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@csis.orgTexas is reaping the benefits of a wave of AI-and national security–driven capital investments. Scaling Texas’s semiconductor ecosystem will depend on converting these investments into advancements in areas critical to success, write CSIS experts.
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@csis.org9/14 | Join CSIS for a panel discussion refocusing attention on North Korean human rights by examining conditions at the Alabuga drone-production facilities in Russia and how these drones are enabling and intensifying the unprovoked war in Ukraine.
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@csis.org"Iran will want to have the ability to disrupt the flow of oil and gas in case of a future conflict and to coerce regional states on issues including ties to Israel and disputes elsewhere in the Middle East," write Dan Byman and Alden Ness.
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@csis.org“China has been playing the long game for decades—building rare earths processing capacity, scaling manufacturing ecosystems, and investing in the 'missing middle' between lab and market,” warns @est.csis.org.
Is it too late for the U.S. to catch up?: https://bit.ly/4bSqejz
@csis.org"The U.S., along with its allies and partners, should prepare now for subsea cable communications disruption. Governments have underinvested in repair capacity, leaving the Indo-Pacific dependent on a small and aging fleet of specialized vessels," write CSIS experts.
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@csis.org"There is no viable strategy for countering Chinese information warfare that does not involve buy-in from regional partners and an awareness of the scale, scope, and impact of Chinese-language media in Southeast Asia," write CSIS experts.
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@csis.org10/28-29 | Please join CSIS for the 10th anniversary of the China Power Conference. This year's event brings together leading experts for two days of discussion on core issues underpinning China's power.
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@csis.orgFor enduring space superiority, the United States will need to ensure its space companies are best positioned to capitalize on broader global space markets and dominate spaceborne commerce, writes CSIS Aerospace Security expert Clayton Swope.
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@csis.org10/13 | Please join CSIS for a conversation with Gen. Xavier T. Brunson that will explore the impact of the U.S. Army's military alliance with South Korea, interoperability with the Joint Force, and landpower across the Indo-Pacific region.
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@csis.orgWhat did CENTCOM mean when it declared space superiority over Iran? Joint and Space Force doctrine give different answers, while leaving unresolved who can make that declaration and what evidence is needed to support it, writes Alexei Hoffman.
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@csis.orgChina is using the Russia-Ukraine drone war as a military laboratory. Lilly Min-Chen Lee and Kate Bondar trace how quickly Chinese analysts identify battlefield innovations and how the PLA translates the lessons into training, procurement, hardware, and force structure.
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@csis.orgThe U.S. should accelerate development and deployment of lower-cost, low-altitude defenses while also replenishing critical interceptor stocks to protect energy infrastructure against Iranian threats, write Daniel Byman and Alden Ness.
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@csis.orgOCTOBER 14 | Join @korea.csis.org for a panel discussion with experts from across sectors refocusing attention on North Korean human rights by examining conditions at the Alabuga drone-production facilities in Russia.
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@csis.orgThe $1.4 billion Texas CHIPS Act gives the state significant advantages, but its long-term position will depend on execution: reliable power and water, coordinated incentives, stronger links across the value chain, and an expanding workforce, write CSIS experts.
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@csis.orgIf the current trajectory of attacks against energy infrastructure in the Ukraine war continues, prices will likely increase as winter approaches. This gives outside powers a reason to support a truce, write Yasin Bozkus and Yasir Atalan.
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@csis.orgAnalysis of 223 vessels finds that Chinese research ships spend an unusually large share of time near subsea infrastructure on the high seas. The findings call for stronger allied monitoring, coordinated patrols, and faster cable repair.
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@csis.orgIf the Thailand-Cambodia conciliation under UNCLOS is successful, it would reinforce the norm of Southeast Asian adherence to intl. maritime law, which would in turn strengthen their negotiating positions vis-à-vis China in the South China Sea, write CSIS experts.
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@csis.orgIn 2024, the United States consumed 1.6 million tonnes of copper, mined 1.2 million tonnes, and smelted just 585,000 tonnes, roughly one third of what it consumed. The discrepancy is not at the mine; it is in the middle of the supply chain, writes Ryuhei Ono.
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@csis.orgChinese analysts register new battlefield techniques quickly. Absorption takes longer: Organizational and system-level lessons surface only after a year or more of internal digestion, write Lilly Min-Chen Lee and Kateryna Bondar.
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@csis.orgOCTOBER 28-29 | To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the China Power Conference, the CSIS China Power Project is bringing together leading experts for a discussion on core issues such as U.S.-China relations and Beijing's foreign and security policy.
Register: https://bit.ly/3VpGAKu
