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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Outdated Rules, New Space Race: Modernizing LEO Spectrum Policy

LEO satellites are redefining global communications and security, but U.S. innovation is being slowed by decades-old spectrum rules. CSIS’s Matt Pearl and Karina Perez of CCIA explain why updating these regulations is critical to expanding connectivity and keeping U.S. space leadership on top.

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Commission on U.S. Cyber Force Generation

The CSIS Commission on U.S. Cyber Force Generation will convene leading experts to examine how the United States can best build a dedicated cyber service.

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Modernizing Satellite Spectrum Rules Is Key to U.S. Space Leadership

An audio version of “⁠Modernizing Satellite Spectrum Rules Is Key to U.S. Space Leadership⁠,” a new Commentary by CSIS’s Matt Pearl and Clayton Swope. This audio was generated with text-to-speech by Eleven Labs.

Podcast Episode by Matt Pearl and Clayton Swope — July 30, 2025

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Experts React: Unpacking the Trump Administration’s Plan to Win the AI Race

An audio version of “⁠Experts React: Unpacking the Trump Administration’s Plan to Win the AI Race⁠,” a new Commentary by CSIS’s Navin Girishankar, Kirti Gupta, Matt Pearl, Philip Luck, James Andrew Lewis, Leslie Abrahams, Sujai Shivakumar, Erin L. Murphy, Noam Unger, and Madeleine McLean. This audio was generated with text-to-speech by Eleven Labs.

Podcast Episode by Navin Girishankar, Kirti Gupta, Matt Pearl, Philip Luck, James Andrew Lewis, Leslie Abrahams, Sujai Shivakumar, Matthew S. Borman, Noam Unger, Madeleine McLean, and Carol Kuntz — July 25, 2025

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Experts React: Unpacking the Trump Administration’s Plan to Win the AI Race

The Trump administration's launch of its AI Action Plan and accompanying executive orders removes any doubt that global leadership in AI is at the heart of economic competitiveness and national security. Our experts unpack the administration's road map and its prospects for impact.

Commentary by Navin Girishankar, Kirti Gupta, Matt Pearl, Philip Luck, James Andrew Lewis, Leslie Abrahams, Sujai Shivakumar, Erin L. Murphy, Matthew S. Borman, Noam Unger, Madeleine McLean, and Carol Kuntz — July 25, 2025

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Hidden Enablers: Third Countries in North Korea’s Cyber Playbook

An audio version of “⁠Hidden Enablers: Third Countries in North Korea’s Cyber Playbook,⁠” a new Commentary by CSIS’s Sunha Bae. This audio was generated with text-to-speech by Eleven Labs. 

Podcast Episode by Sunha Bae — July 25, 2025

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Artificial Intelligence and War

The DOD needs AI-enabled military capabilities to shore up deterrence and warfighting. Yet it lacks the tools to predict the accuracy and robustness of the algorithms powering such capabilities, risking both military effectiveness and law-of-war compliance.

Report by Carol Kuntz — June 26, 2025