Podcast appearances and mentions of Elsa B Kania

CNAS adjunct senior fellow Elsa B. Kania breaks down the military and political implications of artificial intelligence. She discusses the scope of military applications, battlefield "singularity" and the speed of decision-making, human vs autonomous weapons systems, AI competition with China, public-private partnerships, governance of AI, and how AI should affect strategy, among other topics. Show NotesElsa B. Kania bioElsa B. Kania and Lorand Lasaki, “A Sharper Approach to China's Military-Civil Fusion Strategy Begins by Dispelling Myths,” Defense One, February 4, 2021.Elsa B. Kania and Joe McReynolds, “The Biden Administration Should Review and Rebuild the Trump Administration's China Initiative From the Ground Up,” Lawfare, February 22, 2021.Elsa B. Kania and Lorand Lasaki, “Myths and Realities of China's Military-Civil Fusion Strategy,” Center for a New American Security, January 28, 2021.Elsa B. Kania and John Costello, “Quantum Hegemony? China's Ambitions and the Challenge to U.S. Innovation Leadership,” Center for a New American Security, September 12, 2018. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Over the past two decades, China has transformed its People’s Liberation Army (PLA) through a holistic approach — modernizing its weaponry, force structure, and approaches to warfare, to include operations in the cyber and space domains, while improving its professional military education. Although Russia remains a near-peer threat, China has ascended to become the United States’ lone pacing threat. The PLA’s momentous progress in warfighting capabilities and concepts, coupled with its whole-of-nation approach to competition, crisis, and conflict, enables it to challenge the United States across all domains and the Diplomatic, Information, Military, and Economic spheres. Army Mad Scientist interviewed the seven world-class SMEs regarding our near peer threat to learn How China Fights: Ian Sullivan serves as the Senior Advisor for Analysis and ISR to the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-2, at the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC G2). He is responsible for the analysis that defines and the narrative that explains the Army’s Operational Environment, which supports integration across doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership and education, personnel, facilities, and policy. Mr. Sullivan is a frequent and valued contributor to the Mad Scientist Laboratory, including the previous episode in this series, How Russia Fights. Peter Wood is a program manager and defense analyst at Blue Path Labs, a strategic advisory firm. He previously edited China Brief, a publication of the Jamestown Foundation. He has an M.A. from the Hopkins-Nanjing Center for Chinese and American Studies (HNC) and a B.A. in Political Science from Texas Tech University. He is proficient in Chinese. Elsa B. Kania is an Adjunct Senior Fellow with the Technology and National Security Program at CNAS. Her research focuses on Chinese military strategy, military innovation, and emerging technologies. Her book, Fighting to Innovate, should be forthcoming with the Naval Institute Press in 2022. At CNAS, Ms. Kania has contributed to the Artificial Intelligence and Global Security Initiative and the “Securing Our 5G Future” program, while acting as a member of the Digital Freedom Forum and the research team for the Task Force on Artificial Intelligence and National Security. Ms. Kania is a Ph.D. candidate in Harvard University’s Department of Government. She is also a graduate of Harvard College and has received a Master of Arts

On August 27, 2020, the CNAS Technology and National Security Program hosted a virtual discussion on regaining momentum in 5G through the use of open interfaces and modular architecture. It was held in conjunction with the release of the CNAS report, "Open Future: The Way Forward on 5G." This event featured Elsa B. Kania, Adjunct Senior Fellow at CNAS, Yuka Koshino, Research Fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, Schuyler Moore, Board Member at Young Professionals in Foreign Policy, and Martijn Rasser, Senior Fellow at CNAS. This event was moderated by Ainikki Riikonen, Research Assistant at CNAS.

On May 15, President Trump issued an executive order designed to protect the United States from security vulnerabilities in the global communications technology supply chain. What took so long? Does the order go too far—or not far enough—in addressing threats to America's 5G security? Paul Scharre and Elsa B. Kania join Megan Lamberth to discuss what the order means, how it might affect U.S. partners in Europe and companies like Huawei, and more.

CNAS Adjunct Senior Fellow Elsa B. Kania joins Dr. Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Rachel Rizzo to discuss 5G technology and its implications for transatlantic security. Elsa B. Kania broadly explains 5G, how it will affect societies’ economic futures, and the current state of the ‘race’ to adopt next generation networks. They also discuss Huawei, the support it receives from the Chinese government, and the advantages it gives back—as well as whether Huawei is actually as far ahead of its competition as it has touted in the past.

„Sicherheitshalber“ ist der Podcast zur sicherheitspolitischen Lage in Deutschland, Europa und der Welt. In Folge 9 diskutieren Thomas Wiegold, Ulrike Franke, Carlo Masala und Frank Sauer den Zustand der deutschen sicherheitspolitischen Debatte(-nlandschaft). Als zweites Thema erörtern die vier, ob es Menschen ohne deutschen Pass erlaubt sein sollte, bei der Bundeswehr Dienst zu tun. Am Ende steht wie immer der “Sicherheitshinweis”, der kurze Fingerzeig auf aktuelle, sicherheitspolitisch einschlägige Themen und Entwicklungen. Deutsche sicherheitspolitische Debatte: 00:01:51 EU-Staatsbürger in die Bundeswehr: 00:39:05 Sicherheitshinweis: 00:53:52 Erwähnte und weiterführende Interviews, Literatur und Dokumente: Thema 1 - Die deutsche sicherheitspolitische Debatte Nora Müller: Den Schuß nicht gehört, ZEIT online, 22. Januar 2019, https://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2019-01/aussenpolitik-deutschland-europa-vereinte-nationen-internationale-verantwortung Hans-Ulrich Klose, Welt und Wahlkreis. Warum es uns an außenpolitischen Experten mangelt, Internationale Politik, 1. November 2012 https://zeitschrift-ip.dgap.org/de/ip-die-zeitschrift/archiv/jahrgang-2012/november-dezember/welt-und-wahlkreis Stephen Walt, The Hell of Good Intentions, America's Foreign Policy Elite and the Decline of U.S. Primacy, Oktober 2018, https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374280031 Deutschlandfunk, Wadephul (CDU) für Militär-Einsatz im Mittleren und Nahen Osten, 7. Februar 2019 https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/anti-is-kampf-wadephul-cdu-fuer-militaer-einsatz-im.694.de.html?dram:article_id=440387 Hanns Maull, Auf leisen Sohlen aus der Aussenpolitik? Internationale Politik, 1. September 2003, https://zeitschrift-ip.dgap.org/de/ip-die-zeitschrift/archiv/jahrgang-2003/september/auf-leisen-sohlen-aus-der-au%C3%9Fenpolitik Sarah Brockmeier / Philipp Rotmann, Krieg vor der Haustür, Januar 2019, http://dietz-verlag.de/isbn/9783801205485/Krieg-vor-der-Haustuer-Die-Gewalt-in-Europas-Nachbarschaft-und-was-wir-dagegen-tun-koennen-Sarah-Brockmeier-Philipp-Rotmann Der neue Kalte Krieg. Mehr Atomwaffen für Europa? Arte dokumentation. https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/082249-000-A/der-neue-kalte-krieg/ Ulrike Franke: Germany’s defence policy: still living in dreamland, ECFR, 21. September 2018, https://www.ecfr.eu/article/commentary_germanys_defence_policy_still_living_in_dreamland Thema 2 - Öffnung der Bundeswehr für Ausländer Tagesspiegel Causa (Theresa Rohrhirsch): Ausländer für die Bundeswehr? Diskussion zwischen Henning Otte und Carlo Masala, 14. August 2018, https://causa.tagesspiegel.de/politik/auslaender-fuer-die-bundeswehr Augengeradeaus.net, Dauerprüfung: EU-Staatsbürger in die Bundeswehr, 27. Dezember 2018, https://augengeradeaus.net/2018/12/dauerpruefung-eu-staatsbuerger-in-die-bundeswehr/ Sicherheitshinweise: Franzosische Cyberdoktrin https://www.defense.gouv.fr/actualites/articles/cyberdefense-la-france-passe-a-l-offensive Daniel Voelsen: 5G, Huawei und die Sicherheit unserer Kommunikationsnetze, SWP Aktuell Nr. 5, Februar 2019, https://www.swp-berlin.org/fileadmin/contents/products/aktuell/2019A05_job.pdf Elsa B. Kania: Why China’s Military Wants to Beat the US to a Next-Gen Cell Network, Defense One, 8. Februar 2019, https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2019/01/why-chinas-military-wants-beat-us-next-gen-cell-network/154009/ Maximiliane Koschyk, Austin Davis, Kann Deutschland sein NATO-Versprechen halten? Deutsche Welle, 6 Februar 2019 https://www.dw.com/de/kann-deutschland-sein-nato-versprechen-halten/a-47392762 Augengeradeaus.net, Deutsche Meldung an die NATO: Schaut nicht nur aufs Geld, 6 Februar 2019, https://augengeradeaus.net/2019/02/deutsche-meldung-an-die-nato-schaut-nicht-nur-aufs-geld/

China is positioning itself as a powerhouse in quantum science, posing a challenge to U.S. national security and innovation leadership. Elsa B. Kania, an Adjunct Fellow at CNAS, and John Costello, former Co-Founder and Director Emeritus of the China Cyber and Intelligence Studies Institute, join Paul Scharre for a discussion on China's ambitions in quantum development and their recent report, "Quantum Hegemony."

This is a special episode of the Bionic Bug Podcast streamed LIVE on YouTube on November 12 at 7:00PM EST. Join me for a riveting interview with Mr. Samuel Bendett to talk AI and Robotics. Mr. Bennett is currently a researcher at the Center for Naval Analyses and specializes in robotics and Russia. He is also a Fellow in Russia Studies at the American Foreign Policy Council. Mr. Bendett has over 15 years of program and project management experience with US government, Department of Defense and private sector. Currently conducting research on the Russian defense and security issues, as well as the emergence of unmanned warfare. Formerly an Assistant Research Fellow at the National Defense University, working on emerging and disruptive technology for the Department of Defense policy development and concept of operations. If you’re interested in reading more, check out some of Sam’s latest articles: Samuel Bendett, "Here’s How the Russian Military Is Organizing to Develop AI,” Defense One, 20 July 2018. Samuel Bendett, "In AI, Russia Is Hustling to Catch Up,” Defense One, 4 April 2018. Samuel Bendett and Elsa B. Kania, "Chinese and Russian Defense Innovation, with American Characteristics? Military Innovation, Commercial Technologies, and Great Power Competition,” Strategy Bridge, 2 August 2018. The views expressed on this podcast are my own and do not reflect the official policy or position of the National Defense University, the Department of Defense or the U.S. Government.

Join Kara Frederick, from the Technology and National Security program at CNAS, in a discussion with Mary Wareham, Paul Scharre, and Elsa B. Kania on the key takeaways of the fifth meeting of the UN GGE for the CCW in Geneva.