Noteworthy new reports from the Congressional Research Service that have not been made readily available to the public include the following (all pdf).
“The Gulf Security Dialogue and Related Arms Sale Proposals,” January 14, 2008.
“Foreign Ownership of U.S. Financial Assets: Implications of a Withdrawal,” January 14, 2008.
“Laos: Background and U.S. Relations,” January 7, 2008.
“Pakistan-U.S. Relations,” updated January 11, 2008.
The United States has the only proven and scalable tritium production supply chain, but it is largely reserved for nuclear weapons. Excess tritium production capacity should be leveraged to ensure the success of and U.S. leadership in fusion energy.
Despite an emerging awareness of the importance of state and local government innovation capacity, there is a shortage of plausible strategies to build that capacity.
Innovations in artificial intelligence and robotics will allow us to accelerate the search process using foundation AI models for science research and automate much of the experimentation with robotic, self-driving labs.
FAS commends the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources for clearing a historic 75 pieces of legislation, including multiple crucial bills to confront the wildfire crisis.