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China Has Hobbled Russia's Drone Industry
Beijing's ban on larger drones and some components needed to build uncrewed technology is "now a hotly debated topic" across Russian sectors and organizations involved with Mo...
By Samuel Bendett
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As Kim Inspects Russia’s Military, Putin Cultivates ‘Axis of the Sanctioned’
“I think it’s really serious,” said Andrea Kendall-Taylor, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, who previously led analyses of Russia by the U.S. intelli...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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A.I. and the Next Generation of Drone Warfare
At the moment, Ukraine’s small aerial drones have limited range and power, and most of them are either made in China or use Chinese components. By contrast, American-made surv...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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How is Tuberville’s military promotion blockade impacting the Middle East?
Jonathan Lord, the director of the Middle East Security Program at the Center for a New American Security and a former staff member for the House Armed Services Committee, add...
By Jonathan Lord
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Russia-North Korea summit: "Comrades" Putin and Kim send rivals a warning
"Putin and Kim would both gain from a transactional bargain but they would also gain geopolitically by giving off the impression that their nuclear-armed countries are coopera...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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The US Military’s Grave New Frontier: Training for Conflict—Theoretically—With Another Superpower
After a recent trip to Washington, DC—to help military experts workshop peer-to-peer war—Austrian army officer Franz-Stefan Gady, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a ...
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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US resumes some drone operations in Niger for force protection
Air Base 201 near Agadez has played a critical role in the U.S. military’s efforts to counter violent extremist groups in West Africa, Jocelyn Trainer, an expert on sub-Sahara...
By Jocelyn Trainer
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New CNAS Report: Strengthening the Shield: Japan’s Defense Transformation and the U.S.-Japan Alliance
Washington, September 13, 2023 — Today, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a new report, Strengthening the Shield: Japan’s Defense Transformation and the U...
By Jacob Stokes, Lisa Curtis, Joshua Fitt, Lieutenant Colonel Joseph I. Grimm & Rebecca Wittner
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‘Nothing left to lose’: Putin embraces role of spoiler with Kim Jong-un summit
But there is an obvious logic to the Kremlin courting North Korea. It has ammunition that Russia needs to continue its war with Ukraine, where the Kremlin has had to ration it...
By Mike Kofman
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Elon Musk’s Control of Starlink Gives Him Unchecked Power over Elected Governments
"This is one of the challenges of relying on a commercial service that has its own interest in ensuring that it remains out of the crosshairs," Stacie Pettyjohn, director of t...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Russia ramps up drone, guided bomb attacks to thwart counteroffensive
Russian state media has reported a ramp-up in production of Lancets, and at a cost estimated at $30,000 to $35,000, they are far cheaper than higher-end drones and missiles, s...
By Samuel Bendett
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CNAS Responds: 2023 G20 New Delhi Summit
As the 2023 G20 New Delhi Summit comes to a close, CNAS experts highlight key takeaways and analyze the implications for U.S. national security and global prosperity. All quot...
By Lisa Curtis, Jacob Stokes, Nicholas Lokker, Hannah Kelley & Sam Howell
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India’s Military Studying Options for Any China-Taiwan War
Even though India is examining military options, it remains unlikely that the nation would get involved directly in a war over Taiwan, according to Lisa Curtis, senior fellow ...
By Lisa Curtis
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Paul Scharre Named to TIME's Inaugural List of the TIME100/AI
Washington, September 7, 2023 — Today, TIME named Paul Scharre, Executive Vice President and Director of Studies at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), to the first...
By Paul Scharre
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Taliban Sell Afghanistan's Mines Despite Sanctions
“U.S. sanctions generally require U.S. persons and some foreign persons to comply,” said Alex Zerden, a fellow at the Center for a New American Security. “A foreign company co...
By Alex Zerden
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Ukraine primes air defences for new Russian winter assault on power grid
Ukraine appears to have prepared well for more strikes by drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), but their gradually increasing numbers could pose a problem, said Samuel B...
By Samuel Bendett
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Meet NATO’s new China-focused intel chief
The intel position at NATO is generally an American job, partly because “we’re the ones that have most of the intel assets,” said JIM TOWNSEND, who spent years working on NATO...
By Jim Townsend
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Defense firms research voice commands to speak with drones
“The ultimate goal right now, largely influenced by Ukraine, is to make the interactions between the operator and the drone as efficient as possible,” said Samuel Bendett, res...
By Samuel Bendett
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After death of Russia’s Wagner chief, what happens to his mercenary army?
“Parts may be folded in under the Ministry of Defense, Russian intelligence, or to other oligarchs and leaders found more compliant, but none of those assets will wither at th...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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War sanctions against Russia highlight growing divisions among the Group of 20 countries
“It's a combination of different factors that I think that makes it difficult for the G20 to work in concert in a way that they did in the past," said Rachel Ziemba, an adjunc...
By Rachel Ziemba