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Technology & National Security
Silicon Valley Goes to WarAs reports emerge of AI-powered weapons systems deployed in strikes on Iran, Dr. Sarah Shoker, Senior Research Scholar at UC Berkeley, and Paul Scharre, Executive Vice Preside...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Anthropic-Pentagon Clash Spotlights the Role of AI in WarAnthropic sued the U.S. Department of Defense on Monday over its decision to designate the San Francisco AI company a “supply-chain risk to America’s national security.” That’...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
CNAS Insights | Setting the Rules for AI WarfareThe escalating feud between the Pentagon and Anthropic, one of world’s leading artificial intelligence (AI) companies, highlights a crucial question that will shape security i...
By Paul Scharre
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Middle East Security / Technology & National Security
AI and the Future of WarfareRapid developments in artificial intelligence are changing modern warfare and raising a new batch of ethical questions. The U.S. military reportedly used Anthropic’s AI model ...
By Paul Scharre
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Middle East Security / Technology & National Security
AI Goes to WarPaul Scharre, executive vice president at the Center for a New American Security, spoke with Today, Explained co-host Sean Rameswaram about how AI and the military are becomin...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Paul Scharre on How AI Could Transform the Nature of WarPaul Scharre, CNAS Executive Vice President, joins host Luisa Rodriguez to explain why we are hurtling toward a “battlefield singularity” — a tipping point where AI increasing...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Defense One Radio, Ep. 200: Paul Scharre Explains the Global AI Arms RacePaul Scharre, executive vice president at the Center for a New American Security, joined Defense One to discuss science and technology. The former Army Ranger explored how AI ...
By Paul Scharre
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CNAS Insights | The 2025 National Security Strategy
The White House recently released its long-awaited National Security Strategy (NSS), a document mandated by U.S. law since the mid-1980s. The NSS of the second Trump term prom...
By Richard Fontaine, Paul Scharre, Katherine L. Kuzminski, Emily Kilcrease, Lisa Curtis, Carrie Cordero, Vivek Chilukuri, Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
To Compete with China on Military AI, U.S. Should Set the StandardsThe United States has an opportunity to lead in global norms and standards for military AI at a critical moment, when the foundations laid today could shape how militaries use...
By Jacob Stokes, Paul Scharre & Josh Wallin
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Technology & National Security
Microsoft Announcement Highlights Complicated Relationship Between Big Tech and WarMicrosoft restricted the Israeli military's access to some of its technology after it found that Israel's Defense Ministry was using its services to carry out mass surveillanc...
By Paul Scharre
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Defense / National Security Human Capital / Technology & National Security
Episode 7: The Future Hands Shaping the U.S.’s Unmanned ArsenalHow is the U.S. responding to unmanned innovation across the globe? This episode with Paul Scharre, executive vice president, Stacie Pettyjohn, program director and senior fel...
By Stacie Pettyjohn, Paul Scharre & Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan
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Technology & National Security
Episode 1: The Hand Behind Unmanned – America’s Quest for Autonomous WarWhat are unmanned weapons and where did America’s quest for autonomy begin? The answer takes us back to the birthplace of the country and David Bushnell’s famed kegs of floati...
By Paul Scharre
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AI Diffusion with Paul Scharre
Paul Scharre, AI expert and CNAS Executive Vice President, joins Geoff and Emily to talk about Trump’s AI dealmaking in the Gulf, the rescission of the Biden-era AI diffusion ...
By Emily Kilcrease, Paul Scharre & Geoffrey Gertz
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Technology & National Security
How Secure Is America’s AI Advantage?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7njJkH7XRa8...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
The Development of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action PlanStrengthening and securing America’s AI dominance is crucial for U.S. national security and economic competitiveness...
By Vivek Chilukuri, Michael Depp, Bill Drexel, Janet Egan, Paul Scharre, Josh Wallin, Becca Wasser & Caleb Withers
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Technology & National Security
As Trump Reshapes AI Policy, Here’s How He Could Protect America’s AI AdvantageThe nation that solidifies its AI advantage will shape the trajectory of the most transformative technology of our era....
By Janet Egan, Paul Scharre & Vivek Chilukuri
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Technology & National Security
PONI Live Debate: AI Integration in NC3Dr. Paul Scharre, executive vice president and director of studies at the Center for New American Security joins in a live debate moderated to discuss AI Integration in NC3. ...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Promote and Protect America’s AI AdvantageThe Trump administration should ensure that breakthrough capabilities in artificial intelligence (AI) are developed in the United States and keep China from fully narrowing th...
By Janet Egan, Paul Scharre & Vivek Chilukuri
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Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security
Biden’s Big Bet to Control AI Diffusion with Paul ScharreAI expert Paul Scharre, executive vice president and director of studies at the Center for a New American Security, joins Emily and Geoff to dig into the Biden Administration’...
By Emily Kilcrease, Geoffrey Gertz & Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
How Can the Trump Administration Strengthen U.S. AI Leadership?With a new administration just around the corner, now is the time for the US to strengthen its position as a global leader in AI. Even with changing leadership, there remain n...
By Paul Scharre