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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.

Protecting Civilians in Gaza 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. /images ... wanting to protect civilians does not help a military achieve that goal. Rather, civilian protection requires specific capabilities and processes, incorporated into an adaptive, learning approach ... by identifying risk factors to civilians, developing and implementing operational adaptations that reduce harm, and assessing their effectiveness. And the US government, with its unique experience built up

Declining Demographics Challenge South Korea’s Defense

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South Korea’s low birth rate threatens to reduce its troop strength. Seoul is exploring options to compensate, with implications for the US-South Korea alliance.

of immigration—to maintain a stable population. All South Korean men between the ages of 18 and 35 are required to serve 18–24 months in the military, but the number of 20-year-old men conscripted ... that the South Korean military needs to onboard approximately 200,000 soldiers a year to sustain current troop levels. The demographic crisis has propelled South Korea’s Ministry of National Defense to look for alternative solutions, by increasing compulsory service recruitments and using modern weaponry in lieu of manpower. Expanding Options for Military Personnel The Ministry of National Defense has

Drones Over Ukraine

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Samuel Bendett explores how Russia and Ukraine have used unmanned aerial vehicles, especially commercial drones, throughout the war in Ukraine.

Over Ukraine 119 Samuel Bendett Samuel Bendett is an Advisor for CNA's Russia Studies Program . He is an expert on the Russian defense and technology developments, unmanned and autonomous military systems and artificial intelligence, as well as Russian military capabilities and decision-making. Over the past decade, there has been a massive growth in the development and use of military drones and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Drones are now an inescapable part of practically any military conflict and a key component of armies, militaries, security and defense forces, as well as non-state

“Covert” Troop Mobilization Fuels Russia’s War in Ukraine. Will It Last?

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Russia compensates for troop losses in Ukraine by using “covert” recruiting, including irregular, private, and contract forces—to avoid mobilizing reservists.

in the Kursk region. CNA’s recent report  Russian Military Mobilization During the Ukraine War , commissioned by the Russia Strategic Initiative of US European Command, examines Russian mobilization activities in detail, while gauging their effectiveness in sustaining Russian combat power through the first two years of the war. Although Moscow struggled at first to mobilize sufficient combat troops to maintain an effective military balance on the ground, Russia’s partial mobilization of 300,000 reservists in September 2022 and its later successes in recruiting additional contract soldiers

The Race for Sixth-Generation Fighter Supremacy: Pilots Aren’t Going Away

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Both China and the United States are signaling that their future sixth-generation fighter jets will team with unmanned drones but will still use human pilots.

advanced, tailless tactical combat aircraft—unofficially dubbed by Western military analysts as the J-50 and JH-XX —circulated on social media. Despite speculation in the PRC and international media that these were sixth-generation prototypes, neither the PRC government nor its military have confirmed this. While much remains uncertain about the two nations’ next-generation air weapon ... on observations of the fighting in Ukraine, US military commentators like David Barno and Nora Bensahel have argued that “masses of uncrewed drones have now wrested command of the air away from manned

Wrong War, Right Weapons: Lessons for the Next Conflict

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Precision-guided munitions contributed to Desert Storm’s sweeping success, but were developed for an adversary and battlefield nothing like the one faced in the Persian Gulf.

. This is what military planners call an “offset strategy.” Offsets address what appears to be a competition that is unwinnable — or winnable only at unacceptable cost — by changing the balance through ... . The Second Offset proposed advanced technology to provide better information on the battlefield and develop the ability to conduct precision strikes in order to improve combat effectiveness ... to targeting traditional military objectives. That does not mean they have been a panacea for every military requirement. U.S. forces relied on similar precision airpower to try to drive ISIS from the Syrian

Kaliningrad: Impregnable Fortress or “Russian Alamo”?

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Steve Wills examines the Russian Port City of Kaliningrad, its significance to the Russian Federation and how Finland’s acceptance into NATO has increased its isolation.

character as the leading edge of the USSR’s Baltic Military District and forward base of the Soviet Union’s Baltic Fleet from 1952 onward. The Soviet frigate Storozhevoy that mutinied and made ... , Kaliningrad’s military forces were relatively weak but got a significant boost by 2021 with heavy and diverse armaments—missiles, warships, armored vehicles, and troops. The latter consisted of the 11th ... a 2021 Center for Naval Analyses (CNA) report on the force posture of Russia’s Western Military District shows the depth of Russia’s militarization of the oblast. Source: Konrad Muzyka, Russian

Modernizing CNA

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CNA's Business Transformation Director describes how CNA is modernizing its IT and automating business processes for greater efficiency and advanced analysis.

, a new role was created at CNA: Business Transformation Director. It’s a role I have served in for three years, after more than 20 years as an analyst helping federal, state, and military organizations ... and increase both efficiency and effectiveness. Many processes like client invoice approval, completing security forms, and requesting editing support were formerly carried out over one-to-one email

Building Real Cooperation with South-East Asian Partners

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Since coming into office, the Biden administration has stressed the importance of partners and allies to its Indo-Pacific strategy as it shapes its approach toward competition with China.

, and Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana expects the two countries to reinforce the U.S.-Philippines Visiting Forces Agreement, allowing U.S. military personnel to continue operating from ... shown to have comparatively limited effectiveness . The U.S. is slowly beginning to ramp up its provision of Moderna and Pfizer vaccines to Southeast Asia as more supply becomes available

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.

the effectiveness of their counter-measures through highly visual propaganda of well-managed hospitals and campaigns to clean mosques .” Second, COVID-19 has amplified the risk factors for radicalization ... roundtables, military exercises and education , and diplomatic exchanges, have been canceled . Although some of these activities have been replaced with online alternatives, this shift may ultimately