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The Outlook for Israel’s Military Campaign against Hamas

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October 23, 2023 • 1:00 – 2:00 pm EDT

Recent Analysis

Cyber Scamming Goes Global: Unveiling Southeast Asia’s High-Tech Fraud Factories

Criminal groups use advanced technologies to expand fraud factories, generating $3 trillion annually. This influx of illicit money fuels lawlessness, weakens the rule of law, and poses a serious threat to democracy in Southeast Asia.

Commentary by Julia Dickson and Lauren Burke Preputnik — December 12, 2024

Photo: U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. James Cason

Burden Sharing via Modular Open Systems Approaches: A Collaborative Path to Affordable Mass

Commentary by Gregory Sanders and Audrey Aldisert — December 10, 2024

Silicon Surrender: How Ending Russian Electronics Imports Supports Negotiations

Commentary by Benjamin Jensen — December 9, 2024

Sea, Land, Air, and NC3: Modernizing the Whole Nuclear Enterprise

Transcript — November 19, 2024

Photo: JOAQUIN SARMIENTO/AFP/Getty Images

Readying the Navy’s Platforms: More Players on the Field - A Conversation with the Vice Chief of Naval Operations

Transcript — November 14, 2024

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Global Security Forum 2024

Gathering Strength in a Gathering Storm

Join the CSIS International Security Program for its annual Global Security Forum on April 24, 2024, featuring keynote discussions with General Charles Q. Brown, Jr., Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Honorable Avril Haines, Director of National Intelligence.

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Toward a Foreign Policy Compromise in the Next Trump Administration

Americans across the aisles need to put aside our differences and draft a common blueprint for foreign policy and grand strategy for the next four years.

Commentary by Benjamin Jensen — November 6, 2024

Audio Briefs

Toward a Foreign Policy Compromise in the Next Trump Administration

An audio version of “Toward a Foreign Policy Compromise in the Next Trump Administration,” a new commentary by CSIS’s Benjamin Jensen. This audio was generated with text-to-speech by Eleven Labs.

Podcast Episode by Benjamin Jensen — November 6, 2024

Crossing the Deepfake Rubicon

New research finds that we can now no longer trust our eyes and ears to reliably distinguish between real and AI-generated images, audio, and video. What does this mean in a world where the weaponization of synthetic media is becoming increasingly prevalent?

Brief by Di Cooke, Abigail Edwards, Alexis Day, Devi Nair, Sophia Barkoff, and Katie Kelly — November 1, 2024

Implementing the National Defense Industrial Strategy: A Fireside Chat with the Honorable Dr. Laura D. Taylor-Kale

CSIS’s Defense-Industrial initiatives Group will host the Honorable Dr. Laura D. Taylor-Kale, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy, for a discussion on the National Defense Industrial Strategy Implementation Plan.

Event — October 30, 2024

Space Warfare: A Virtual Book Talk with Dr. John J. Klein

Please join the CSIS Aerospace Security Project on October 30th at 10:00 AM EDT for a virtual discussion with Dr. John J. Klein on his recent book, Space Warfare: Strategy, Principles and Policy.

Event — October 30, 2024