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New defense policy a reminder that US is not alone in AI efforts
Commentary
The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2019 is evidence the United States is developing a more robust artificial intelligence (AI) strategy. The new law...
By Kathryn Dura
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Why Washington and Seoul Need to Harmonize Their Approaches to North Korea
Commentary
For the past sixty-five years, amidst the ebb and flow of heightened tensions with North Korea, the U.S.-ROK relationship has remained the cornerstone of a successful alliance...
By Patrick M. Cronin & Kristine Lee
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The Death of Political Courage
Commentary
More than a decade ago, Senator John McCain sought to stop the Bush administration’s attempt to weaken the protections offered by the Geneva Conventions. The provision at issu...
By Richard Fontaine
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Intensifying U.S.-China strategic competition not transitory
Commentary
The escalating U.S.-China trade war reflects a hardening strategic competition between two major powers, not merely tense negotiations for short-term political gains. While fe...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Trying to Make Sense of Trump’s Quickly Escalating Standoff With Turkey
Commentary
Relations between the United States and Turkey continue to deteriorate over the detention of U.S. citizens by the Turkish government, with all the focus on an American pastor,...
By Neil Bhatiya
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Artificial intelligence beyond the superpowers
Commentary
Much of the debate over how artificial intelligence (AI) will affect geopolitics focuses on the emerging arms race between Washington and Beijing, as well as investments by ma...
By Michael Horowitz & Itai Barsade
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Battlefield Internet
Commentary
Cyberspace has been recognized as a new arena for competition among states ever since it came into existence. In the United States, there have long been warnings of a “cyber–P...
By Michèle Flournoy & Michael Sulmeyer
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Trump’s Secret War on Terror
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President Donald Trump has dramatically expanded the War on Terror. But you—and perhaps he—would never know it. Since he came into office, Trump has reportedly abandoned Obama...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman & Daniel Rosenthal
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How will Trump create a 'space force'?
Commentary
CNAS Technology and National Security Program Director Paul Scharre talks to CBS News about the latest announcements regarding the potential creation of a separate military se...
By Paul Scharre
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Defence innovation is critical for the future of the Australia–US alliance
Commentary
The outcome of the recent AUSMIN meeting—the annual gathering of the secretaries of state and defence from the United States and the foreign and defence ministers from Austral...
By Daniel Kliman & Brendan Thomas-Noone
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How South Korea’s ‘New Economic Map’ Could Shift Northeast Asia’s Balance of Power
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Since assuming office in May 2017, South Korean President Moon Jae-in is proving to be nothing short of a visionary. But the flurry of summitry surrounding North Korea’s nucle...
By Patrick M. Cronin & Kristine Lee
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The Path to Renewed Oil Sanctions on Iran
Commentary
On August 5, the Trump administration reinstated a first set of U.S. sanctions on Iran that had been suspended under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear dea...
By Peter Harrell
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Lifting U.S. Sanctions on a Russian Aluminum Giant Is Not a Gift to the Kremlin
Commentary
While the Trump administration follows through with reimposing sanctions on Tehran after it withdrew the U.S. from the Iran nuclear agreement, the rhetoric over American sanct...
By Neil Bhatiya
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China Doesn’t Want to Play by the World’s Rules
Commentary
U.S. President Donald Trump’s most recent threat to target all $505 billion in annual Chinese imports to the United States is only the latest development in the looming U.S.-C...
By Abigail Grace
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Six arrested after Venezuelan president dodges apparent assassination attempt
Commentary
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was speaking at a military event when a drone carrying plastic explosives detonated on Saturday. CNAS Technology and National Security Dire...
By Paul Scharre
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China Dreams of America Alone
Commentary
As the prospect of a U.S.-China economic confrontation grows more likely by the day, Beijing takes comfort in the ongoing tensions between the United States and its allies tha...
By Daniel Kliman & Abigail Grace
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America Is Addicted to Sanctions. Time for an Intervention.
Commentary
In March 2016, shortly after the United States lifted sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, then–Treasury Secretary Jack Lew gave a speech reflecting on the lessons Bara...
By Neil Bhatiya & Edoardo Saravalle
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China is Waging a Maritime Insurgency in the South China Sea. It's Time for the United States to Counter It.
Commentary
The United States’ present approach to countering China’s continued creeping aggression in the South China Sea has failed. The U.S. Navy is not achieving it long-term politica...
By Patrick M. Cronin & Hunter Stires
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Commentary: Success, or failure, of new Army Command rests on Congress
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In July, the U.S. Army announced that Austin will be the location for its new Futures Command headquarters. The command, intended to be the spearhead of the Army’s modernizati...
By Cole Stevens
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The Census Bureau owes us some peace of mind
Commentary
These days, it takes little imagination — none at all, in fact — to conceive of a hostile foreign actor hungry for detailed information about millions of U.S. voters and deter...
By Matt Olsen & Joshua A. Geltzer
