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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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The U.S. or China? Europe Needs to Pick a Side
Commentary
Amid ten consecutive weeks of protest in Hong Kong, Beijing is looking to a seemingly unlikely place for support: Europe. In recent days, Chinese ambassadors across the contin...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Rachel Rizzo
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Commentary
Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security
The Old World and the Middle KingdomEurope is beginning to face up to the challenges posed by a rising China. From the political debates roiling European capitals over the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei...
By Julianne Smith & Torrey Taussig
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Strategy or Straitjacket? Three Reasons Why People Are Still Arguing About the National Defense Strategy
Commentary
“It feels so weird to not intervene in the Middle East. I know we’re trying to avoid getting sucked in, but it’s hard to say no.” These were the words my colleague uttered dur...
By Chris Dougherty
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The U.S. Abandoned Iraq. Don’t Repeat History in Afghanistan
Commentary
The announcement of a peace agreement between the U.S. and the Taliban is said to be imminent, after years of combat and months of negotiation. The U.S. will reportedly promis...
By David H. Petraeus & Vance Serchuk
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Why North Korea is going ballistic with short-range missiles
Commentary
North Korea is on an arms-testing binge. It began to fire short-range ballistic missiles in May, flaunted what apparently is a ballistic missile-carrying submarine on July 23,...
By Duyeon Kim
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America should apply Cold War lessons to China: Compete hard, hold fast to our values
Commentary
As global stock markets gyrate in response to mounting economic tensions between Washington and Beijing, the specter of a U.S.-China Cold War looms large. The intensifying riv...
By Daniel Kliman
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Commentary
Energy, Economics & Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Congress Is Gearing Up for a Bigger Fight With Trump Over Russia PolicyAfter a long delay, the Trump administration finally took the first steps in a legally mandated effort to punish Russia for its use of chemical weapons in the 2018 poisoning o...
By Neil Bhatiya
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Don’t Peg Troop Withdrawals to the Political Calendar
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made news this week by suggesting that President Donald Trump has instructed him to pursue troop reductions in Afghanistan by Election Day 2020....
By Richard Fontaine
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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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Commentary
Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Trump Can’t Stop Putin From Poaching U.S. AlliesOn July 17, the United States finally decided to suspend Turkey’s participation in the F-35 fighter jet program, a move made in retaliation for Turkey’s acceptance of the Russ...
By Mark Simakovsky & Edward Fishman
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Commentary
National Security Human Capital Program
TAP for Reservists Needs to ChangeThe VOW (Veterans Opportunity to Work) to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 was touted as a major accomplishment to help reduce unemployment among military veterans. It expanded educati...
By Annie Kleiman
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Commentary
Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security
New U.S. Sanctions on Iran Reveal China’s Growing Role in Illicit Supply ChainsOn July 18, in the Trump administration’s first punitive measure since Iran announced earlier this month that it would exceed the levels of enriched uranium permitted under th...
By Neil Bhatiya
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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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CNAS Launches Task Force on the Future of U.S. Coercive Economic Statecraft
Washington, July 23, 2019 – The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) Energy, Economics, and Security Program today announced the launch of the Task Force on the Future of...
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The Tale of Turkey and the Patriots
Commentary
Watching the current trajectory of the U.S.-Turkish relationship is like witnessing two locomotives hurtling towards one another head-on. It’s a terrifying sight. As both capi...
By Jim Townsend & Rachel Ellehuus
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program
The US Is Unprepared to Mobilize for Great Power ConflictThe “fully mobilized Joint Force,” the National Defense Strategy tells us, will be capable of “defeating aggression by a major power; deterring opportunistic aggression elsewh...
By Elsa B. Kania & Emma Moore
