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Assessing Russian Firepower Strikes in Ukraine

Oct 23, 2024 | csis.org | Benjamin Jensen |Yasir Atalan |Futures Lab

Ukraine is under siege from Russian firepower strikes and needs additional Western military aid, expanded sanctions against Moscow’s allies, intelligence support, and long-range strike authorization to defend its citizens. From September 28, 2022, to September 1, 2024, Russia launched a total of 11,466 missiles. On average, 23.2 missiles were launched daily, with the median number of daily launches recorded at 17 missiles.
Assessing Russian Firepower Strikes in Ukraine

Oct 23, 2024 | shorturl.at | Benjamin Jensen |Yasir Atalan |Futures Lab

CSIS published an interactive dashboard that explores the daily and cumulative trends of Russian missile attacks, including the number of missiles launched, types of missiles used, and the success of Ukrainian intercepts. Explore the interactive dashboard here. Ukraine is under siege from Russian firepower strikes and needs additional Western military aid, expanded sanctions against Moscow’s allies, intelligence support, and long-range strike authorization to defend its citizens.
In War and Society, Large Language Models Are What We Make of Them

Sep 23, 2024 | warontherocks.com | Benjamin Jensen |Yasir Atalan |Ian Reynolds

Editor’s Note: Benjamin Jensen, one of the authors of this article, is the host of the new War on the Rocks members-only show, Not the AI You’re Looking For. If you are a member, you can access the show directly. If you are not yet a member, change that today!Behind every machine, I see a face — indeed, many faces: the engineer, the worker, the businessman or businesswoman, and, sometimes, the general and admiral.
The Future of NATO’s Southern Flank

Jul 10, 2024 | csis.org | Yasir Atalan |Futures Lab

This series—featuring scholars from the Futures Lab, the International Security Program, and across CSIS—explores emerging challenges and opportunities that NATO is likely to confront after its 75th anniversary. In the future, NATO must see its southern and eastern flanks as interconnected geopolitical spaces. Such a view necessitates adopting a holistic strategy that minimizes intra-alliance confrontations and builds deeper political integration with the southern flank.
Calibrating NATO’s Vision of AI-Enabled Decision Support

Jul 8, 2024 | csis.org | Ian Reynolds |Yasir Atalan |Futures Lab

This series—featuring scholars from the Futures Lab, the International Security Program, and across CSIS—explores emerging challenges and opportunities that NATO is likely to confront after its 75th anniversary. In the future, NATO will be the global test case for the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) with military operations, setting the standards for interoperability, organizational applications, and responsible use of AI.
Algorithmic Stability: How AI Could Shape the Future of Deterrence

Jun 10, 2024 | csis.org | Benjamin Jensen |Yasir Atalan

In the future…States will integrate artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) into their national security enterprises to gain decision advantages over their rivals. The question will not be if a web of algorithms extends across the military, intelligence community, and foreign policy decisionmaking institutions, but how lines of code interact with the human clash of wills at the heart of strategy. New technology will change the character but not the nature of statecraft and strategy.
Eroding Trust in Government: What Games, Surveys, and Scenarios Reveal about Alternative Cyber Futures

Apr 8, 2024 | csis.org | Yasir Atalan |Benjamin Jensen

In the Future . . . Societies will be held hostage through cyberspace by states and non-state actors seeking to target the most vulnerable as part of larger political warfare campaigns waged online. In place of costly offensive cyber campaigns, malign actors will seek to undermine trust and confidence in government through disrupting basic needs and services such as food aid and medical assistance, creating an insidious new form of countervalue targeting.
Why Pausing LNG Exports Is Bad Foreign Policy

Feb 12, 2024 | csis.org | Benjamin Jensen |Yasir Atalan |Futures Lab

The recent decision by the Biden administration to pause licenses for export facilities of liquified natural gas (LNG) creates long-term national security risks. According to White House announcement, the decision is aimed at addressing domestic health concerns such as increasing pollution near export facilities, but its timing raises questions. In effect, President Biden chose to symbolically address domestic price concerns and climate change fears at the expense of national security.
CISA's Evolving .gov Mission: Defending the United States' Federal Executive Agency Networks

Oct 23, 2023 | csis.org | Benjamin Jensen |Devi Nair |Jose Macias |José Macias |Yasir Atalan

This project brings together a diverse mix of public and private sector voices including lawyers, soldiers, professors, and more, united in their commitment to securing cyberspace. The focus of this project is on developing new strategies to protect the digital networks that are essential for the functioning of over 100 federal civilian executive branch (FCEB) agencies and the provision of critical public goods and services.