Proliferation of Precision Strike, and More from CRS
New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has instructed CRS not to release to the public include the following.
Proliferation of Precision Strike: Issues for Congress, May 14, 2012
By one official reckoning, there were 35 terrorist incidents in the United States between 2004 and 2011. See The Domestic Terrorist Threat: Background and Issues for Congress, May 15, 2012
It costs $179,750 per hour to operate Air Force One, the President’s official aircraft, according to the latest cost data from the Air Force. See Presidential Travel: Policy and Costs, May 17, 2012
How FDA Approves Drugs and Regulates Their Safety and Effectiveness, May 18, 2012
Submission of the President’s Budget in Transition Years, May 17, 2012
Canadian oil sands are 14-20% more greenhouse-gas-intensive than the crude oil they would replace in U.S. refineries. The effect of the Keystone XL pipeline would be to increase the U.S. greenhouse gas footprint by 3-21 million metric tons, equal to the greenhouse emissions from 588,000 to 4 million passenger vehicles. See Canadian Oil Sands: Life-Cycle Assessments of Greenhouse Gas Emissions, May 15, 2012
Discretionary Spending in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), May 18, 2012
Economic Recovery: Sustaining U.S. Economic Growth in a Post-Crisis Economy, May 17, 2012
Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP): Implementation and Status, May 18, 2012
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria: Issues for Congress and U.S. Contributions from FY2001 to FY2013, May 15, 2012
Taiwan: Major U.S. Arms Sales Since 1990, May 17, 2012
After months of delay, the council tasked by President Trump to review the FEMA released its final report. Our disaster policy nerds have thoughts.
FAS and FLI partnered to build a series of convenings and reports across the intersections of artificial intelligence (AI) with biosecurity, cybersecurity, nuclear command and control, military integration, and frontier AI governance. This project brought together leaders across these areas and created a space that was rigorous, transpartisan, and solutions-oriented to approach how we should think about how AI is rapidly changing global risks.
Investment should instead be directed at sectors where American technology and innovation exist but the infrastructure to commercialize them domestically does not—and where the national security case is clear.
AI is already consequential, but its future trajectory remains contested. Policymakers should make their assumptions explicit, focus on what can be shaped rather than what can be perfectly predicted, and build institutions that can learn and respond as evidence changes.