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Forging a New Era of U.S.-Japan-South Korea Trilateral Cooperation
Lisa Curtis, Evan Wright, Hannah Kelley | March 21, 2024
Future-Proofing Frontier AI Regulation
Paul Scharre | March 13, 2024
Evolution Not Revolution
Stacie Pettyjohn | February 08, 2024
“DIU 3.0”
Douglas A. Beck | February 07, 2024
Indo-Pacific Security
Forging a New Era of U.S.-Japan-South Korea Trilateral Cooperation
Executive Summary In August 2023, the leaders of Japan, the Republic of Korea (ROK), and the United States met for an unprecedented in-person summit at Camp David to expand an...
Technology & National Security
Future-Proofing Frontier AI Regulation
Executive Summary Policymakers should prepare for a world of significantly more powerful AI systems over the next decade. These developments could occur without fundamental b...
Defense
Evolution Not Revolution
This report concludes that drones have transformed the battlefield in the war in Ukraine, but in an evolutionary rather than revolutionary fashion. While tactical innovation a...
Defense
“DIU 3.0”
Foreword By Richard Fontaine Rapid technological change touches virtually every aspect of life today. This includes defense and national security, and for good reason: To main...
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CNAS Mourns the Passing of Board Member Joe Lieberman
Washington, March 28, 2024—Today, CNAS Chair Michèle Flournoy and Chief Executive Officer Richard Fontaine made the following statement on the passing of Board Member Joe Lieb...
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CNAS Welcomes Will Harwood as Director of Communications
Washington, March 27, 2024 — The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is delighted to welcome Will Harwood as its new Director of Communications. Before joining CNAS, Wil...
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CNAS Releases New Report Examining Inadvertent U.S.-China Escalation Risks from Lethal Autonomous Weapons Deployments in the Indo-Pacific
Press Release
Washington, March 26, 2024 – Today, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a new report, Autonomy and International Stability: Confidence-Building Measures for...
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CNAS Technology and National Security Program Announces Three New Adjunct Fellows
Washington, March 22, 2024 — The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to welcome three new adjunct fellows to its Technology and National Security program. ...
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Why the Pentagon wants to build thousands of easily replaceable, AI-enabled drones
In The News
Fielding fleets of drones at this scale is also likely to speed up the military’s adoption of artificial intelligence. “The only way that thousands of drones work is if you ha...
By Paul Scharre
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A World Full of Missiles
If the United States wants to maintain its role as the international security guarantor in today’s missile age, it must reckon with this growing cost....
By Andrew Metrick
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Deterring the Powerful Enemy
By Tom Shugart
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Preserving U.S. Military Advantage Amid Rapid Technological Change
By Paul Scharre
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A World Full of Missiles
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Don’t Betray the Women of Afghanistan
Normalizing relations with the Taliban before they reverse their anti-women policies would amount to pretending as if those two decades of progress never happened....
By Lisa Curtis & Hadeia Amiry
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Deterring the Powerful Enemy
By Tom Shugart
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Forging a New Era of U.S.-Japan-South Korea Trilateral Cooperation
By Lisa Curtis, Evan Wright & Hannah Kelley
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Don’t Betray the Women of Afghanistan
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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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Jack Teixeira pleads guilty to leaking military documents
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Inside the Navy’s quest to fix its recruiting crisis
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Navy demoted Ronny Jackson after probe into White House behavior
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It’s time for Congress to commit to better U.S.-EU relations
The United States and European Union can only tackle their joint challenges through greater dialogue....
By Nicholas Lokker & Jason C. Moyer
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Putin’s Fifth Term and Russian Domestic Politics
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend, Dr. Angela Stent & Joshua Yaffa
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Ukraine’s Drone Strikes on Russian Oil Refineries Mark New Phase in War
By Peter Schroeder
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It’s time for Congress to commit to better U.S.-EU relations
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Blaise Misztal and Jonathan Lord on U.S. Ceasefire Push in Israel-Hamas War
Blaise Misztal of the Jewish Institute for National Security of America and Jonathan Lord from the Center for a New American Security talked about the new push by the U.S. for...
By Jonathan Lord
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Congress Can Help Ukraine With Confiscated Iranian Weapons
By Jonathan Lord & Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Is Iraqi Federalism Under Threat
By Hamzeh Hadad
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Blaise Misztal and Jonathan Lord on U.S. Ceasefire Push in Israel-Hamas War
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Sharper: Regulating Technology
The pace of technological change presents both immense opportunity for private industry and complex challenges for national security. These technologies, including artificial ...
By Anna Pederson & Julia Arnold
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Can Europe fund its defense ambitions?
By Rachel Ziemba
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A New Approach to Sanctions Is Pushing Up Energy Prices and Crimping Russia’s Revenue
By Rachel Ziemba
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Sharper: Regulating Technology
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The Next Step in Military AI Multilateralism
As part of the deluge of new artificial intelligence (AI) policy documents surrounding the AI Safety Summit in November 2023, the United States released a long-awaited update ...
By Michael Depp
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Autonomy and International Stability
By Tom Shugart
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The Next Step in Military AI Multilateralism
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CNAS Launches New Project: “21st Century Federalism and the National Security Implications”
Washington, February 7, 2024—Today, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) launches the 21st Century Federalism and the National Security Implications project. After ne...
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Americans Need Domestic Unity for Effective Foreign Policy
By Richard Fontaine & Stephen J. Hadley
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Carrie Cordero on Maine Ballot Ruling
By Carrie Cordero
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CNAS Launches New Project: “21st Century Federalism and the National Security Implications”
