Technology

The attached briefing puts the President's FY2008 national security budget request in the broader context of the affordability and practicality of the program over the coming Future Year Defense Program period (FY2008-FY2011) and beyond.

Patent reform, which languished in the House subcommittee on IP in the last Congress, is now moving forward in both chambers. The two versions of the Patent Reform Act of 2007 reflect a repackaging of the House draft from the 109^th Congress. Largely due to political power shifts, Congress now expresses greater optimism that patent reform will occur.

The small Baltic country of Estonia was the target of a series of cyber attacks in May 2007. These were "denial of service" attacks, where an attacker floods the target network with bogus messages, causing its servers (computers that serve as a hub in a network) to slow or shut down.

Government support, privatization, and a removal of barriers to foreign participation have been crucial for China's information technology (IT) success. But the degree and nature of this success can be easily misunderstood when China's performance is taken out of its global context.

James Lewis, director and senior fellow of the Technology and Public Policy program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies considers the factors driving China’s military modernization and what that modernization means for the United States.

On April 24, 2007, James Lewis was a panelist at the Federal Trade Commission's public workshop, "Proof Positive: New Directions for ID Authentication."  The topic of his panel was "Next Steps:  Where Do We Go from Here?"  More information about the workshop can be found

Globalization drives change. The immense economic transition that comes with globalization has brought an unprecedented prosperity to the world. The United States is among the chief beneficiaries. However, America and other countries have learned that with the benefits come new risks. Nations face different and unexpected threats to their safety.