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Why Huawei Isn’t So Scary
Commentary
5G may have become a buzzword, but the notion that countries must rush to be first to deploy it is mistaken and reckless—and increases the odds of security breaches. There’s n...
By Elsa B. Kania & Lindsey R. Sheppard
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China’s Military Biotech Frontier: CRISPR, Military-Civil Fusion, and the New Revolution in Military Affairs
Commentary
China’s national strategy of military-civil fusion (军民融合, junmin ronghe) has highlighted biology as a priority. It is hardly surprising that the People’s Republic of China (PR...
By Elsa B. Kania & Wilson VornDick
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ChinaEconTalk, Live from Washington, D.C.
Podcast
ChinaEconTalk is live from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C., with Martijn Rasser, a senior fellow in the Technology and National Security Pro...
By Martijn Rasser
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Kara Frederick on the rise of robocalls
Video
Kara Frederick joins America's News Headquarters to talk about how robocalls take advantage of people. View the full conversation on Fox News....
By Kara Frederick
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When your data is held hostage
Podcast
Technology and security expert Kara Frederick explains how and why U.S. local governments and electoral rolls are vulnerable to ransomware and what can be done about it. List...
By Kara Frederick
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The Low Road: Charting China's Digital Expansion
Video
As Beijing tightens control of the Internet within its own borders, what consequences lie ahead for people living under other authoritarian regimes and fragile democracies?...
By Kara Frederick, Daniel Kliman & Ely Ratner
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The Rise of Municipal Ransomware
Commentary
Last month’s coordinated ransomware attacks against 23 cities in Texas reflect a troubling trend for America’s cities: bad actors are addicted to the payoff. In the 30 years s...
By Kara Frederick
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Beyond the Arms Race Narrative: AI & China with Helen Toner & Elsa Kania
Podcast
Discussions of Chinese artificial intelligence frequently center around the trope of a U.S.-China arms race. On this month’s FLI podcast, we’re moving beyond the arms race nar...
By Elsa B. Kania & Helen Toner
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In Military-Civil Fusion, China is Learning Lessons from the United States and Starting to Innovate
Commentary
China’s national strategy of “military-civil fusion” (军民融合) is provoking some anxiety in Washington.1 There are concerns the United States could be challenged, or even outrigh...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Counterterrorism Lessons for the Digital Disinformation Fight
Video
Key lessons in countering cyber operations may be found in counterterrorism operations. Kara Frederick, associate fellow at the CNAS Technology and National Security Program, ...
By Kara Frederick
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Weaponizing Biotech: How China’s Military Is Preparing for a ‘New Domain of Warfare’
Commentary
Under Beijing's civil-military fusion strategy, the PLA is sponsoring research on gene editing, human performance enhancement, and more. We may be on the verge of a brave new...
By Elsa B. Kania & Wilson VornDick
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Why Are Deepfakes So Effective?
Commentary
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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Setting the Stage for U.S. Leadership in 6G
Commentary
Every 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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8chan dropped by internet service provider after being tied to 3 shootings this year
Video
Kara Frederick joins Heather Childers on Fox and Friends First to discuss how tech companies and the federal government should respond to violent extremist content on message ...
By Kara Frederick
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Major Themes in China’s 2019 National Defense White Paper
Commentary
On 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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Will Silicon Valley Have to Choose Between End-to-End Crypto and Shutting Down Speech it Hates?
Podcast
Our guests this week are Paul Scharre from the Center for a New American Security and Greg Allen from the Defense Department’s newly formed Joint Artificial Intelligence Cente...
By Paul Scharre
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The United States Must Compete to Innovate in 5G
Commentary
5G 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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America must invest in expertise and skills to compete with China
Commentary
For 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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Innovation in the New Era of Chinese Military Power
Commentary
China’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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In Search of Ideas: The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence Wants You
Commentary
Americans don’t want to grow old wondering what happened to their country’s place in the world. U.S. global leadership has fostered international institutions, strengthened hu...
By Robert O. Work & Eric Schmidt
