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What next for Russia?
In The News
When Russian and Ukrainian negotiators met in Istanbul to discuss a potential settlement on March 29th Alexander Fomin, Russia’s deputy defence minister, had something to offe...
By Billy Fabian
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The upcoming defense strategy dubs Russia an ‘acute threat.’ What does that mean?
In The News
Stacie Pettyjohn, director of the defense programs at the Center for a New American Security, agreed that the change in terminology likely reflects the ongoing war in Ukraine,...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Biden administration kills Trump-era nuclear cruise missile program
In The News
In a rare political win for non-proliferation advocates, the Biden administration has cancelled the Sea-Launched Cruise Missile-Nuclear program, one of the two new nuclear wea...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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White House to Seek $813.3 Billion National Security Budget
President Joe Biden plans to request $813.3 billion in national security spending -- including $773 billion for the Pentagon -- in the federal budget he will send to Congress ...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Surge capacity exists for Javelin, but Army has yet to say how many it wants
In The News
There is enough surge production capacity available in the Javelin missile supply chain to build thousands more per year, to refill U.S. stockpiles that have supplied Ukraine,...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Show, don’t tell: Navy changes strategy to sell unmanned systems to skeptical Congress
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Public discussions between the Navy and Congress over unmanned technology in recent years have been circular: The service asks for funding to develop new technology, hesitant ...
By Paul Scharre
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Russia’s Attack Shows Drones Are High on Hit Lists – And Often Under the Radar
Experts are calling for higher awareness of the operations of drones in low-altitude airspace as the autonomous weapons become increasingly active, especially during conflicts...
By Paul Scharre
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The U.S. Has Spent Billions on Equipment and Training in Europe to Deter Russia. Is It Enough?
The U.S. military has nearly 80,000 troops on average on rotational or permanent orders in Europe. Now, it’s sending thousands more to support those units. About 3,000 combat ...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Inflation to be 2023 Budget Request Headline, Experts Say
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The Biden Administration’s inflation estimates will be the big story related to the fiscal 2023 defense budget submission, experts said in a Center for Strategic and Internati...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Pentagon Struggles to Attract New Entrants into Industrial Base
In The News
The Defense Department has for years been plagued by a perennial problem: attracting new entrants into the defense industrial base. Injecting the DIB with the innovation that ...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Press Release
Defense / Technology & National Security
CNAS strategy game examines how U.S., China respond to Taiwan semiconductor disruptionWashington, January 27— Essential to the day-to-day functioning of modern society, semiconductors are increasingly at the center of a high-stakes competition between the U.S. ...
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In The News
Defense / Technology & National Security
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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Algorithmic Warfare: Pentagon Shakes Up AI, Digital Bureaucracies
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In 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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Lawmakers Ask Austin to Rush Abrams Sale to Poland
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Top Republicans on Monday made a push to accelerate Washington’s proposed sale of 250 M1A2 Abrams SEPv3 tanks to NATO ally Poland, which has been pending since last summer, in...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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One of the US Navy's Most Powerful Weapons Makes a Rare Appearance in Guam
One of the most powerful weapons in the US Navy's arsenal made a rare port call in Guam over the weekend, sending a message to allies and foes amid increasing tensions in the ...
By CDR Thomas Shugart, USN
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The Rise of A.I. Fighter Pilots
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On a cloudless morning last May, a pilot took off from the Niagara Falls International Airport, heading for restricted military airspace over Lake Ontario. The plane, which bo...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Imagining the Unimaginable: The U.S., China and War Over Taiwan
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A war over Taiwan would likely involve the largest and most complex amphibious invasion ever mounted. Were the conflict to drag on, it might well evolve into a building-to-bui...
By Chris Dougherty
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Ethiopia’s War Turns Into a Testing Ground for the Deadliest Drones
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Ethiopia’s civil war has become a testing ground for military drones that has made its people “guinea pigs”, rebel leaders have claimed.Multiple purchases of armed surveillanc...
By Stacie Pettyjohn & Paul Scharre
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Saudis Begin Making Ballistic Missiles With Chinese Help
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Saudi Arabia has imported sensitive missile technology from the Chinese military and is manufacturing its own ballistic missiles, according to Saudi advisers and officials fam...
By Becca Wasser
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The Navy is Rusting Away Thanks to a Crushing Deployment Cycle
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For decades, the Navy has pushed its ships and sailors to the breaking point in order to maintain a constant presence around the world, and now several Navy vessels are in suc...
By Becca Wasser
