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China, Malaysia and the South China Sea

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On June 1, the Royal Malaysian Air Force announced that 16 People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) aircraft, flying in “tactical formation,” had entered Malaysia's Flight Information Region.

Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Division. Christopher Cairns is a Research Scientist in CNA’s Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Division. On June 1, the Royal Malaysian Air Force announced that 16 People’s ... back. The Malaysian Air Force described the incident as a “serious matter that threatens national security and aviation safety,” while the country’s foreign minister, Hishammuddin bin Hussein, said ... force…. [that] strictly complied with international law and didn't enter the air space of any other country.” The PLAAF’s June maneuver in the South China Sea is hardly China’s first maritime action

Revisiting CNA's Pandemic Conference of 2006 — The View from 2020

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In February 2006, CNA convened a conference of public health and government officials, medical experts and regional specialists to discuss the science and politics of pandemics, particularly as pertains to Asia.

. Political challenges posed by pandemics can hamper the ability of governments to deal with global health security emergencies. During our 2006 conference, one of the major non-medical takeaways was that domestic and international politics will be highly significant factors in determining how effective the early warning, containment, and response to future global pandemics will be. As summarized in the conference report, “…the emergence of human pandemic flu is a question not just of biology and demography but also a question of transparency and international will.” Transparency

To Halt the 2019-nCoV Coronavirus, Think Globally, Coordinate Locally

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An international effort is underway to halt the spread of a novel coronavirus, known as 2019-nCoV.

To Halt the 2019-nCoV Coronavirus, Think Globally, Coordinate Locally An international effort is underway to halt the spread of a novel coronavirus, known as 2019-nCoV. /images/InDepth/Post27.jpg To Halt the 2019-nCoV Coronavirus, Think Globally, Coordinate Locally 27 Eric Trabert An international effort is underway to halt the spread of a novel coronavirus, known as 2019-nCoV. The World Health ... monitoring the situation and have implemented certain precautions,  including screening passengers coming from Wuhan at five major U.S. airports: JFK in New York, San Francisco International, Los

Protecting Civilians in Gaza Requires Not Just a Will, but a Way

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The U.S. can help Israel reduce civilian casualties in Gaza with advice on civilian harm mitigation in military operations, using lessons from Iraq, etc.

invasion involves urban operations, which tend to be decentralized, small-unit operations with delegated authorities. Even experienced militaries dedicated to complying with international law still ... and operational approaches could make a significant difference. The United States has successfully demonstrated this in its own operations. In Afghanistan, US and international forces reduced harm ... harm has increasingly become a strategic challenge to military operations. It can undercut security by damaging legitimacy and alliances. Adversaries exploit civilian casualties in their fundraising

Ukraine: China's Burning Bridge to Europe?

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Elizabeth Wishnick analyzes how the Russia-Ukraine war will impact China’s Belt and Road Initiative projects and access to the European market.

threatened to withhold deliveries of 500,000 vaccine doses unless Ukraine unsigned the document (although China denies this). With the disbursement of a $5 billion loan from the International Monetary ... relations, American officials have sought to limit China's military investments in Ukraine in recent years. During the Trump administration, National Security Advisor John Bolton traveled to Ukraine ... opted to abstain on the U.N. Security Council resolution condemning Russia's action. China has never officially recognized the Russian annexation and Chinese high-level officials are barred from

cna talks: Chinese Arctic Investment, Part II

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The second of a two-part episode on the podcast CNA Talks discusses China’s Arctic investment and laws in Arctic nations to regulate foreign direct investment.

and regulation of the global commons, international law and treaties, the law of armed conflict and homeland security. Rosen is a retired Navy captain who served with the Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps as an international law attorney and military planner. Cara Thuringer is a research specialist at CNA with expertise in environmental analysis, water resource management, climate change studies, and communications. She supports CNA’s   Military Advisory Board (MAB) , an elite group of retired military flag officers, as they investigate the national security implications of the global

cna talks: Chinese Arctic Investment, Part I

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The first of a two-part episode on the podcast CNA Talks discusses China’s Arctic investment and laws in Arctic nations to regulate foreign direct investment.

and regulation of the global commons, international law and treaties, the law of armed conflict and homeland security. Rosen is a retired Navy captain who served with the Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps as an international law attorney and military planner. Cara Thuringer is a research specialist at CNA with expertise in environmental analysis, water resource management, climate change studies, and communications. She supports CNA’s   Military Advisory Board (MAB) , an elite group of retired military flag officers, as they investigate the national security implications of: global

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.

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 ... and to build capacity and resilience in the field of maritime security. Recent strategic guidance from the Biden Administration also reiterates the U.S. intention to “reinforce our partnership with Pacific

Why Pandemics Are National Security Threats

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COVID-19 is a nontraditional threat that has affected U.S. national security in both direct and indirect ways.

Why Pandemics Are National Security Threats COVID-19 is a nontraditional threat that has affected U.S. national security in both direct and indirect ways. /images/InDepth/Post85.png Why Pandemics Are National Security Threats 85 Pamela Faber Pamela Faber is a senior research scientist in Countering Threats and Challenges at CNA. She is an expert in security and development in conflict ... be scientifically understood and countered, its evolution is well outside the values, norms and behaviors we ascribe to traditional adversaries. This nontraditional threat has affected U.S. national security

ai with ai: A Mind Forever Voyaging Part 2

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OpenAI has trained an unsupervised language model that can perform basic reading comprehension, summarize text, answer questions, and generate coherent paragraphs; as Andy and Dave discuss, the bigger news came from OpenAI's decision to release a less-capable version of the GPT-2 model, "for the good of humanity," as one news site claimed. IBM's Project Debater lost a debate with champion debater Harish Natarajan, but more of the audience said Project Debater better enriched their knowledge on the topic. Princeton and Microsoft announce NAIL, an agent for playing general interactive fiction (such as the Zork series), and consisting of multiple Decision Modules for performing various tasks. Columbia University takes a step toward reconstructing speech directly from the brain's auditory cortex, by temporarily placing electrodes in patients and having them listen to spoken numbers. DARPA announces SAIL-ON, the Science of Artificial Intelligence and Learning for Open-world Novelty, in an attempt to help AI adapt to constantly changing conditions. DARPA's Systematizing Confidence in Open Research and Evidence (SCORE) promises $7.6M to the Center for Open Science, for leading the charge on reproducibility. The Animal-AI Olympics hopes to create a survival-of-the-fittest for AI approach to the animal kingdom. Facebook releases ELF OpenGo, an open-source implementation of DeepMind's AlphaZero. Neuroscientists from Case Western Reserve discover an entirely new form of neural communication that works through electrical fields and can function over gaps in severed tissues. The Nufffield Foundation and the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence released a report on the Ethical and Societal Implications of Algorithms, Data, and AI. Technology for Global Security and Center for Global Security and Research join forces to understand and manage risks to international security and warfare, as posed by AI-related tech. A short review in Science looks at brain circuitry and learning, and Andy pulls DeepMind's look at Neuroscience-inspired AI paper from 2017. Research examines engineering-based design methodology for embedding ethics in autonomous robots, while another paper assesses the local interpretability of machine learning methods. Jeff Erickson releases a textbook on Algorithms; Daniel Shiffman publishes The Nature of Code; and Jason Brownlee offers up Clever Algorithms – Nature-Inspired Programming Recipes. A video from This Week in Machine Learning and AI dissects the controversy surrounding OpenAI's GPT-2 model. And finally, two websites offer up faces of fictional people.

. The Nufffield Foundation and the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence released a report on the Ethical and Societal Implications of Algorithms, Data, and AI. Technology for Global Security and Center for Global Security and Research join forces to understand and manage risks to international security and warfare, as posed by AI-related tech. A short review in Science looks at brain