Analysis

Jon Alterman argues that while the Biden administration’s efforts to broker a Saudi-Israeli agreement will take years to achieve, these talks are an important avenue for communication and relationship-building.

Artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) will be a critical capability for the nation going forward and central to integrated deterrence campaigns and warfighting. These capabilities rely not just on lines of code, but crucial to this endeavor is putting in place the right people, bureaucracy and data infrastructure that turns technology into strategic advantage.

There is no inherent trade-off between mitigating AI risks and pursuing the benefits of increased adoption. We can pursue both goals simultaneously. AI regulation and frameworks must be well balanced, ethically designed, and part of an internationally interoperable framework.

Jon Alterman speaks with Tarek Megerisi, senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations about the ongoing conflict in Libya and the recent flooding in Darna. Then, Jon, Will, and Leah discuss how natural disasters challenge governments in the region.

Please join CSIS and the Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) for the inaugural event in the Landpower Dialogue event series, featuring Secretary of the U.S. Army Christine Wormuth and Vice Chief of Staff of the Army General Randy George.

In Tindouf, the sun beats down on sandy expanses that are home to little more than a network of refugee camps. But in August 2021, a group of Sahrawi refugees were bustling inside a white-walled building studded with rectangular pools filled with tons of tilapia—literally.

This edition of the evening covers Zelensky’s Warning, Iran Sanctions, Over My Head, and More

This week the Scholl Chair follows up on three previous columns with some further comments.

This week Christyan Malek, Managing Director and Global Head of Energy Strategy for JP Morgan and Head of EMEA Oil & Gas Equity Research, joins Joseph Majkut, director of the CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program to discuss energy market conditions, energy security, barriers to investment and what’s next for the energy transition.