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Nov 7, 2024 | cna.org | Dawn Thomas |David Kaufman

A wildfire on the Island of Maui. A tropical storm in North Carolina and a Category 1 hurricane in northern Georgia. Extreme heat in New England. Extreme cold, snow, and ice in the South. Changing hazard risks are blindsiding many locations in the United States, as unfamiliar disasters expose previously unseen vulnerabilities in our infrastructure and preparedness. Many places in New England do not have air conditioning, and roads are designed to withstand cycles of cold rather than extreme heat.

Apr 3, 2024 | cna.org | Joshua Tallis

Today marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. In honor of the occasion, we’re reprinting this article with permission from the U.S. Naval Institute, originally published in Proceedings Online. As the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) marks its 75th anniversary, the alliance and its navies are entering a period of much-needed revitalization.

Nov 15, 2023 | cna.org | Michael O Connell

Download full report The Russian military has spent much of the last decade attempting to rebuild the capabilities of its Space Forces (Kosmicheskie voyska Rossii, or KV) after decades of neglect by upgrading and expanding its constellations of satellites and ground-based space infrastructure.

Nov 14, 2023 | cna.org | David Finkelstein

This week, President Biden and President Xi Jinping of China will meet in San Francisco on the fringes of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference. High on Washington’s agenda is reaching agreement to move forward with military-to-military engagement, which has been reduced by the People’s Liberation Army to perfunctory levels since August 2022.

Oct 24, 2023 | cna.org | Andrey Baklitskiy

Download full report Outer space has always occupied an important place in thinking about nuclear weapons. Be it the development of nuclear forces, arms control efforts, or the concept of strategic stability, the space dimension has been impossible to ignore. Its importance is especially pronounced in the case of the world’s two nuclear superpowers. Space systems are integral to nuclear and conventional capabilities in both the United States and Russia.