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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 / 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 / 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
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
America and South Korea Strengthen Military AllianceThe United States and the Republic of Korea (ROK) are embarking on a bold experiment of shared command at the tactical level. On June 3, 2015, the U.S. Forces in Korea (USFK)...
By David Eunpyoung Jee
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
SEWAC: U.S. National Security and the Asia Pacific RegionBy Patrick M. Cronin
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
U.S. pressures North Korea over nukes, human rightsBy Patrick M. Cronin
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Defense / Technology & National Security
It’s Time To Arm the Sunni TribesIraq is collapsing. Last week, another major city – Ramadi – fell to the Islamic State, or ISIS. The loss is particularly painful as the U.S. paid a heavy price to liberate Ra...
By Paul Scharre
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
How China’s Land Reclamation Fits in its Regional Strategy for DominanceSome analysts argue that China’s new artificial land formations in the South China Sea are not worth worrying about as they could be easily “taken out” if war broke out. But t...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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The Civil Drone: Non-Kinetic Applications of Drone Technology
Today, the word “drone” commonly provokes energetic debates – often stemming from the technology’s controversial use in military operations. Some see drones as precision tool...
By Kelley Sayler
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Beyond Offset: Paul Scharre on Technical LandscapeBy Paul Scharre
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Dr. Patrick Cronin before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review CommissionAsia-Pacific Security Program Director Patrick Cronin testified before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on China's relations with Southeast Asia....
By Patrick M. Cronin