Audio Briefs

Kate Bondar, a CSIS fellow focused on AI and defense policy, presents her white paper. She explains how Russia scales practical command-and-control tools and uses unmanned systems to speed targeting. She highlights selective AI adoption on the battlefield and urges adaptation of resilient data and rapid modernization.

An audio version of "Project Vault: A Minerals Security Backstop," a new Critical Questions by CSIS's Gracelin Baskaran. This audio was generated with text-to-speech by Eleven Labs.

An audio version of Takaichi Dominates Japan’s Lower House Election, a new Critical Questions by CSIS’s Yuko Nakano and Nicholas Szechenyi. This audio was generated with text-to-speech by Eleven Labs.

An audio version of “What Is Next After the Suicide Attack in Pakistan?” a new Critical Questions by CSIS’s Alexander Palmer and Alexander Margolis. This audio was generated with text-to-speech by Eleven Labs.

A short, spoken-word summary from CSIS’s Sophia Hirshfield on her report with Paul Friedrichs, J. Stephen Morrison, and Michaela Simoneau, Protecting Americans from Biological Threats.

A concise look at Russia's slow, costly advances in Ukraine and how battlefield rhetoric diverges from the data. Discussion of economic strain, shrinking manufacturing, and weak tech and AI standings. Examination of vulnerabilities like the shadow oil fleet and human costs that could be targeted. A call for sustained U.S. and European multi-year support to raise the cost of continued offensives.

An audio version of "Why Economic Coercion Over Greenland Would Backfire," a new Critical Questions by CSIS's Philip Luck. This audio was generated with text-to-speech by Eleven Labs. 

An audio version of “Can the 2025 Clean Competition Act Cut Global Emissions and Maintain U.S. Competitiveness?,” a new commentary by CSIS’s Kyle Meng. This audio was generated with text-to-speech by Eleven Labs.  

An audio version of "Why U.S.-Mexico Security Cooperation Is Still Falling Short for Washington," a new Commentary by CSIS's Diego Marroquín Bitar, Martha Bárcena Coqui, and Earl Anthony Wayne, with Cecilia Farfán-Méndez, Eduardo Guerrero-Gutiérrez, and Ben Rohrbaugh. This audio was generated with text-to-speech by Eleven Labs.

An audio version of  "How Civil Society Exposes the Human Rights Risks of the Digital Silk Road," a new commentary by CSIS's Andrew Friedman. This audio was generated with text-to-speech by Eleven Labs.