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Aug 12, 2024 | 
washingtontimes.com | Andy Keiser
OPINION: We are currently locked in an intense generational military and economic competition with China, and the stakes for America’s way of life couldn’t be higher. National security dictates that our military needs to stay one step ahead of our adversaries like China and Russia. The Air Force and Pentagon have an opportunity to effectuate that goal by investing in the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program.
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Jul 18, 2024 | 
thescif.org | Andy Keiser
By Andy Keiser, NSI Senior FellowHeadline:Earlier this year, the Department of Homeland Security released a report on “reducing the risks at the intersection of artificial intelligence and chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats.”Background:The DHS report highlights how America’s primary geopolitical adversaries — namely China and Russia — could use rapidly developing AI to create new, more dangerous pathogens to launch bioweapons for which humans would have no defenses.
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Jun 5, 2024 | 
thescif.org | Andy Keiser
By Andy Keiser, NSI Senior FellowHeadline:In attempting to compete with leading AI companies such as Microsoft and OpenAI, some companies, such as Elon Musk’s Grok, are offering free, open-source, and sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI) frontier models.
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Apr 30, 2024 | 
thescif.org | Andy Keiser
By Andy Keiser, NSI Senior FellowHeadline:While almost everyone has heard of TikTok and its 170 million monthly users, few know about Temu, a popular shopping platform that has 100 million monthly users. Yet Temu’s application poses many of the same threats that national security-minded policymakers have expressed worry over when it comes to other applications, such with TikTok. Background:Temu is a Chinese-based e-commerce app that is owned and operated by PDD Holdings, which also owns Pinduoduo.
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Mar 25, 2024 | 
thescif.org | Andy Keiser
By Andy Keiser, NSI Senior FellowHeadline:China is scheduled to double its nuclear arsenal, Russia reportedly is developing a space-based nuclear weapon, and Moscow also continues to threaten a nuclear or biological attack in Ukraine.
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Feb 19, 2024 | 
thescif.org | Andy Keiser
By Andy Keiser, NSI Senior FellowThis piece is the second of a two-part series that explores the implications of the shifting balance of power between the U.S. and China. In the first piece, I examined the military implications of this shift and this second piece, I examine the economic and diplomatic implications.
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Jan 12, 2024 | 
thescif.org | Andy Keiser
By Andy Keiser, NSI Senior FellowThis piece is the first a two-part series that will explore the implications of the shifting balance of power between the U.S. and China. In this first piece, I will examine the military implications of this shift. In the second, I will examine the economic and diplomatic implications. § HeadlineTo meet China’s growing and modernizing military, the United States and our allies must reinvigorate our defense industrial base as soon as possible.
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Dec 11, 2023 | 
thescif.org | Andy Keiser
By Andy Keiser, NSI Senior FellowThe Headline:As the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) seeks to supplant the United States as the world’s global superpower, the CCP is exploiting and using the U.S. and allied financial and judicial systems against us and to their benefit.
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Oct 18, 2023 | 
thescif.org | Jeffrey Wells |NSI Fellow |Michael D. Lumpkin |Andy Keiser
In a world that is always changing, NSI experts offer insight on critical stories in the news. Please continue reading for their take on the most important breaking stories. NSI Advisory Board member Jeremy Bash discusses any potential military action from Hezbollah into Israel. “I don’t know if we know at this hour whether or not Hezbollah has made the decision to become engaged or not. They may want to wait and see how the ground invasion of Gaza unfolds.
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Oct 17, 2023 | 
thescif.org | Jeffrey Wells |NSI Fellow |Michael D. Lumpkin |Andy Keiser
By Jeffrey Wells, NSI Visiting FellowThe Headline:Last year, in collaboration with top universities, China’s Ministry of Education unveiled the 2022 White Paper on Cybersecurity Talent: Attack and Defense Live-Fire Capability Edition, which outlines China’s multifaceted approach to nurturing cybersecurity experts, including formal education, corporate training, certification courses, competitive hacking events, and ‘bug bounty’ programs.
