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.
Keep up to date with our work on Twitter (@CSIS_Tech) or subscribe to our bi-weekly newsletter. For more information on past and present projects, contact strategictech@csis.org.
Program Queries
- Julia Brock
- Program Coordinator and Research Assistant, Strategic Technologies Program
- 202-775-3221
- jbrock@csis.org
Media Queries
- H. Andrew Schwartz
- Chief Communications Officer
- 202.775.3242
- aschwartz@csis.org
- Paige Montfort
- Assistant Director of Communications, External Relations
- 202.775.3173
- pmontfort@csis.org
Featured Topics

Cybersecurity

Digital Governance

Innovation and Digital Transformation

Emerging Technologies
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The Plans to Ban TikTok Aren’t Really about TikTok
Commentary by Caitlin Chin-Rothmann — March 9, 2023
TikTok: Is it Chinese Espionage?
Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz and James Andrew Lewis — March 9, 2023

Banning TikTok Will Not Solve U.S. Online Disinformation Problems
Commentary by Caitlin Chin-Rothmann — March 8, 2023
Implementing Cyber Confidence-Building Measures
Podcast Episode by James Andrew Lewis and Christopher Painter — March 7, 2023

The Biden-Harris Administration’s National Cybersecurity Strategy
Event — March 2, 2023
Clues to the U.S.-Dutch-Japanese Semiconductor Export Controls Deal Are Hiding in Plain Sight
Report by Gregory C. Allen and Emily Benson — March 1, 2023
China’s Spying Efforts and U.S. Countermeasures
Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz and James Andrew Lewis — February 24, 2023

Capacity Building and Cyber Resilience
Podcast Episode by James Andrew Lewis and Christopher Painter — February 13, 2023


Chinese Spy Balloons: The Sky’s the Limit
Commentary by James Andrew Lewis — February 3, 2023