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Ukraine is Losing US Weapons on the Battlefield
“There was a sense of ‘tech optimism,’ just because Ukrainian soldiers were so good at training on western equipment, and there was a sense they’d be able to translate that in...
By Franz-Stefan Gady
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Technology & National Security
Russia Is Replicating Iranian Drones and Using Them to Attack UkraineMilitary analysts have been watching to see whether Russia would be able to make its own one-way attack drones since the Iranian weapons entered the conflict, according to Sam...
By Samuel Bendett
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Will Saudi Arabia Normalize Relations With Israel?
Jonathan Lord, the director of the Middle East Security program at the Center for a New American Security, said one should not assume Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (M...
By Jonathan Lord
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CNAS Responds: Outbound Investment Executive Order
Today, the White House this week released an executive order (EO) detailing a ban on U.S. private-equity and venture-capital investments in some Chinese technology companies w...
By Emily Kilcrease, J Travis Mosier, Thomas Krueger, John Hughes, Jacob Stokes, Tim Fist, Hannah Kelley & Sam Howell
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Joe Biden makes his big Middle East push: a Saudi Arabia-Israel pact
“You could build all sorts of provisions into legislation that would provide for advanced security assistance, providing modalities by which the US, Saudi and Israel could com...
By Jonathan Lord
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White House unveils ban on US investment in Chinese tech sectors
Emily Kilcrease, a technology expert at the CNAS think-tank, said it was a “good first step to de-risking” from China but would “leave many camps unhappy”. She said some would...
By Emily Kilcrease
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Technology & National Security
Bill Drexel and Hannah Kelley on Chinese AICRR: Thank you both for taking the time to share your expertise. Before we dive into things, let’s provide some context. What is artificial intelligence, or AI, and why is it ...
By Bill Drexel & Hannah Kelley
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4 US Navy Destroyers Respond to Russian and Chinese Ships near Alaska
While last week’s patrol may have included more Chinese and Russian ships than past combined formations that have sailed off Alaska, it is still unclear whether the two navies...
By Tom Shugart
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Technology & National Security
Behind Ukraine’s Deadly Drones: Putin’s Invasion and Biden’s Limits“The Ukrainian defense industry is learning and adapting very quickly,” said Samuel Bendett, an expert on unmanned aerial vehicles at the Center for Naval Analyses, a federall...
By Samuel Bendett
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Ukrainian Troops Trained by the West Stumble in Battle
“The counteroffensive itself hasn’t failed; it will drag on for several months into the fall,” said Michael Kofman, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International...
By Michael Kofman
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National Security Human Capital Program
Biden Made the Final Call on Space Command Basing. Was the Air Force Out of the Loop?Katherine Kuzminski, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security think tank who researches military culture and family issues, told Military.com that the preside...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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The US can’t use its $110 million drone base in Niger
The base serves as a critical intelligence and surveillance hub for the U.S. military’s efforts to combat violent extremism in North and West Africa, said Jocelyn Trainer, an ...
By Jocelyn Trainer
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National Security Human Capital Program
US troops in Ukraine now eligible for combat payThe move could be related to President Joe Biden’s July 13 executive order designating Operation Atlantic Resolve as a contingency operation, said Katherine Kuzminski, directo...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Russia’s Fighter Jets Have Gone from Harassing Us Aircraft to Actually Breaking Them as Moscow Flexes Its Muscles Where It Still Can
Russia sees its activities in Syria "as one area that really speaks to Russian global power and influence," Nicholas Lokker, an expert on Russian foreign policy at the Center ...
By Nicholas Lokker
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Data on Air Bases Suggest a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan May Not Be Imminent
Spreading out planes across bases limits vulnerability. But parked planes can be shielded from attacks that evade air defences only in robust buildings that absorb incoming fi...
By Tom Shugart
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National Security Human Capital Program
For 50 Years, Recruiting a Volunteer Military Was Salesmanship. Now, Few Are Buying.In 1981, the Army introduced a new recruiting slogan, one it would keep for two decades: “Be all you can be.” “It was so well-executed, because it truly did get into how servi...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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National Security Human Capital Program
Afghanistan shows the U.S. needs a doctrine not just for fighting wars, but also leaving themBut recognizing these mistakes won’t necessarily keep a future administration from making them again. Christopher Kolenda, a retired Army colonel and an adjunct senior fellow ...
By Chris Kolenda
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Technology & National Security
The war in Ukraine is spurring a revolution in drone warfare using AI“Once that software has been developed, it’s effectively costless for that software to proliferate and be reused elsewhere,” said Paul Scharre, a drone expert at the Center fo...
By Paul Scharre & Samuel Bendett
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New CNAS Report: “U.S.-China Competition and Military AI: How Washington Can Manage Strategic Risks amid Rivalry with Beijing”
Washington, July 25, 2023 — Today, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a new report, “U.S.-China Competition and Military AI: How Washington Can Manage Stra...
By Jacob Stokes, Alexander Sullivan & Noah Greene
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Biden Takes His Battle for Democracy Case by Case
Richard Fontaine, chief executive of Center for a New American Security, said America’s approach to promoting democracy abroad “has always been a model of inconsistency.” Mr. ...
By Richard Fontaine