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China Readies Drone Swarms for Future War

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New CNA analysis highlights China’s efforts to build and test drone swarms to fight in Taiwan and technology to defend against competitors’ drone swarms.

Congress released its 14th Five-Year Plan , covering the years 2021 to 2025. It states that “future wars will be uncrewed and intelligent” and that the PRC must “steadily advance national defense ... . In the summer of 2025 alone, the PLA tested—and apparently fielded—some of the more advanced UxS anywhere, including drone swarm technology for UAV and uncrewed surface vessels (USV). In June, the PRC

The Wrong President Attended China’s Military Parade

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The US did far more than the USSR to free China from Japan’s occupation in World War II—history forgotten as Xi stands with Putin at China’s anniversary parade.

military as “the strong enemy.” The Japan of 2025 is not the Japan of 1945; Tokyo is counted among Washington’s closest security partners in Asia. For its part, Russia continues its brutal war against

Russia and China Have Drawn Closer: Three Ways to Wedge Them Apart

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US policymakers should pursue a policy that imposes economic pain on China as long as its Russian connections continue to deepen.

Declining Demographics Challenge South Korea’s Defense

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South Korea’s low birth rate threatens to reduce its troop strength. Seoul is exploring options to compensate, with implications for the US-South Korea alliance.

is expected to fall from 226,000 in 2025 to roughly 130,000 in 2040, according to the Republic of Korea’s 2022 Defense White Paper . Sangmyung University Professor Chou Byung-ook calculates

ai with ai: NOMARS Attacks!

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Andy and Dave discuss the latest in AI news and research, starting with DARPA moving into Phase 2 of its No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS) program, having selected Serco Inc for its Defiant ship design. The UK releases a roadmap on automated vehicles, Connected & Automated Mobility 2025, and describes new legislation that will place liability for the actions of self-driving vehicles onto manufacturers, and not the occupants. The DOD’s Chief Digital and AI Office is preparing to roll out Tradewinds, an open solutions marketplace geared toward identifying new technologies and capabilities. The US bans NVIDIA and AMD from selling or exporting certain types of GPUs (mostly for high-end servers) to China and Russia. A report in Nature examines the “reproducibility crisis” involving machine learning in scientific articles, identifying eight types of “data leaks” in research that raise cause for concern. Google introduces a new AI image noise reduction tool that greatly advances the state of the art for low lighting and resolution images, using RawNeRF, which makes use of the previous neural radiance fields approach, but on raw image data. Hakwan Lau and Oxford University Press make available for free In Consciousness We Trust: the Cognitive Neuroscience of Subjective Experience. And Sam Bendett joins Andy and Dave to discuss the latest from Russia’s Army 2022 Expo and other recent developments around the globe.

Andy and Dave discuss the latest in AI news and research, starting with DARPA moving into Phase 2 of its No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS) program, having selected Serco Inc for its Defiant ship design. The UK releases a roadmap on automated vehicles, Connected & Automated Mobility 2025, and describes new legislation that will place liability for the actions of self-driving vehicles onto manufacturers, and not the occupants. The DOD’s Chief Digital and AI Office is preparing to roll out Tradewinds, an open solutions marketplace geared toward identifying new technologies and capabilities

cna talks: Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong and the future of Russia-North Korea relations

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On September 13, North Korean Leader Kim Jong met with Russian President Vladmir Putin at the Vostochny Cosmodrome, Russia’s most advanced space launch site. The meeting sparked concern in the West that Kim could supply Russia with weapons and munitions for its war in Ukraine and speculation about what North Korea would receive in return. In this episode, Ken Gause and Paul Schwartz discuss the significance of the meeting and its implications for US policy makers.

receive in return. In this episode, Ken Gause and Paul Schwartz discuss the significance of the meeting and its implications for US policy makers. Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong and the future of Russia-North Korea relations Ken Gause   is an expert on the North Korean leadership and political system. He has written several books on North Korea, focusing on its politics, military apparatus

cna talks: Why Isn't the U.S. Getting Anywhere With North Korea?

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The U.S. and North Korea held working-level negotiations in Stockholm last weekend, but the talks broke down. Ken Gause returns to CNA Talks to discuss what went wrong.

Why Isn't the U.S. Getting Anywhere With North Korea? The U.S. and North Korea held working-level negotiations in Stockholm last weekend, but the talks broke down. Ken Gause returns to CNA Talks to discuss what went wrong. Why Isn't the U.S. Getting Anywhere With North Korea? Ken Gause  is the director of the Adversary Analytics Program. He is CNA's senior foreign leadership analyst and has spent the last 20 years developing methodologies for examining leadership dynamics of hard-target, authoritarian regimes. His latest book is "North Korean House of Cards: Leadership Dynamics Under

cna talks: What Does Kim Jong Un Want?

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On this episode of CNA Talks, North Korea analysts Ken Gause, Christopher Steinitz and Sarah Vogler sit down to discuss Kim Jong Un's objectives in the nuclear negotiations. They point out that the nuclear program is an important part of Kim’s legitimacy and something that he will not easily part with, and that the U.S. will probably have to live with a nuclear North Korea in the short term. Finally, the team lays out a path for the negotiations that could eventually reduce North Korea's nuclear arsenal.

What Does Kim Jong Un Want? On this episode of CNA Talks, North Korea analysts Ken Gause, Christopher Steinitz and Sarah Vogler sit down to discuss Kim Jong Un's objectives in the nuclear negotiations. They point out that the nuclear program is an important part of Kim’s legitimacy and something that he will not easily part with, and that the U.S. will probably have to live with a nuclear North Korea in the short term. Finally, the team lays out a path for the negotiations that could eventually reduce North Korea's nuclear arsenal. What Does Kim Jong Un Want? Biographies Ken Gause

cna talks: Women in Data Science Regional Event 2025

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This episode features a panel of CNA’s own Gayatri Gopavajhala and Lizzy Schneider, data scientists, discussing their paths to being in their roles as data scientists at CNA.

Women in Data Science Regional Event 2025 This episode features a panel of CNA’s own Gayatri Gopavajhala and Lizzy Schneider, data scientists, discussing their paths to being in their roles as data scientists at CNA. Women in Data Science Regional Event 2025 Guest Biographies Gayatri Gopavajhala is a Data Analyst in CNA's Data Science for Sustainment Program. Lizzy Schneider is a Research Analyst in CNA's Data Science for Production Program.  ContactName /*/Contact/ContactName ContactTitle /*/Contact/JobTitle ContactEmail /*/Contact/Email ContactPhone /*/Contact/Phone

cna talks: Competition Between the US and China Enters a New Phase

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This episode covers CNA's latest research into technology competition between the US and the People’s Republic of China.