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Technology & National Security
The Rise of Municipal RansomwareLast month’s coordinated ransomware attacks against 23 cities in Texas reflect a troubling trend for America’s cities: bad actors are addicted to the payoff. In the 30 years s...
By Kara Frederick
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Podcast
Technology & National Security
Beyond the Arms Race Narrative: AI & China with Helen Toner & Elsa KaniaDiscussions of Chinese artificial intelligence frequently center around the trope of a U.S.-China arms race. On this month’s FLI podcast, we’re moving beyond the arms race nar...
By Elsa B. Kania & Helen Toner
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Commentary
Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
In Military-Civil Fusion, China is Learning Lessons from the United States and Starting to InnovateChina’s national strategy of “military-civil fusion” (军民融合) is provoking some anxiety in Washington.1 There are concerns the United States could be challenged, or even outrigh...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Video
Technology & National Security
Counterterrorism Lessons for the Digital Disinformation FightKey lessons in countering cyber operations may be found in counterterrorism operations. Kara Frederick, associate fellow at the CNAS Technology and National Security Program, ...
By Kara Frederick
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Commentary
Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
Weaponizing Biotech: How China’s Military Is Preparing for a ‘New Domain of Warfare’Under Beijing's civil-military fusion strategy, the PLA is sponsoring research on gene editing, human performance enhancement, and more. We may be on the verge of a brave new...
By Elsa B. Kania & Wilson VornDick
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Commentary
Technology & National Security
Why Are Deepfakes So Effective?Public opinion shifts, skewed election results, mass confusion, ethnic violence, war. All of these events could easily be triggered by deep fakes—realistic seeming but falsifi...
By Martijn Rasser
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Commentary
Technology & National Security
Setting the Stage for U.S. Leadership in 6GEvery day there are more headlines about China’s rise in 5G, the next generation of wireless communications technologies, and the economic and national security risksto the Un...
By Martijn Rasser
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Video
Technology & National Security
8chan dropped by internet service provider after being tied to 3 shootings this yearKara Frederick joins Heather Childers on Fox and Friends First to discuss how tech companies and the federal government should respond to violent extremist content on message ...
By Kara Frederick
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Commentary
Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
Major Themes in China’s 2019 National Defense White PaperOn July 24, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) issued its first new national defense white paper (NDWP) since 2015 (Xinhua). “China’s National Defense in a New Era” attempts...
By Elsa B. Kania & Peter Wood
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Podcast
Technology & National Security
Will Silicon Valley Have to Choose Between End-to-End Crypto and Shutting Down Speech it Hates?Our guests this week are Paul Scharre from the Center for a New American Security and Greg Allen from the Defense Department’s newly formed Joint Artificial Intelligence Cente...
By Paul Scharre
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Commentary
Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
The United States Must Compete to Innovate in 5G5G promises exciting possibilities and daunting challenges. This transformative technology will be critical to enabling the fourth industrial revolution, creating new industri...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Commentary
Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
America must invest in expertise and skills to compete with ChinaFor the United States, a smart and serious approach to competition with China requires improving our understanding of this key rival. American strategy must be informed by car...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
Innovation in the New Era of Chinese Military PowerChina’s State Council Information Office has just released a new national defense white paper, which is the first since the launch of major military reforms in 2015. This docu...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Commentary
Technology & National Security
In Search of Ideas: The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence Wants YouAmericans don’t want to grow old wondering what happened to their country’s place in the world. U.S. global leadership has fostered international institutions, strengthened hu...
By Robert O. Work & Eric Schmidt
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Video
Technology & National Security
Oakland City Council takes steps in banning facial recognition useTechnology and National Security Associate Fellow Kara Frederick appears on Fox & Friends First to discuss the deployment of facial recognition technology and American consume...
By Kara Frederick
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Podcast
Technology & National Security
#5: Proliferation: Richard Danzig and Kara FrederickThe challenge of technology is that it does not standstill. Security institutions have had to adapt to everything from the moat to the printing press to the machine gun to the...
By Richard Danzig & Kara Frederick
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Video
Technology & National Security
Amazon reveals it stores customers' Amazon Echo voice recordingsAmazon recently informed lawmakers that the company is storing voice recordings gathered from household devices like the Echo and Alexa. CNAS Associate Fellow Kara Frederick j...
By Kara Frederick
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Commentary
Technology & National Security
US’ AI Ethics Debate: Overcoming Barriers in Government and Tech SectorPolicymakers and private sector leaders are recognizing the need for ethics and norms building in artificial intelligence (AI)....
By Megan Lamberth
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Commentary
Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
This Is How to Solve America's Rare-Earths DilemmaYour computer, smartphone, car, your father’s pacemaker—they all require rare-earth elements. The U.S. military’s missile guidance systems, and platforms like fighter aircraft...
By Martijn Rasser & Ashley Feng
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Technology & National Security
Assange: the hunted manCNAS Adjunct Fellow Rachel Rizzo recently appeared in a documentary produced by a team of Arte reporters about activist Julian Assange's career and ongoing legal troubles. V...
By Rachel Rizzo
