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Technology & National Security
Super Soldiers: Summary of Findings and RecommendationsThis report, the seventh and last in the Super Soldier series, covers findings of the Center for a New American Security’s study on dismounted soldier survivability. This repo...
By Paul Scharre, Lauren Fish, Amy Schafer & Katherine L. Kuzminski
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Technology & National Security
Human Performance EnhancementExecutive Summary No attributes are more foundational to success in combat than the physical and cognitive performance of warfighters. Technological advantage has always playe...
By Paul Scharre & Lauren Fish
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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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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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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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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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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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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
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Technology & National Security
Soldier Protection TodayIntroduction The Super Soldiers series examines opportunities to improve dismounted soldier survivability in the near-, mid-, and far-term through changes to policies, improve...
By Lauren Fish & Paul Scharre
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Technology & National Security
A Strategy for Enhancing Warfighter SurvivabilityIntroduction Survivability is an essential component of military effectiveness. Militaries have long invested in protection, such as helmets and armor, to improve the survivab...
By Paul Scharre & Lauren Fish
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Technology & National Security
Battlefield SingularityAlthough technological advantage has been a key pillar of U.S. military power and national competitiveness, China is starting to catch up in its quest to become a “science and...
By Elsa B. Kania
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Technology & National Security
Drone ProliferationExecutive Summary The U.S. monopoly on drones has ended. More than 30 nations already have or are developing armed drones, and at least 90 nations, as well as some non-state a...
By Elisa Catalano Ewers, Lauren Fish, Michael Horowitz, Alexandra Sander & Paul Scharre
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Drone Proliferation and the Use of ForceAs more countries acquire drones, will their widespread availability lead to greater military adventurism and conflict? Will countries be more willing to put a drone in harm’s...
By Michael Horowitz, Paul Scharre & Ben FitzGerald
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Technology & National Security
Seizing the InitiativeThe Department of Defense (DoD) is primed for change – in theory. The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2017 mandates major organizational reforms with...
By Ben FitzGerald & Alexandra Sander
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Defense / Technology & National Security
Patriot WarsPreface by Paul Scharre Automation and autonomy are core components of the Department of Defense’s “third offset strategy,” designed to reinvigorate American military technolo...
By Dr. John K. Hawley
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Technology & National Security
Future FoundryIn June 2014, the Center for a New American Security released “Creative Disruption: Technology, Strategy and the Future of the Global Defense Industry.” The paper argued that ...
By Ben FitzGerald, Alexandra Sander & Jacqueline Parziale
