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China’s AI Agenda AdvancesAre China’s ambitions to “lead the world” in artificial intelligence (AI) by 2030 credible? China’s rapid emergence as an AI powerhouse is often hyped and sensationalized, var...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Energy Is America’s New Power
Commentary
When the Donald Trump administration released its National Security Strategy in December 2017, it celebrated the arrival of the United States as an energy-dominant world power...
By Neil Bhatiya
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Trump must send Russia powerful message through tougher actions
The Trump administration took several actions last week to implement U.S. sanctions on Russia that Congress passed last year. However, while the Trump administration’s actions...
By Peter Harrell & Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Commentary
National Security Human Capital
Survival at All CostsOn its face, the so-called Nunes memo regarding government surveillance of Trump campaign aide Carter Page in 2016 does little to undermine the case against President Trump an...
By Phillip Carter
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Technology & National Security
Strategic Innovation and Great Power CompetitionAt this time of disruptive transitions, the new U.S. National Defense Strategy rightly recognizes that the character of warfare is changing due to the advent of a range of dis...
By Elsa B. Kania
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War room to boardroom: The new era of cybersecurity
Facebook’s hire of its first ever head of cybersecurity policy is recognition that protecting corporations from foreign hacking is an increasingly serious matter. Sophisticate...
By Jacqueline Ramos
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
Chinese Sub Commanders May Get AI Help for Decision-MakingWhat can we learn from a recent news report that China is seeking to develop a nuclear submarine with “AI-augmented brainpower” to give the PLA Navy an “upper hand in battle”?...
By Elsa B. Kania
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With China, Russia looming, SpaceX launch is about more than Mars
Commentary
SpaceX has reached another milestone with the successful launch of Falcon Heavy. The launch is another example of the organization’s persistent ability to innovate and push ma...
By Adam Routh
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Commentary
National Security Human Capital
The Military Is Not a Political PropThe power of the president, as commander in chief of the armed forces, has evolved over more than two centuries, constrained by congressional action, the emergence of a standi...
By Phillip Carter
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The Trump Team’s Blinkered Obsession With the Iran Deal Is Poisoning the Well
When seemingly spontaneous protests erupted in cities across Iran, beginning in the last days of 2017, the prospect of a new, uncertain, and even hopeful chapter in the countr...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Frustrations at the White House and the Pentagon
Commentary
In early February, months-long tensions between the White House and the Pentagon over how to address North Korea spilled out into the public scene. As officials revealed to th...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman & Julianne Smith
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When Putin Invades the Baltics
Commentary
Vladimir Putin is playing a vast chess game with NATO, and his next move will be to invade the Baltic nations of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. When this happens, the United ...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Beyond sanctions: On Russia policy, Congress should focus on new tools
Commentary
The Trump administration shocked observers by not imposing new Russia-related sanctions by a January 29 deadline. This decision came on the same day when CIA Director Mike Pom...
By Edoardo Saravalle
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Trump’s Use of Sanctions May Be Unsustainable
A year into his presidency, President Donald Trump has become an aggressive practitioner of economic sanctions. So far, the Treasury Department has added over 700 people, comp...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg & Peter Harrell
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NASA Needs a Politician More Than a Scientist for Its Chief
NASA is still in search of an Administrator. While Rep. Jim Bridenstine awaits the full Senate vote, it would be useful to think through the qualities that are necessary to be...
By Adam Routh
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Maximum Pressure: A Clarifying Signal in the Noise of North Korea Policy
At the height of the Roman Empire two thousand years ago, the Stoic philosopher Seneca counseled that any quest for a fulfilling life should begin with a clear objective: “Our...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Too Many Secrets
Commentary
Last week’s decision by House Intelligence Committee Republicans and the White House to declassify a misleading, politically charged memo about evidence in the Russia investig...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman & Ilan Goldenberg
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Commentary
National Security Human Capital
I’m an Iraq War veteran. The military doesn’t want or need Trump’s parade.A military parade down one of Washington’s broad avenues would seem to epitomize so much that is great about the United States, from the fine fiber of our troops to the might ...
By Phillip Carter
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Commentary
Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
Tech entanglement—China, the United States, and artificial intelligenceIn Washington and Beijing’s complex bilateral relationship, artificial intelligence has emerged as a new domain of both cooperation and competition. Even as China and the Unit...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
“Unmanned, Intangible, Silent Warfare” – New Threats and Options for TaiwanAs the character of conflict is transformed by the advent of robotics and artificial intelligence on the battlefield, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) recognizes and...
By Elsa B. Kania
