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Playing the Adversary: Evaluating an AI-Powered Adversary in a NATO Arctic Crisis Wargame
Keelin Wolfe
June 15, 2026
Data as a Weapon: The Overlooked Domain
Amy K. Mitchell
March 17, 2025
A Standalone OSINT Agency for Stronger National Security
David Gauthier
January 2025
 
NSI on the Hill
November 2022
Key Policy Considerations and Recommendations for Cryptocurrency
February 2022
Key Policy Considerations and Recommendations for Dealing with Iran
August 2021
Addressing China’s Oppression of Uyghurs
 
 
NSI Law And Policy Papers
March 17, 2025
Amy Mitchell
Data as a Weapon: The Overlooked Domain
January 31, 2025
David Gauthier
A Standalone OSINT Agency for Stronger National Security
April 2022
Dr. Christopher A. Ford & Thomas D. Grant
Exporting Censorship: The Chinese Communist Party Tries to Control Global Speech About China
June 10, 2021
Zach Graves
Understanding the Techlash: Implications for U.S. Innovation Policy
December 10, 2020
Megan Brown
Promoting 5G and Future Technology Development by Supporting Global Standards
November 24, 2020
Jim Danoy
Stopping the Spread: Pandemics, Warning, and the IC
November 12, 2020
Vincent J. Vitkowsky and Rachida Mecheri
Responding to China at the United Nations
September 18, 2020
Dr. Craig J. Wiener, Kristen R. Hajduk, and Gregory S. Witt
Military in Space: The Next Frontier
July 29, 2020
Megan Brown and Andrea Little Limbago
Techlash and National Security: The Need for U.S. Leadership on Privacy and Security
March 18, 2020
Andy Keiser
The Race to 5G: Securing the Win
December 4, 2019
James P. Danoy
The Arctic: Securing the High Ground
November 12, 2019
Jamil N. Jaffer
Reauthorizing The USA Freedom Act Authorities: Keeping Our Nation Safe In A Hostile Terrorist Threat Environment
October 30, 2019
Jamil N. Jaffer & Matthew R. A. Heiman
The U.S. Role In Afghanistan And Syria: (Re)establishing And Maintaining A Strong Backstop Against Terrorist Threats
September 4, 2019
Jenny Menna
Critical Access: Enhancing the Value of Private Sector Security Clearances to Protect Critical Infrastructure
August 14, 2019
Megan Brown and James B. Burchfield
Privacy Regulation and Unintended Consequences for Security
April 22, 2019
Adam Pearlman
Untangling The Guantanamo Military Commissions: How Modest Reforms Can Resolve Procedural Delays to Justice and Protect an Important War Power
February 7, 2019
Loren Dealy Mahler and Matthew F. Ferraro
The World That Awaits: Foreign Policy Issues Confronting the 116th Congress
January 24, 2019
Andy Keiser and Bryan Smith
Chinese Telecommunications Companies Huawei and ZTE: Countering a Hostile Foreign Threat
January 9, 2018
Darren M. Dick and Jamil N. Jaffer
Reauthorization of the FISA Amendments Act: Preserving a Critical National Security Tool While Protecting the Privacy and Civil Liberties of Americans
NSI Decision Memos
July 27, 2023
Jamil N. Jaffer
Addressing the National Security Threat of Chinese Technological Innovation
May 18, 2023
Andy Keiser and Mike Geffroy
Restricting U.S. Outbound Investment to Targeted Chinese Sectors
December 8, 2021
Lester Munson and Morgan Viña
Will the U.S. Compete with China in Africa?
February 11, 2021
James M. Freeman
Chinese Naval Aggression in the South China Sea
December 15, 2020
Lori Gordon and Andrea Little Limbago
Building Trusted Global Supply Chain Ecosystems in a Fractured World
 
NSI Reports
June 15, 2026
Keelin Wolfe
Playing the Adversary: Evaluating an AI-Powered Adversary in a NATO Arctic Crisis Wargame
May 31, 2024
Jamil N. Jaffer and Jessica L. Jones
Artificial Instinct: AI vs. Human Decisionmaking in a Simulated Taiwan Strait Conflict
May 10, 2022
National Security Institute & Trusted Future
Polling Memo: National Survey on Cybersecurity, Trust, and Tech Policy
July 2, 2021
Dr. Christopher Ford
Principled Conservatism in America’s Foreign Affairs and National Security Policy
November 18, 2020
National Security Institute & Duco Experts
The U.S. Defense Industrial Base: Can it Compete in the Next Century?
May 23, 2019
Dr. Andrea Little Limbago
Combating Digital Authoritarianism: U.S. Alternative Needed to Counter Data Localization and Government Control
April 4, 2019
Matthew R. A. Heiman
Jordan: A Critical Ally in a Dangerous and Vital Region
April 1, 2019
Mike Rogers and Glynn Nye III
Securing the Highest Ground: Integrating Commercial Space Innovation Into National Security Missions
October 11, 2018
Megan L. Brown
Cyber Imperative: Preserve and Strengthen Public-Private Partnerships
 
 
NSI Backgrounders
September 25, 2024
Kelly Crowley
Defying Isolation: How Russia and Iran’s Alliance Challenges Western Democracies
December 6, 2022
Jamil N. Jaffer
The Role of American Technology Sector in Safeguarding U.S. Economic and National Security
April 14, 2021
Daniel G. Currell
China’s Influence in U.S. Higher Education
December 16, 2020
Matthew F. Ferraro
Decoding Deepfakes
December 2, 2020
Lori Gordon and Bryan Smith
Beyond GPS: The Frontier of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Services
August 5, 2020
Bryan Smith
China’s One Belt One Road: New World Order?
August 4, 2020
James P. Danoy
China and Arctic Security
August 3, 2020
Christopher J. Bright
A History of U.S. China Relations
February 23, 2018
Jamil N. Jaffer and Matthew R. A. Heiman
A Short Primer on Security Clearances
 
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