CSBA hosted a webinar discussion on CSBA’s latest publications, Arming America’s Allies and Rings of Fire. Congressman Mike Gallagher, the representative of Wisconsin’s 8th Congressional District joined as a guest commenter on the monographs.
CSBA hosted a webinar discussion regarding CSBA’s latest publication, Deterrence and Defense in the Baltic Region: New Realities, by Jan van Tol, Chris Bassler, Katherine Kjellström Elgin, and Tyler Hacker, on Wednesday, June 15. The report examines Baltic deterrence and defense requirements in the context of Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine. The war has provided an opportunity to understand the implications for NATO stemming from Russia's demonstrated willingness to use large-scale military force against another European nation, re-assess pre-war assumptions concerning putative Russian military effectiveness, and to draw preliminary observations about Russian and Ukrainian combat performance.
On Thursday, October 7, 2021, CSBA held a webinar discussion on the release of our new report, Living Within One’s Means: Revisiting Defense Acquisition and Affordability, by Chris Bassler, Travis Sharp, Matthew McCarton, and Josh Chang,
The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments has published its most recent report, Mind the Power Gap: The American Energy Arsenal and Chinese Insecurity, by Christopher Bassler and Ben Noon. The authors assess the security implications of the United States' energy portfolio in relation to China's efforts to expand its own energy assets and position itself as a producer of clean energy. While the U.S. energy resource base is not without vulnerabilities--which the authors discuss, along with potential solutions--they argue that the Chinese Communist Party's efforts to build a secure, robust energy sector have been comparatively uneven, as it continues to rely upon imported fossil fuels and suffers from numerous related environmental and public health consequences.
CSBA held a webinar on Thursday, July 22, 2021 to discuss its newest report, Implementing Deterrence by Detection: Innovative Capabilities, Processes, and Organizations for Situational Awareness in the Indo-Pacific Region, by Thomas G. Mahnken, Travis Sharp, Christopher Bassler, and Bryan W. Durkee.
On March 1, 2021, the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI) released a Report and "Blueprint for Action" to enable the United States to remain competitive in AI for national security purposes. CSBA Senior Fellows, Chris Bassler and Harrison Schramm hosted a virtual roundtable with Commissioners Hon. Robert O. Work and Dr. Jose-Marie Griffiths to discuss a NSCAI report regarding defense against AI threats.