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Dangers of an AI Race
Paul Scharre | September 30, 2020
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Sharper: America and the United Nations
The UN is emerging as a key arena for ideological competition as authoritarian actors seek to bend the organization toward illiberalism....
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Sustaining the Future of Indo-Pacific Defense Strategy
The 2022 National Defense Strategy (NDS) should sustain the Indo-Pacific as the priority theater....
Energy, Economics, & Security
The New Era in Cyber-Enabled Terrorist Financing
Terrorists continue to find new methods and avenues to finance their activities and threaten U.S. interests....
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Russia’s Weird Fixar Drone Offers Military Capabilities At Commercial Rates
In The News
Russia’s Fixar drone is designed for the sweet spot between quadcopters and fixed-wing aircraft. With rotors set at an angle and wings for efficiency, it can take off and land...
By Samuel Bendett
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Russia Uses ‘Swarm Of Drones’ In Military Exercise For The First Time
In The News
Russian state news agency TASS reports that a swarm of drones was used for the first time in a military exercise.The drone operation was part of the giant Kavkaz-2020 (Caucasu...
By Samuel Bendett
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The Army is rolling out a new fitness test: Will it hold back women?
In The News
An Army initiative to create a stronger, fitter fighting force has yielded a dramatic gender gap, raising questions about whether the service might unintentionally compound ba...
By Emma Moore
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Leaked Treasury Documents Prompt Fresh Calls for Updated Anti-Money-Laundering Regulations
In The News
A leak of U.S. Treasury Department records on red-flagged financial transactions underscores a message that national security officials, banks and regulators have been sending...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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The Trump foreign policies Biden might keep
In The News
It’s the type of question that does not land well with advisers to Joe Biden: Aren’t there some Donald Trump foreign policy decisions they should keep, and maybe even build up...
By Richard Fontaine
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Sustaining the Future of Indo-Pacific Defense Strategy
The 2022 National Defense Strategy (NDS) should sustain the Indo-Pacific as the priority theater....
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A Resource-Sustainable Strategy for Countering Violent Extremist Organizations
By Stephen Tankel
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Overcoming the Tyranny of Time: The Role of U.S. Forward Posture in Deterrence and Defense
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Sustaining the Future of Indo-Pacific Defense Strategy
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The United States Can’t Quit on the UN
U.S. retrenchment empowers only China....
By Kristine Lee
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Sharper: America and the United Nations
By Kristine Lee, Chris Estep & Cole Stevens
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The Trump foreign policies Biden might keep
By Richard Fontaine
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The United States Can’t Quit on the UN
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The Army is rolling out a new fitness test: Will it hold back women?
An Army initiative to create a stronger, fitter fighting force has yielded a dramatic gender gap, raising questions about whether the service might unintentionally compound ba...
By Emma Moore
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The All-Volunteer Force: Civil-Military Relations Hit Home—and Abroad
By Nathalie Grogan
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The Army is rolling out a new fitness test: Will it hold back women?
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Kicking-off the Next Season of Brussels Sprouts with Amb. Nicholas Burns
In the first episode of the new season of Brussels Sprouts, Amb. Nicholas Burns joins Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend to discuss U.S.-Europe relations under the Trump a...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Jim Townsend & Amb. Nicholas Burns
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Germany’s Indo-Pacific Vision: A New Reckoning With China or More Strategic Drift?
By Coby Goldberg
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The Trump administration is considering moving U.S. Africa Command. It won’t be cheap or easy.
By Jim Townsend
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Kicking-off the Next Season of Brussels Sprouts with Amb. Nicholas Burns
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Exclusive: U.S. to slap sanctions on over two dozen targets tied to Iran arms
The United States on Monday will sanction more than two dozen people and entities involved in Iran’s nuclear, missile and conventional arms programs, a senior U.S. official sa...
By Peter Harrell
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U.S.-Iran relations at a crucial crossroad as nuclear deal hangs on election outcome
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Episode 118 | A Historic Day in Washington
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Exclusive: U.S. to slap sanctions on over two dozen targets tied to Iran arms
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The New Era in Cyber-Enabled Terrorist Financing
Terrorists continue to find new methods and avenues to finance their activities and threaten U.S. interests....
By Sam Dorshimer
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Trump’s Sanctions Won’t Deter Moscow
By Edward Fishman
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Leaked Treasury Documents Prompt Fresh Calls for Updated Anti-Money-Laundering Regulations
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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The New Era in Cyber-Enabled Terrorist Financing
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Dangers of an AI Race
AI has value across a range of military applications, but also brings risks....
By Paul Scharre
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Russia’s Weird Fixar Drone Offers Military Capabilities At Commercial Rates
By Samuel Bendett
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Russia Uses ‘Swarm Of Drones’ In Military Exercise For The First Time
By Samuel Bendett
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Dangers of an AI Race
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Leaked Treasury Documents Prompt Fresh Calls for Updated Anti-Money-Laundering Regulations
A leak of U.S. Treasury Department records on red-flagged financial transactions underscores a message that national security officials, banks and regulators have been sending...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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The Trump foreign policies Biden might keep
By Richard Fontaine
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#Protect2020
By Christopher C. Krebs
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Leaked Treasury Documents Prompt Fresh Calls for Updated Anti-Money-Laundering Regulations
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More women in government roles leads to greater national security
The United States is facing an unprecedented economic and health crisis due to the coronavirus. Decisions made now will have repercussions that last for years. Recovery from t...
By Katie Galgano
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Women in Combat: Five-Year Status Update
By Emma Moore
- CNAS Launches “America Competes 2020”
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More women in government roles leads to greater national security
