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Satellite Imagery Shows Mystery Ship Built in China amid Breakneck Naval Expansion
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China appears to have built a new and unusual aircraft carrier, intriguing experts with a potentially first-of-its-kind vessel that could further increase Beijing’s rapidly ex...
By Tom Shugart
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China Built a $50 Billion Military Stronghold in the South China Sea
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Hainan, a palm-fringed island known as China’s Hawaii, sits in the warm tropical waters of the South China Sea east of Vietnam. It’s a popular tourist destination with soft-sa...
By Tom Shugart
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Ukraine Rolls Out Dozens of AI Systems to Help Its Drones Hit Targets
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KYIV, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Ukraine is using dozens of domestically made AI-augmented systems for its drones to reach targets on the battlefield without being piloted, a senior o...
By Samuel Bendett
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American Drone Startup Notches Rare Victory in Ukraine
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Above a battlefield littered with failed American drones, California startup Shield AI notched an important victory in Ukraine. The company in August became a rare Western sup...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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U.S. Efforts to Contain Xi’s Push for Tech Supremacy Are Faltering
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Since Donald Trump hit Xi Jinping’s government with punitive tariffs in 2018, his push to cut the trade deficit has snowballed into a full-scale bipartisan effort to stop Chin...
By Jordan Schneider
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DoD Program Makes It Easier to Enlist with ADHD, Asthma, Other Medical Conditions
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More than 5,600 people with previously disqualifying medical conditions have been allowed to enlist in the military without having to get a waiver under a pilot program, a def...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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CNAS Launches New Initiative with Support from the Motwani Jadeja Family Foundation on “Realizing the Potential of the U.S.-India Strategic Partnership”
Press Release
Washington, October 29, 2024 – The Center for a New American Security’s (CNAS) Indo-Pacific Security Program is launching a new initiative to explore opportunities to elevate ...
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Bipartisan CNAS Task Force Calls for Renewed U.S. Commitment to Global Democracy
Press Release
Washington, October 28, 2024 — Today, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a report calling on Washington to reassert global leadership on democracy and huma...
By Richard Fontaine & Gibbs McKinley
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A Million People Play This Video Wargame. So Does the Pentagon.
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Warfare is changing at a pace unseen in almost a century, as fighting in Ukraine and the Middle East shows. For military commanders, tackling that upheaval demands fast and co...
By Becca Wasser
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Ukraine Allies Face Limited Options Over North Korea Troops
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Russia’s decision to bring North Korean troops to shore up its war-weary forces has Ukraine’s allies realizing they have few options to respond without escalating the conflict...
By Richard Fontaine
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BRICS Membership Becomes a Way to Signal Non-Commitment
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If the purpose of the BRICS group — originally Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa — is to amplify its members' global influence, it may be having some effect. Loom...
By Richard Fontaine
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Noteworthy: “Memorandum on Advancing the United States’ Leadership in Artificial Intelligence”
Noteworthy
By Paul Scharre, Vivek Chilukuri, Geoffrey Gertz, Bill Drexel, Janet Egan, Constanza M. Vidal Bustamante, Sam Howell, Michael Depp, Caleb Withers, Noah Greene, Ruby Scanlon & Morgan Peirce
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Vietnam Builds Airstrip on Reclaimed Island in South China Sea
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The latest satellite imagery has revealed a new airstrip taking shape on Barque Canada reef, an artificial island developed by Vietnam in the disputed Spratly archipelago in t...
By Tom Shugart
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Military AI Drones Could Take Over Future Warfare, Experts Warn
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“At some point,” Samuel Bendett, Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Center for New American Security, tells Popular Mechanics, “military autonomy will become cost effective enough t...
By Samuel Bendett
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The U.S. National Security Memorandum on AI: Leading Experts Weigh In
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Bill Drexel, Fellow, Technology and National Security Program at the Center for a New American Security: The National Security Memorandum solidifies the government’s intention...
By Bill Drexel
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How Israel Tries to Destroy Hezbollah’s Financial Network
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On Sunday, Israel carried out air strikes in Beirut and elsewhere in Lebanon, targeting branches of Al-Qard Al-Hassan Association (AQAH), a financial institution and de facto ...
By Jonathan Lord
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Why the Pentagon is Betting Big on Long-Range Ukrainian Drones: ‘It Works’
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“[The Ukrainians] have such a vibrant and diverse drone industry that’s doing really, really exciting things, and they’re doing them for really cheap,” Stacie Pettyjohn, direc...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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"U.S.-India Partnership Vital for Preserving Peace in Indo-Pacific Region": Former White House Official Lisa Curtis
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Lisa Curtis, Director of the Indo-Pacific Security Program at the Center for New American Security and former White House official, said that the partnership between the Unite...
By Lisa Curtis
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Center for a New American Security Fellow: ‘It Would Be Foolish to Ignore’ China’s Advances in Humanoid Robot Development
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China's development of humanoid robots could potentially support its military ambitions, according to Bill Drexel, a fellow at the Center for a New American Security. Although...
By Bill Drexel
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U.S. Submarine Earns Highest Military Honor for Spying on America's Enemies
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The USS Washington, a conventionally armed 7,900-ton Virginia-class fast-attack submarine, was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for "outstanding performance in action wh...
By Tom Shugart
