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U.S.-South Korea Cost-Sharing Negotiations Impacting Korean Public Support for U.S. Security Umbrella
November 26, 2019 | Victor Cha
In Beyond Parallel First, South Koreans are more focused on the financial burden of the U.S. military presence than on the positive security benefits it provides. Second, U.S. demands for $5 billion in cost-sharing are generating the highest ever levels of social media and video commentary...

Commentary
AI Principles and the Challenge of Implementation
November 19, 2019 The Defense Innovation Board articulated multiple objectives for AI software development. CSIS defense expert Morgan Dwyer identifies future challenges and suggests next steps.   

Report
CSIS Brief: Rigid Structures, Evolving Threat: Preventing the Proliferation and Use of Chemical Weapons
November 14, 2019 | Suzanne Claeys Chemical weapon use is making a comeback. This study provides a framework for structuring the problem, identifies gaps and challenges, and puts forward options for improving the global effort to prevent the proliferation and use of these weapons.

Report
Assessing the Affordability of the Army’s Future Vertical Lift Portfolio
November 13, 2019 | Gregory Sanders Future Vertical Lift (FVL) is one of Army’s top modernization priorities. This report analyzes the affordability of the Army’s FVL approach and identifies enablers and inhibitors that might disrupt the program.

Critical Questions
A New Generation of Homeland Missile Defense Interceptors
November 12, 2019 | Wes Rumbaugh CSIS’s Wes Rumbaugh analyzes the implications of cancelling the Redesigned Kill Vehicle and options for replacing it with the Next Generation Interceptor.

Commentary
Why the Kremlin Targets Veterans
November 8, 2019 | Suzanne Spaulding, Devi Nair CSIS’s Defending Democratic Institutions team analyzes the growing threat of disinformation operations targeting U.S. veterans. This commentary covers attacks by Russia via social media and recommendations for defending against future attacks.

Report
U.S. Military Forces in FY 2020: The Struggle to Align Forces with Strategy
November 8, 2019 | Mark F. Cancian CSIS’s Mark Cancian analyzes the U.S. military forces in FY 2020, their composition, new initiatives, long-term trends, and challenges, as the United States attempts to align its forces with a strategy of long-term great power competition.

Report
The Air Force Digital Century Series: Beyond the Buzzwords
November 8, 2019 In this new brief, CSIS defense expert Morgan Dwyer discusses the challenges and potential of the Air Force’s new strategy to acquire next generation fighter aircraft.

Report
Defense Acquisition Trends 2019: Army Contract Trends
November 5, 2019 Army contract spending has been cut heavily during sequestration and the defense drawdown but has been growing at a slow steady rate the last two years. This brief examines trends in what the Army is buying, how the Army is buying, and from whom the Army is buying.

Report
Beyond Baghdadi: The Next Wave of Jihadist Violence
November 4, 2019 | Seth G. Jones CSIS’s Seth Jones explains the death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi—and the appointment of his replacement, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi—is unlikely to have a long-term impact on an increasingly decentralized jihadist movement.

Commentary
The Age of Leaderless Revolution
November 1, 2019

A global political awakening has created an age of leaderless revolution.

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