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Lessons from Covid-19 for Global Health Security

Health access is fundamentally a systems challenge that depends on the interaction between the innovation system, which generates new technologies through research and investment, and the delivery system, which manufactures, distributes, and administers medicines.

Report by Anne Pritchett, Alexander Kersten, and Shruti Sharma — August 27, 2026

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Vice President, Defense and Security Department; Director, Intelligence, National Security, and Technology Program
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Scott Kennedy

Senior Adviser and Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics
Jerry McGinn

Jerry McGinn

Director, Center for the Industrial Base and Senior Fellow, Defense and Security Department
Caitlin Welsh

Caitlin Welsh

Director, Global Food and Water Security Program
Alek Jovovic

Alek Jovovic

Deputy Director, Center for the Industrial Base and Senior Fellow, Defense and Security Department
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Clayton Swope

Deputy Director, Aerospace Security Project and Senior Fellow, Defense and Security Department
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Lauryn Williams

Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Strategic Technologies Program
Romina Bandura

Romina Bandura

Senior Fellow, Project on Prosperity and Development

Nikita Shah

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Joseph Rodgers

Joseph Rodgers

Deputy Director and Fellow, Project on Nuclear Issues
Kate Koren

Kate Koren

Deputy Director, Economics Program and Scholl Chair in International Business
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Chris Borges

Fellow and Senior Program Manager, Economic Security and Technology Department
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Hugh Grant-Chapman

Fellow, Economics Program and Scholl Chair in International Business
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Lessons from Covid-19 for Global Health Security

Health access is fundamentally a systems challenge that depends on the interaction between the innovation system, which generates new technologies through research and investment, and the delivery system, which manufactures, distributes, and administers medicines.

Report by Anne Pritchett, Alexander Kersten, and Shruti Sharma — August 27, 2026

From the Petrodollar to the Tokendollar: Economic Statecraft in the AI Era

AI tokens are emerging as the currency of a new international order. Benjamin Jensen argues that the United States should create a “tokendollar” linking AI infrastructure, futures markets, and dollar-backed stablecoins to extend U.S. financial power into the AI era.

Commentary by Benjamin Jensen — August 25, 2026

AI and Global Food Security: A Focus on Food Systems

As food systems face increasingly severe and complex shocks, AI-enabled innovations are proliferating across food production, logistics, markets, and humanitarian response. CSIS experts unpack the challenges and opportunities of AI for global food systems.

Commentary by Zane Swanson, Emma Curtis, and Caitlin Welsh — August 21, 2026

The End of “As-Is”: Could AI Undermine Software’s U.S. Legal Shield?

AI has fundamentally shattered the economic justifications that courts used to excuse software vendors from product liability. Because low-cost AI agents can now identify critical vulnerabilities at scale, continuing to allow commercial vendors to hide behind boilerplate “as-is” legal disclaimers is bad public policy, and policymakers must act to realign legal expectations with technological reality.

Commentary by Sezaneh Seymour — August 6, 2026

Bridging the Gap: LEO Satellite Internet and Human Rights

Low Earth orbit satellite internet holds tremendous promise for keeping government functioning and civil society connected in the direst of circumstances, but it must be harnessed for the public good and evade continued authoritarian efforts to fully shut off the internet.

Critical Questions by Andrew Friedman — August 6, 2026

The Role of Regional Networks in Twenty-First-Century Industrial Policy

America's next era of technological leadership will be won in its regions. Connecting research, manufacturing, and commercialization through regional innovation ecosystems can help turn scientific breakthroughs into economic and strategic advantage.

Commentary by Sujai Shivakumar — August 3, 2026