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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Outdated Rules, New Space Race: Modernizing LEO Spectrum Policy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.

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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

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

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It’s Time for AI Policy to Get Serious About the AI Adoption Gap

An audio version of “⁠It’s Time for AI Policy to Get Serious About the AI Adoption Gap,⁠” a new Commentary by CSIS’s Shiva Goel and Matt Pearl. This audio was generated with text-to-speech by Eleven Labs. 

Podcast Episode by Shiva Goel and Matt Pearl — November 20, 2025

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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 Goel and Matt Pearl — November 20, 2025