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A Productive Start to 2023 for the National Security Institute
The National Security Institute (NSI) has started 2023 with a remarkable number of events, testimony, and other valuable policy-focused contributions. Below we list much of their work this calendar year, with links to recordings of past events and testimony. (Note that this does not include the numerous, high-profile media appearances made by NSI faculty, advisory board members, and fellows.) To learn more about NSI, check out their excellent and regularly updated website.
NSI Paper
- NSI Decision Memo: Restricting U.S. Outbound Investment to Targeted Chinese Sectors (May 2023) by NSI Fellow Mike Geffroy and NSI Senior Fellow Andy Keiser
This NSI Decision Memo summarizes the threat to U.S. national security from outbound investment to Chinese companies and outlines policy recommendations to restrict U.S. investments into select Chinese industries.
Congressional Testimony
- NSI Fellow Thomas Feddo — U.S. House Financial Services Committee: Combatting the Economic Threat from China (February 7, 2023)
- NSI Advisory Board Member Amy Zegart — U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Leaders of the Nation’s Think Tank (February 28, 2023)
- NSI Senior Fellow Klon Kitchen — Committee on Science and Space Technology: The United States, China, and the Fight for Global Leadership Building a U.S. National Science and Technology Strategy (February 28, 2023)
- NSI Fellow Daniel Currell — U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission: China’s Global Influence and Interference Activities (March 23, 2023)
- NSI Advisory Board Member Michael B. Mukasey — U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Supreme Court Ethics Reform (May 2, 2023)
- NSI Founder and Executive Director Jamil N. Jaffer — U.S. House Committee on Rules: Examining China’s Coercive Economic Tactics (May 10, 2023)
- Scalia Law Adjunct Professor and NSI Fellow Giovanna M. Cinelli — U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee: Reviewing the Bureau of Industry and Security, Part I: U.S. Export Controls in an Era of Strategic Competition (May 11, 2023)
Past Events
Virtual Events
- Crypto & Blockchain: Securing the Digital Asset Revolution (January 31, 2023)
This virtual event explored key policy questions at the intersection of crypto’s role in nation-state economic competition and U.S. economic security strategy. - The Future Of Energy And National Security: Confronting America’s Critical Minerals Challenges (March 14, 2023) This virtual event focused on the links between critical minerals and U.S. national security policy.
- Ukraine Through International Lenses (March 21, 2023)
This hybrid event, in partnership with Georgetown’s Center for Security Studies, covered the ongoing war in Ukraine through the lenses of Turkey, Russia, and Iran and answered: Where do we go from here? - Surveillance State: China’s Digital Tools of Repression (March 30, 2023)
This virtual event examined how China uses digital tools, such as social media platforms like WeChat and TikTok and its social credit system, to further the Chinese Communist Party’s repressive goals. - On the Road to Global Repression: China’s Economic Tools of Exploitation (May 23, 2023)
This virtual event examined how China uses economic tools, such as the Belt-and-Road Initiative, foreign direct investment, and debt diplomacy, to further the Chinese Communist Party’s repressive goals. - US-EU Tech Partnership: Promoting Values Abroad and Enhancing Trade, Security, and Economic Prosperity (May 25, 2023) This virtual event examined the successes of the US-EU Trade and Technology Council (TTC) and how it relates to international security, enhances economic prosperity for both the US and the EU, and what the TTC can do in the future.
In-Person Events
- Protecting Ukraine: Public-Private Defense of Allies Abroad (January 19, 2023)
This event covered the efforts undertaken by the public and private sectors to support Ukrainian government agencies. - Assessing ‘Shields Up’: Public-Private Cooperation on Domestic Cyber Defense (March 30, 2023)
This event focused on the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s “Shields Up” program’s effectiveness, particularly following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and how the public and private sectors have partnered in cyber defense efforts. - Countering Chinese Global Tech Ambitions: U.S.-EU Partnership in Smart Innovation (April 12, 2023)
This event covered the U.S.-EU partnership in smart innovation and its efforts to curb growing Chinese influence in technology. - National Cybersecurity Strategy Pillar II: Disrupt and Dismantle Threat Actors (April 19, 2023)
This event covered Pillar II of the newly released 2023 National Cybersecurity Strategy. - FY24 Defense Budget: Impact on National Security (April 19, 2023)
This event, in partnership with Amazon Web Services, examined the priorities laid out in the Biden Administration’s FY24 Defense Budget.