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Expert says Trump-North Korea talks could be his 'crowning achievement' — or lead to war
Proposed talks between President Trump and North Korea leader Kim Jong Un could be Trump’s "crowning achievement" if they go well, or lead to war in they fail, an Asia securit...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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National Security Human Capital Program
War zones still waiting for a visit from TrumpTrump's absence from the war zones more than a year into this presidency stands in contrast to his immediate predecessor: Former President Barack Obama made his first of five ...
By Phillip Carter & Michèle Flournoy
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Technology & National Security
Mad Scientist 2018: Bio-Convergence and the Changing Character of WarThis Mad Scientist conference, co-sponsored by the U.S. Army TRADOC G-2 and SRI International, brings leading scientists, innovators, and scholars from academia, industry, and...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Technology & National Security
Top Ten Bio Convergence Trends Impacting the Future Operational EnvironmentAs Mad Scientist Laboratory has noted in previous blog posts, War is an intrinsically human endeavor. Rapid innovations in the biological sciences are changing how we work, li...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Trump Knows the Best Trade Wars. The Very Best.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday followed through on his threats to levy across-the-board tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, though he gave a temporary respite to C...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Trump’s Historic Bet on Kim Summit Shatters Decades of Orthodoxyc
Donald Trump took the biggest gamble of his presidency on Thursday, breaking decades of U.S. diplomatic orthodoxy by accepting an invitation to meet with North Korean leader K...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Trump’s bellicosity secures a diplomatic coup — for now
For the moment, at least, it appears to be a clear-cut victory — the biggest foreign policy win of his young administration. President Trump has brought his arch-nemesis, Nort...
By Richard Fontaine
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Technology & National Security
Genius Machines: The Next Decade of Artificial IntelligenceIn just the last five years, artificial intelligence has evolved from a staple of science fiction to a real-world magnet for large-scale investment, wonder, and hype. Increase...
By Elsa B. Kania & Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
SINET ITSEF 2018The new National Security Strategy has declared that certain nations are strategic competitors. Russia, China, and other groups are using cyber as an extension of competition...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Is the top general in Afghanistan in too deep?
For Army Gen. John "Mick" Nicholson, the war in Afghanistan is deeply personal. The top commander in charge of President Donald Trump's revamped strategy to “fight to win” has...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Robert Kaplan looks at global trends in latest book
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Author Robert Kaplan joins Morning Joe to discuss his new book 'The Return of Marco Polo's World: War, Strategy, and American Interests in the Twenty-first Century.' Listen to...
By Robert Kaplan
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National Security Human Capital Program
Performance Enhancers: From Battlefield to Playing FieldIn the modern era, discussions about performance-enhancing technologies tend to take place primarily in the context of sports. Indeed, it is within that context that we have c...
By Robert O. Work
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Trump Sees Sign of Progress in Possible North Korea Talks With U.S.
U.S. President Donald Trump signaled he’s open to talks with North Korea, even as his advisers expressed skepticism that Kim Jong Un was serious about suspending his nuclear w...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Trump takes credit for Kim Jong-un’s sudden shift on talks
President Trump on Tuesday credited his campaign of maximum pressure — coupled with “great help” from China — for driving North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s sudden decision to ...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Technology & National Security
Air Force Retiring Predator, the Drone That Changed the WorldThe Predator, the unmanned aerial vehicle that redefined the U.S. military’s combat tactics while executing thousands of missions in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other war zones ove...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Google is quietly providing AI technology for drone strike targeting projectGOOGLE HAS QUIETLY secured a contract to work on the Defense Department’s new algorithmic warfare initiative, providing assistance with a project to apply its artificial intel...
By Gregory C. Allen
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Data on US counterterrorism efforts in Afghanistan doesn’t add up
KABUL, Afghanistan — Data the Pentagon issued last year to spotlight the success of operations against militant groups in Afghanistan were inaccurate, raising questions about ...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Technology & National Security
Google Is Helping the Pentagon Build AI for DronesGoogle has partnered with the United States Department of Defense to help the agency develop artificial intelligence for analyzing drone footage, a move that set off a firesto...
By Gregory C. Allen
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Technology & National Security
Russia Will Be Back in 2018, Cyber Experts WarnsWith the 2018 midterms on the horizon, America’s electoral system needs to be ready to fend off the kind of online attacks that besieged it during the 2016 election, cybersecu...
By Michael Sulmeyer
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Nuclear policy of the Russian Federation
Russia published its most recent military doctrine in 2014. Although it discusses nuclear weapons and use, it is not meant to be the last word on Russian nuclear policy. What ...
By Alexander Velez-Green
