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Press Note
Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
CNAS Responds: State of the Union 2024Following President Biden’s address to Congress at the 2024 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, Carrie Cordero, Katherine L. Kuzminski & Jonathan Lord
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Press Note
Technology & National Security
CNAS Responds: White House Executive Order on Artificial IntelligenceToday, the White House released an executive order detailing a new approach to artificial intelligence safety and security that attempts to mitigate future risk and keep Ameri...
By Paul Scharre, Vivek Chilukuri, Tim Fist, Josh Wallin, Bill Drexel, Sam Howell, Hannah Kelley & Michael Depp
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CNAS Responds: Export Controls on China
Press Note
Today, the Commerce Department released a series of updated export regulations designed to curb China's progress in the field of advanced AI technologies. These revisions come...
By Paul Scharre, Emily Kilcrease, Vivek Chilukuri, Thomas Krueger, Tim Fist, Bill Drexel & Sam Howell
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Press Note
Technology & National Security
NOTEWORTHY: Biden-Harris Administration Secures Voluntary Commitments from Leading Artificial Intelligence Companies to Manage the Risks Posed by AIIn this edition of Noteworthy, researchers from the AI Safety and Stability team comment on the announcement from the White House on securing voluntary commitments on safety, ...
By Paul Scharre, Tim Fist, Bill Drexel, Michael Depp, Caleb Withers & Noah Greene
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Press Note
Technology & National Security
NOTEWORTHY: DoD Autonomous Weapons PolicyIn this CNAS Noteworthy, Vice President and Director of Studies Paul Scharre breaks down the new Directive and what it means for the U.S. military’s approach to lethal autonom...
By Paul Scharre
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Press Note
Indo-Pacific Security / Middle East Security
CNAS Responds: Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri killed in drone strikeCenter for a New American Security experts offer insight into the ramifications of the CIA-led killing of al Qaeda leader al-Zawahiri and the lasting legacy of the global war ...
By Richard Fontaine, Paul Scharre, Lisa Curtis, Carrie Cordero, Christopher D. Kolenda & Dr. Jason Dempsey
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Press Note
Transatlantic Security / Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security
CNAS Responds: Assessing the wide-reaching impacts of the Russian invasion of UkraineRichard Fontaine Chief Executive Officer: Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine will produce many casualties. Among them may be Washington’s foremost foreign policy plans. T...
By Richard Fontaine, Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Lisa Curtis, Paul Scharre, Edward Fishman, Emily Kilcrease, Samuel Bendett & Ryan Fedasiuk
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CNAS Responds: American Security, Two Decades After 9/11
Press Note
The exit from Afghanistan bookends two decades in which American security and foreign policy transformed both domestically and abroad. On the 20th anniversary of the September...
By Richard Fontaine, Carrie Cordero, Lisa Curtis, Paul Scharre, Katherine L. Kuzminski, Nathalie Grogan, Alex Zerden, Jim Townsend, Ilan Goldenberg, Jacob Stokes, Jason Bartlett, Col James Frey, Christian Beckner, Josh Campbell & Christopher D. Kolenda
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Indo-Pacific Security / Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
CNAS Responds: Coronavirus Outbreak Tests Every Aspect of U.S. and International SecurityAs regions across the U.S. announce states of emergency and a growing list of countries restrict travel, close schools, and quarantine citizens, the economic costs of the coro...
By Richard Fontaine, Ely Ratner, Loren DeJonge Schulman, Daniel Kliman, Susanna V. Blume, Elizabeth Rosenberg, Ilan Goldenberg, Paul Scharre, Martijn Rasser, Kara Frederick, COL Sarah Albrycht, Kristine Lee, Peter Harrell, John Hughes, Rachel Ziemba, Michael Horowitz, Elsa B. Kania, Will Mackenzie, Ashley Feng, Kaleigh Thomas, Carisa Nietsche, Emma Moore, Joshua Fitt, Nathalie Grogan, Megan Lamberth & Ainikki Riikonen
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Press Note
Technology & National Security
White House AI Executive Order and DoD AI StrategyThis week, the U.S. government released two major new strategic documents on artificial intelligence. The White House published an executive order by President Trump launching...
By Robert O. Work, Paul Scharre, Gregory C. Allen, Kara Frederick, Michael Horowitz & Elsa B. Kania
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Press Note
Technology & National Security
Australian Strategic Policy Institute's International Cyber Policy Centre to host CNAS adjunct fellow Elsa Kania as a 2018 Fulbright SpecialistThe CNAS Technology and National Security Program is pleased to announce that adjunct fellow Elsa Kania has been selected by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s (ASPI)...
By Paul Scharre & Elsa B. Kania
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Press Note
Defense / Technology & National Security
NDAA Press Note: TBI and DoD Study on Blast Pressure ExposureWashington, December 12 – The new National Defense Authorization Act, recently signed into law by the president, requires the Department of Defense to conduct a medical study ...
By Paul Scharre & Lauren Fish
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Press Note
Technology & National Security
CNAS Press Note: Governmental Meetings on Lethal Autonomous WeaponsWashington, November 14 – This week member states begin discussions at the United Nations on lethal autonomous weapons systems – weapons that would choose their own targets. P...
By Paul Scharre
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Press Note
Technology & National Security
CNAS Press Note: Open Letter on Dangers of Autonomous WeaponsAs autonomous technology becomes increasingly capable, more than 100 CEOs have signed an open letter urging the United Nations to ban lethal autonomous weapons. CNAS Senior Fe...
By Paul Scharre
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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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CNAS Press Note: President Trump’s Defense Spending Request
Washington, February 28 – As the Trump administration prepares to submit a defense budget request calling for a 10 percent increase in defense spending, Center for a New Ameri...
By Paul Scharre & Adam Routh
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National Security Human Capital Program
CNAS Press Note: Army Shelves Blast Gauges to Protect Soldiers’ BrainsThe U.S. Army recently shelved blast gauges that it had issued to troops in order to assess mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) from harmful blast waves. The gauges identified t...
By Phillip Carter & Paul Scharre
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Defense / Technology & National Security
CNAS Press Note: What Does a Trump Administration Mean for Defense?Washington, November 17 – As the transition to the Trump administration begins and markets predict a growth in defense spending, Center for a New American Security (CNAS) Defe...
By Paul Scharre
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CNAS Press Note: The Counter-ISIS Ministerial Meeting
As the defense and foreign ministers of 46 nations meet in Washington to discuss the counter-ISIS campaign, Middle East Security Program Director Ilan Goldenberg, 20YY Future ...
By Ilan Goldenberg, Nicholas Heras & Paul Scharre
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Defense / Technology & National Security
CNAS Press Note: Autonomous Weapons at the United NationsCNAS experts Paul Scharre and Kelley Sayler have written a press note on autonomous weapons at the United Nations....
By Kelley Sayler & Paul Scharre
