
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Why Biden’s AI Executive Order Only Goes So Far
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The Secretary of Commerce has been tasked with defining the AI models that are sufficiently dangerous to qualify for these requirements. As it stands, experts don’t know how t...
By Paul Scharre
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New CNAS Report: Assessing the Evolving Russian Nuclear Threat
Press Release
Washington, October 31, 2023 — Today, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a new report, Assessing the Evolving Russian Nuclear Threat, by authors Andrea Ken...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Michael Kofman, Nicholas Lokker & Heli Hautala
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CNAS Responds: White House Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence
Press Note
Today, the White House released an executive order detailing a new approach to artificial intelligence safety and security that attempts to mitigate future risk and keep Ameri...
By Paul Scharre, Vivek Chilukuri, Tim Fist, Josh Wallin, Bill Drexel, Sam Howell, Hannah Kelley & Michael Depp
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Deepfake Video Impersonates VOA Russian Service Anchor, Underscoring AI Concerns
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Doctoring news broadcasts can be an effective disinformation strategy because “news anchors are the face of trust in conventional media,” said Bill Drexel, who works on AI at ...
By Bill Drexel
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The Race to Regulate
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A large U.S. delegation will also travel to Bletchley Park this week, where the British government is hosting its AI Safety Summit. The UK’s decision to include China in the s...
By Jacob Stokes
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Is Crypto Financing Terrorism?
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Alex Zerden, founder of the risk advisory firm Capitol Peak Strategies and a former official at the Treasury’s Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, told DealBook th...
By Alex Zerden
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U.S. strikes Iranian-backed ammo sites in Syria
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“The President has historically leaned toward restraint, but the recent uptick in attacks forced his hand,” said Jonathan Lord, of the Center for a New American Security. The ...
By Jonathan Lord
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South China Sea crisis flares up as Australian leader heads to Washington
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That assistance perhaps should entail a U.S. escort for the Philippine supply ships, according to Mazza and another prominent analyst. “That probably is the next step,” said C...
By Lisa Curtis
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U.S. to Bolster Israel’s Missile Defenses
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“I think it [the Oct. 7 Hamas attack in Israel] probably highlights an underlying problem that we were already facing, which is [that] the defense industrial base is not suffi...
By Jonathan Lord
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China's Senior Officials Formally Banished From Elite Politics
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"While Li Shangfu's removal is certainly interesting given other recent high-level removals in the PRC's national security apparatus, I doubt that it will have much effect in ...
By Tom Shugart
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Can America handle two wars, and maybe a third?
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China and Russia may offer no substitute for America’s diplomacy, but they will be more than happy to see American discomfiture and will play up the claims of American double ...
By Richard Fontaine
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The many reasons Netanyahu may be delaying an Israeli ground offensive in Gaza
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American officials have supported Israel’s desire to destroy Hamas while also putting pressure on Israeli leaders to proceed with caution, minimize civilian casualties and try...
By Jonathan Lord
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Philippines summons Chinese ambassador over S China Sea collisions
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The U.S. “reaffirms that Article IV of the 1951 U.S.-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty extends to armed attacks on Philippine armed forces, public vessels, and aircraft – incl...
By Tom Shugart
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The laidback Australian city key to countering China
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Defence strategist Becca Wasser has spent years wargaming what might happen in the event of a conflict in the region. In most of the scenarios she's run, China does attempt mi...
By Becca Wasser
