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Professor Kuperman Examines U.S. Military Technology

December 21, 2023 |

Alan Kuperman, Strauss Distinguished Scholar and coordinator of the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Project, appeared in News Network’s article “US research on bomb-grade uranium alternative in Navy vessels advances” regarding technological advancements in the U.S. military to lower uranium and nuclear proliferation risks. “The program is vital to preventing the spread of nuclear weapons, is making…

Sharma Writes on Artificial Intelligence

Chinmayi Sharma, Cybersecurity and Technology Fellow at the Strauss Center for International Security and Law, wrote an article in Lawfare about how organizations should use Artificial Intelligence responsibly. The article, entitled “Setting a Higher Bar: Professionalizing AI Engineering,” outlines opportunities and threats of growing artificial intelligence usage. “A big year for artificial intelligence (AI) is…

Klein Publishes Lawfare Article on Strauss’ New Surveillance Paper Series

Strauss Center Director Adam Klein recently published an article in Lawfare on “Safe and Free: National-Security Surveillance and Safeguards Across Rule-of-Law States.” This article offers a brief overview of the new project launched by the Strauss Center called “Safe and Free: National Security Surveillance and the Rule of Law Across Democratic States.” This paper series…

Hirsch Publishes on China and the Future of the U.S.-Israel Alliance

Jordan Hirsch, Senior fellow in the Technology, Security, and Global Affairs Program at the Robert Strauss Center for International Security and Law, was recently published in the Autumn 2023 issue of SAPIR Journal in an article titled “China and the Future of the U.S.-Israel Alliance.” Hirsch argues “If Israel is not on the geographic frontier…

Professor Barany Discusses China’s Military Shortcomings

December 6, 2023 |

Zoltan Barany, Professor of Government at the University of Texas at Austin and Distinguished Scholar at the Strauss Center for International Security and Law, appeared in The Strategist’s article by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, and spoke on China’s military as tensions rise with the United States. In the article titled “Be Alert to China’s…

Chinmayi Sharma Discusses AI Self-Regulation

Chinmayi Sharma, Cybersecurity and Technology Fellow at the Strauss Center, recently published an article in Lawfare entitled “The Chaos at OpenAI is a Death Knell for AI Self-Regulation.” “For decades, technology companies were shielded from accountability… This underscores the conclusion the security community came to long ago: Industry incentives are not only inadequate to foster…

CAMPI Releases November 2023 Asylum Processing at the U.S.-Mexico Border Report

November 29, 2023 |

The Central America and Mexico Policy Initiative (CAMPI), led by our CAMPI Director Stephanie Leutert and CAMPI Fellow Caitlyn Yates, have released the quarterly report on Asylum Processing at the U.S.-Mexico Border. This November 2023 report provides an asylum processing update along the U.S.-Mexico border and focuses on the CBP One appointment system, the increasing use of waitlists to manage…

Strauss Center Director Klein Discusses Casualty Counts in the Israel-Hamas War

Strauss Center Director Adam Klein recently published Lawfare article, “Making Sense of Casualty Counts in the Israel-Hamas War,” where he discusses the legal framework of wartime casualties. The article contends that Hamas’ role in defying humanitarian law has led rise to a humanitarian catastrophe, looking at how Hamas has used nominally non-military objects and locations…

Director Klein on Podcast About National Security and Emerging Technologies

Adam Klein, Director of the Strauss Center for International Security and Law, recently appeared on the Slavic Connexion podcast. Klein shared his insights on the concerns around security versus freedom of speech; his work covering the confluence of law, surveillance, and emerging technologies; and his unique perspectives on global affairs. To listen to the podcast,…

Professor Kuperman Discusses Implications of Small Modular Reactors

November 16, 2023 |

Alan Kuperman, Associate Professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs and Distinguished Scholar at the Strauss Center for International Security and Law, recently discussed concerns of small modular reactors and the possibility of them being used for nuclear bombs. In the National Observer, Professor Kuperman discussed these implications in the article titled “Bad guys…

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