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Remarks by Paul Scharre to the United Nations Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems
Geneva, Switzerland As we have heard this week, artificial intelligence and autonomy are rapidly advancing. While no nation has said they will build autonomous weapons, the t...
By Paul Scharre
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Lethal Autonomous Weapons and Policy-Making Amid Disruptive Technological Change
Commentary
This week, countries are meeting at the United Nations to discuss lethal autonomous weapons and the line between human and machine decision-making. One complicating factor in ...
By Paul Scharre
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We’re Losing Our Chance to Regulate Killer Robots
Commentary
Scores of countries are gathering at the United Nations this week to discuss lethal autonomous weapon systems – essentially, robots that would pick their own targets. This mar...
By Paul Scharre
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Eric Schmidt Keynote Address at the Center for a New American Security Artificial Intelligence and Global Security Summit
Transcript prepared by Gregory C. Allen and Anthony Cho. This transcript has been edited for clarity. Discussion starts at :30 of video. Paul Scharre: So thanks for joini...
By Paul Scharre, Anthony Cho, Gregory C. Allen & Eric Schmidt
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Stephen Hawking, Artificial Intelligence, and the UN Summit
Podcast
This week, countries discuss lethal autonomous weapons at the United Nations, while Stephen Hawking warns of the dangers of artificial intelligence. Paul Scharre, Director of ...
By Paul Scharre & Neal Urwitz
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Trump's Post-Pivot Strategy
Commentary
U.S. President Donald Trump’s five-nation tour of Asia in November 2017 marks the inception of America’s post-pivot strategy. Through summitry and speeches, Trump set forth h...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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The Quad: US and its allies want insurance against instability and coercion in Asia
If all goes according to plan, officials from the United States, Australia, Japan and India will sit down together on the margins of next week's East Asia Summit. The gatherin...
By Richard Fontaine
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Women in National Security: Julie Smith, Loren DeJonge Schulman & Kate Kidder
Podcast
CNAS experts Kate Kidder, Julie Smith, and Loren DeJonge Schulman discuss why they launched the women in national security project, what they've learned, and their personal st...
By Julianne Smith, Loren DeJonge Schulman & Katherine Kidder
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The Lethal Autonomous Weapons Governmental Meeting (Part I: Coping with Rapid Technological Change)
Commentary
This week nations meet at the United Nations to discuss lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS), including robotic weapons that might hunt for targets on their own. It has bee...
By Paul Scharre
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Why ditching the Iran nuclear deal would be bad for China, India and the rest of Asia
Now that US President Donald Trump has declared that Iran is not in compliance with the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, the status of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action depends on...
By Neil Bhatiya
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The Sum of Their Fears: The MQ-25 Stingray
Commentary
“Something is rotten in the state of Denmark,” sayeth the Bard in a line with ominous foreboding. Such potent can also be read into the decision that Northrop Grumman was drop...
By Jerry Hendrix
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U.S.-China Trade: A Balanced Approach
Executive Summary President Trump is right to want to get the U.S. economy growing again and help those left behind. And he is right that in the past decade China has taken ad...
By Anja Manuel
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In the Pentagon’s AT&L reorg, beware the Valley of Death
Commentary
The U.S. Department of Defense is in the process of reorganizing its acquisition enterprise, as directed by the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act. Congress and the DoD i...
By Susanna V. Blume
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Emerging technology could make China the world’s next innovation superpower
Commentary
During China’s 19th Party Congress in October, President Xi Jinping placed innovation at the center of China’s national strategy. His remarks called for building China into a ...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Elevating Deterrence on the Korean Peninsula
Commentary
As scripted, President Donald Trump’s five-nation Asian tour underscores the longstanding U.S. commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific region. Yet North Korea’s Kim Jong U...
By Patrick M. Cronin & David Asher
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The Gulf of Aden Needs US-China Maritime Cooperation
Commentary
While President Donald Trump has expressed optimism about his relationship with President Xi Jinping, U.S.-China relations seemed to have cooled because of tension over the No...
By Brittney Washington
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Will Killer Robots Be Banned? Lessons from Past Civil Society Campaigns
Commentary
After several years of debate, on November 13-17, 2017, the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) will convene a Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) to discuss the ...
By Michael Horowitz
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WATCH: CNAS Launches "Across the Pond, In the Field" Nationwide Outreach Program
Commentary
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) and the Global Public Policy Institute in Berlin have launched a major new project, “Across the Pond, In the Field,” to engage ne...
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Andy Dlinn talks transatlantic relations, meaning behind "America first"
Podcast
Andy Dlinn, President of the PA Republican Leadership Council and member of the National Council of the John Birch Society, sits down with CNAS expert Julie Smith to disc...
By Julianne Smith & Andy Dlinn
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Women in National Security: Alice Hunt Friend
Podcast
CNAS Adjunct Senior Fellow Alice Friend Hunt speaks on the importance of self-confidence and the ways in which men can help women succeed in national security....
By Loren DeJonge Schulman & Alice Hunt Friend
