Strategic Technologies Program

The Strategic Technologies Program (STP) conducts research on the social, economic, and security challenges created by emerging technologies to inform effective policy solutions and best practices

The STP’s research agenda includes cybersecurity, emerging technologies and innovation, frameworks for digital governance, 5G networks and telecommunications, surveillance and privacy, and the role of technology in power and conflict.

The STP brings together technologists, policymakers, civil society, and business leaders from around the world. In a time when disruptive technologies are reshaping the global economy and society, the program provides pragmatic and data-driven analysis and policy recommendations to face these challenges.

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AI and AVs: Implications in U.S.-China Competition

Join CSIS for an event on the role of AVs in United States-China competition with opening remarks from Senator Gary Peters (D-MI).

Event by James Andrew Lewis , William Alan Reinsch , Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) , Admiral Dennis Blair , and John Bozzella — April 27, 2022

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Strategic Competition in the Financial Gray Zone

Strategic competitors are seeking to shape the geostrategic environment in their favor, including by waging economic warfare and utilizing tools like illicit finance and strategic corruption. Washington should develop stronger policy tools to counter this emerging threat.

Report by James Andrew Lewis , Eugenia Lostri , Donatienne Ruy , and Heather A. Conley — April 25, 2022

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Technology and the Shifting Balance of Power

The relationship between technology and power is not static. Research and innovation are now international rather than national, and national power sits uneasily on top of these integrative trends. This commentary explores how innovation impacts the balance of power among nations.

Commentary by James Andrew Lewis — April 19, 2022

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Surveillance Fears and Privacy Shield

The Snowden revelations routinely inspire Europeans to justify decisions to block data transfers to the United States. This commentary looks at U.S. surveillance in Europe and the future of partnership on digital governance across the Atlantic.

Commentary by James Andrew Lewis — April 14, 2022

Photo: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images

ICT Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean Pt. II: Supporting Transparent Tech Growth

Growing competition for emerging technologies between Washington and Beijing has spread well beyond North America and East Asia. This blog examines how the competition is playing out in Latin America and looks at some of these ways that the U.S. can catalyze tech-driven development in the region and prevent duplicitous investment by Chinese companies.

Blog Post — April 11, 2022

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