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Resetting NATO’s Defense and Deterrence: The Sword and the Shield Redux
June 28, 2022 | Sean Monaghan As NATO unveils its eighth strategic concept since 1949 in Madrid, analysis of previous concepts suggests the alliance should revitalize the "sword and the shield" deterrence model used successfully in the Cold War to defend and deter against Russia’s "maximum intentions."

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“Never Trust, Always Verify”: Federal Migration to ZTA and Endpoint Security
June 16, 2022 | Emily Harding, James Andrew Lewis, Suzanne Spaulding, Rose Butchart, Jake Harrington, Devi Nair The U.S. government is working to modernize its cybersecurity efforts by establishing "zero trust" architecture (ZTA). CSIS undertook a six-month project focused on evaluating obstacles to implementing federal ZTA efforts and opportunities for accelerating the shift.

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Russia’s Ill-Fated Invasion of Ukraine: Lessons in Modern Warfare
June 1, 2022 | Seth G. Jones Russia failed to achieve its main political and military objectives in Ukraine because of poor military planning, significant logistical problems, low combat readiness, and other deficiencies. These challenges will be difficult for the Russian military to fix quickly.

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Solving Food Insecurity among U.S. Veterans and Military Families
June 1, 2022 | Jamie Lutz, Caitlin Welsh Research shows that U.S. veterans and military families experience food insecurity at higher rates than the general population, and Covid-19 has only amplified the problem. What can policymakers do to ensure long-term food security for veterans and military families?

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Pushed to Extremes: Domestic Terrorism amid Polarization and Protest
May 17, 2022 | Catrina Doxsee, Seth G. Jones, Jared Thompson The number of domestic terrorist attacks and plots at demonstrations has increased, resulting in escalating violence in U.S. cities between extremists from opposing sides. This analysis updates a CSIS data set to assess trends in domestic terrorism through December 2021.

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NATO and the South after Ukraine
May 9, 2022 While the alliance is adapting to the immediate threat posed by Russia, NATO should not neglect its southern neighborhood which remains fraught with growing vulnerabilities and is not impervious to the broader strategic competition with Moscow and Beijing.

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Navigating Emerging Technology and Evolving Threats in the U.S.-Australia Alliance
April 21, 2022 | John Schaus, Carolina G. Ramos At a time when regional states see growing instability and are concerned about their place in an increasingly tense region, the U.S.-Australia alliance has an opportunity to lead by example.

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The Case for Cooperation: The Future of the U.S.-UK Intelligence Alliance
March 15, 2022 | Jake Harrington, Riley McCabe Over the past 75 years, the United States and the United Kingdom have built the deepest intelligence alliance in the world. To prepare for the challenges of the future, the U.S. and UK intelligence communities must continue to pursue robust interoperability.

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Battle Networks and the Future Force
March 4, 2022 | Todd Harrison This third brief in the series focuses on the importance of integrating allies and partners into future battle networks, the technical and policy challenges involved, and the potential for combined battle networks with allies and partners to enable a new offset strategy.

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Russia’s Losing Hand in Ukraine
February 18, 2022 | Seth G. Jones, Joseph S. Bermudez Jr. The United States and its partners and allies should be prepared to support Ukraine by exploiting Russian weaknesses and raising the financial and military costs of meddling in Ukraine, according to a new analysis by the CSIS Transnational Threats Project.

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Shadow Risk: What Crisis Simulations Reveal about the Dangers of Deferring U.S. Responses to China’s Gray Zone Campaign against Taiwan
February 16, 2022 | Benjamin Jensen, Bonny Lin, Carolina G. Ramos CSIS crisis simulations show that unchecked Chinese gray zone coercion raises the risk of a larger and deferred crisis between the United States and China. Stability in the short term may come at the expense of an escalating series of crises in the long term.

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Commercial Space Remote Sensing and Its Role in National Security
February 2, 2022 | Todd Harrison This CSIS brief explores the ways commercial space remote sensing can support national security and the changes in acquisition approaches and government policies needed to fully leverage the innovation, capabilities, and additional capacity commercial systems can provide.

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