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Experts React: Assessing the Israeli Intelligence and Potential Policy Failure
The devastating Hamas attack surprised Israel and represented a massive failure for its intelligence services. A collection of CSIS experts examine different aspects of this failure.
Commentary by Jessica Davis Tricia Bacon Emily Harding and Daniel Byman — October 25, 2023

How Could Israeli Intelligence Miss the Hamas Invasion Plans?
Commentary by Emily Harding — October 11, 2023

Biodefense Posture Review Raises Alarms about New Threats but Speaks Softly on China
Critical Questions by Emily Harding and J. Stephen Morrison — August 23, 2023

China's Strategy of Political Warfare
Report by Seth G. Jones Emily Harding Catrina Doxsee Jake Harrington and Riley McCabe — August 2, 2023
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Fireside Chat with LTG Berrier

Managing Geopolitical Risk in Mexico's ICT Sector

China's Strategy of Political Warfare: Views from Congress

Army OSINT: Defining a New Course

Lessons in U.S. Intelligence and Special Operations

Book Event: Open Source Investigations in the Age of Google

Building Democratic Resilience

Press Briefing: Analyzing the 2022 National Defense Strategy
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Up in the Air: The Spy Balloon and What It Means for Canada
Commentary by Vincent Rigby — March 3, 2023
Chinese Spy Balloons: The Sky’s the Limit
Commentary by James Andrew Lewis — February 3, 2023
Building Supply Chain Resilience
Commentary by Emily Harding and Harshana Ghoorhoo — December 15, 2022
Building Democratic Resilience
Event — November 30, 2022
Combined Arms Warfare and Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Report by Seth G. Jones Jake Harrington Christopher K. Reid and Matthew Strohmeyer — November 10, 2022
Press Briefing: Analyzing the 2022 National Defense Strategy
Event — October 27, 2022
Press Briefing: Analyzing the 2022 National Defense Strategy
Transcript by Seth G. Jones Max Bergmann Emily Harding Tom Karako Mark F. Cancian and Kathleen McInnis — October 27, 2022
Russia’s Operations in Ukraine
Podcast Episode by Emily Harding and Kathleen McInnis — October 12, 2022

#NAFO and Winning the Information War: Lessons Learned from Ukraine
Event — October 5, 2022
Hard Choices in a Ransomware Attack
Report by Emily Harding and Harshana Ghoorhoo — September 28, 2022