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Building Supply Chain Resilience

Covid-19 and Russia's war in Ukraine revealed the fragility of global supply chains. This commentary identifies the most pressing supply chain challenges and provides a path for the U.S. government to bolster supply chain resiliency.

Commentary by Emily Harding and Harshana Ghoorhoo — December 15, 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

Transcript by Seth G. Jones , Max Bergmann , Emily Harding , Tom Karako , Mark F. Cancian , and Kathleen McInnis — October 27, 2022

NAFO and Winning the Information War: Lessons Learned from Ukraine

Transcript by Kathleen McInnis , Seth G. Jones , and Emily Harding — October 5, 2022

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Russia’s Operations in Ukraine

Podcast Episode by Emily Harding and Kathleen McInnis — October 12, 2022

The Future of the U.S.-UK Intelligence Alliance

Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz and Jake Harrington — March 15, 2022

AI Revolution in the Intelligence Community

Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz and Emily Harding — January 24, 2022

When D.C. Met Silicon Valley

Podcast Episode by Kaitlyn Johnson and Emily Harding — November 16, 2021

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Building Democratic Resilience

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Press Briefing: Analyzing the 2022 National Defense Strategy

October 27, 2022 • 2:00 – 3:00 pm EDT

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#NAFO and Winning the Information War: Lessons Learned from Ukraine

October 5, 2022 • 12:00 – 1:00 pm EDT

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The State of the Special Relationship: Four Years at the Heart of UK-U.S. Defense

July 18, 2022 • 1:00 – 2:00 pm EDT

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Press Briefing: Previewing President Biden's Trip to the Middle East

July 7, 2022 • 9:00 – 10:00 am EDT

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National Security and Artificial Intelligence: Global Trends and Challenges

June 28, 2022 • 4:00 – 6:00 pm EDT

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'Never Trust, Always Verify': Federal Migration to ZTA and Endpoint Security

June 16, 2022 • 2:30 – 3:45 pm EDT

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Assessing Russia’s War in Ukraine

June 16, 2022 • 10:00 – 10:45 am EDT

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The Deeper Consequences of the War on Terror

Please join the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) International Security Program on Thursday, August 19 for a conversation on how the war on terror damaged democratic norms over the course of three presidencies.

Event by Emily Harding , Seth G. Jones , and Karen J. Greenberg — August 19, 2021

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Modernizing Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance to ‘Find’ in the Era of Security Competition

This era of renewed global security competition requires U.S. intelligence to embrace smaller, cheaper, and unclassified collection platforms to detect malign activities and deliver information advantage to decisionmakers, argue CSIS’s Jake Harrington and Riley McCabe.

Commentary by Jake Harrington and Riley McCabe — August 6, 2021

Four Talking Points for Biden’s Address to the Intelligence Community

President Biden will travel to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to speak to the workforce and set the tone for intelligence support for his administration. Here are four suggested talking points for the president.

Commentary by Emily Harding — July 26, 2021

Kaseya Ransomware Attack Demands Action to Match Rhetoric

As businesses recover from the July 2 global ransomware attack, the real test is still to come: whether Moscow will take action against criminals that use its territory as a safe haven and, if not, whether Biden will follow through on tougher rhetoric about retaliation.

Critical Questions by Emily Harding , Riley McCabe , and James Andrew Lewis — July 9, 2021

The Pentagon Issues Order 66 to Terminate JEDI

The Pentagon’s decision on July 6, 2021, to terminate the JEDI program puts an end to years of delay over the controversial commercial cloud services program. What’s next for DOD’s cloud program, how does this align to its plans for future warfare, and what is Order 66?

Critical Questions by Jake Harrington — July 8, 2021

What the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act Gets Right (and What It Gets Wrong)

What could prove more valuable than the price tag of the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act is its counterintelligence and security provisions, but only if they are thoughtfully implemented and properly resourced.

Commentary by Jake Harrington and Riley McCabe — July 1, 2021

The First U.S. National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism

On June 15, 2021, the Biden administration released the first-ever National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism. CSIS breaks down the context and components of this strategy and assesses its implications for the future of U.S. counterterrorism efforts.

Critical Questions by Catrina Doxsee and Jake Harrington — June 17, 2021