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Moldova’s Energy Future

Daniel F. Runde, et al. | 2024.10.11

Russia has attempted to exert influence over Moldova through manipulating or threatening to manipulate energy prices and flows, and until recently, Moldova’s long-standing efforts to develop and reform its energy sector have produced minimal results.

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Ore To Ordnance

Oleksii Borovikov, et al. | 2024.10.10

This report focuses on Russia’s artillery supply chain, as artillery is central to the invasion of Ukraine and has inflicted more than 70% of Ukraine’s casualties. Disrupting Russia’s access to ammunition and new artillery barrels should therefore be a central focus for Ukraine’s supporters.

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Crossroads Of Commerce

Matthew P. Funaiole, et al. | 2024.10.10

This report provides an unprecedented look at the Taiwan Strait’s role in global trade, revealing that over one-fifth of all maritime commerce passes through this vital waterway. China possesses a range of non-kinetic options it may employ to coerce Taiwan, which could significantly disrupt this trade.

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Imec

Sujai Shivakumar, et al. | 2024.10.08

Imec attracts and retains leading companies to cooperatively develop cutting-edge semiconductor technologies in a fiercely competitive and unforgiving industry. It is an opportunity for the United States National Semiconductor Technology Center and its nonprofit purpose-built operator, Natcast to learn from and collaborate with imec to accelerate the U.S. research and industry.

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From Mine To Microchip

Gracelin Baskaran and Meredith Schwartz | 2024.10.07

The United States relies on China and Russia for minerals used in semiconductors, posing a clear national security risk. While the CHIPS Act has built downstream U.S. capacity, upstream incentives are needed to secure materials for the next generation of advanced chips.

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Defining Success

Jude Blanchette and Lily McElwee | 2024.10.07

This new report explores whether the United States should more clearly define the end goals for its China policy.

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Semiconductor Export Controls

Jack Whitney, et al. | 2024.10.04

U.S. policymakers are increasingly leveraging export controls on advanced semiconductors and related technologies to constrain China’s development of military and dual-use capabilities.

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N. Korea’s Nuclear Detterence

Sarah Laderman, et al. | 2024.10.01

This paper offers a nuanced exploration of North Korea’s approach to deterrence by examining the trade-offs in arsenal structure amid fissile-material constraints.

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Gold Rush

Kari A. Bingen, et al. | 2024.10.01

This report ranks the world’s best commercial space-based remote sensing systems and discusses the policy issues shaping U.S. leadership in space.

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