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Technology & National Security
What Could Possibly Go Wrong?War has been a driver of breakthrough technology for a long time. The first waves of artificial intelligence and even the internet came out of DARPA, a defense agency whose or...
By Paul Scharre, Richard Danzig, Arati Prabhakar & Jonathan Wilson
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Technology & National Security
Who is ahead in the technological race for military dominance?When you're asked to paint a picture of war, what comes to mind? It's likely to be hundreds of troops on the ground, supported by pilots flying jets and dropping bombs on tar...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Technology & National Security
CNAS Tech: Discussing a Long-Awaited Executive Order on 5G SecurityOn May 15, President Trump issued an executive order designed to protect the United States from security vulnerabilities in the global communications technology supply chain. ...
By Paul Scharre, Elsa B. Kania & Megan Lamberth
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Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
5G: What It Is and What It Means for the Transatlantic RelationshipCNAS Adjunct Senior Fellow Elsa B. Kania joins Dr. Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Rachel Rizzo to discuss 5G technology and its implications for transatlantic security. Elsa B. Kan...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Rachel Rizzo & Elsa B. Kania
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Technology & National Security
Paul Scharre Interviewed on the Raw Data PodcastWhen we think of killer robots, images of the Terminator, Robocop, and other dystopian movies often spring to mind. These movies usually don’t end well (for the humans, at lea...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Kara Frederick Interviewed on The John Batchelor ShowKara Frederick joins John Batchelor to discuss many of the issues raised in her recent Wall Street Journal essay with Richard Fontaine: "The Autocrat's New Tool Kit." Listen ...
By Kara Frederick
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Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
Podcast: The Autocrat’s New Tool KitA new set of technological tools—some of them now maturing, others poised to emerge over the coming decade—seem destined to wind up in the hands of autocrats around the world....
By Richard Fontaine, Kara Frederick & Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
CNAS Tech: How (Not) to Talk About AI & LethalityThe U.S. Army recently announced its new Advanced Targeting & Lethality Automated System, or ATLAS program. The announcement generated concern and media headlines about the le...
By Paul Scharre, Kara Frederick & Megan Lamberth
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Technology & National Security
The White House: Accelerating America's Leadership in Artificial IntelligenceOn Thursday, February 28, Michael Kratsios, Deputy Assistant to the President for Technology Policy, visited CNAS to discuss the President's Executive Order on Maintaining Ame...
By Paul Scharre & Michael Kratsios
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
Inside China Tech: Analysing China’s race with the US for AI dominanceThis week, Zen Soo looks at how China and the US compete for technological supremacy in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), and how this is affected by the US-China tra...
By Gregory C. Allen
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Technology & National Security
The future of war: Autonomous weapons, AI, and cyberwarfareHow will emerging technologies shape the conduct and consequences of war? And how will they impact civilian security? Today on Displaced, Loren DeJonge Schulman and Erin Simps...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman & Erin Simpson
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Technology & National Security
Quantum HegemonyChina is positioning itself as a powerhouse in quantum science, posing a challenge to U.S. national security and innovation leadership. Elsa B. Kania, an Adjunct Fellow at CNA...
By Elsa B. Kania, John Costello & Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Autonomous Weapons and the Future of WarWhat happens when a Predator drone has as much autonomy as a Google car? Or when a weapon that can hunt its own targets is hacked? Although it sounds like science fiction, the...
By Ilan Goldenberg & Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Ep. 27: CENTCOM's Gen. Votel; Exosuits and super soldiers; Weaponizing social media and moreThis week on the program: • During a flight over Turkmenistan this week, America’s top commander in the Middle East spoke by phone with Defense One Executive Editor Kevin Baro...
By Paul Scharre & Lauren Fish
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Technology & National Security
David Cohen talks with Michael Morell on "Intelligence Matters" podcastIn this episode of Intelligence Matters, host Michael Morell speaks with David Cohen, former Deputy Director of the CIA and Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelli...
By David Cohen
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Technology & National Security
Paul Scharre on Here & There PodcastPaul Scharre joins Dave Marash on the Here & There podcast to discuss new technological developments in warfare, from artificial intelligence and autonomous systems to the rol...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Future of Life Institute: AI and Nuclear Weapons – Trust, Accidents, and New Risks with Paul Scharre and Mike HorowitzIn 1983, Soviet military officer Stanislav Petrov prevented what could have been a devastating nuclear war by trusting his gut instinct that the algorithm in his early-warning...
By Michael Horowitz & Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
The Lawfare Podcast: Elsa Kania on China’s Quantum QuestIf you ask scientists what is most likely to kick off the next great wave of technological change, a good number will answer “quantum mechanics”—a field whose physics Al...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Technology & National Security
Quantum Hegemony? China’s Ambitions and the Challenge to U.S. Innovation LeadershipPaul Scharre, Director and Senior Fellow of the Technology and National Security program at CNAS, hosts a discussion with Technology and National Security Adjunct Fellow Elsa ...
By Elsa B. Kania & Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Loren DeJonge Schulman on DronesDefense One Radio talks about drones, the national security bureaucracy, and the American way of war (1:49) with Loren DeJonge Schulman of the Center for a New American Securi...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman