June 14, 2019

National Security Lightning Talks and Roundtables

By: Loren DeJonge Schulman, David Zikusoka, Cristina Killingsworth, Neil Bhatiya, Kristine Lee, Nicole Alexander, Ainikki Riikonen, Megan Lamberth and Elsa B. Kania

At the 2019 CNAS National Security Conference, CNAS experts pitched their top national security challenges and solutions in lightning-talks, followed by roundtable discussions to further develop these new ideas. This session featured presentations by David Zikusoka, Cristina Killingsworth, Nicole Alexander, Kristine Lee, Neil Bhatiya, Ainikki Riikonen, Megan Lamberth, Elsa B. Kania, and Loren DeJonge Schulman.

Commentary

Indo-Pacific Security
Upcoming Trump-Lee Summit: Modernizing the Alliance by First Reaffirming Long-Standing Principles
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Commentary

Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security
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Podcast

Technology & National Security
Scaling Laws: The Open Questions Surrounding Open Source AI with Nathan Lambert and Keegan McBride
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Video

Indo-Pacific Security
South Korea-U.S. Launch Ulchi Drills as Kim Slams Exercise as “Hostile”
With North Korea's growing alignment with Moscow, plus renewed great-power diplomacy following President Trump's latest call with President Putin, the Korean Peninsula is once...

By Dr. Go Myong-Hyun
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