This week, we take a deep dive into the Islamic Republic of Iran. What are Iran’s regional and internal ambitions? What is the political history of Iran and how does this explain its actions and intentions? Do human rights exist in Iran? Should the U.S. resurrect the Joint Comprehensive Plan…

By Andrea Little Limbago, NSI Senior Fellow For the last decade, aspirations of a global internet have met the reality of sovereign borders. Today’s internet reflects a ‘splinternet’ — a fractured, patchwork of networks structured along sovereign boundaries, and broadly shaped by the contrasts between digital authoritarianism and democracies. These…

By Jamil Jaffer, NSI Founder and Executive Director, and Destiny Clements, NSI Public Policy and Government Relations Manager The Headline: Over the past several months, with increasingly intense activity in recent weeks, the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station in southeastern Ukraine has been the target of shelling and fighting around the facility…

This week marks one year since the U.S. withdrew from Afghanistan following its two-decade commitment to fighting terrorism in the country. One year on, we have a country ruled by the Taliban, thousands of Americans and allies stranded within its borders, and a rapidly deteriorating economic, humanitarian and regional security…

Book review by Joshua C. Huminski, NSI Visiting Fellow Book Details: Is Remote Warfare Moral? Joseph O. Chapa Public Affairs Having a serious conversation about the use of robotics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and the future of warfare is challenging at best and often futile (like resistance) at worst. The…

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 Visiting Fellow Daniel Kroese on the need for bipartisan legislation that supports state and local cybersecurity. “Congress needs to continue…

By Jamil Jaffer, NSI Founder and Executive Director The Headline: Yesterday, incoming NATO member Finland launched an investigation into two Russian MiG-31 fighter jets that violated Finnish airspace over the Gulf of Finland. Later that day, Russia’s Defense Ministry announced that Russia had moved three MiG-31s equipped with Kinzhal hypersonic…

By John Poulson, NSI Public Policy and Government Relations Manager, and Jamil Jaffer, NSI Founder and Executive Director The Headline: On August 8, Tornado Cash, a decentralized blockchain-based application, was sanctioned by the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). As a result, Tornado Cash, along with several virtual…