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Detect and Understand: Modernizing Intelligence for the Gray Zone
December 7, 2021 | Jake Harrington, Riley McCabe Gray zone activities are designed to evade detection or to frustrate intelligence efforts to attribute blame, quantify risk, and inform responses. To succeed in the gray zone, U.S. intelligence must rededicate itself to detecting and understanding these complex threats.

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Reaching Farther, Risking Less
September 22, 2021 | Rose Butchart, Gregory Sanders Remotely crewed systems play an important role for ISR in contested spaces. This brief examines DoD's investment, comparing budget and strategy. The Air Force led early in remotely crewed systems, but has reduced its investment while spending on maritime systems increased.

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Space Threat Assessment 2021
March 31, 2021 | Todd Harrison, Kaitlyn Johnson, Makena Young Space Threat Assessment 2021 is an unclassified assessment that aggregates and highlights recent open-source information on counterspace capabilities for policymakers and the general public.

Critical Questions
Cultivating a Defense Department Workforce for the Digital Era
January 26, 2021 Among the top priorities for President Biden’s Department of Defense should be retaining and cultivating a skilled STEM workforce at all levels in the Pentagon.

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To Compete, Invest in People: Retaining the U.S. Defense Enterprise’s Technical Workforce
November 23, 2020 The U.S. defense enterprise has an impressive history of science, engineering, and innovation. However, today, it struggles to retain its technical talent.

Report
International Perspectives on Space Weapons
May 27, 2020 | Todd Harrison

This report analyzes international perspectives on space weapons and the weaponization of space, focusing relatively more on countries other than the United States, Russia, and China.

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Space Threat Assessment 2020
March 30, 2020 | Todd Harrison, Kaitlyn Johnson, Thomas G. Roberts, Makena Young The Space Threat Assessment 2020 is an unclassified assessment that aggregates and highlights open-source information on counterspace capabilities for policymakers and the general public.

Commentary
Making the Most of the Air Force’s Investment in Joint All Domain Command and Control
March 6, 2020 Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) is about more than just technology. To make the most of its initial investment in JADC2 tech, CSIS’s Morgan Dwyer argues that DOD should begin addressing tough questions related to JADC2’s operational and acquisition authorities.

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Twin Pillars: Upholding National Security and National Innovation in Emerging Technologies Governance
January 23, 2020 The 2019 Global Security Forum report assesses the U.S. federal government’s approach to emerging technologies governance.

Commentary
An Alternative to the Defense Department’s New, Technology-Focused Organizations
January 22, 2020 The Department of Defense often creates new organizations to prioritize new technologies—especially in space, cyber, and AI. CSIS’s Morgan Dwyer explains how new organizations can be counterproductive and impede technology development and fielding.

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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.

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More Than Missiles: China Previews its New Way of War
October 16, 2019 | Ian Williams China’s October 1 display of military hardware revealed a nation seeking to supplant the United States as the dominant military and technological power in the Asia-Pacific region.

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