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One of the new administration’s most difficult decisions will be how to move forward in Afghanistan, particularly in light of the Trump administration’s recent decision to draw down troops. Doing so hastily would be a mistake.
Among the top priorities for President Biden’s Department of Defense should be retaining and cultivating a skilled STEM workforce at all levels in the Pentagon.
A roundup of the developments in the military’s response to Covid-19 from January 15-January 22 by the CSIS International Security Program.
For some time, trust in U.S. democratic institutions has been declining. There is an immediate need to rebuild and sustain public confidence in democracy and in U.S. national security institutions, and that starts by elevating civic education as a national security imperative.
A roundup of the developments in the military’s response to Covid-19 from January 8-January 15 by the CSIS International Security Program.
The expansion of dual-capable delivery systems and the diversification of strategic forms of warfare to include cyber, space, and advanced high precision conventional strike capabilities have sharply eroded structural conventional-nuclear firebreaks firebreaks.
A roundup of the developments in the military’s response to Covid-19 from December 18-January 8 by the CSIS International Security Program.
A roundup of the developments in the military’s response to Covid-19 from December 11-December 18 by the CSIS International Security Program.
Artificial intelligence may be used in ways that do not directly involve or are not immediately recognizable to senior decisionmakers. These areas of AI application are far left of an operational decision or decision to launch and include four priority sectors: (1) security and defense; (2) intelligence activities and indications and warning; (3) modeling and simulation, optimization, and data analytics; and (4) logistics and maintenance.
A roundup of the developments in the military’s response to Covid-19 from December 4-December 11 by the CSIS International Security Program.