Strategic Technologies Program
The Strategic Technologies Program (STP) conducts research on the social, economic, and security challenges created by emerging technologies to inform effective policy solutions and best practices
The STP’s research agenda includes cybersecurity, emerging technologies and innovation, frameworks for digital governance, 5G networks and telecommunications, surveillance and privacy, and the role of technology in power and conflict.
The STP brings together technologists, policymakers, civil society, and business leaders from around the world. In a time when disruptive technologies are reshaping the global economy and society, the program provides pragmatic and data-driven analysis and policy recommendations to face these challenges.
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Featured Video
Outdated Rules, New Space Race: Modernizing LEO Spectrum Policy
LEO satellites are redefining global communications and security, but U.S. innovation is being slowed by decades-old spectrum rules. CSIS’s Matt Pearl and Karina Perez of CCIA explain why updating these regulations is critical to expanding connectivity and keeping U.S. space leadership on top.
Featured Project
Commission on U.S. Cyber Force Generation
The CSIS Commission on U.S. Cyber Force Generation will convene leading experts to examine how the United States can best build a dedicated cyber service.
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Protecting Subsea Cables: Detect to Deter, Sue to Secure
Subsea cables power global commerce. Though rare, cable attacks impose real costs. But leading technologies are democratizing maritime data and deterring would-be saboteurs. To further deter intentional cable attacks, cable owners should aggressively pursue legal remedies.
Commentary by Joel Coito— December 12, 2025
Sovereign Cloud–Sovereign AI Conundrum: Policy Actions to Achieve Prosperity and Security
Rising geopolitical competition, digital sovereignty, and the allure of AI are driving countries to adopt sovereign cloud and sovereign AI. Yet sovereign controls bring higher costs, slower growth, and less innovation—making the economies that use them less competitive.
Report by Bill Whyman— December 4, 2025
Invisible Infrastructure: How Spectrum and 5G Shape Global Power
Diane Rinaldo joins Matt Pearl to discuss spectrum, 5G security, and U.S.–China tech competition.
Podcast Episode by Matt Pearl— December 3, 2025
Keeping China Grounded: Ensuring Long-Term U.S. Tech Leadership in Low Earth Orbit
The Strategic Technologies Program hosts this event discussing how the United States can sustain leadership in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) amid intensifying global competition.
Event— December 2, 2025
China’s Weaponization of Global Cyber Supply Chains
China's military-civil fusion turns global supply chains into a battlefield. The CCP fuses state power and private enterprise to embed cyber vulnerabilities and preposition access worldwide, threatening U.S. networks long before conflict begins.
Blog Post by Peter Dohr— December 1, 2025
Views from the Cyber Trenches: Understanding U.S. Military Cyber Dynamics
Lauryn Williams is joined by three retired cyber operators—Col. Sean Kern, LtCol Tony Siciliano, and Col. Ben Ring—for a candid conversation about the real conditions inside the cyber trenches.
Podcast Episode by Lauryn Williams— November 25, 2025
It’s Time for AI Policy to Get Serious About the AI Adoption Gap
In this latest piece, Shiva Goel and Matt Pearl argue that U.S. policy needs to double-down on AI adoption and propose a solution: rewarding colleges and universities that launch AI Adoption Accelerators to promote deployment in their local communities.
Commentary by Shiva Goeland Matt Pearl— November 20, 2025
Lauryn Williams in The Washington Post: The cyberattacks are coming. Will anyone be there to stop them?
“Trump administration job cuts worsen U.S. vulnerabilities to China and other cyber-adversaries,” Williams warns.
Commentary by Lauryn Williams— November 20, 2025
Force Design for the Twenty-First Century Fight: U.S. Cyber Force Lessons from China’s Strategic Support Forces
As the United States debates the creation of a standalone Cyber Force, it should learn the lessons China’s decade-long Strategic Support Force experiment offers in integrating space, cyber, and information capabilities for a new era of warfare.
Commentary by Lauryn Williams— November 19, 2025
The Invisible Shield: Wireless Spectrum and U.S. National Security
This discussion will convene experts from government, industry, and academia to explore how the United States can strengthen its leadership in wireless technologies and ensure secure, efficient spectrum use for next-generation applications.
Event— November 12, 2025
