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Back to 1648: The Treaty of Westphalia
In The News
If the current global order is being upended, what will replace it? We are getting a clue in the actions of western leaders and their allies, whose posture suggests a turn bac...
By Richard Fontaine
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America’s Moment of Truth With North Korea Is Coming
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One eight-word assumption underlies American and South Korean negotiations with Kim Jong Un: “North Korea will give up its nuclear weapons.” That’s what the analyst Cheon Seon...
By Duyeon Kim
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Report: The U.S. is unprepared for the AI future
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Advances in artificial intelligence are supercharging propaganda, espionage, and cybercrime, threatening "the end of truth," says a new report from the Center for a New Americ...
By Paul Scharre
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CNAS Welcomes Kayla Williams as Director of the Military, Veterans and Society Program
Press Release
Washington, DC July 12, 2018 – The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce today that Kayla M. Williams is joining CNAS as the new Director of the Mil...
By Madeline Christian
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Trump has wanted a summit with Putin for months. He finally got it.
It’s official: President Donald Trump will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in 17 days — making America’s allies even more nervous about the growing closeness betwee...
By Rachel Rizzo
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Europeans Are Bracing Themselves For A Possible Trump–Putin Meeting
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European governments, already nervous for what next month’s NATO summit could hold, have been thrown for yet another loop: President Donald Trump is reportedly set to meet wit...
By Rachel Rizzo
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Why does the Pentagon keep getting surprised by Trump?
For much of his presidency, Donald Trump has backed the military, promising to support them as much as possible. But over the past two weeks, it seems that his administration ...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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In Army of None, a field guide to the coming world of autonomous warfare
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The Silicon Valley-military industrial complex is increasingly in the crosshairs of artificial intelligence engineers. A few weeks ago, Google was reported to be backing out ...
By Paul Scharre
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Mattis takes aim at China military expansionism
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Jim Mattis will deliver a “medium-tough” message to China this week about its military expansionism during the defence secretary’s first visit to the country, even as the Trum...
By Richard Fontaine
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CNAS Welcomes Elbridge Colby as Director of the Defense Program
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Washington, D.C. June 20, 2018 – The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce today that Elbridge (Bridge) Colby will join CNAS as the new Director of ...
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Trump Shakes Up World Stage in Break With U.S. Allies
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Rarely has President Trump’s role as a disrupter on the world stage been starker. At a moment of tumult over trade and nuclear security, he is shaking up the international ord...
By Julianne Smith
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Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un’s Nuclear Summit and the Bid for History
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In the city of Pyongyang, the sanctum sanctorum of the Workers’ Party of Korea, there are changes afoot that would have vexed Stalin. Repression has not dimmed, but, to indulg...
By Abigail Grace
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Artificial intelligence debate flares at Google
Google’s decision not to renew a controversial artificial intelligence (AI) contract with the Pentagon has reignited a debate about what Silicon Valley’s role should be with r...
By Robert O. Work
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Trump Plan to Prop Up Coal, Nuclear Won’t Protect the Electric Grid
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President Donald Trump and Republican political leaders spent close to eight years accusing the Obama administration of picking winners and losers in the energy sector, but Tr...
By Neil Bhatiya
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Why A ‘Human In The Loop’ Can’t Control AI: Richard Danzig
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CENTER FOR A NEW AMERICAN SECURITY: How do you stop a Terminator scenariobefore it starts? Real US robots won’t take over like the fictional SkyNet, Pentagon officials promise...
By Robert O. Work
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The U.S. is trying to find a discreet way to pay for Kim Jong Un’s hotel during the summit
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At an island resort off the coast of Singapore, U.S. event planners are working day and night with their North Korean counterparts to set up a summit designed to bring an end ...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Special Operations Forces in Africa Likely to Face Cuts in Major Military Review
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American Special Operations forces are likely to be sharply cut in Africa as a result of a new Pentagon strategy that focuses on combating rising threats from Russia and China...
By Stephen Tankel
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Google to drop Pentagon AI contract after employee objections to the ‘business of war’
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Google will not seek to extend its contract next year with the Defense Department for artificial intelligence used to analyze drone video, squashing a controversial alliance t...
By Robert O. Work
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The U.S. Navy Is Developing Mothership Drones for Coastal Defense
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The U.S. Navy and researchers from Florida Atlantic University are developing robotic boats that can launch aerial and sub drones to protect U.S. coastal waters. “Our focus wi...
By Robert O. Work
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The U.S. Has Lost the Nuclear Race
The US has the largest stockpile of nuclear arms in the world. But on nuclear energy, it's all but out of the race. Of more than 50 new nuclear reactors being built around the...
By Neil Bhatiya
