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Significant Cyber Events

ian — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500

A list of significant cyber events since 2006.

Last modified on January 19, 2012.

Critical Questions for 2012

ian — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500

From international security and regional study to global challenges, CSIS experts will address many of the world's most difficult policy concerns and critical questions in 2012. To kick off the new year, we asked 25 of our scholars to identity what worries them most and what are the biggest opportunities in their respective areas of study.

China in Space: Implications of the Space Module Docking

ktimlin — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500

This piece was orignially published in China - U.S. Focus on November 15, 2011

U.S. Policy on Economic Espionage

ktimlin — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500

James A. Lewis on common misperceptions in U.S. policy towards economic espionage.

Using Earth Observation Data to Improve Health in the United States

jdunton — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Earth observations enable us to monitor and predict key environmental phenomena and events that can affect our health. Earth observation data can be incorporated into models to help detect, monitor, or predict disease, providing policymakers with the opportunity to control an epidemic, respond more quickly to disease outbreaks, and act to prevent or mitigate the occurrence of disease.

Addressing Japan's Healthcare Challenges with Information Technology

jdunton — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Japan is facing the long-term policy challenge of an aging society, which requires increasing amounts of healthcare, both high acuity care and long-term chronic care.

Indo-U.S. Space Cooperation: Aiming Higher

NLombardo — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Indo-U.S. space cooperation may not yet be in orbit, but it certainly is in the boost phase. At the end of their Strategic Dialogue Joint Statement, issued on July 19 in New Delhi, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton included a status report on the recently concluded meeting in Bangalore of the U.S.-India Space Working Group.

Technological Advancement: The Choice Before Us

ian — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Marshall Foch, commander of Allied Forces in World War I, is said to have remarked when he fi rst saw an airplane in 1911, that “airplanes are interesting toys, but of no military value.” Foch, like most others, did not recognize the destructive potential of the new technology or how it would change military and strategic calculations.

Protecting Privacy Through Cybersecurity

ktimlin — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400

If the internet is ever to be a safer, and in fact more private environment for the millions of Americans who use it, national cybersecurity mission will be one of the means by which it becomes so. To this end, it is critical that we reconcile privacy and cybersecurity in a way that gives all citizens equal confidence in the way our government protects information and in the way our gover

Cybersecurity Two Years Later

jdunton — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500

When CSIS published Securing Cyberspace for the 44th Presidency two years ago, cybersecurity was not a major issue for public policy. Along with the work of many others, our first report helped to change this. However, the new energy in the national dialogue on cybersecurity has not yet translated into sufficient progress.

Seizing the Wireless Advantage: Conference Proceedings

ian — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400

On September 15, 2010 the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) hosted a one-day conference to better understand various perspectives on the future of the Electro-Magnetic Spectrum (EMS). The event brought together key stakeholders from the across the government, industry, and academia, with two intended outcomes.

Thresholds for Cyberwar

ian — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400

There is a broad range of hostile or malicious action in cyberspace – crime, espionage, attacks, and political action. The identity of those who engage in these actions can be indeterminate, and these activities, at some level, often overlap. This does not justify, however, a similar blurring and imprecision in our discussions of cyber conflict.

Cross-Domain Deterrence and Credible Threats

dzheng — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400

The concept of deterrence rests on a series of assumptions about how potential opponents recognize, interpret and react to threats of retaliation. The fundamental assumption is that a correct interpretation by opponents will lead them to reject certain courses of action as too risky or too expensive.

Earth Observation for Climate Change

ian — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Until this year, America’s civil space policies—and the budgets that derive from it—were shaped to a considerable degree by the political imperatives of the past and by the romantic fiction of spaceflight.

Cyber War and Competition in the China - U.S. Relationship

dzheng — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400

These are remarks delivered at the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations on May 13, 2010.

DIIG Current Issues No. 21: The Time Is Right for Export Control Reform

jhofbauer — Mon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Over the last year, a flurry of meetings, papers, announcements, and legislative initiatives has focused on an issue area that has bedeviled policy makers and industry officials alike for decades: how to reform the U.S. Government’s “byzantine amalgam of authorities, roles, and missions” relating to export controls.

A Note on the Laws of War in Cyberspace

dzheng — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400

There is some disagreement as to whether we can apply the existing legal framework for warfare to cyber conflict or whether a new legal framework is needed. This debate conflates two separate issues: can the existing legal framework be applied to cyber conflict and is the existing framework adequate.

Government Open Source Policies

Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400

This is the seventh update to the CSIS Open Source Policy survey. The survey tracks governmental policies on the use of open source software as reported in the press or other media.

Government Open Source Policies

ian — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Google and China

ian — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400

China is feeling on top of the world these days. Peoples Daily recently ran an article with the headline “Collective Decision-making Eclipses Rowdy Democracy.” It is not hard to guess to whom “rowdy democracy” refers. There is more to this than China’s own growth.

The Electrical Grid as a Target for Cyber Attack

dzheng — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400

The electrical power grid has gotten much attention in the last few yars as a potential target for cyber attack. This paper reviews the reasons why.

The Cyber War Has Not Begun

dzheng — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Expanded attention to cybersecurity is a good thing, but it seems that it is difficult to discuss this topic without exaggeration. We are not in a ‘cyber war’. War is the use of military force to attack another nation and damage or destroy its capability and will to resist. Cyber war would involve an effort by another nation or a politically motivated group to use

DIIG Current Issues No. 16: Wrestling with Complexity in Defense Programs

jhofbauer — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

In recent years, defense programs are more ambitious than any previously attempted. They promise unprecedented capability through integrating groundbreaking technologies into network-centric systems-of-systems, such as the Army’s Future Combat System (FCS) and the Coast Guard’s Integrated Deepwater System (IDS).

Organizing for a Complex World: The Way Ahead

jhofbauer — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Complex defense and network-centric systems have proven to be difficult to develop on time and on budget, a consequence of the complexity inherent in both the systems and the acquisition environment. These programs pose governance and management challenges, and it is difficult to know in advance the program-management model most suitable for a given program.

Read My Tweet on Iran

jdunton — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Technology creates new sources of power. Network technologies diffuse power. New networking technologies erode traditional means of political control and create new kinds of politics. The effect can be immediate—as when Falun Gong supporters used e-mail to organize simultaneous demonstrations across China.

Foreign Policy Opportunities for NASA

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Events of the past month have startlingly illustrated the globalization of space.

Organizing for a Complex World

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Government agencies, primarily the U.S. Department of Defense, currently face an unparalleled leap in complexity as the information revolution presents opportunities to create large, complex net-centric systems-of-systems. Furthermore, individual weapon systems are becoming more intricate as more technology is inserted, requirements mount, and capabilities increase.

Governments and Global Supply Chains

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Government policies and practices affect economic outcomes. Is government action (or inaction) an obstacle to global economic participation? Do governments provide the environment for the services and infrastructure needed to be competitive? The answers to these questions decide how much a country’s citizens and businesses can benefit from globalization. This means

Authentication 2.0

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Digital networks offer people new opportunities. Taking advantage of these opportunities, however, will depend on whether we can improve our ability to authenticate identity online. Weak authentication distorts social interactions, security, and business on the Net. Without better authentication, we may forgo many opportunities, and the Net will remain a place that holds consi

CCTV: Developing Privacy Best Practices

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500

CCTV use can improve security in urban areas, public venues, and around critical infrastructure facilities. The benefits of CCTV use will increase as the technology improves if we do not create a regulatory environment that discourages innovation and use. Privacy guidelines must be flexible enough to accommodate next-generation systems and evolving technologies and should not restri

Global Value Chain Self-Assessment Tool

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0400

CSIS has developed a self-assessment tool to measure government performance in a global economy. The tool’s 87 questions look at the government policies and services that determine how attractive and how efficient a country will be as a location for companies in a global supply chain. The questions, which we divided into six categories, range from how many days it takes to mov

Global Policies on Open Source Software

Mon, 20 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0400

This is the fourth update to our Open Source Policies table. The attached table tracks explicit governmental policies concerning the use of open source software that have been publicly reported in the press or other media.

Foreign Influence on Software

Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0400

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.

A Tale of Two Centuries

Thu, 09 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0500

An Assessment of the National Security Software Industrial Base

Thu, 19 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0400

The ability of the Department of Defense (DoD) to meet its software challenges depends on both the user-driven requirements and demands for software-driven functionality, the quantity and quality o

U.S. Satellite Export Control Policy

Thu, 21 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0400

CSIS, the Chamber of Commerce’s Space Enterprise Council and the Satellite Industry Association recently hosted an off-the-record event on the state of satellite export controls and how these controls are affecting U.S. satellite firms. There was a clear consensus among speakers and participants that these controls are damaging U.S. firms’ global competitiveness.

National Policies for Innovation and Growth in Mexico

Thu, 29 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0400

In 2003, Mexico had the 10th-largest economy in the world; in 2004, it fell to 11th place; and in 2005, it dropped to 12th. This trend is troublesome and suggests that Mexico is not taking the steps needed to meet the new level of competition in an intense and changing global market. The export-led development model that worked for Mexico in the past is increasingly less effective.

Global Policies On Open Source Software

Sat, 01 Apr 2006 00:00:00 -0500

This is the third update to our Open Source Policies table. The attached table tracks explicit governmental policies concerning the use of open source software that have been publicly reported in the press or other media.

Global Policies on Open Source Software

Fri, 31 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0500

South Asia Monitor: Outsourcing: The New Big Thing or the Slippery Slope? - December 01, 2004

Wed, 01 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0500

Software and "outsourced" services account for 3 percent of India's economy but are growing at 30 percent a year and are a major export earner. The controversy over U.S. policy toward outsourcing—one of India’s economic success stories—centers on the states more than on the federal government.

Federal Policy and Open Source Software

Sun, 01 Jun 2003 00:00:00 -0400