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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
As China Leads Quantum Computing Race, U.S. Spies Plan for a World with Fewer SecretsBack in 1994, when quantum computers existed only as so much chalk on a blackboard, mathematician Peter Shor invented what may soon prove to be their killer app. Shor trained ...
By Paul Scharre
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National Security Human Capital Program
‘This can’t be my Army’ — The Fort Hood report is a long-overdue wake-up call for Army leadersWhen Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael Grinston finished reading an independent committee’s review of Fort Hood — every single line of the 152 pages, he says — he flipped back to ...
By Emma Moore
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
Can China Become Self-reliant in Semiconductors?The U.S. added China's biggest computer chipmaker SMIC to a blacklist of alleged Chinese military companies last week, a move that will further widen the gap between China’s c...
By Martijn Rasser
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Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security
Nato has joined US in regarding China as a ‘risk’ to security, US envoy saysAmerica and its allies in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization arrived “late to the game” but now see clearly that China is a “risk”, Kay Bailey Hutchison, the US envoy to N...
By Carisa Nietsche
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Christian Beckner, Josh Campbell and Alexis Collins Join CNAS as Adjunct Senior Fellows
Washington, December 10, 2020—The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce that Christian Beckner, Senior Director of Retail Technology and Cybersecuri...
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Indo-Pacific Security / Technology & National Security
U.S. Policy on China May Move From ‘America First’ to America & Co.In tech, Metcalfe’s Law posits that a network becomes more useful in proportion to the number of its users, squared. That means big networks are much more valuable than small ...
By Martijn Rasser
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Iran assassination: One of many attempts to box in Biden
As President-elect Joe Biden considers his first foreign-policy moves upon taking office, perhaps none is garnering more attention – and coming under greater pressure – than h...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Technology & National Security
AI Ethical Principles Offer Strength, Opportunity“Artificial intelligence will be the future, and the department ... must readily and effectively adopt its best practices if the [U.S.] wants to maintain its superpower status...
By Megan Lamberth
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The Biden duo tasked with rallying America's allies
The announcement of President-elect Joe Biden's long-time aide Antony Blinken as his choice of secretary of state last month was welcomed by the foreign policy establishment i...
By Martijn Rasser
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Defense / National Security Human Capital Program
AP sources: Biden picks Lloyd Austin as secretary of defensePresident-elect Joe Biden will nominate retired four-star Army general Lloyd J. Austin to be secretary of defense, according to four people familiar with the decision. If conf...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Technology & National Security
Congress wants to boost the prominence of Pentagon’s AI centerCongress signaled its confidence in the Pentagon’s young artificial intelligence office through a series of measures that increase its standing in the agency, including giving...
By Martijn Rasser
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Joe Biden wants to re-enter the nuclear deal with Iran
The assassin was not a human. Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, erstwhile maestro of Iran’s nuclear-weapons programme, was gunned down on November 27th by a remote-controlled machinegun mou...
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Defense / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Republicans confirm Rogers as ranking member of the House Armed Services CommitteeRep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) on Dec. 3 was officially selected to serve as the top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee in the 117th Congress. Departing ranking HASC ...
By Sarah Mineiro
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Anticipating Senate bottlenecks, Biden races to fill agency jobs
Now that he’s chosen a big chunk of his Cabinet nominees, President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team is focusing increasingly on selecting candidates for government positions...
By Richard Fontaine
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National Security Human Capital Program
4 looming foreign policy crises that could derail Biden’s agenda early onPresident-elect Joe Biden may want his administration to focus on long-term issues like the coronavirus pandemic, climate change, rebuilding alliances, and America’s relations...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Officials Say Peace Accord Between Sudan and Israel Is Already at Risk of Unraveling
A landmark agreement between Sudan and Israel to begin normalizing relations is at risk of unraveling just over a month after it was announced by President Trump, revealing a ...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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CNAS Board Member Avril Haines Selected as Director of National Intelligence
Washington, November 30, 2020—The Center for a New American Security congratulates Avril Haines, a member of the CNAS Board of Directors, on her selection by President-elect B...
By Cole Stevens
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Iran’s Nuclear Efforts Pose Growing Threat to Its Foes Despite Setbacks
Friday’s killing of one of Iran’s most important nuclear scientists has dealt a setback to the country’s nuclear program, which had staged a partial rebound after the 2015 nuc...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Technology & National Security
How the Biden administration is expected to approach tech research and developmentExperts expect President-elect Joe Biden’s administration to build on the Trump administration’s investments in emerging technologies, while adding to research and development...
By Martijn Rasser
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Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program
The United States has closed at least 10 bases around Afghanistan. But drawdown details remain murky.The United States has closed at least 10 bases across Afghanistan since the signing of a deal with the Taliban in February, according to Afghan and U.S. officials, part of a d...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey