Biodefense
Programmable Biology Puts Biotech on the Geopolitical Agenda
Ryan Morhard Mon, Nov 21, 2022, 8:46 AM
Synthetic biology is driving a manufacturing revolution, and policymakers are taking note.
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China
The U.S. Needs a New Licensing Policy for Chinese Companies
Matt Perault, Samm Sacks Fri, Jun 11, 2021, 8:01 AM
Many Trump administration policies will lead to a wholesale decoupling between the United States and China with steep economic and strategic costs to the United States. To avoid this, the Biden administration should implement a fair and transparent licensing regime for the Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain (ICTS) rule.
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence – A Counterintelligence Perspective: Part IV
Jim Baker Mon, Oct 29, 2018, 8:36 AM
In my first post in this series, I wrote that one definition of artificial intelligence (AI) is a machine that thinks. But is it? Several people with technical backgrounds in the AI field reached out to me after reading that post. One comment I received that I found striking is that AI is neither A nor I. Instead, it is just computer code. Nothing is thinking; a computer is just following directions. And AI is just inputs to outputs for a goal.
Trade and Security
The Innovation-Security Conundrum in U.S.-China Relations
Robert D. Williams Tue, Jul 24, 2018, 8:21 AM
If one defines technology as anything that extends human capability, it takes only a short logical leap to conclude that nearly any advantage in technological capability over a competitor entails potential military advantage over that competitor.
Congress
The McCaul-Warner Digital Commission Can Be a Value-Add. Here’s How.
Carrie Cordero Tue, Apr 5, 2016, 7:36 AM
On February 29, 2016, Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul and Senator Mark Warner, a bipartisan team, introduced legislation to create a National Commission on Security and Technology Challenges; a “Digital Commission.” In support of their effort, McCaul and Warner secured over 30 co-sponsors, as well as support from several former senior national security officials, law enforcement representatives, industry associations, and technology and security companies.
Book Reviews
A Techno-Thriller That's Not Just for the Beach in August
Charlie Dunlap Tue, Aug 18, 2015, 7:18 AM
Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War
By Peter W. Singer and August Cole
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2015)
Reviewed by Charles J. Dunlap, Jr.