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TANK WARFARE: Russia Builds Platform to Rival the AbramsThe Abrams has for decades been considered the world’s premier tank. However, experts say that the T-14 Armata, a next-generation platform that the Russians are developing, co...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Amid the Russia probes, Trump makes an important nominationTHE PRIVACY and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, established on the recommendation of the 9/11 Commission, is meant to provide independent oversight to ensure that national se...
By Adam Klein
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Technology & National Security
Great Power Competition and the AI Revolution: A Range of Risks to Military and Strategic StabilityToday’s rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) could disrupt and destabilize the existing military balance—and not necessarily for the reasons that have captured popul...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Technology & National Security
Russia, AI, and the future of warRussian President Vladimir Putin has rattled Elon Musk and many others since saying of artificial intelligence, "Whoever becomes the leader in this sphere will become the rule...
By Gregory C. Allen
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Technology & National Security
For Superpowers, Artificial Intelligence Fuels New Global Arms RaceFOR MANY RUSSIAN students, the academic year started last Friday with tips on planetary domination from President Vladimir Putin. “Artificial intelligence is the future, not o...
By Gregory C. Allen
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Technology & National Security
Artificial Intelligence Is Poised to Revolutionize WarfareImagine, for a moment, that the question of war and peace between the United States and North Korea didn’t rest on the erratic personalities of Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un, b...
By Gregory C. Allen
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Technology & National Security
Drone swarms vs conventional arms: China’s military debateWith their tiny propellers buzzing, the fleet of Chinese aircraft, little larger than model planes, are flung into the air one at a time by huge rubber bands. Soon the sky is ...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Sorry, Banning 'Killer Robots' Just Isn't PracticalLATE SUNDAY, 116 entrepreneurs, including Elon Musk, released a letter to the United Nations warning of the dangerous “Pandora’s Box” presented by weapons that make their own ...
By Gregory C. Allen
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Technology & National Security
Paul Scharre: ‘Terminator scenario is far-fetched’Mary Wareham, one of the founders of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, and Paul Scharre, from the Centre for a New American Security, discuss calls for the UN to ban lethal ...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Greg Allen: Artificial intelligence finally coming into its ownNuclear, aerospace, cyber and bio technology have given the U.S. an enduring advantage in national security. But the edge is going away. Greg Allen, a fellow in the Technolog...
By Gregory C. Allen
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Technology & National Security
Artificial Intelligence: Putting Machines to Work for the SpiesWhiteboards line the walls of this lab deep inside the Defense Intelligence Agency's Washington headquarters, covered from floor to ceiling with hand-scrawled computer code an...
By Paul Scharre
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Press Note
Technology & National Security
CNAS Press Note: Open Letter on Dangers of Autonomous WeaponsAs autonomous technology becomes increasingly capable, more than 100 CEOs have signed an open letter urging the United Nations to ban lethal autonomous weapons. CNAS Senior Fe...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
SparkCognition Adds Former U.S. Defense Department Chief of Staff, Wendy R. Anderson, as General Manager, Defense & National SecuritySparkCognition has announced the addition of Wendy R. Anderson to its executive team. Serving as General Manager, Defense & National Security, Anderson brings more than 20...
By Wendy R. Anderson
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Technology & National Security
China and the US are battling to become the world’s first AI superpowerIn October 1957, the Soviet Union launched the Earth’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1. The craft was no bigger than a beach ball, but it spurred the US into a frenzy of...
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Technology & National Security
CNAS Launches Artificial Intelligence and Global Security InitiativeThe Center for a New American Security (CNAS) today announced a major new project, the Artificial Intelligence and Global Security Initiative. The Initiative will research the...
By Neal Urwitz
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Technology & National Security
As Cyberattacks Destabilize the World, the State Department Turns a Blind EyeA cyberattack can't blow up the world, but it can upend geopolitical stability. It can destroy national alliances, and work to undermine the most powerful democracy on Earth. ...
By Paul Scharre
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Press Note
Technology & National Security
CNAS Press Note: Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Comments on Autonomous WeaponsAutonomous weapons are again under public debate after Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Paul Selva testified on the ethics of autonomous weapons. To provide fur...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
AI Could Revolutionize War as much as NukesIn 1899, the world’s most powerful nations signed a treaty at The Hague that banned military use of aircraft, fearing the emerging technology’s destructive power. Five years l...
By Gregory C. Allen
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Technology & National Security
ISIS fight shows US military can use lower-cost weapons with lethal resultsThe fight against the Islamic State has become a learning opportunity for the U.S. military as it looks to a future taking on very adaptable and resourceful opponents. There's...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
How the Pentagon ending its deal with immigrant recruits could hurt the militaryThe Washington Post reported last month that the Pentagon has recommended ending a program that gives foreign-born troops with medical and language skills leverage in gaining ...
By Paul Scharre
