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CNAS Launches New Initiative: America and the Post-Pandemic World
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) today announced the launch of a major initiative on America and the Post-Pandemic World. Leveraging CNAS’ unique multidisciplinar...
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The U.S. vs. China: Who Is Winning the Key Technology Battles?
In a world where geopolitical power is increasingly linked to technological advancement, the U.S. has long led its rivals. American companies make some of the world’s fastest ...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Turkey Is The Middle East's Newest Drone Super Power
Key point: Damascus’s forces lack the technology reliably to defeat attacks by unmanned aerial vehicles. Turkey might never develop its own stealth fighter, but the country ha...
By Samuel Bendett
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America does not want China to dominate 5G mobile networks
In the 1990s America’s telecoms industry was split between two rival factions. On one side were the “bellheads”, named after the former telephone monopolist, Bell, and represe...
By Elsa B. Kania
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JAIC readies ‘AI champions’ as commission recommends doubling R&D spending
For the United States to stay on top of the global arms race for artificial intelligence, a commission stood up by Congress recommended a two-fold path: Collaborate with its c...
By Robert O. Work
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YouTube profits from videos promoting unproven Covid-19 treatments
YouTube is profiting from videos promoting unproven coronavirus treatments, a new report has found, as the company struggles to crack down on misinformation. The Google-owned ...
By Megan Lamberth
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The Newest US Sanctions on China's Huawei Could Backfire
Worsening relations between Washington and Beijing could trigger punishing new US restrictions on Huawei’s supply of cutting-edge microchips. But some experts believe this wou...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Lawmakers fret as China funnels coronavirus aid to Europe
As the rest of the world battens down the hatches amid a rising tide of COVID-19 cases, Beijing is in the midst of a major charm offensive. In the past few days, both the Chi...
By Martijn Rasser
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CNAS Responds: Coronavirus Outbreak Tests Every Aspect of U.S. and International Security
As regions across the U.S. announce states of emergency and a growing list of countries restrict travel, close schools, and quarantine citizens, the economic costs of the coro...
By Richard Fontaine, Ely Ratner, Loren DeJonge Schulman, Daniel Kliman, Susanna V. Blume, Elizabeth Rosenberg, Ilan Goldenberg, Paul Scharre, Martijn Rasser, Kara Frederick, COL Sarah Albrycht, Kristine Lee, Peter Harrell, John Hughes, Rachel Ziemba, Michael Horowitz, Elsa B. Kania, Will Mackenzie, Ashley Feng, Kaleigh Thomas, Carisa Nietsche, Emma Moore, Joshua Fitt, Nathalie Grogan, Megan Lamberth & Ainikki Riikonen
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How coronavirus could impact the defense supply chain
As the American defense industry tries to assess the way forward under the new coronavirus pandemic, it should keep a close eye on the lower tiers of its supply chain, analyst...
By Paul Scharre & Martijn Rasser
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Guess Who’s a Drone Power Now. Turkey
Turkey might never develop its own stealth fighter, but the country has become a major user, and seller, of an entirely different class of warplane. Armed drones. Tunisia in m...
By Samuel Bendett
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Washington’s desperate search for a Huawei substitute
After failing to strong-arm Europe into banning Huawei from its budding 5G networks, Washington is pivoting from stick to carrot. The decision by the United Kingdom in Januar...
By Martijn Rasser
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As White House fixates on China threats, other research priorities languish
The White House’s budget proposal for science and technology research met with disapproval from Democrats on the House Science Committee Thursday, with lawmakers pressing Pres...
By Martijn Rasser
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Are today’s military helmets better at preventing brain injury? Not always, study says
Your great-grandfather’s World War I helmet that’s stuffed in the back of the closet could be just as effective at preventing brain injury from some blasts as a modern-day mil...
By Paul Scharre
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Will Flying Cars Help the US Beat China? The Air Force Hopes So
The U.S. Air Force wants flying cars. But more than that, it wants to give U.S. manufacturers a head start in a hot future market. On Tuesday, service officials released a re...
By Paul Scharre
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Agencies play catch-up over security concerns with TikTok
Lawmakers scored another win in their fight against TikTok after the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) barred its employees from using the megapopular video app. Bu...
By Kara Frederick
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How the 5G revolution could increase mobile security—and opportunities for hackers
As 5G becomes a bigger part of our lives, security experts warn telecoms deploying 5G networks, companies making products that connect to 5G networks, and end users need to th...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Pentagon to Adopt Detailed Principles for Using AI
The Defense Department will soon adopt a detailed set of rules to govern how it develops and uses artificial intelligence, officials familiar with the matter told Defense One....
By Michael Horowitz
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Racketeering Hammer Gives U.S. Legal Boost Against Huawei
By filing a racketeering charge against Huawei Technologies Co., federal prosecutors unleashed a potent legal weapon in a multipronged and increasingly noisy U.S. campaign aga...
By Martijn Rasser
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War on Autopilot? It Will Be Harder Than the Pentagon Thinks
Everything is new about Northrop Grumman’s attempt to help the military link everything it can on the battlefield. One day, as planners imagine it, commanders will be able to ...
By Paul Scharre