Women in Combat: Five-Year Status Update - CNAS
November 23, 2024; What Trump’s Pick for Secretary of Defense Could Mean for Inclusivity in the Military. Dr. Kyleanne Hunter, Adjunct Senior Fellow with the Military, Veterans, and Society Program at CNAS joins to discuss the Trump administration nominee for secretary of defense....
About CNAS | CNAS
Bold. Innovative. Bipartisan. The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is an independent, bipartisan, nonprofit organization that develops strong, pragmatic, and principled national security and defense policies.
Terrible But Justified: The U.S. A-Bomb Attacks on Hiroshima and …
Sep 29, 2015 · Were the atomic bomb attacks on Japan in August 1945 justifiable? As the world marks the 70th anniversary of these momentous and terrifying events, it is important to ask this question anew, as the past remains alive in Asia’s present and as nuclear weapons and nuclear deterrence are becoming increasingly salient in world politics, particularly in Asia.
Axis of Upheaval | CNAS
Today a new Axis of Upheaval—the increasing alignment among China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea—is fundamentally altering the geopolitical landscape. Cooperation among the four countries was expanding before 2022, but Russia’s invasion of Ukraine accelerated their deepening economic, military, and technological ties.Bound by shared opposition to a U.S.-led global order, the four powers ...
Events Landing Page - CNAS
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The Russia Stability Tracker - CNAS
Nov 8, 2023 · There continue to be rumors that Russia will launch another major mobilization campaign in the coming months, which would test the restrictions that the Duma implemented to tamp down on those Russians leaving the country to avoid being drafted. Many analysts believe the Kremlin will try to defer any such mobilization until after the March 2024 presidential elections.
Why Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran are teaming up
Sep 5, 2024 · Probably the most surprising thing about the war in Ukraine is that Russia is getting a ton of help. North Korea and Iran are sending it millions of rounds of ammunition and lethal drones, while China is sending it everything from cash to jet-fighter parts.
U.S.-China Competition and Military AI - CNAS
Jul 25, 2023 · Next, the report articulates five categories of what the authors call pathways, or causal links, through which applications of military AI could undermine stability and increase strategic risk between Washington and Beijing.The first is individual improvements in capabilities that combine to give China a military edge.
Understanding China's AI Strategy | CNAS
Chinese Views on AI's International Security Implications 3. Recently, Chinese officials and government reports have begun to express concern in multiple diplomatic forums about arms race dynamics associated with AI and the need for international cooperation on new norms and potentially arms control.
A New U.S. Strategy for the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Dec 16, 2020 · Overview. As this report goes to press, the possibility of a resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict seems distant. Israel continues its occupation and territorial expansion in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, with hundreds of thousands of settlers now living beyond the 1967 borders and a majority of the Israeli parliament prepared, in principle, to support annexing West Bank territory ...