
Riley McCabe is a program coordinator and research assistant for the Transnational Threats Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). His research focuses on military operations, emerging technologies, and the irregular warfare activities of countries such as Russia and China. Riley has previously supported the work of the intelligence fellow, the fellow for future war, gaming, and strategy, and the Risk and Foresight Group at CSIS. He holds a BA from Occidental College in diplomacy and world affairs.
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Russian and Ukrainian Force Disposition
Digital Report by Seth G. Jones , Riley McCabe , and Alexander Palmer — March 3, 2023
Ukrainian Innovation in a War of Attrition
Brief by Seth G. Jones , Riley McCabe , and Alexander Palmer — February 27, 2023
What If . . . Alternatives to a Chinese Military Invasion of Taiwan
Report by Benjamin Jensen , Riley McCabe , and Adrian Bogart — October 7, 2022
Mapping Ukraine’s Military Advances
Commentary by Seth G. Jones , Jared Thompson , and Riley McCabe — September 22, 2022
The Case for Cooperation: The Future of the U.S.-UK Intelligence Alliance
Brief by Jake Harrington and Riley McCabe — March 15, 2022
Detect and Understand: Modernizing Intelligence for the Gray Zone
Brief by Jake Harrington and Riley McCabe — December 7, 2021
Back to (Caring about) the Future
Report by Riley McCabe , Madeline Clough , Elizabeth Hoffman , and Erol Yayboke — September 29, 2021
Modernizing Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance to ‘Find’ in the Era of Security Competition
Commentary by Jake Harrington and Riley McCabe — August 6, 2021
Kaseya Ransomware Attack Demands Action to Match Rhetoric
Critical Questions by Emily Harding , Riley McCabe , and James Andrew Lewis — July 9, 2021
What the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act Gets Right (and What It Gets Wrong)
Commentary by Jake Harrington and Riley McCabe — July 1, 2021