Frances Townsend
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Cyber Warfare
June 6, 2024
First Principles for Ensuring American AI Leadership
The United States and China are locked in a high-stakes competition for global technological leadership. Central to this contest is artificial...
Frances Townsend • RealClearDefense
Cyber Warfare
June 29, 2021
Talk Must Turn Into Action To Combat China's Growing Tech Influence
President Biden's first foreign trip rightly focused on the areas in which the United States and Europe can cooperate and address the challenges...
Frances Townsend • RealClearDefense
Cyber Warfare
September 9, 2020
Foreign Technological Interests Increasingly Threaten U.S. Security
As the battle for global tech dominance intensifies, so too does the threat to America’s national security interests. For years, the United States has...
Frances Townsend • RealClearDefense
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