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New CNAS Commentary: “Biotech Matters: Automated Scientists Will Power Tomorrow’s Bioeconomy”
Washington, March 7, 2024 — Today, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a new commentary, Biotech Matters: Automated Scientists Will Power Tomorrow’s Bioecon...
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Navy Demoted Ronny Jackson After Probe into White House Behavior
After publication of this story, the Navy provided Jackson’s service record, which shows the rank of captain retroactively applied to the date of his retirement in December 20...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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U.S. Lawmakers Tune Out TikTok Lobbying to Advance Bill to Ban App
A big question is whether the Senate will back the legislation as previous bills have stumbled. Emily Kilcrease, a technology and trade expert at the Center for a New American...
By Emily Kilcrease
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A Bill That Could Lead to a TikTok Ban Is Gaining Momentum in Congress. Here’s What to Know.
Gallagher and Krishnamoorthi said in a joint statement that the alert "misrepresents the bill as a 'ban' on TikTok in a blatant pressure campaign to intimidate members," addin...
By Hannah Kelley
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Biden’s State of the Union Comes as Foreign Policy Consensus Fractures
Biden will also be addressing that sizable segment of the “Make America Great Again” electorate and may make the case that funding Ukraine’s defense is necessary to forestall ...
By Lisa Curtis
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Above the Arctic Circle, Infantry Marines Are Improvising to Battle Harsh Conditions as Part of NATO Force
While the physical environment is not new, the geopolitical one is. Those changes center around Russia's invasion of Ukraine and have had deep effects on NATO's concern for de...
By Becca Wasser
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Why Sending a U.S. Navy Hospital Ship to Gaza Would Be Very Difficult but ‘Not Impossible’
The difference in ship size matters for operations planners inside the Pentagon: The much larger American hospital ships usually stay far away from foreign coastlines or ports...
By Jonathan Lord
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U.S. Ties to Qatar in Spotlight, and Under Scrutiny, Following Strategic Dialogue
Qatar’s key role as a mediator in the Middle East, while Americans are held hostage in Gaza, cements Washington’s reliance on Doha. And while Qatar is actively negotiating a d...
By Jonathan Lord
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Pentagon’s Priority on AI Spending Could Shield It from Cuts
Josh Wallin, a fellow in the Center for a New American Security’s defense program, predicted that DOD’s planned AI expenditures would be “relatively safe” in future budgets — ...
By Josh Wallin
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U.S. Officials Say Houthi Bombing Campaign Hindered by Intel Gaps
The Pentagon has faced a "major challenge" in balancing ongoing military needs to check China in the Pacific with mounting demands for intelligence capabilities in the Middle ...
By Jonathan Lord
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The South China Sea Is the Next Test of U.S. Resolve
The two nations are not yet close to going to war. But collisions and clashes can easily escalate. China’s truculence therefore raises the question: Under what circumstances s...
By Jacob Stokes
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CNAS Responds: Executive Order to Protect Americans’ Sensitive Personal Data
Last night, the Biden administration issued an executive order (EO) that limits the sale of sensitive American data to countries of concern, such as China and Russia. This inc...
By Vivek Chilukuri, Emily Kilcrease & Hannah Kelley
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Biden Issues Order Seeking to Protect American Data from Foreign Adversaries
Hannah Kelley, research associate at the Center for a New American Security’s Technology and National Security Program told VOA’s Mandarin service the executive order is an ef...
By Hannah Kelley
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China's Coast Guard: The Tip of Xi's Spear
"There are no easy answers [to gray zone warfare]. China has dedicated enormous resources to making itself into the world's premier maritime power by most measures," said Tom ...
By Tom Shugart
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Jon Stewart Says the Israel-Gaza Solution Could Be a DMZ Governed by an Arab NATO. Some Experts Say It’s a Pipe Dream.
"Every American administration going back decades has discussed some version of this. Under Trump, it was the Middle East Strategic Alliance," said Jonathan Lord, director of ...
By Jonathan Lord
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Why the European Union and United States Are Leading ‘Parallel’ Security Operations in the Red Sea
“The primary difference between the two coalitions is the activities. The EU coalition will engage in purely defensive activities — providing maritime domain awareness, accomp...
By Jonathan Lord
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NATO’s Military Has a New Nerve Center
The plans could take years more to put in place. “We are talking decades—potentially plural,” said Becca Wasser, a senior fellow for the defense program at the Center for a Ne...
By Becca Wasser
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AI Targeting, Used in U.S. Airstrikes, Is Just The Beginning
Retired Air Force General Jack Shanahan predicts that it will be five years before the US military feels comfortable enough to start using AI engines to recommend the ideal we...
By Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan
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U.S. Sanctions Oil Tankers, Targeting Iranian Funding for Russian, Houthi Arms
The measures are targeted to Iran's involvement with regional terror groups and Russia's military supply chains, said Rachel Ziemba, adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a ...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Ukraine’s Allies Keep Hitting Russia with More Sanctions — and Russia Keeps Finding Ways Around Them
Sanctions have, to some extent, "achieved an economic shock to Russia," said Rachel Ziemba, an adjunct fellow at the Centre for New American Security who tracks the impacts of...
By Rachel Ziemba