Former Director of the National Science Foundation Dr. Sethuraman Panchanathan joins @navingirishankar.bsky.social to discuss how the U.S. can democratize discovery and unlock the "missing millions" of untapped scientific and engineering talent. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyhmlkarEsI

Democratizing Discovery: Featuring Dr. Sethuraman Panchanathan | Betting on America

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A region that can't see into its supply chains can't defend them. The threat North America needs to defend against— subsidized overcapacity disguised as ordinary trade—thrives on that blindness, argues Diego Marroquín Bitar. How can the USMCA review close the visibility gap?: https://bit.ly/4wGlXr9

The expansion of China’s commercial space industry is stunning in both scale and speed. U.S. policymakers must understand these trends now, before America finds itself outpaced in sheer industrial capacity and output, argue CSIS experts. Read: https://bit.ly/4xdkkBa

Blurred Orbits: Inside China’s Commercial Space Expansion

The expansion of China’s commercial space industry is stunning in both scale and speed. U.S. policymakers must understand these trends now, before America finds itself outpaced in sheer industrial cap...

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The Rome talks are about more than ceasefire implementation, pilot zones, or technical security arrangements. They represent a test of whether Lebanon can begin reversing more than half a century of state retreat & reclaim the strategic initiative, argues Paul Salem. Read: https://bit.ly/4544NaG

Beyond the Rome Talks: Pilot Zones, Hezbollah, and Rebuilding State Authority in South Lebanon

The second round of Lebanon-Israel talks in Rome must build on progress towards Israeli withdrawals and Hezbollah disarmament—and represent a test of whether Lebanon can reclaim sovereignty in its own...

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State initiatives to regulate frontier AI provides experimental testing & vetting grounds for new policy. How can the federal government draw upon common frameworks to strengthen U.S. security against dangerous AI & enhance the trustworthiness of leading models abroad? Read: https://bit.ly/4h6GUqe

Toward a Federal Framework: Lessons from State and International Frontier AI Regulation

In a new analysis, Laura Caroli and Aalok Mehta compare U.S. state AI bills to international approaches and voluntary industry governance frameworks, revealing an emerging global consensus around resp...

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ICYMI | The CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program hosted the International Energy Agency's Jérôme Bilodeau for a discussion on the global energy implications of the Strait of Hormuz crisis and how governments have responded to disruptions in energy markets. Watch: https://bit.ly/4gbEhCw

Navigating the Strait of Hormuz Energy Crisis

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Supply chain visibility is the best defense against Chinese overcapacity & transshipment. The USMCA Review can act as a coordinating mechanism for North American trade to leverage tools to make supply chains transparent for the first time, writes Diego Marroquín Bitar. Read: https://bit.ly/4wGlXr9

The Visibility Gap: The Case for a North American Trusted Trade Laboratory

Supply chain visibility is the best defense against Chinese overcapacity and transshipment. The USMCA Review can act as a coordinating mechanism for North American trade to leverage AI and large-scale...

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The U.S. is surging production of key munitions, but that commitment must be sustained. A few years of frenzied buying will not fully build inventories & will not establish the surge capacity that might be needed in a future conflict, write Mark Cancian and Chris Park. Read: https://bit.ly/4gajQpu

Six Reasons Why the United States Is Low on Munitions

The Iran war has exacerbated the Pentagon’s shortage of key munitions, but it is not the only cause. There are also longstanding strategic, operational, and institutional reasons.

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The U.S.'s pivot to the Americas is driving critical tactical & technological innovation. This will not only help advance security & stability in the Western Hemisphere, but prepare U.S. forces to confront the changing character of future combat, argues Henry Ziemer. Read: https://bit.ly/4fsYpjk

Autonomy and Affordable Mass in Latin America and the Caribbean

Renewed focus on the Western Hemisphere presents the United States new ways to advance key technical and tactical innovations in the defense space.

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"Although Russia has adapted since the onset of the Ukraine war, important institutional constraints remain, including factors that constrain Russia’s ability to fully exploit some of the aid it receives," write Daniel Byman and Wesley Bailey. Read more: https://bit.ly/4w0HPvZ

Russia’s Cap on Partner Aid: Institutional Rigidity and the Limits of External Support

China, Iran, and North Korea keep Russia’s war machine supplied, but Moscow’s institutional rigidity leaves much of that aid unused. New CSIS analysis shows why Russia—unlike Ukraine—cannot convert pa...

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For two decades, the debate has fixated on whether China can sink a U.S. aircraft carrier. A new CSIS report flips the script: as Beijing builds its own fleet of high-value carriers, how can the United States and its allies hold China’s carriers at risk? Read: https://bit.ly/4pWnXcd

Flipping the Script: How to Hold China’s New Carriers at Risk

For two decades, the debate has fixated on whether China can sink a U.S. aircraft carrier. This report flips the script: as Beijing builds its own fleet of high-value carriers, how can the United Stat...

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"A government-directed approach to spectrum assignment will struggle to match the efficiency of the market to optimize transactions and use of resources for economic productivity," writes Clayton Swope. How can governance & regulation of spectrum use for space be improved? https://bit.ly/4yQ9GSx

Injecting the Free Market into Spectrum Use for Space Applications

Optimizing spectrum use for its most productive purpose requires a fundamental rethinking of how spectrum use is governed, replacing the system dating back to the early twentieth century with somethin...

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The Iran war has exacerbated the U.S.'s shortage of key munitions, but it is not the only cause. There are also longstanding strategic, operational, and institutional reasons, argue Mark Cancian and Chris Park. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4gajQpu

Six Reasons Why the United States Is Low on Munitions

The Iran war has exacerbated the Pentagon’s shortage of key munitions, but it is not the only cause. There are also longstanding strategic, operational, and institutional reasons.

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"Ignoring the work of state legislators would indeed mean forgoing a valuable opportunity to build on what states have already accomplished," write CSIS's Aalok Mehta and Laura Caroli. How do U.S. states serve as important test beds for AI policy regulation? Read more: https://bit.ly/4h6GUqe

Toward a Federal Framework: Lessons from State and International Frontier AI Regulation

In a new analysis, Laura Caroli and Aalok Mehta compare U.S. state AI bills to international approaches and voluntary industry governance frameworks, revealing an emerging global consensus around resp...

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"The Rome process success or failure will depend less on what's signed at the table and more on what's built on the ground. If the pilot zones become islands of security, they could become the foundation of national recovery," argues Paul Salem. Read: https://bit.ly/4544NaG

Beyond the Rome Talks: Pilot Zones, Hezbollah, and Rebuilding State Authority in South Lebanon

The second round of Lebanon-Israel talks in Rome must build on progress towards Israeli withdrawals and Hezbollah disarmament—and represent a test of whether Lebanon can reclaim sovereignty in its own...

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In comparing U.S. state AI bills to international approaches and voluntary industry frameworks, CSIS's Aalok Mehta with Laura Caroli reveal an emerging global consensus on responsible frontier AI development that could anchor federal legislation. Read: https://bit.ly/4h6GUqe

Toward a Federal Framework: Lessons from State and International Frontier AI Regulation

In a new analysis, Laura Caroli and Aalok Mehta compare U.S. state AI bills to international approaches and voluntary industry governance frameworks, revealing an emerging global consensus around resp...

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As China races to build the global AI stack, the U.S. needs "tokenpolitik," a grand strategy bridging agencies and private firms to export the U.S. AI stack worldwide and outcompete China’s Digital Silk Road, argue Benjamin Jensen and Yasir Atalan. Read: https://bit.ly/4hcSyjj

Tokenpolitik: How the United States Can Compete with China to Build the Global AI Stack

Tokens are the currency of a new international order. As China races to build the global AI stack, the United States needs "tokenpolitik," a grand strategy bridging agencies and private firms to expor...

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“The success of U.S. companies in retaining and growing their share of the global space market will shape overall U.S. economic and national power. This hinges on improving how spectrum use for space is governed,” writes Clayton Swope. Read: https://bit.ly/4yQ9GSx

NEW | Victor Cha is joined by Adam Farrar, Eunjoong Kim, & Wonchul Kim to unpack the U.S. House Judiciary Committee report on discriminatory practices, expiration of Section 122 tariffs, & the Korean investment deals. Listen: https://bit.ly/4wwVQCJ

Poisoning the Well: U.S.-Korea Trade Tension | The Impossible State | CSIS Podcasts

Dr. Victor Cha, Adam Farrar, Eunjoong Kim, and Wonchul Kim discussed the recent U.S. House Judiciary Committee report on discriminatory practices, expiration of Section 122 tariffs, and the Korean inv...

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As China’s commercial satellite launches accelerate, demand has grown for dedicated launch facilities. The limitations of China’s military launch facilities have led to an expansion at these launch sites and the buildup of new sites better suited to modern missions. Read: https://bit.ly/4xdkkBa

Following cyberattacks on U.S. water systems, CSIS's Lauryn Williams joined CBS News this morning to discuss the U.S. investigation into Iran possibly targeting water systems in at least seven states. Watch: https://www.cbsnews.com/video/how-us-officials-could-confirm-irans-role-in-water-systems/

How U.S. officials could confirm if Iran was behind the water systems cyberattack

Lauryn Williams, the deputy director and senior fellow of the Strategic Technologies Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, joins to discuss the U.S. probe into Iran possibly t...

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TOMORROW | What are the global energy implications of the Strait of Hormuz crisis? Join the CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program and Jérôme Bilodeau, Head of Analysis at IEA, to discuss how governments have responded to disruptions in energy markets. Register: https://bit.ly/4xgmIa2

Navigating the Strait of Hormuz Energy Crisis | CSIS Events

The CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program is pleased to host Jérôme Bilodeau, for a discussion on the global energy implications of the Strait of Hormuz crisis and how governments have respo...

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Wars fought by the U.S. in the last 5 years have required high-end munitions at levels not needed during the counterterrorism campaigns of the early twenty-first century. The war in Iran is a driver of reduced munitions, but it is not the only one, write CSIS experts. Read: https://bit.ly/4gajQpu

Most Russian systems that rely on Western components can keep doing so because of Chinese support. But when aid shifts from material components of technology to wholesale systems, Russia has shown itself to be less able to operationalize aid than Ukraine. Read more: https://bit.ly/4w0HPvZ

Russia’s Cap on Partner Aid: Institutional Rigidity and the Limits of External Support

China, Iran, and North Korea keep Russia’s war machine supplied, but Moscow’s institutional rigidity leaves much of that aid unused. New CSIS analysis shows why Russia—unlike Ukraine—cannot convert pa...

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One challenge facing U.S. policymakers from this proliferation of defense tech firms is the need to test how new systems perform under real-world conditions. LAC provides an ideal environment for such hands-on testing, argues Henry Ziemer. Read more: https://bit.ly/4fsYpjk

The second round of Lebanon-Israel talks in Rome must build on progress towards Israeli withdrawals and Hezbollah disarmament—and represent a test of whether Lebanon can reclaim sovereignty in its own territory, argues Paul Salem. Read: https://bit.ly/4544NaG

Beyond the Rome Talks: Pilot Zones, Hezbollah, and Rebuilding State Authority in South Lebanon

The second round of Lebanon-Israel talks in Rome must build on progress towards Israeli withdrawals and Hezbollah disarmament—and represent a test of whether Lebanon can reclaim sovereignty in its own...

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"Chinese defense firms could seek partnerships or supplier relationships with Russian EW producers, offering investment and access to critical components sourced by China or transshipped from Western suppliers," note Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program experts. Read: https://bit.ly/4feHiQP

Rebuilding to Reconquer: Can Russia’s Defense Firms Deliver?

After four years of war, Russia’s defense industrial base has significantly reshaped, creating an asymmetric threat to NATO: It can rapidly scale production of weapons proven on the battlefield, combi...

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China’s industrial policy is executed primarily at lower levels of governance. At the subnational level, billions of yuan are being plowed into the development of large-scale aerospace cities, industrial space parks, and expanded launch sites. Read: https://bit.ly/4xdkkBa

“The U.S. and its allies will now have to see Japan as two things at once: a partner whose industrial weight relieves strained supply chains and shores up deterrence, and a competitor bidding against their own national champions,” argue Alek Jovovic & Awais Hanif. Read: https://bit.ly/4bjLw8H

Japan’s Defense Industry Charts an Uncertain Global Path

With the Mogami frigate sale to Australia and the end of decades-old restrictions, Tokyo's manufacturers are entering the world market as both partner and rival to allied producers —a tension Washingt...

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“While often overshadowed by more headline-grabbing developments around Cuba or Venezuela, the United States’ pivot to the Americas is driving critical tactical and technological innovation,” writes Henry Ziemer. Read: https://bit.ly/4fsYpjk