Paul Scharre
Foreign Policy
Alexandria, VA, United States
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Past articles by Paul:
Decoupling Wastes U.S. Leverage on China
Keeping Chinese firms dependent on Western chips is a better strategy. → Read More
Israel Deploys Remote-Controlled Robotic Guns in West Bank
Developing strong, pragmatic and principled national security and defense policies. → Read More
How to Stop Putin Without Starting WWIII
The greatest risk the United States and European countries face right now is mission creep from their own desire to do more. → Read More
AI and International Stability: Risks and Confidence-Building Measures
Exploring the potential use of confidence-building measures built around the shared interests that all countries have in preventing inadvertent war. → Read More
Esper's Convenient Lie
The defense secretary's claim that the two decades of countering violent extremism left the U.S. under-prepared for a near-peer fight doesn’t hold water. → Read More
Ainikki Riikonen
Ainikki Riikonen is a research assistant with the Technology and National Security Program at the Center for a New American Security. → Read More
The Defense Department Needs a Real Technology Strategy
To succeed in a long-term competition with China, the Department needs a transparent process to set spending priorities — not conflicting guidance and a shifting range of interests. → Read More
The Real Dangers of an AI Arms Race
The real danger of an AI arms race isn't that another country would win; it's that unsafe technologies would make everyone lose. → Read More
Podcast: The Autocrat’s New Tool Kit
Developing strong, pragmatic and principled national security and defense policies. → Read More
Congress Can Help the United States Lead in Artificial Intelligence
The United States is falling behind when it comes to AI. Here’s how a new congressional commission can ensure that Washington catches up. → Read More
CNAS’ Scharre, Lockheed’s Maxwell on Onyx Exoskeleton and Super Soldiers
Developing strong, pragmatic and principled national security and defense policies. → Read More
Super Soldiers: Summary of Findings and Recommendations
Developing strong, pragmatic and principled national security and defense policies. → Read More
The US Military Must Lighten Warfighters’ Loads
Five suggestions to reduce injury and increase combat efficiency. → Read More
A Million Mistakes a Second
Ultrafast computing is critical to modern warfare. But it also ensures a lot could go very wrong, very quickly. → Read More
The U.S. Military Should Not Be Doubling Down on Space
Satellites are only getting harder to defend. The Pentagon needs to find a better way to do its C4ISR and precision-navigation-timing missions. → Read More
Strategic Competition in an Era of Artificial Intelligence
Developing strong, pragmatic and principled national security and defense policies. → Read More
Paul Scharre
Paul Scharre is a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security and author of the forthcoming book "Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War," to be published in April 2018. → Read More
CNAS Launches Artificial Intelligence Task Force
Developing strong, pragmatic and principled national security and defense policies. → Read More
Debating Slaughterbots and the Future of Autonomous Weapons
People can look at the same technology and disagree about how it will shape the future, explains Paul Scharre as he shares a final perspective on the Slaughterbots debate → Read More
Australian Strategic Policy Institute's International Cyber Policy Centre to host CNAS adjunct fellow Elsa Kania as a 2018 Fulbright Specialist
Developing strong, pragmatic and principled national security and defense policies. → Read More