Today, Les, Jess, and Jamil discuss rising tensions between the U.S. and China due to recent encounters between Chinese and US aircraft over the SCS, and in the Taiwan Strait between a US destroyer and a Canadian ship that were intercepted by a Chinese destroyer. Furthermore, at the Shangri-La…

Today, Jamil, Jess, and NSI Senior Fellow Andy Keiser discuss the dangers and benefits of AI in a national security context and questions whether government regulation is needed. …

Today, Les, Jess, and Jamil discuss Uganda’s passage of one of the world’s toughest anti-gay laws that calls for life imprisonment for anyone convicted of homosexuality. The legislation received widespread condemnation from many Western governments and human rights activists. How should the international community push back? Should the US cut off aid to Uganda? If not, what can be done to influence Uganda’s — and potentially other countries’ similar — laws?

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 Fellow Jennifer Cafarella on Ukraine’s strategy and the future of the war. “The Russia that we imagined existed going into…

On Sunday, May 28, 2023, Turkey held an unprecedented runoff election in which Recep Tayyip Erdoğan secured victory over his rival, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu. NSI Experts weigh in with their commentary below. Cameron Burks, NSI Senior Fellow and Vice President for Global Safety and Security, Roku “Erdogan. Humbled. Two words one…

By Andy Keiser, NSI Senior Fellow Earlier this month in Japan, the G7 announced in its communiqué the creation of a Coordination Platform on Economic Coercion, targeting China’s economic coercion stating: “We affirm our shared responsibility and determination to coordinate on preventing the cutting-edge technologies we develop from being used…

As part of NSI’s year-long programming on smart innovation policy, we hosted our second event of a four-part series on US-EU partnership in technology innovation, “US-EU Tech Partnership: Promoting Values Abroad and Enhancing Trade, Security, and Economic Prosperity”. …

Today, Les, Jess, and Jamil discuss this week’s announcement by Microsoft and the U.S. government that they detected a Chinese cyber hack by hacking group, Volt Typhoon, directed at critical infrastructure systems, including telecommunications gear, located in Guam and elsewhere in the United States. Is China hacking Guam a…

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 Founder and Executive Director Jamil N. Jaffer on the Chinese cyber hack on US systems in Guam and insight on…