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CNA Veterans on Their Missions—in the Military and at CNA

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Eight veterans describe the connections between their work at CNA and their years of service in the US Navy, Marine Corps, and Army.

look no further than CNA. That has been my experience, and I consider the work I have done here as an extension of that first oath I took so many years ago on the Plain at West Point. David

China’s New Military Leadership

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By examining the newly selected leaders of China’s Central Military Commission (CMC), their backgrounds and professional competencies, we can better understand how they may influence the trajectory of the PLA’s development over the next five years.

decision-making, to the potential detriment of other services and the development of joint operational capability. For a more detailed analysis of the 20th Congress by David Finkelstein and other CNA

Flights of Analysis: As an analytical organization, TOPGUN is a model

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Just in time for Top Gun: Maverick, Jason Thomas explores the history of the TOPGUN fighter pilot school and CNA analysis of fighter tactics there.

dissect everything from content to font size and haircut.” David Doll, the analyst at TOPGUN from 2014 to 2017, recalled in a monthly field letter to CNA headquarters a particular murder board in which

Law Enforcement-Community Engagement

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As law enforcement agencies navigate the COVID-19 pandemic and increased calls for social justice, agencies with robust community engagement programs have had more successful public health education efforts.

a second language—including Spanish, Somali, Arabic, Polish, Hmong and Vietnamese. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, HCSO, under the leadership of Sheriff David Hutchinson, saw the continuing need to build

Washington Takes a Stand in the South China Sea

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In 2020, a senior U.S. government official used blunt language to publicly accuse Beijing of making unlawful maritime claims, and Washington finally began punishing companies that assist in China’s illegal island building.

Secretary of State David Stilwell accused China of "gangster tactics" in the South China Sea. Why did all of this happen? Seemingly, this new policy approach had been in the works for some time

Russia’s Role in the Libyan Civil War

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Russian state intervention in Libya's civil war has changed significantly in recent months.

Russia’s Role in the Libyan Civil War Russian state intervention in Libya's civil war has changed significantly in recent months. /images/InDepth/Post23.jpg Russia’s Role in the Libyan Civil War 23 David Knoll and Pamela Faber Russian state intervention in Libya’s civil war has changed significantly in recent months, as reflected in Kate Baughman’s recent InDepth post on Russian activities in Libya. This follow-on commentary covers the implications of Russian activities on the Libyan conflict. An increase in Russian activity in Libya could alter the war’s outcome, intensifying

cna talks: ISIS Tactics

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The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has received a lot of attention for their innovative tactics on and off the battlefield including their messaging, media activities and technology use. How innovative are they really? And, how should the U.S. and allies react? Listen along as Dr. Eric Thompson talks with four of CNA's experts to discuss what you need to know about ISIS's tactics. Topics include: ISIS's use of social media ISIS's use of drones, car bombs and tunnels The importance of holding territory ISIS's affiliates The effects of and reasons for barbarity The transfer of knowledge online The role of virtual technology

and CNA's Special Operations Program. He is an expert in counterterrorism, counterinsurgency, stability operations, operations assessment, Afghanistan, Pakistan and the Middle East. Dr. David Knoll

cna talks: Foreign Policy Advice for the New Administration

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In light of this month’s presidential transition, six CNA analysts sat down to discuss foreign policy advice for the next administration. From Asia to Europe to the Middle East, the commentators covered some of the key areas of concern for the upcoming year and beyond. Topics included: North Korea’s nuclear capabilities Russia’s relationships with NATO, Syria and Turkey The Iran nuclear deal Chinese national interests The South China Sea Cyber threats Listen in for informed analysis on China, North Korea, Russia and more.

) and Chief Financial Officer for the U.S. Department of Defense. Dr. Michael Connell is a Middle East specialist and the director of CNA’s Adversary Analytics Program. Dr. David Finkelstein is the vice

ai with ai: All Good Things

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For the final (for now?) episode of AI with AI, Andy and Dave discuss the latest in AI news and research, including a political declaration from the US Department of State on the responsible military use of AI and autonomy. NATO begins work on an AI certification standard. The IEEE introduces a new program that provides free access to AI ethics and governance standards. Reported in February, but performed in December, A joint Dept of Defense team performed 12 flight tests (over 17 hours) in which AI agents piloted Lockheed Martin’s X-62A VISTA, an F-16 variant. Andy provides a run-down of a large number of recent ChatGPT-related stories. Wolfram “explains” how ChatGPT works. Paul Scharre publishes Four Battlegrounds: Power in the Age of AI. And to come full circle, we began this podcast 6 years ago with the story of AlphaGo beating the world champion. So we close the podcast with news that a non-professional Go player, Kellin Pelrine, beat a top AI system 14 games to one having discovered a ‘not super-difficult method for humans to beat the machines. A heartfelt thanks to you all for listening over the years!

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ai with ai: Drawing Outside the Box

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Andy and Dave discuss the latest in AI-related news and research, including a bill from the EU that will make it easier for people to sue AI companies for harm or damages caused by AI-related technologies. The US Office of S&T Policy releases a Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights, which further lays the groundwork for potential legislation. The US signs the AI Training for the Acquisition Workforce Act into law, requiring federal acquisition officials to receive training on AI, and it requires OMB to work with GSA to develop the curriculum. Various top robot companies pledge not to add weapons to their technologies and to work actively at not allowing their robots to be used for such purposes. Telsa reveals its Optimus robot at its AI Day. DARPA will hold a proposal session on 14 November for its AI Reinforcements effort. OpenAI makes DALL-E available for everybody, and Playground offers access to both DALL-E and Stable Diffusion. OpenAI also makes available the results of an NLP Community Meta survey in conjunction with NY University, providing AI researchers’ views on a variety of AI-related efforts and trends. And Nathan Benaich and Ian Hogarth release the State of AI Report 2022, which covers a summary of everything from research, politics, safety, as well as some specific predictions for 2023. In research, DeepMind uses AlphaZero to explore matrix multiplication and discovers a slightly faster algorithm implementation for 4x4 matrices. Two research efforts look at turning text into video. Meta discusses its Make-A-Video for turning text prompts into video, leveraging text-to-image generators like DALL-E. And Google Brain discusses its Imagen Video (along with Phenaki, which produces long videos from a sequence of text prompts). The Foundation of Robotics is the open-access book of the week from Damith Herath and David St-Onge. And the video of the week addresses AI and the Application of AI in Force Structure, with LtGen (ret) Groen, Dr. Sam Tangredi, and Mr. Brett Vaughan joining in on the discussion for a symposium at the US Naval Institute.

is the open-access book of the week from Damith Herath and David St-Onge. And the video of the week addresses AI and the Application of AI in Force Structure, with LtGen (ret) Groen, Dr. Sam Tangredi