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Defense / Technology & National Security
Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW): Nov. 13-14 Meetings and BeyondThe United Nations Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) met for the second time this year on November 13th and 14th in Geneva to discuss lethal autonomous weapons ...
By Matthew Seeley & Paul Scharre
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Defense / Technology & National Security
UNIDIR White Paper on Meaningful Human ControlThe United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) recently published a second report centered around the weaponization of increasingly autonomous technologies. A...
By Matthew Seeley
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China Scores
China is back. Nearly two centuries after it lost its traditional place at the center of Asian affairs, Beijing has begun giving shape and substance to its renewed leadership ...
By Ely Ratner
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How the United States can counter the ambitions of Russia and China
The unraveling of the Middle East under the weight of the Sunni-Shiite rivalry and the rise of the Islamic State is enough of a national security challenge to keep the United ...
By Ely Ratner
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Smart Hawks
This point is becoming increasingly accepted in defense circles. Defense experts at places like Washington’s Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments have been sounding ...
By Elbridge Colby & Eric Sayers
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Redesigning the All-Volunteer Force of the Future
By Phillip Carter
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The U.S. Military: Both A Part of Us and Apart From Us
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Keynote: GEN Martin Dempsey on Civil-Military Relations
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Paul Scharre and Michael Horowitz on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systemshen the robots start thinking for themselves in the movies or on TV, it’s never a good sign for the humans. Whether the setting is Earth or Caprica, letting robots think and g...
By Michael Horowitz & Paul Scharre
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Trading UpLooking ahead to the next Congress, Republicans on Capitol Hill see trade as one issue where they actually, maybe, possibly might be able to compromise with the White House. I...
By Ely Ratner
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Time to govern
The midterm election handed control of Congress to the party whose traditional strength is national security. In developing its foreign policy agenda, the incoming Republican ...
By Elbridge Colby & Richard Fontaine
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The Myth of the Militarization of America's Africa Policy
After almost fifteen years of unprecedented political stabilization and economic development in Africa, the ravages of Ebola and a spike in military coups in places like Burki...
By Alice Hunt Friend
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Realism Returns
The most remarkable aspect of Senator Rand Paul’s “conservative realism” speech on October 23 in New York was that it was seen as remarkable at all. For the fact is that, desp...
By Elbridge Colby
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A Big Step Forward: Tunisia’s Fragile Democratic Consolidation
Those in Washington still hopeful about the positive potential of the 2011 Arab uprisings should celebrate Tunisia’s successful October 26 legislative elections. By all accoun...
By Dafna Rand
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
A Republican Congress Is Good News for AsiaHaving attended summits in China and Burma, President Barack Obama heads to Australia this weekend for the G-20 summit, all while carrying the albatross of his party’s elector...
By Elbridge Colby & Richard Fontaine
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
South Korea's ADIZ Enforcement ChallengeA recent report submitted during last month’s National Assembly Audit revealed that the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) remains largely unprepared to enforce the expanded ...
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
America Needs Economic Statecraft in AsiaFew U.S. national security officials pay much attention to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum or economic statecraft in general. But they should. The APEC meet...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Kim Jong Un's Tin Can Air ForceNorth Korea's resistance to change is punchline-worthy. It still operates a command economy, its population remains largely cut off from the Internet, and, with few exceptions...
By Van Jackson
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Channel News Asia: President Obama's Trip to AsiaWatch the full interview at Channel News Asia....
By Ely Ratner
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Can China Make Peace in the South China Sea?
Dr. Ely Ratner, senior fellow and deputy director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program, argues that in recent years, China become not only more assertive but has also been inc...
By Ely Ratner