Defense Technology Monitor No. 105
A low-cost bomb boosts U.S. maritime power;
Future-proofing encryption;
Surveillance, like a shark;
Biosecurity concerns grow as gene editing advances;
Self-training robots – a national security risk?
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Navigating the Iranian Opposition: A National Security Blueprint for the United States
In the Fall of 2023, Iranians from all walks of life took to the streets to vent their rage at their country’s ruling clerical regime. The immediate cause for their anger was the September 2022 death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini at the hands of regime security forces for the crime of improperly wearing her Islamic headscarf, or hijab. Quickly, however, what began as grassroots unrest over regime brutality transformed into something more: a fundamental rejection of the Islamic Republic’s religious system of government. And as the protests went on, hopes rose in the West that they might, at long last, coalesce into a real challenge to the country’s four-plus decades of draconian clerical rule.
How the U.S. can counter China’s economic coercion
At present, Chinese coercion is met largely with a playbook of defensive measures. The Chinese are able to choose the time and location of their action, and the recipient country busies itself scrambling to contain the fallout. China therefore has the initiative, while the targeted country — often in conjunction with the U.S. — mostly tries to mitigate the impact. As a result, it’s tempting to assume that China holds more cards than it actually does. And it’s equally easy for the U.S. to forget the extent of its own leverage over China in the exact same manner.
Russia Policy Monitor No. 2650
Former prisoner: Putin's regime will invariably collapse;
Moscow and Beijing collude on European espionage...;
...As Russia stirs up trouble in Britain;
The true cost of the Ukraine war, continued
Reacting to Future Space Events - After Action Report 3
This report details the outcomes of a series of high-stakes, seminar-style wargames conducted by a simulated National Space Council (NSpC) to address potential near-term space-related scenarios that could significantly impact U.S. public perception, resourcing, and policy.