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Fire and Ice
Podcast
In this week’s edition of the SpyTalk podcast, Jeff Stein goes deep on the CIA’s looming eviction from Afghanistan with Lisa Curtis, a longtime former CIA, State Department an...
By Lisa Curtis, Jeff Stein, Jeanne Meserve & Alma Katsu
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The Militarization of Artificial Intelligence
Commentary
Militaries are racing to adopt artificial intelligence (AI) with the aim of gaining military advantage over competitors. And yet, there is little understanding of AI’s long-te...
By Paul Scharre
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Are AI-Powered Killer Robots Inevitable?
In war, speed kills. The soldier who is a split second quicker on the draw may walk away from a firefight unscathed; the ship that sinks an enemy vessel first may spare i...
By Paul Scharre
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The Iranian Missile Strike Did Far More Damage Than Trump Admits
Commentary
Over 100 American soldiers have been treated for traumatic brain injuries following Iran’s missile strike on Al Asad Air Base in western Iraq. The strike came in retaliation f...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman & Paul Scharre
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The future of war: Autonomous weapons, AI, and cyberwarfare
Podcast
How 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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Loren DeJonge Schulman on Drones
Podcast
Defense 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
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Resisting Magical Thinking: Drones and National Security
Podcast
In the latest episode of FPRI’s Back Channel, Templeton Fellows Ron Granieri, Dominic Tierney, and Nada Bakos welcome special guest Loren DeJonge Schulman, Deputy Director of ...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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What the Interwar Years Say About the US Army’s Newest Force Concept
Commentary
You fix the roof when it’s sunny, says U.S. Army Secretary Mark Esper, pointing to his service’s various efforts to improve doctrine and gear during a relative lull in fightin...
By Lauren Fish
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Soldier Swarm: New ground Combat Tactics for the Era of Multi-Domain Battle
Commentary
When the US military prepares to fight its next major war, it won’t be planning to fight the insurgents it has faced over the last fifteen years. As China and Russia begin to ...
By Lauren Fish & Justin Lynch
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Why Drones Are Still the Future of War
In a recent Foreign Affairs article, Jacquelyn Schneider and Julia Macdonald argue, based on their research interviewing U.S. ground troops, that troops prefer close air suppo...
By Paul Scharre
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The Collapsing Battlespace: NATO–Russian Nuclear Stability in an Era of Technological Upheaval
The military-technological environment has always been in a state of flux. But today, it is changing faster and in more ways than ever before. A series of new military technol...
By Alexander Velez-Green
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Drones Podcast Series: Military and Non-State Actor Uses of Commercial Drones
Podcast
By Jeremy Hsu, Paul Scharre & Alexandra Sander
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The Coming Drone Wars: A Headache in the Making for American Foreign Policy
In June, the United States shot down two Iranian-made armed drones used by Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria. The fact that the shoot down (and the existence of the armed dron...
By Paul Scharre
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Drones Podcast Series: Drones and the MTCR
Podcast
In this episode of the Drones Podcast Series, CNAS experts Michael Horowitz, Alexandra Sander, and Paul Scharre discuss the Missile Technology Control Regime....
By Michael Horowitz, Alexandra Sander & Paul Scharre
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Drones Podcast Series: U.S. Policy and Exports
Podcast
On this episode, Michael Horowitz, Dan Gettinger, and Alexandra Sander join Paul Scharre to discuss U.S. policy changes on unmanned aircraft exports in recent years....
By Michael Horowitz, Dan Gettinger, Alexandra Sander & Paul Scharre
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Drones Podcast Series: Transparency on Use of Drones
Podcast
Luke Hartig, a fellow in New America's International Security program, and Loren DeJonge Schulman, a senior fellow at CNAS, discuss transparency on the U.S. use of drones. Hos...
By Luke Hartig, Loren DeJonge Schulman & Paul Scharre
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Drones Podcast Series: Emerging Norms
Podcast
Rachel Stohl, a senior associate with Stimson Center's Managing Across Boundaries Initiative, joins CNAS' Paul Scharre and Alexandra Sander to discuss emerging norms for drone...
By Paul Scharre & Alexandra Sander
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AI Will Make Forging Anything Entirely Too Easy
“Lordy, I hope there are tapes,” said an exasperated James Comey in his testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee on June 8. Comey’s desire reflects a familiar one fo...
By Gregory C. Allen
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Drones Podcast Series: Patterns of Proliferation
Podcast
Dan Gettinger of the Center for the Study of the Drone, UPenn Professor Mike Horowitz, and CNAS Research Associate Alexandra Sander join Paul Scharre to discuss patterns of dr...
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Drone Proliferation: Policy Choices for the Trump Administration
Podcast
Drone experts Dan Gettinger and Alexandra Sander discuss a new report laying out the extent of drone proliferation, providing recommendations to help the Trump administration ...
By Alexandra Sander, Dan Gettinger & Neal Urwitz
