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Hill Briefs
CSIS Hill Briefs are designed for congressional staff. These briefs offer a two-page digest of major foreign policy topics of interest, outlining the background and context of a particular issue, its legislative history, and key policy recommendations from CSIS scholars.
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How Might China Conduct AI-Enabled Cyber Warfare Against the Homeland?
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Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Terrorism
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Preventing Iran’s Military Reconstitution
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Wartime Footing: A Two-Front Strategy to Confront China and Russia
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Terrorism Threat Assessment: Middle East
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Terrorism Threat Assessment: Africa
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Global Immunization Policy— Where the United States Stands
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Diagnosing and Deterring Coercive Chinese Agricultural Trade Restrictions
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Building a Cyber Force: A Roadmap for Implementation
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How Russia Is Building a Sovereign Drone Ecosystem for AI-Driven Autonomy
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Qualified Infrastructure Authorization: A Blueprint for Faster, Smarter Federal Permitting
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Preventing the Erosion of U.S. Enforcement Mechanisms Against the Shadow Fleet
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Tech Edge: A Living Playbook for America’s Technology Long Game
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How Recent H-1B Reforms Risk U.S. Competitiveness—And What Congress Can Do
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Russia's Grinding War in Ukraine
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Maintaining the Space Edge: Strategic Reforms for U.S. Dominance in Low Earth Orbit
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Thresholds of Survival: The Resistance in Occupied Ukraine
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Beijing’s Burgeoning Space Diplomacy in the Global South
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Protecting Americans Against Biological Threats: Reversing the Decline of the Biodefense Enterprise
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Protecting Americans Against Biological Threats: Strengthening Response and Recovery
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Protecting Americans Against Biological Threats: Ensuring Biosafety and Biosecurity to Prevent Bioincidents
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Protecting Americans Against Biological Threats: Modernizing Surveillance
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Redundancy, Resiliency, and Repair: Securing Subsea Cable Infrastructure
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Russia’s War in Ukraine: The Next Chapter
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Stronger MTCR Reform May Require Congressional Action
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GenAI’s Human Infrastructure Challenge: Can the United States Meet Skilled Trade Labor Demand Through 2030?
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The AGOA Inflection Point: What Comes Next for U.S.-Africa Trade Relations?
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A Playbook for Winning the Cyber War
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Agentic Warfare and the Future of Military Operations
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The Dangerous Allure of Burma’s Rare Earths
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Enabling Civil Society's Role in Benchmarking AI
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Can Russia's Economy Sustain the War Against Ukraine?
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The COUNTER Act: Can Washington Counter Beijing Without Repeating Cold War Mistakes?
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Evaluating the Risk of China’s Port Projects in Latin America and the Caribbean
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The U.S.-Iran Conflict: What Comes Next?
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Can Ukraine Fight Without U.S. Aid?
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Inside North Korea’s Covid-19 Lockdown
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Auctioning Military S-Band Spectrum: Understanding the Risks
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Russia's Battlefield Woes in Ukraine
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Blueprint for an Agricultural Recovery Plan for Ukraine
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Responding to Measles Outbreaks in 2025
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From Tariffs to Tech Power: The Pivot the United States Needs Now
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Stabilizing U.S. Financial Leadership: Why Congress Must Get Stablecoin Regulation Right
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Preserve the Dealmaking Capability of the Millennium Challenge Corporation
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Terrorism Threat Assessment: Africa
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Why the United States Needs a More Flexible Nuclear Force
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Terrorism Threat Assessment: United States
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Terrorism Threat Assessment: Middle East
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Russia’s Shadow War Against the West
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America Offline? How Spectrum Auction Delays Give China the Edge and Cost Us Jobs
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