Plus, the dangers of unchecked AI and how Congress will approach U.S.-China relations.
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March 1, 2025

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Image depicting The Pershing II, a mobile intermediate-range ballistic missile, is transported into Hanger C on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, Oct. 29, 2020.

The role of AI in nuclear decisionmaking

 

Chinese President Xi Jinping and former U.S. President Joe Biden agreed late in 2024 that artificial intelligence (AI) should never be empowered to decide to launch a nuclear war.

 

Michael O’Hanlon examines three cases from the U.S.-Soviet rivalry during the Cold War to predict what might have happened if AI had existed and been used to launch nuclear weapons or preempt an anticipated nuclear attack.

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ICYMI: A conversation with Reps. John Moolenaar and Raja Krishnamoorthi on US-China relations

 

How will a new Congress approach strategic competition with China and work with the Trump administration to navigate one of America’s most critical bilateral relationships?

 

This week, the John L. Thornton China Center at Brookings hosted a fireside chat with Chairman John Moolenaar (R-Mich.) and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party. Brookings scholars Ryan Hass and Patricia Kim moderated the discussion on how Congress will approach the China challenge.

 

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