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CNAS Responds: State of the Union 2023
Following President Biden’s address to Congress at the 2023 State of the Union, CNAS experts analyze key policy points from the speech and weigh in on the state of U.S. nation...
By Paul Scharre, Emily Kilcrease, Martijn Rasser, Katherine L. Kuzminski, Lisa Curtis, Carrie Cordero, Alexandra Seymour, Bill Drexel, Carisa Nietsche, Nicholas Lokker & Caleb Withers
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Earthquake Outweighs China in U.S. Navy’s Decision to Close Docks
A potential giant earthquake could trigger a series of large tsunamis and lead to landslides, land subsidence and widespread flooding -- which would have disastrous consequenc...
By Tom Shugart
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Military Briefing: What the West’s Shifting Red Lines Mean for Ukraine
Washington’s constant redefinition of which weapons systems would escalate the conflict serves a purpose, some analysts said. “The administration and European allies believe t...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Rep. Houlahan on How to End the China ‘Hullaballoon’
Amid fallout from that Chinese spy balloon transversing the U.S. and the new GOP-led House hinting at broad spending cuts, lawmakers will need to figure out how to strategical...
By Jacob Stokes
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Killer Robot Swarms, an Update
The Pentagon doesn’t openly discuss many of its most advanced technologies, but last year it called for proposals from the defense industry for a new program called AMASS, for...
By Samuel Bendett
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Drone Explodes Less Than 100 Miles From Moscow as Fear of Strikes Grows
Samuel Bendett, Russia analyst for the Center for Naval Analyses and an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, told Newsweek that he was still gather...
By Samuel Bendett
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NOTEWORTHY: DoD Autonomous Weapons Policy
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By Paul Scharre
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A Problem of Logistics: Is the US Sending Ukraine the Wrong Tank?
The Abrams and the Leopard, along with the UK’s Challenger tank, have the same Cold War roots. Designed with potential Soviet incursions over the intra-German border in mind, ...
By Andrew Metrick
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China Rushes to Cap Damage over Suspected Spy Balloon as Blinken Delays Trip
Previous visits to China by U.S. officials have also been marred by provocative moves. In 2011, hours before receiving Defense Secretary Robert Gates in Beijing, the People’s ...
By Jacob Stokes
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How a Suspected Chinese Spy Balloon over Montana Has Thrown a Wrench in US-China Relations
Grid spoke with Jacob Stokes, a senior fellow in the Indo-Pacific security program at the Center for a New American Security, to get at the questions — about the balloon, the ...
By Jacob Stokes
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A Balloon Clouds U.S. View on Xi’s China
Jacob Stokes, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, said that a balloon floating over US airspace was a more tangible concern for Americans than the myria...
By Jacob Stokes
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Blinken postpones China trip as suspected spy balloon detected over U.S.
“All countries, especially competitors like the United States and China, spy on each other. It’s a fact of international relations, and has been forever,” said Jacob Stokes, a...
By Jacob Stokes
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Biden Wants to Avoid a Clash with China. Can His Top Diplomat Succeed?
“The administration’s goals of risk reduction are pretty straight forward: Whether they’ll be able to achieve it is the real question,” said Jacob Stokes, a China expert at th...
By Jacob Stokes
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General’s Memo Spurs Debate: Could China Invade Taiwan by 2025?
Jacob Stokes, a senior fellow focused on U.S.-China relations at the Center for a New American Security, also viewed the memo as a call to prepare for any scenario, whenever i...
By Jacob Stokes
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Philippines Grants US Access to Four Military Bases
Galvez and Austin said the two countries were also working to step up the secure exchange of information between their defence establishments and increase combined training. T...
By Lisa Curtis
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The U.S. Could Knock the Chinese Balloon out the Sky, but It’s Risky
The United States has missiles in its arsenal capable of obliterating the balloon even at an altitude of 60,000 feet, but the falling wreckage could pose a danger to people on...
By Joshua Fitt
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Why the Discovery of a Chinese Balloon in Us Skies Is Such a Big Deal
The discovery is a severe incident, said Jacob Stokes, a senior fellow with the Center for a New American Security, and one that is testing how the U.S. and Chinese can cool t...
By Jacob Stokes
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White House Optimistic on Tech Sharing for AUKUS Security Pact
Becca Wasser, a defence expert at the CNAS think-tank, said there was a push to make progress on the tech transfer issue but cautioned that wholesale reform of Itar would be h...
By Becca Wasser
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How the U.S. Could Ban TikTok in 7 Not-So-Easy Steps
Trump’s order would have immediately prohibited app stores from distributing TikTok, and nearly two months later would have barred cloud providers and internet infrastructure ...
By Pablo Chavez
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America’s Hoped-For Asian Semiconductor Pact Looks Tricky
The vision of a “democratic semiconductor supply chain” is not implausible. But creating chip networks rather than fuelling chip wars will require careful co-ordination within...
By Martijn Rasser