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NSS Event September 29 2022

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Critical minerals are vital to US National Security, and the government is investing in supplies, a panel from DOD and USGS told CNA’s National Security Seminar.

for national security ( see recording here ). The seminar featured Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Resilience and Industrial Base Policy Halimah Najieb-Locke and Dr. Sarah Ryker, Associate Director ... on the cross-sector uses of critical minerals in US industry, both to avoid counterproductive domestic competition and to ensure efficient use towards national priorities. US Defense Policy and Critical ... , Vice President of CNA’s Strategy, Policy, Plans, and Programs division. Critical Minerals and Competition The conversation covered a variety of issues related to critical minerals, including

intersections: Issue 11, November 2024

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Intersections is a CNA news digest of China’s efforts to acquire Western technology, and U.S. and partner efforts to protect that technology for national security.

for this year's iteration. The event, which is cohosted by the PLA Air Force and the Guangdong provincial government, is a high-profile display of aerospace and defense technologies that the PLA wants to showcase ... and dual-use electronics, stated that it plans to display a new low-altitude radar defense system intended for use in counter-drone operations. Of note, in 2021, Science and Technology Daily ... and slow-flying small targets gives it an advantage over other air defense systems in detecting drones. Although the maturity and efficacy of such counter-drone systems remains to be seen

Linda Petrone

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of the Secretary of Defense as the director of Intelligence Strategy, Policy, and Integration. She was responsible for strategic oversight of eight defense intelligence organizations, development of a broad range of policy guidance, and ensuring the alignment and integration of defense and national intelligence priorities. Previously, Petrone served at the National Reconnaissance Office, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and as an intelligence program analyst at the Defense Intelligence Agency. As a naval intelligence officer, she served as a briefer for the Secretary of Defense

china ai and autonomy report: Issue 19, July 28, 2022

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The China AI and Autonomy Report, issue 19, is a biweekly newsletter published by CNA, on artificial intelligence and autonomy in China.

overwhelming Russia’s air defense systems, and the Russian military’s inability to obtain a sufficient supply of UAVs for the war effort. We also cover several PLA Daily articles examining intelligent ... online media outlet The Paper reprinted an article by a researcher from the Space Intelligence and Information Research Institute, an organization subordinate to the defense industry conglomerate ... helicopters, and 1,308 UAVs belonging to the Ukrainian military. The article further highlights that Russian air defense systems are "performing well and effectively supporting the expansion of Russia's

pla update: Issue 15, October 23, 2023

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PLA Update, Issue 15, is a CNA China Studies Program monthly newsletter, with summaries of Chinese media coverage of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA).

addressing how cutting-edge technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), may be developed for military and defense applications. DOCTRINAL ISSUES NDU Official Discusses Core Skills for Joint Force Commanders The political commissar at the PLA National Defense University's Joint Operations College identified four areas for improvement in joint education and training. On September 26 ... . The issuance of the provisional regulations follows a series of policy changes made to the management of the PLA's civilian employees since 2005 that appear aimed at rectifying retention issues

intersections: Issue 4, June 2023

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Intersections, Issue 4, CNA news digest of China’s efforts to acquire Western technology, U.S. and partner efforts to protect technology for national security.

Republic of China's (PRC) technology acquisition efforts, US and partner nation responses to those efforts, and the critical and emerging technology risks for the US defense industrial base. This issue covers recent legal, policy, and institutional changes by Beijing, the details of which have become public following the PRC's Two Sessions meetings in March 2023. Although diverse in nature, taken ... , and for S&T, to give these bodies broad authority over PRC financial and S&T policy, respectively, and to place both directly under the CCP Central Committee as CCP bodies—rather than as PRC governmental

russian media analysis: Issue 5, December 5, 2021

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Russian Perspectives on Western Military Activities

minister of defense and now chair of the Defense Committee of the Russian Duma—discusses the current security situation and Russia's relations with the West. The discussion focuses on the Ukraine ... for US-Russian arms control are slim. 5. Threats to Russia from US missile defense and space policies Several articles in trade publications discuss US policies on missile defense and in space as a potential threat to Russia. A set of articles by Vadim Koziulin profile US global missile defense efforts, arguing that the architecture as it is evolving is acquiring offensive capabilities and thus

intersections: Issue 3, March 2023

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Intersections, Issue 3, CNA news digest of China’s efforts to acquire Western technology, U.S. and partner efforts to protect technology for national security.

Republic of China's (PRC's) technology acquisition efforts, US and partner nation responses to these efforts, and the critical and emerging technology risks for the US defense industrial base. This issue features a section on the actions US allies and partners are taking to secure supply chains for critical minerals vital to their national security. We also cover recent examples of policy measures ... a critical mineral as one that is "necessary for the manufacture of high technology devices, national defense applications, and green growth-related industries," yet "is at risk for supply disruption

Andrew Mara joins CNA as Vice President and Director for Systems, Tactics, and Force Development

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CNA welcomes Andrew Mara as the new Vice President and Director of the Systems, Tactics, and Force Development (STF) Division.

and was an AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the Center for Technology and National Security Policy at the National Defense University. Arlington, VA ... CNA after 10 years in the Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE) office within the Office of the Secretary of Defense, where he most recently served as Deputy Director of CAPE’s Capability ... of California, San Diego. Dr. Mara will lead the CNA division responsible for providing classical warfare analyses at the tactical level to the U.S. Navy and Department of Defense. CNA’s Systems, Tactics

State of Russian Chinese Defense Cooperation

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In this CNA Occasional Paper, Russian East Asia expert Vasily Kashin examines the current state of Russian-Chinese defense and security cooperation, Russia’s approach to developing it, and the possible outcomes of a further Russia-China rapprochement. He highlights the historical antecedents to the unprecedently long period of close ties between the two countries, focusing on the mutual advantages derived by both countries from defense industrial cooperation. The paper describes the gradually depending nature of bilateral military cooperation across a number of domains, including arms sales and joint exercises. The paper also addresses Russia’s evolving views on China’s increasing global role and the potential for an even closer Russia-China strategic alliance in the future, concluding that although the two countries are not ready for Western-style cooperation in defense technology, they are gradually moving toward a security partnership characterized by greater integration and interdependence.

State of Russian Chinese Defense Cooperation The Current State of Russian-Chinese Defense Cooperation In this CNA Occasional Paper, Russian East Asia expert Vasily Kashin examines the current state of Russian-Chinese defense and security cooperation, Russia’s approach to developing it, and the possible outcomes of a further Russia-China rapprochement. He highlights the historical antecedents to the unprecedently long period of close ties between the two countries, focusing on the mutual advantages derived by both countries from defense industrial cooperation. The paper describes the gradually