Some lightly updated reports produced lately by the Congressional Research Service include the following.
Direct Overt U.S. Aid Appropriations for and Military Reimbursements to Pakistan, FY2002-FY2014, April 11, 2013
Sensitive Covert Action Notifications: Oversight Options for Congress, April 10, 2013
Covert Action: Legislative Background and Possible Policy Questions, April 10, 2013
Navy Ship Names: Background For Congress, April 8, 2013
Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Program: Background and Issues for Congress, April 5, 2013
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.