Elsa Kania

Elsa B. Kania is an adjunct fellow with the Technology and National Security Program at the Center for a New American Security, where she focuses on Chinese defense innovation in emerging technologies. She is an independent analyst, consultant, and co-founder of the China Cyber and Intelligence Studies Institute (CCISI), which will seek to become the premier venue for analysis and insights on China’s use of cyber and intelligence capabilities as instruments of national power. She is the author of the report “Battlefield Singularity: Artificial Intelligence, Military Revolution, and China’s Future Military Power.” You can follow her on Twitter @EBKania.

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China’s Military Biotech Frontier: CRISPR, Military-Civil Fusion, and the New Revolution in Military Affairs

10.08.2019 Elsa Kania

Introduction China’s national strategy of military-civil fusion (军民融合, junmin ronghe) has highlighted biology as a priority. [1] It is hardly surprising that the People’s Republic...

Publication China Brief China

The Chinese Military Reforms and Transforms in the “New Era”

08.14.2019 Elsa Kania

Introduction The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has been undergoing a far-reaching transformation with strategic implications for the military balance in the region and beyond....

Publication China Brief China

Major Themes in China’s 2019 National Defense White Paper

07.31.2019 Elsa Kania

Introduction On July 24, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) issued its first new national defense white paper (NDWP) since 2015 (Xinhua). “China’s National Defense...

Publication China Brief China

Learning Without Fighting: New Developments in PLA Artificial Intelligence War-Gaming

04.09.2019 Elsa Kania

The Opportunities and Challenges of Intelligentization A lack of recent experience in combat is often characterized as a major liability and potential disadvantage for the...

Publication China Brief China