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What to Know About Chinese AI Models

Chinese AI models are rapidly closing the gap with U.S. frontier systems. This analysis examines what their growing capabilities, lower costs, and open-weight strategy mean for global AI competition and U.S. policy.

Critical Questions by Yasir Atalan — July 2, 2026

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What to Know About Chinese AI Models

Chinese AI models are rapidly closing the gap with U.S. frontier systems. This analysis examines what their growing capabilities, lower costs, and open-weight strategy mean for global AI competition and U.S. policy.

Critical Questions by Yasir Atalan — July 2, 2026

Russian Blood and Treasure: The Ballooning Costs of Putin’s War

Russia has suffered approximately 1.4 million casualties and 450,000 fatalities in Ukraine for only marginal territorial gains, according to new CSIS data. In addition, Ukraine has conducted deep strikes into Russian territory, including with AI-enabled drones.

Brief by Seth G. Jones and Riley McCabe — July 1, 2026

Entity List Additions Cool to Their Slowest Pace Since 2008

The lack of additions to the Entity List since October 2025 marks a sharp break from years of U.S. geoeconomic strategy. Due to the continually shifting nature of procurement networks, a list that stops expanding tracks fewer relevant actors, eroding its value as a control. 

Analysis by Kate Koren and Brad Spicher — June 29, 2026

Russian Roulette

How Drone Innovation Reshapes the Battlefield in Ukraine with Kate Bondar

Max and Maria sit down with Kate Bondar, Senior Fellow at CSIS’s Wadhwani AI Center and expert on autonomous warfare, to discuss the role of drones in combat in Ukraine, including Russia’s innovation tactics and takeaways from the recent increase in strikes on Moscow and Kyiv. 

Podcast Episode by Max Bergmann, Maria Snegovaya, and Kateryna Bondar — June 26, 2026

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Beyond P(doom): Marc Andreessen - Betting on America

On this episode of Betting on America, Marc Andreessen, co-founder and general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, discusses not whether AI will transform society, but how to manage its impact. The conversation explores who will bear the costs of disruption and what government and industry must do to ensure AI’s benefits are widely shared and its challenges remain manageable.

Event — June 25, 2026

Betting on America

Beyond P(doom): Marc Andreessen

Marc Andreessen, Co-founder and General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, joins Betting on America to press past the settled question of whether AI is going to transform our world.

Podcast Episode by Navin Girishankar — June 25, 2026

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The Greenspan Lesson for the AI Race

Senior Fellow Karl Smith argues that Chair Greenspan’s legacy offers a lesson for the AI era: macroeconomic data is backward-looking. If U.S. institutions misread a new productivity shift, they risk higher rates, slower AI investment, and a weaker long-term tech position.

Commentary by Karl Smith — June 24, 2026