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Iranian and Chinese Drones Are Overwhelming American Warships—But This High-Tech Weapon Could Help Them Fight Back
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On March 27, 2024, a U.S. warship in the Red Sea detected four radar tracks headed directly its way from Yemen. It fit the tell-tale pattern of drone attacks that Houthi rebel...
By Paul Scharre
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US-China competition to field military drone swarms could fuel global arms race
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The unchecked spread of swarm technology “could lead to more instability and conflict around the world,” said Margarita Konaev, an analyst with Georgetown University’s Center ...
By Paul Scharre
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Tough elections loom over Biden’s Japan summit
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Japan’s decision to boost defense spending is also a helpful rhetorical weapon for Tokyo to quell doubts about its security commitments, experts say. Japan is currently undert...
By Lisa Curtis
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NATO Doesn’t Have Enough Troops
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The biggest factor that has driven down recruitment, experts think, is the lack of an existential U.S. national security threat. “We’re victims of our own success,” said Kate ...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Big opposition win in South Korean parliament election poses setback to President Yoon
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“This election is an assessment of Yoon’s presidency. The stakes for him are whether he’s able to fully implement his liberal democratic agenda, which is his top priority,” Du...
By Dr. Duyeon Kim
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Trump will see nuclear subs as a ‘win-win’, US foreign policy guru predicts
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One of America’s leading foreign policy thinkers has played down fears that Donald Trump could discard the AUKUS pact or seek revenge against Australian ambassador Kevin Rudd ...
By Richard Fontaine
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Montana GOP Senate candidate says he lied to ranger about gunshot wound in 2015
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The Sheehy campaign did not respond to the ranger’s contention that he inspected the weapon or saw a missing bullet but noted the ranger did not mention a missing bullet in hi...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
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NATO chief’s final battle: Protecting Ukraine from Trump, US
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“This is not just Trump-proofing, but U.S.-proofing in some ways,” said Jim Townsend, an adjunct senior fellow with the Center for a New American Security and a former senior ...
By Jim Townsend
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Modi’s Messenger to the World
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Lisa Curtis, a former U.S. government official who dealt with Jaishankar during the 2005 nuclear deal negotiations as well as in his time at the Indian Embassy in Washington, ...
By Lisa Curtis
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Ukraine's AI Drone Gamble
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With machine vision, the objective is for the drone to find its way independently to its target, having learned to distinguish where it is in a given terrain. "The main goal i...
By Samuel Bendett
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Trump-proofing weapons for Ukraine: Allies consider moving arms group into NATO
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Formalizing the group within NATO would go a long way toward protecting support for Ukraine from changes in U.S. and Western governments, experts said — and particularly from ...
By Jim Townsend
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After Baltimore bridge collapse, unfounded conspiracy theories include a role for China
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Bill Drexel, a technology and national security programme fellow at the Centre for a New American Security in Washington, said that linking China to the Baltimore bridge colla...
By Bill Drexel
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Kim Jong Un Faces Annihilation in Most Korea War Scenarios
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If Kim misjudged and thought the US and South Korea were looking to end his regime — instead of just deliver a message of deterrence — he might preemptively use a nuclear weap...
By Duyeon Kim
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The US Can’t Let China Dominate the Small-Drone Market
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Russia’s war on Ukraine is a wake-up call on the dangers of letting an unfriendly nation dominate the drone market. Both sides are deploying thousands of Chinese drones, said ...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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The Russians Sent A Platoon Of Grenade-Hurling Robotic Mini-Tanks Into Battle. The Ukrainians Blew Up The ‘Bots In The Usual Way: With Drones.
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That the Russian UGVs are vulnerable to Ukrainian UAVs didn’t surprise Samuel Bendett, an advisor to Virginia-based CNA focusing on Russian military technology. “Right now, an...
By Samuel Bendett
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Preparing for a China war, the Marines are retooling how they’ll fight
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Though NMESIS vehicles radiate heat, and radar emits signals that can be detected, the Marines try to lower their profile by spacing out the vehicles, camouflaging them and mo...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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CNAS Mourns the Passing of Board Member Joe Lieberman
Washington, March 28, 2024—Today, CNAS Chair Michèle Flournoy and Chief Executive Officer Richard Fontaine made the following statement on the passing of Board Member Joe Lieb...
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Why Russia’s Vast Security Services Fell Short on Deadly Attack
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“Because the F.S.B. — and Putin — sees the world through the prism that the United States is out to get Russia, any information that is not consistent with that frame is easil...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Mnuchin tried to force a sale of TikTok. Now he’s a possible bidder.
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Emily Kilcrease, a former CFIUS coordinator at the Commerce Department, said she could not comment on the TikTok probe. But Kilcrease, who now serves as director of the energy...
By Emily Kilcrease
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New analysis of Air Force suicides explores contributing factors
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Katherine Kuzminski, a military personnel expert at the Washington-based Center for a New American Security, said the report reflects greater emphasis by the Pentagon and serv...
By Katherine L. Kuzminski
