How to Beat China in the Quest for AI Dominance
The next administration must recognize that getting ahead in the AI race will both protect U.S. national security and stem the global spread of authoritarianism.
The next administration must recognize that getting ahead in the AI race will both protect U.S. national security and stem the global spread of authoritarianism.
The United States has a few powerful tools to conduct economic warfare and strengthen its economic security. Unfortunately, many of them operate independently, without coordination, lacking strategic guidance,...
The United States is determined to thwart Beijing’s efforts to secure victory around the world in three key areas: military, intelligence and diplomatic. Yet the greatest threat to US national security...
Washington and its European allies just declined to prevent the expiration of UN missile and drone penalties against Iran. That decision will likely spur more missile and drone testing, production and...
The rest of the federal government—and state and local agencies and even private-sector infrastructure companies—should quit using this Chinese technology.
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A “major supply and demand mismatch” pervades the semiconductor industry, the Commerce Department concluded in a report released on Tuesday. Identifying specific supply chain bottlenecks as well as...
Read full report Summary Technical standards underpin the functioning of digital devices central to everyday life. What might, at first glance, seem to be a wonky, technical process for figuring out things...
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At its core, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (NDAA), which passed the House on Tuesday by a veto-proof majority, seeks to strengthen deterrence initiatives involving China and...
The economic shock of the last few weeks has shaken the United States economy, erased the last two and a half years of stock market gains, and has left 22 million Americans unemployed. Yet as the economic...
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“Occupied Elsewhere: Selective Policies on Occupations, Protracted Conflicts, and Territorial Disputes”
One of his wisest advisors attempts to give them a new and improved look.
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Specifically toward Iran.
Download the full memo here. Introduction...
Egypt last week marked Revolution Day, the day commemorating the 1952 Free Officers' revolt that toppled the playboy King Farouk. Next door in Israel, the Egyptian embassy threw a party....