June 14, 2019

National Security Lightning Talks and Roundtables

At the 2019 CNAS National Security Conference, CNAS experts pitched their top national security challenges and solutions in lightning-talks, followed by roundtable discussions to further develop these new ideas. This session featured presentations by David Zikusoka, Cristina Killingsworth, Nicole Alexander, Kristine Lee, Neil Bhatiya, Ainikki Riikonen, Megan Lamberth, Elsa B. Kania, and Loren DeJonge Schulman.

  • Video
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    How a Tsunami Created the Quad

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    By Lisa Curtis

  • Commentary
    • The Atlantic
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    How America Wasted Its Most Powerful Economic Weapon

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    By Edward Fishman

  • Commentary
    • TIME
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    As Trump Reshapes AI Policy, Here’s How He Could Protect America’s AI Advantage

    The nation that solidifies its AI advantage will shape the trajectory of the most transformative technology of our era....

    By Janet Egan, Paul Scharre & Vivek Chilukuri

  • Commentary
    • Lieber Institute
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    Ukraine Symposium – The Continuing Autonomous Arms Race

    This war-powered technology race does not appear to be losing steam, and what happens on the battlefields of Ukraine can potentially define how belligerents use military auton...

    By Samuel Bendett

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