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Technology & National Security
Emerging TechnologiesExecutive Summary Changing the Survivability Paradigm In World War II, being an infantryman was the third deadliest job in the American military, behind bombardiers and submar...
By Paul Scharre, Lauren Fish, Amy Schafer & Katherine L. Kuzminski
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National Security Human Capital Program
Changing Tides in the Sea of Goodwill: A Financial Analysis of Veteran-Serving NonprofitsAs the United States enters its 18th year of war since 9/11, the shape of the country’s veteran community is rapidly transforming. The total number of American veterans is shr...
By Douglas McCormick, Emma Moore & Andrew Swick
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Uncharted Waters
Nearly 10 years have passed since the quiet release of Bitcoin, the cryptocurrency that set off a worldwide frenzy for alternative currencies. Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin...
By Julia Solomon-Strauss, Edoardo Saravalle & Claire Groden
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National Security Human Capital Program
Leveraging ROTC to Span the Civil-Military GapIntroduction and Executive Summary For just over 100 years, the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) has stood at the intersection of the military and American society, ser...
By Emma Moore & Andrew Swick
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Technology & National Security
The Soldier’s Heavy LoadBody armor saves lives. Modern body armor has given U.S. troops an unparalleled advantage on the battlefield, improving survivability and reducing casualties. This protection ...
By Lauren Fish & Paul Scharre
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Power Play
The United States and China are in a competition to shape the course of the 21st century. At stake is whether the prevailing international order that has backstopped peace, pr...
By Daniel Kliman & Abigail Grace
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Technology & National Security
Quantum Hegemony?China is positioning itself as a powerhouse in quantum science. Within the past several years, Chinese researchers have achieved a track record of consistent advances in basic...
By Elsa B. Kania & John Costello
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Filling the Seams in U.S. Long-Range Penetrating Strike
By Jerry Hendrix
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'Congress Perhaps?'
Introduction Congressional oversight serves a critical role in the American system of government; in the foreign policy arena in particular, the Founding Fathers established a...
By Daniel Rosenthal
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Technology & National Security
Behind The Magical ThinkingExecutive Summary Drones’ greatest attraction for the national security world is that they create options where there were none – or none at a cost policymakers feel comfortab...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Technology & National Security
Strategic Competition in an Era of Artificial IntelligenceThis report is part of the Center for a New American Security’s series on Artificial Intelligence and International Security...
By Michael Horowitz, Elsa B. Kania, Gregory C. Allen & Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
Weird Birds: Working Paper on Policymaker Perspectives on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Their Impact on National Security Decision-Making1.INTRODUCTION No movie about a national security crisis would be complete without a darkened room displaying a blinking screen of real-time military assets as angry advisors ...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Technology & National Security
Artificial Intelligence and International SecurityThis report is part of the Center for a New American Security’s series on Artificial Intelligence and International Security....
By Michael Horowitz, Paul Scharre, Gregory C. Allen, Kara Frederick, Anthony Cho & Edoardo Saravalle
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A Precarious Accord
In a June 2018 report, experts Patrick Cronin and Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein ask, “How should officials move forward to establish a durable peace on a nuclear-free peninsula...
By Patrick Cronin & Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein
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Technology & National Security
Artificial IntelligencePreface by Robert O. Work We are in the midst of an ever accelerating and expanding global revolution in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, with enormous impli...
By Paul Scharre & Michael Horowitz
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More Than Burden Sharing
Executive Summary In early-July, NATO will host the first full-length summit at its new headquarters in Brussels. It will also be the first NATO summit for President Donald Tr...
By Mark Newton, Rachel Rizzo, Julianne Smith & Jim Townsend
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China's Use of Coercive Economic Measures
Executive Summary China has been a practitioner of economic statecraft throughout its history, and in recent decades since Deng Xiaoping opened the country in the 1970s. Today...
By Peter Harrell, Elizabeth Rosenberg & Edoardo Saravalle
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The Bottom Line
Executive Summary 2019 presented a very rare opportunity for the Department of Defense to change the shape of the future joint force: the Trump administration has set a new st...
By Susanna V. Blume & Lauren Fish
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Technology & National Security
Technology RouletteExecutive Summary This report recognizes the imperatives that inspire the U.S. military’s pursuit of technological superiority over all potential adversaries. These pages emph...
By Richard Danzig
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Technology & National Security
Protecting Warfighters from Blast InjuryExecutive Summary Key Findings Hundreds of thousands of servicemembers suffer from traumatic brain injury (TBI), including from exposure to blasts from improvised ex...
By Lauren Fish & Paul Scharre