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Chinese Information Shaping in Thailand

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The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has embarked on a campaign to shape what audiences around the world read, hear, and watch about China. This focuses on China’s efforts to shape information in its neighbor, Thailand.

. Cooperation with China benefits Thailand. China is a responsible member of the international community. Several factors complicate China’s efforts to promote these narratives to Thai ... to improve digital security, data visualization, and web scraping are increasingly necessary to be an effective independent journalist in Thailand’s information environment. Ryan Loomis Heidi Holz

AI in Russia 17

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This report, the seventeenth in a series of biweekly updates, is part of an effort by CNA to provide timely, accurate, and relevant information and analysis of the field of civilian and military artificial intelligence (AI) in Russia and, in particular, how Russia is applying AI to its military capabilities. It relies on Russian-language open source material.

into the following sections: Governance and Legal Developments Military and Security Developments Corporate and Market Developments Education and Training Developments International ... . The president of Kazakhstan was also present at the conference to highlight the cooperation between the two countries in the AI sphere, as discussed in past issues of AI in Russia. The Russia Studies

AI Safety Navy Action Plan

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In light of the Navy’s stated commitment to using AI, and given the strategic importance of AI safety, we provide the Navy with a first step towards a comprehensive approach to safety. We use a risk management approach to frame our treatment of AI safety risks: identifying risks, analyzing them, and suggesting concrete actions for the Navy to begin addressing them. The first type of safety risk, being technical in nature, will require a collaborative effort with industry and academia to address. The second type of risk, associated with specific military missions, can be addressed in a combination of military experimentation, research, and concept development to find ways to promote effectiveness along with safety. For each types of risk, we use examples to show concrete ways of managing and reducing the risk of AI applications. We then discuss institutional changes that would help promote safety in the Navy’s AI efforts.

. In light of this, more and more countries are placing AI as key to their national security strategies. As the US pursues AI, its plans and efforts to leverage the technology for military applications ... environment with AI where cooperation with industry is vital and safety is a particular concern in that relationship. There is a need for appropriate trust in this new technology, which requires

Lessons from the 2004 Tsunami Response

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U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun organized a conference call with close allies and partners to discuss the COVID-19 crisis and ways to coordinate their responses.

, after banding together to address a transnational, non-traditional security crisis, the Tsunami Core Group members moved on to traditional security cooperation based on shared geopolitical interests ... . Will cooperation on the pandemic, another non-traditional security issue, intensify the geopolitical, traditional security cooperation between these democratic powers as they continue to view China’s ... envisions a new era of great-power competition with China, there is room for cooperation between competitors as outlined in a recent CNA report and demonstrated in other non-traditional security

New Delhi and Washington's Defense Partnership

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As the United States and India conclude the third 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue this week, the results emerging from these meetings are notable, not just because of their substance, but because of their timing.

significant outcome was the completion of the Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA), which, along with the previously signed Communications Compatibility and Security Agreement, the Logistics ... but steadily, between the two countries. The resulting change in the U.S.-India security relationship is broad. For many years, the U.S. has proposed Special Operations cooperation, a U.S.-India Defense ... Ben Schwartz Ben Schwartz is a Research Analyst in CNA’s Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Program. He has previously served as India Director in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Head

Impending Election Could Dramatically Shift Korean Relations

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South Korea's 2025 presidential election after President Yoon’s impeachment could greatly affect relations with the United States, Japan, China, and North Korea.

Reid Carita Reid is a research assistant in CNA’s China and Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Division  specializing in the Korean Peninsula. She and her colleague Tom Bickford are featured in a recent ... China, even as he would like to strengthen the country’s security alliance with the US. Lee’s stance on remaining economically connected to China while maintaining a security alliance with the US ... , “antagonizing North Korea, China, and Russia.” They argued that this escalation increased national security vulnerabilities and threatened a war on the Korean Peninsula. (Later, Lee said that including

U.S.-South Korea Relations in the Wake of the March 2022 Election

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Thomas Bickford explores how South Korea’s new President, Yon Suk-yeol, will approach foreign policy with, North Korea, the U.S., China and Japan.

bilateral security cooperation with the U.S., there have also been developments on the foreign policy front. In June, Yoon met with President Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Kishida on the sidelines ... the revival of U.S.-South Korea security cooperation. A May 2022 poll showed strong support for continued security cooperation with the U.S. and the resumption of drills. Similarly, the resumption ... , China and Japan. /images/InDepth/2022/09/InDepth-9-19-22.jpg U.S.-South Korea Relations in the Wake of the March 2022 Election How Yoon Suk-yeol Administration Could Deepen Security Ties Between the Two

The China- Russia ‘No Limits’ Partnership Is Still Going Strong

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Elizabeth Wishnick explores how the war in Ukraine has impacted China and Russia's partnership as well as the relationship between Xi and Putin.

and Putin. /images/InDepth/2022/10/Post115%20redone2.jpg The China- Russia ‘No Limits’ Partnership Is Still Going Strong With Regime Security as Top Priority Elizabeth Wishnick Elizabeth Wishnick ... and Russian presidents on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Uzbekistan has led to renewed scrutiny of the scope and depth of the Sino-Russian strategic partnership ... factors such as perceived  threats from the US  and its allies, the need for security along their lengthy border and their growing energy partnership. But, under Xi and Putin, the normative dimension

New Roles for Civil Affairs Forces in a New World

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Strategic competition should prompt us to think about new and creative uses for civil affairs forces.

support relationships with allies and partners through theater security cooperation, disaster response and other, largely peaceful efforts not tied to armed operations. Although these capabilities have ... objectives and may include “security cooperation activities, multinational training and exercises, information sharing, personnel exchange programs and other peaceful military engagement activities ... , and propose a continuous campaign approach for operating within a competition continuum. While there are clearly opportunities for civil affairs units to contribute within that continuum — between cooperation

Samoa Disputed Election Amid Great Power Rivalry

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A disputed election has recently plunged Samoa into a state of constitutional crisis. The outcome of this dispute may reshape the small Pacific island country’s relations with China, the United States and U.S. allies in the region.

with both China and the U.S. The U.S. and its allies, while remaining vigilant of Beijing’s relations with Apia, should continue to promote security and economic cooperation with Samoa. Related ... Brian Waidelich is a Research Scientist in CNA’s Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Program . His research focuses on issues related to great power competition and Indo-Pacific maritime security. Benjamin DeThomas is a Research Scientist in CNA's Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Program , where he works on issues related to China’s overseas influence and economic statecraft. A disputed election has