Emerging technology

From AI federalism and autonomous cyber operations to intensifying U.S.-China competition, we asked leading experts to identify key trends in the year ahead.

Policymakers and industry must ensure that organizations have access to fit-for-purpose cyber defenses and take steps to manage the proliferation of AI capabilities.

Facing the challenge from China, U.S. technological leadership in the century ahead requires a focused and disciplined strategy coordinated with allies.

The conversation about AI and national security must expand beyond semiconductors and model weights to encompass the outputs those technologies enable.

Without regulation, the dangers of solar radiation modification will become magnified and the security risks more unchecked.

It is up to democracies to ensure that repressive regimes do not abuse the new U.N. Cybercrime Convention to undermine fundamental freedoms.

What played out across social media throughout Moldova's recent election exposed how easily disinformation fills the gaps between state regulation and platform indifference. 

More cyber litigation will appear on the docket as pathways to legal accountability for unlawful State-sponsored cyber operations strengthen.

Stakeholders must creatively leverage existing legal and normative tools to ensure AI agents serve humanity — not destabilize it.

A new framework for autonomous weapons shows that real control depends on embedded human judgment across design, command, and operation.

In its Tech Prosperity Deal with the US, the United Kingdom may be trading its sovereignty for dependence on American tech firms.

The Trump administration's use of export controls as leverage in trade diplomacy creates risks for key U.S. national security interests.