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All In on Africa

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Kaia Haney examines the Biden Administration’s recent diplomacy in Africa and how it ties into strategic competition on the continent.

and Russia’s respective influences across Africa. As Gilles Yabi, a nonresident scholar with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, recently stated, “Now the messages from the Biden ... investment across the continent (providing roughly twice that offered by the U.S.). In addition to these economic relationships, China has strong political, military and security ties with many African

ai with ai: Oura-boros

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In COVID-related AI news, Andy and Dave discuss an announcement from WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, WVU Medicine, and Oura Health, with the ability to predict COVID-19 related symptoms up to three days in advance via biometric monitoring. Japan's M3 is teaming with Alibaba's AI Tech to provide CT-scan capability to hospitals that can identify COVID-related pneumonia. The Pentagon taps into the virus-relief CARES Act to use AI for virus cure and vaccine efforts. Rockefeller announces efforts to use GPT-2 to automatically summarize COVID-19 medical research articles, but the results aren’t that great. In regular AI news, IBM announces it is no longer offering general-purpose facial recognition or analysis software, due to concerns about the technology being used to promote racism. And in a related announcement, Amazon places a one-year moratorium on allowing law enforcement to use its Rekognition facial recognition platform. USSOCOM has posted an RFI for potential contractors to provide its Global Analytics Platform, a $300-600M contract that would follow its previous eMAPS contract. And NASA launches its Entrepreneurs Challenge, seeking new ideas for space exploration. In research, from the University of Pennsylvania, UC Berkeley, Google Brain, University of Toronto, Carnegie Mellon University, and Facebook AI, comes a different approach to defining intrinsic motivation for taskless problems, wherein agents seek out future inputs that are expected to be novel. The report of the week comes from the Stanley Center for Peace and Security, with a look at The Militarization of AI. Researchers at Beijing Academy and Cambridge University come together to pen a white paper calling for "cross-cultural cooperation" on AI ethics and governance. Efron, Hastie, and Cambridge University Press provide Computer Age Statistical Inference for free. And DeepMind and the UCL Centre for AI are producing a Deep Learning Lecture Series.

motivation for taskless problems, wherein agents seek out future inputs that are expected to be novel. The report of the week comes from the Stanley Center for Peace and Security, with a look

cna talks: U.S. Withdrawal From Syria

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Following the administration’s December 2018 announcement that U.S. forces would withdraw from Syria, CNA experts Michael Kofman and David Wallsh discuss how this will affect the state of play between U.S. allies and adversaries in the region. They question whether the U.S. has in fact defeated ISIS in Syria, and discuss how the withdrawal may leave the area vulnerable to a resurgence and to ongoing conflict between Turkey and the Kurdish fighters, both allies of the U.S. Kofman posits that the withdrawal will further Russian interests, while Wallsh adds that it may also play a role in a war of attrition between Iran and Israel.

that it may also play a role in a war of attrition between Iran and Israel. U.S. Withdrawal From Syria Biographies David Wallsh   is an expert in Middle East affairs and international security issues, including alliance politics, security cooperation and building partner capacity. Prior to joining CNA, Wallsh served as an Expert Advisor for Middle East security issues in the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Policy, including in support of the 2013-2014 Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, counter-ISIS policy, and the U.S.-Jordanian bilateral relationship. Michael Kofman   is an expert

cna talks: The Iran Protests and Crackdown

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Analysis of the impact of the women-led protests since the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of the morality police. Is this a new Iranian Revolution led by women?

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cna talks: The Financial Collapse in Afghanistan

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Last summer, following the collapse of the U.S.-backed government in Afghanistan , the Taliban seized control of the country. In the months since Afghanistan's economy has been devested by the Taliban's policies and by international sanctions against the country. On this episode of CNA Talks Jon Schroden welcomes economists Torek Farhadi and Bill Byrd, to discuss this crisis and what can be done to alienate it.

Program . Torek Farhadi is a former senior advisor to the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. He has discussed Afghan economic, security and humanitarian issues with the BBC, NPR and USA Today. Bill Byrd is a developmental economist with the U.S. Institute of Peace. He previously served as the World Bank's country manager for Afghanistan. ContactName /*/Contact/ContactName

cna talks: The Strategic Value of Maritime Sabotage

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For centuries, sabotage has been a tool of war, but what role does it serve in today’s environment where great powers compete in the shadows and non-state actors are important global players. On this episode of CNA Talks, CNA analysts, Alex Powell and Annaleah Westerhaug join John Stimpson to discuss their report, “Maritime Sabotage: Lessons Learned and Implications for Strategic Competition.”

Westerhaug is Research Assistant with CNA’s Strategy and Policy Analysis Program. Her research portfolio includes Chinese illegal unregulated fishing , Women, peace and security in the Pacific

story-of-cna

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on in the next few years to investigate how … this aspect of science can be as valuable in peace as in war.’Philip Morse and George KimballMethods of Operations ResearchContents1942 – 1945 Bringing Scientists to the Fight ...........................11945 – 1950 Vital in War, Valued in Peace ...............................91950 – 1953 On Land and Sea in Korea ... in 1942 to all elements of Navy and Marine Corps operations and later to such civilian interests as public health, justice, and homeland security. CNA today advises military, federal, state and city

officer-readiness-assessment-tool-final

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for at risk youth and The Boys and Girls Clubs of San Antonio SMART Moves program. Joel holds a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from Texas State University-[1996]; and a TCOLE Master Peace Officer ... in Criminal Justice and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Texas at San Antonio (2004). Annie also holds a TCOLE Advanced Peace Officer License. OFFICER SAFETY ... was a staff psychologist for the San Antonio Police Department from 2013-2019. In 2010, Dr. Burque-DeCarlo and Dr. Deloria Wilson from Air Force Security Forces developed an innovative stress