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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
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Press Release
Technology & National Security
Paul Scharre Named Director of CNAS Technology and National Security ProgramThe Center for a New American Security (CNAS) today named Paul Scharre as the Director of the CNAS Technology and National Security Program. Scharre was formerly the Director ...
By Neal Urwitz
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Technology & National Security
Adam Klein On Cyber ThreatsAdam Klein, The Robert M. Gates Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), talks with host Carol Castiel and VOA National Security correspondent Jeff Seld...
By Adam Klein
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Technology & National Security
Report Tells Pentagon to Beware Nuclear Drone BombersThe U.S. Air Force’s future B-21 Raider bomber may have the option to remove the human pilots from the cockpit and effectively become a large drone bomber. In one of the more ...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Ideas of the Week: Batteries, Billionaires, Robots, Aircraft CarriersThey’re big, they’re impressive, and they’re super expensive. But Bloomberg’s Justin Bachman reports that the U.S. Navy’s aircraft carriers could be unnecessary, thanks to new...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
China Profits as US Hesitates on Selling Armed DronesMore than 15 years after a U.S. Predator drone launched its first Hellfire missile, the United States remains reluctant to sell armed drones to even its closest allies. That h...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
How America’s Aircraft Carriers Could Become ObsoletePresident Donald Trump has been consistent in his argument that the U.S. Navy has shrunk to a woefully inadequate size. The Republican has repeatedly said he wants the service...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Why Russia and China Are 'Eating Our Lunch' When It Comes to Tech WarfareWith seemingly endless provocations from North Korea and saber rattling from Russia and Iran, the U.S. military, under the Trump administration, has responded by flexing its m...
By Alexandra Sander
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Artificial Stupidity: Fumbling The Handoff From AI To Human ControlScience fiction taught us to fear smart machines we can’t control. But reality should teach us to fear smart machines that need us to take control when we’re not ready. From P...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Fact Check: Why did the NSA breach privacy protections?National Security Agency analysts under the Obama administration improperly searched Americans' information, but the searches were conducted largely out of error, according to...
By Adam Klein
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Defense / Technology & National Security
What will the future of warfare look like?War. War never changes. From ancient Rome to the Second World War, it seems like it’s the same story being repeated. The tools of war might change, but war itself is always th...
By Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Ransomware attack is why we can't have security backdoors, say privacy advocatesPrivacy experts are calling the global ransomware attack that hit 150 countries a prime example of why requiring tech companies to create backdoors into computer programs is a...
By Adam Klein
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Technology & National Security
Will Comey's encryption legacy at FBI go dark?President Donald Trump's sudden firing of FBI Director James Comey has touched off a political tempest in Washington, but in the eye of the storm are questions about how Comey...
By Adam Klein
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Technology & National Security
The European Union Just Squeaked ByOn this week’s first episode of The E.R., David Rothkopf, Rosa Brooks, Ed Luce, and Julie Smith discuss the French election results, what it means for the rest of the European...
By Julianne Smith
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Disposable Drones Could Deliver Supplies Under Enemy FireGliders offer many advantages on the battlefield, not the least of which are low cost and silent operation—two things the military loves. That explains their prevalence during...
By Paul Scharre
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Defense / Technology & National Security
How to Manage a SwarmOur interview for the April -- June Critical Thinking with Paul Scharre--he's a Ranger vet who did tours in Iraq and Afghanistan who is now a robotics expert at the Center for...
By Paul Scharre
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Army tests drone-killing lasers as threat grows on the battlefieldAs Islamic State-piloted commercial drones complicate the offensive in Mosul, sending Iraqi troops scattering as grenades and bomblets rain down, the Army has field tested veh...
By Paul Scharre
