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How the Computer Chip Shortage Could Incite a U.S. Conflict With ChinaThe war game scenario conducted by a Washington think tank began with a sudden failure at three Taiwanese semiconductor foundries that make high-end computer chips used in suc...
By Martijn Rasser & Becca Wasser
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Technology & National Security
Algorithmic Warfare: Pentagon Shakes Up AI, Digital BureaucraciesIn December, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks made waves when she issued a memo announcing the creation of a new key role that would report directly to her: the chie...
By Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan
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Russia’s Marker Robot is a Testbed For Its Next-Gen Military TechThis month, Russia announced that it had completed research on its experimental Marker robot combat vehicle. The machine, designed from the start as a testbed for future tools...
By Samuel Bendett
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Is There a Path Forward in Congress for Mandatory Cyber Incident Reporting?A group of lawmakers are pushing to get cybersecurity incident reporting requirements signed into law as a top priority for Congress in 2022 after it was left out of the lates...
By Laura G. Brent
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The legacy of the Cyberspace Solarium CommissionOne of the government’s key mechanisms for pushing cybersecurity policy in recent years is shutting down. The Cyberspace Solarium Commission was charged in 2019 with sorting t...
By Laura G. Brent
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2022 Defense Authorization Bill (Once Again) Looks to Reform How DOD Buys TechThe latest military spending authorization comes with plans to increase the Pentagon’s pace and scope of technology innovation. Though generally pleased with the bill, former ...
By Megan Lamberth
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T-DAY: The Battle for TaiwanOn the front line of the superpower struggle between the United States and China, Taiwan has fashioned a defensive masterstroke. It has become indispensable to both sides. In ...
By Martijn Rasser
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Technology & National Security
China Telecom Vows to Defy FCC Eviction, Keep Operating in U.S.China Telecom (Americas) Corp. said it intends to continue most of its U.S. operations despite an order from regulators to stop due to espionage concerns. China Telecom said i...
By Martijn Rasser
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Chinese Espionage Circles the GlobeChina collects vast swathes of information from around the world, by fair or foul means, as part of its national intelligence apparatus. Some of this spying is done by individ...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Pentagon Pivot to Asia-Pacific Came Into Focus in 2021 as US Left AfghanistanEnding America’s war in Afghanistan was President Joe Biden’s most important foreign policy decision of 2021, cementing a major shift in US military posture and Pentagon prior...
By Margarita "Rita" Konaev
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Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
Forget U.S. Military Aid, Putin Eyes Threat from Turkish Drones in UkraineWhile Russian President Vladimir Putin has condemned the ongoing flow of U.S. military assistance to Ukraine as the Eastern European nation faces off with pro-Moscow separatis...
By Michael Kofman & Margarita "Rita" Konaev
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Press Note
Technology & National Security
FY2022 National Defense Authorization Act: Spotlight on TechnologyCongress has finally passed the long-awaited $770 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)—setting the nation’s defense expenditures and priorities for the next fisca...
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The FY2022 National Defense Authorization ActAfter weeks of delay, the United States Congress passed the long-awaited $770 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)—setting the nation’s defense expenditures and p...
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Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security / Technology & National Security
The Summit for Democracy (Virtually) Takes WashingtonTomorrow, the White House convenes over 100 governments for its long-promised Summit for Democracy—an event that has already elicited much discussion from supporters and criti...
By Richard Fontaine, Carrie Cordero, Lisa Curtis, Martijn Rasser, Laura G. Brent, Carisa Nietsche & Nicholas Lokker
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CNAS Launches New Set of Research Projects on U.S. and Allied Economic and Technological Competition with ChinaWashington, December 7, 2021—The Center for a New American Security is pleased to announce the launch of three new U.S.-government supported research projects on U.S. and alli...
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After Decades of Surveillance, Muslims Struggle with How Much to Share OnlineThirteen years ago, Mosaab Sadeia accompanied his father to a mosque in Staten Island. He remembers it was during the winter, after the last Isha prayer when his father went t...
By Ainikki Riikonen
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Meet the ‘Spy Stone,’ a Russian Robot Disguised as a RockUnder lightly falling snow, a soldier sets a rock on the ground. A moment later the rock animates, extending first a periscope-like camera, and then lifting the whole of its r...
By Samuel Bendett
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Technology & National Security
Hacking the Supply ChainAs far back as January 2013, a Defense Science Board task force report, “Resilient Military Systems and the Advanced Cyber Threat,” warned that adversaries could exploit cyber...
By Laura G. Brent
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Technology & National Security
Russian Mail Drones Could Simplify Siberian Postal DeliveryOn its platform, the helicopter-style SH-350 drone receives a blue package in a pelican-case-style box. Tied tight into place, it rises with the drone over a field of snow. Th...
By Samuel Bendett
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Technology & National Security
US Blacklists Chinese Quantum Computing CompaniesThe US has placed a dozen Chinese groups involved in quantum computing and other advanced technologies on an export blacklist, saying they pose a risk of gaining access to cri...
By Martijn Rasser
