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WEBINAR➡️ Join ESCC Senior Fellow @jnakanoenergy for a conversation with FESSIA's Policy Director Dr. Christopher Len and @ERIAorg's Senior Economist Dr. Alloysius Joko Purwanto on how the Hormuz crisis is shaping Southeast Asia's policy responses and energy transition trajectories. Tune in on Friday, Oct 2nd: 8:30 AM EDT / 7:30 PM WIB (Jakarta) / 8:30 PM SGT Register:csis.org/events/implications…
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🎙️New AI Policy Podcast out now! An Anthropic researcher's viral resignation post last week set off a maelstrom of fear around extreme AI risks. Aalok Mehta and @Nicole_Errera discuss the resulting vibe shift and how frontier labs are responding. Listen: csis.org/podcasts/ai-policy-…
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Over the past week, frontier labs, policymakers, and the U.S. public have reached remarkable consensus around calls to pace AI development. In a new commentary, Wadhwani AI Center director Aalok Mehta outlines what should happen next. Read his analysis: csis.org/analysis/ai-industr…
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Since acquiring the original design from Iran, Russia has treated the Geran as a base platform for unprecedented wartime iteration. Kateryna Bondar & Nicole Errera trace the drone's evolution and draw lessons for U.S. policymakers. Read their analysis: csis.org/analysis/shahed-ger…
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CSIS Strategic Technologies Program@CSIS_TechSep 21
STP Commentary The Pentagon’s development of the Space Data Network must balance speed with long-term competition. Matt Pearl argues that transparent standards and funding for new entrants can help interoperability and diversity while building the SDN. csis.org/analysis/future-spa…
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China’s open-weight AI models are challenging U.S. leadership by expanding access to capable systems. STP argues that the U.S. should strengthen its AI ecosystem and ensure leadership in the development and deployment of AI. csis.org/analysis/chinas-ope…
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BRICS' de-dollarization push faces hurdles from geopolitical divides, policy differences and the dollar's global dominance, write CSIS Senior Fellow (Non-Resident) @JayantKrishnaIN and @DrUjjwalKrishna! Read more here: timesnownews.com/opinion/wor…
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Join CSIS Sept. 28th for a discussion of the Trump-Xi Summit. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are scheduled to meet for a second time this year in late September in Washington. Central to the gathering will be a number of economic security issues: trade and macroeconomic imbalances, industrial policy, foreign investment, supply-chain resilience, clean-tech and energy markets, cybersecurity, dual-use technologies, and, of course, artificial intelligence. Trustee Chair Scott Kennedy will moderate the discussion to understand how these issues played out at the summit and are likely to evolve in the coming months. Joining him from programs across CSIS’s Economic Security and Technology Department will be: Sujai Shivakumar (Renewing American Innovation), Philip Luck (Economics Program), Kate Koren (Economics Program), Ilaria Mazzocco (Trustee Chair), and Lauryn Williams (Strategic Technologies Program). csis.org/events/takeaways-tr…
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In a new commentary, Trustee Chair @KennedyCSIS argues that although the Trump-Xi summit will likely extend the current period of stability, the gap between the convening's limited ambitions and the growing challenges facing the world points to a growing vaccum of global leadership. Read more here: csis.org/index%2ephp/analysi…
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Join CSIS tomorrow morning for a live State of Play on takeaways from the Trump-Xi Summit. Amb. Edgard Kagan, Dr. Thomas Christensen, Dr. Scott Kennedy, and Dr. Bonny Lin will join host Will Todman to discuss how successful the summit was and what it means for the future of U.S.-China relations. Register today: csis.org/events/what-did-tru…
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New episode of The Trade Guys out now! @KennedyCSIS speaks with Scott Miller and Bill Reinsch to discuss the upcoming summit between the U.S. and China. csis.org/podcasts/trade-guys…
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NEW 🌐 In her new commentary, ESCC Fellow Masha Kotkin examines the financial fallout from the Iran war and what mounting economic pressures mean for oil and gas markets. csis.org/analysis/amid-iran-…
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CSIS Strategic Technologies Program@CSIS_TechSep 23
CSIS STP Director @TMTPolicyWonk discusses what President Trump’s proposed AI Force could look like in practice, highlighting the outstanding questions around its mission and organizational structure. youtube.com/shorts/GiP1PeoGP…
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NEXT WEEK 🌐 How can the U.S. meet rapid load growth while ensuring reliability, fair infrastructure cost allocation, and large new customer connections without overburdening existing ratepayers? Join ESCC Director @JosephMajkut and Nick Elliott, Senior Director of Power at the @WhiteHouse National Energy Dominance Council, for a conversation on the future of the U.S. electricity system. 📆 Tuesday, Sept. 15 | 9:00 a.m. EDT Register to attend in person or online: csis.org/events/powering-ame…
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WEBINAR 🌐 Join us for the third edition of our webinar series examining the long-term implications of the Hormuz crisis for energy policymaking across Asia’s major subregions. This time, we turn to #SouthAsia, examining how the crisis is reshaping energy priorities in #India, #Pakistan, #Bangladesh, and #SriLanka and what it means for building more resilient energy systems. 📆Monday, Sep 21 • 8:30 am EDT csis.org/events/implications…
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STP Commentary The Trump administration has an opportunity to advance U.S. spectrum policy by establishing a strategy for making more spectrum available. CSIS experts argue that decisive action is needed to support U.S. innovation and national security. csis.org/analysis/why-admini…
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