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Defense / Technology & National Security
Video: Paul Scharre on Unmanned and Autonomous Systems and Emerging Weapons TechnologiesPaul Scharre, senior fellow and director of the 20YY Warfare Initiative leads a discussion called "Unmanned and autonomous systems and emerging weapons technologies" during th...
By Paul Scharre
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
American Strategy in the South China Sea: Time to Define 'Militarization' and 'Coercion'China’s previous paucity of runways in the South China Sea is leading to a trust deficit in U.S.-China relations. Over the course of this summer, China’s military and civilian...
By Mira Rapp-Hooper & Patrick M. Cronin
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It's Time For The US To Stand Up For the Rule of Law
The world desires and needs American leadership to confront the expansion of authoritarian regimes that seek to undermine the global economic system and the rule of law that s...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Nanotechnology and U.S. Military Power
Research Associate Kelley Sayler explores nanotechnology and U.S. military power as an excerpt of the American Foreign Policy Council's "Defense Dossier." Assessing how micro-...
By Kelley Sayler
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Video: Terminators - Fact or Fiction?By Paul Scharre
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Promoting Strategic Stability in the Midst of Sino-U.S. Competition
Robert M. Gates Senior Fellow Elbridge Colby examines Sino-U.S. competition and nuclear weapons. This is part of a series of briefs on "Strategic Domains and the Obama-Xi Summ...
By Elbridge Colby
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Defense / Middle East Security / Technology & National Security
Don't Bother Working Through BaghdadThe United States has long relied on its influence in Baghdad to defuse sectarianism in Iraq, fight Sunni extremism, and curb Iran’s regional influence. But the Iraqi national...
By Alexander Velez-Green
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Changing Tides in South China SeaChina’s rapid effort to build artificial islands in the South China Sea is far more than a diplomatic challenge. For China’s neighbors and the United States, it could soon bec...
By Elbridge Colby
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
It's Time to Confront Beijing About the South China SeaChina has continued its aggressive actions in the South China Sea. Events from ramming Vietnamese fishing boats to continued dredging and land reclamation demonstrate aggressi...
By Jerry Hendrix
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Don't Forget Land Wars in Asia“You fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is to never get involved in a land war in Asia.” This humorous quote from the film The Princess Br...
By Van Jackson
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Yes, Unmanned Combat Aircraft are the FutureWill the next U.S. fighter aircraft be manned, contrary to the predictions of technologists and policymakers like Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus? That is the prediction of Co...
By Paul Scharre
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
What Crimea Tells Us About Asia's Future WarsCrimea and the complex military occupation that now exists in Ukraine is an all too reasonable and underexplored model for future conflict in Asia. When we think about conflic...
By Van Jackson
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Paul Scharre on The Open Letter on the Dangers of Autonomous WeaponsMany high-profile scientists and academics, including Stephen Hawking and Elon Musk, have signed an open letter warning of the dangers of autonomous weapons. CNAS Senior Fello...
By Paul Scharre
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Stephen Hawking Doesn't Have to Fear Killer RobotsOn Monday, a broad group of several thousand academics, legal scholars, roboticists, and scientific luminaries – including Stephen Hawking – released an open letter warning th...
By Kelley Sayler
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program
North Korea's saber rattling more worrying than RussiaWhile Iranian leaders prepare to pause on their nuclear program, Russia and North Korea appear locked in a contest for chief nuclear menace. Both Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong ...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Forecasting the Future of US-China CompetitionChina figured prominently in this year’s annual conference conducted by the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), which held the massive, all-day event at the end of last...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
The Biggest Myth about North KoreaA million lives and a trillion dollars. Experts in the 1990s predicted that the costs of war with North Korea would reach at least this magnitude. While this is probably true ...
By Hannah Suh & Van Jackson
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Video: CNAS 2015 Annual Conference - The Promise and Peril of DronesBy Ben FitzGerald, Kelley Sayler & Paul Scharre
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Video: CSF 2015 I Panel Discussion: Contested ArenasBy Patrick M. Cronin
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Dawn of the DronesWe are living in a drone saturated world. In recent years, drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have proliferated rapidly around the globe in both military and civilian ...
By Kelley Sayler