Artificial Intelligence

AI has changed the world as we know it, and the race for AI dominance will determine who shapes the global order over the coming century. CSIS seeks to answer vital questions about the future of AI and its implications for warfare, U.S. national security, and the global economy.

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Help Wanted: AI Needs Domain Experts

AI algorithms, while remarkable, are vulnerable to errors of various sorts. These errors can best be identified, measured, and mitigated through the structured interaction of technical AI experts and subject matter experts.

Commentary by Carol Kuntz — November 12, 2025

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Director, Futures Lab and Senior Fellow, Defense and Security Department
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Addressing the National Security Implications of AI

Artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) will be a critical capability for the nation going forward and central to integrated deterrence campaigns and warfighting. These capabilities rely not just on lines of code, but crucial to this endeavor is putting in place the right people, bureaucracy and data infrastructure that turns technology into strategic advantage.

Congressional Testimony by Benjamin Jensen — September 19, 2023

Advanced Technology: Examining Threats to National Security

There is no inherent trade-off between mitigating AI risks and pursuing the benefits of increased adoption. We can pursue both goals simultaneously. AI regulation and frameworks must be well balanced, ethically designed, and part of an internationally interoperable framework.

Congressional Testimony by Gregory C. Allen — September 19, 2023

China's Strategy of Political Warfare

China is conducting an aggressive and unprecedented campaign below the threshold of armed conflict to expand the influence of the Chinese Communist Party and weaken the United States and its partners.

Report by Seth G. Jones, Emily Harding, Catrina Doxsee, Jake Harrington, and Riley McCabe — August 2, 2023

Ensuring Information Integrity in Electoral Processes in the Americas

Christopher Hernandez-Roy, Rubi Bledsoe, and Gabriela Marma-Gutierrez assess the vulnerability of Latin American electorates to disinformation and misinformation and identify means for countries and civil society to curb these threats.

Commentary by Christopher Hernandez-Roy, Rubi Bledsoe, and Gabriela Marma-Gutierrez — July 28, 2023

The Truth of the Matter

Distrust of Everything: Misinformation and AI

New York Times technology reporter Tiffany Hsu joins the podcast to discuss the impact and potential impact that AI has on misinformation, national security, and could have on U.S. elections.

Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz — July 18, 2023

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Distrust of Everything: Misinformation and AI

New York Times technology reporter Tiffany Hsu joins the podcast to discuss the impact and potential impact that AI has on misinformation, national security, and could have on U.S. elections.

Transcript — July 18, 2023

Cyber Operations during the Russo-Ukrainian War

This latest On Future War paper analyzes the interplay of cyber operations in the Ukraine conflict by assessing the impact, deciphering future implications, and formulating strategic recommendations for cyber defense partnerships and countering information operations.

Brief by Grace B. Mueller, Benjamin Jensen, Brandon Valeriano, Ryan C. Maness, and Jose M. Macias — July 13, 2023

AI and Rumors of Impending Doom

AI is the latest moral panic gripping society, but what are the policy consequences of non-stop talk about impending doom? CSIS’s James Lewis addresses how little of the present discussion of AI is informed by careful analysis. 

Commentary by James Andrew Lewis — July 5, 2023