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3 weeks ago | 
thedispatch.com | Michael Reneau |Bill Drexel |Paul Miller |Joseph Roche
Hi and happy Sunday. With India’s importance in geopolitics rising—perhaps in no small part to its charismatic leader, Narendra Modi—it may be easy to assume the Hindu nationalist political project he has become the leader of is something akin to Christian nationalist movements in the U.S. That’s not the case, the Hudson Institute’s Bill Drexel writes in today’s Dispatch Faith.
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2 months ago | 
cnas.org | Bill Drexel |Paul Scharre |Jim Townsend |Pablo Chavez
During the Biden administration’s closing days, the Commerce Department issued sweeping technology export controls, placing new limits on the export of advanced AI chips. The rules divided countries into three tiers. The top rung, Tier 1, allows a select group of 18 US allies and partners broad latitude to import and deploy advanced AI chips. Tier 2 countries — the vast majority of the world’s nations – face much more stringent restrictions.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
foreignpolicy.com | Bill Drexel |Ruby Scanlon
Argument An expert's point of view on a current event. Visitors interact with an immersive light and AI display at the "Modern Guru and the Path to Artificial Happiness" exhibition by Australian art studio Eness at the Icon Siam shopping mall in Bangkok on Dec. 2.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Pablo Chavez |Bill Drexel |Ruby Scanlon
Imagine if the U.S. Federal Reserve based its monetary policy on cryptocurrency’s speculative hype—or the Defense Department bet its manufacturing future on the overexcitement for 3D printing in the 2010s that never panned out. As detailed in a memorandum on artificial intelligence released on Oct.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Paul Scharre |Vivek Chilukuri |Geoffrey Gertz |Bill Drexel
Section 1. Policy. (a) This memorandum fulfills the directive set forth in subsection 4.8 of Executive Order 14110 of October 30, 2023 (Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence).
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Bill Drexel |Billal Rahman
The integrity of U.S. election systems has been a focal point of concern since foreign interference was uncovered in the 2016 presidential election. Synack, a cyber security company founded by former members of the National Security Agency, has hired 1,600 ethical hackers to test the security of government institutions and corporations. The company is also bolstering security at remote voting systems for the U.S. elections to prevent interference by bad actors from hostile states.
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Sep 7, 2024 | 
sundayguardianlive.com | Bill Drexel
Vivekananda’s talent for amplifying ancient wisdom to a globalized world takes on new urgency with emerging technologies. This week will mark one hundred and thirty-one years since Swami Vivekananda electrified the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago with his opening speech reintroducing Hinduism to the world—a watershed moment for both Indian nationalism and Indian spiritual traditions alike.
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Sep 5, 2024 | 
lawfaremedia.org | Bill Drexel |Grace Yuan Gao
Matriculation season has arrived, and it may mark the 15th consecutive academic year that Chinese students make up the largest share of America’s foreign university students. While surveys won’t immediately provide confirmation of total numbers, one thing is certain: China will remain a vital source of university students for years to come.
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Sep 5, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Andrea Kendall-Taylor |Lisa Curtis |Anna Pederson |Bill Drexel
Matriculation season has arrived, and it may mark the 15th consecutive academic year that Chinese students make up the largest share of America’s foreign university students. While surveys won’t immediately provide confirmation of total numbers, one thing is certain: China will remain a vital source of university students for years to come.
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Aug 16, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Bill Drexel |Khushboo Razdan
“The DoD requires labyrinthine approvals and can be subject to all sorts of hold-ups due to ordinary bureaucratic delays,” according to Bill Drexel of the Centre for a New American Security, a Washington-based think tank. “That said, with the blowback from the announcement that Hesai may be removed from the blacklist, it seems likely that the decision is coming under some further scrutiny internally,” said Drexel.
