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5 MARS

Would Regime Change Solve the Iran Challenge?

To discuss the risks of regime change in Iran, the lessons to draw from other regime change efforts in the Middle East and beyond, and to outline what the United States can do now to ensure a positive outcome in Iran, Jon Alterman, Daniel Byman, and Mona Yacoubian joined Will Todman on a live episode of State of Play. Jon Alterman, "Why Decapitation Will Not Solve the United States’ Iran Problem," CSIS, March 3, 2026. Daniel Byman, "6 Questions About Operation Epic Fury," Foreign Policy, February 28, 2026. Mona Yacoubian and Samuel Zabin, "If Compute is the New Oil, War in the Gulf Significantly Raises the Stakes," CSIS, February 27, 2026.

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32 min
18/06/2025

AI Safety Institute Rebrand, Congressional Hearing on Export Controls, and Meta's New Superintelligence Lab

In this episode, we discuss the U.S. AI Safety Institute's rebrand to the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (00:37), BIS Undersecretary Jeffrey Kessler's testimony on semiconductor export controls (10:36), and Meta's new AI superintelligence lab and accompanying $15 billion investment in Scale AI (22:26).

18/06/2025

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32 min
16/07/2025

China's AI Industrial Policy with Kyle Chan

In this episode, we are joined by Kyle Chan, postdoctoral researcher at Princeton’s Sociology Department and adjunct researcher at the RAND Corporation, to explore China's approach to AI industrial policy. We discuss the fundamentals of industrial policy and how it operates in China's digital technology sector (4:15), the evolution of China's AI industrial policy toolkit and its impact on companies (19:29), China's current AI priorities, protectionism strategies, and adoption patterns (47:05), and the future trajectory of China's AI industrial policy amid US-China competition (1:12:22). Kyle co-authored RAND's June 26 report "Full Stack: China’s Evolving Industrial Policy for AI," which is available here.

16/07/2025

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1 h 25 min
02/10/2025

The Energy Cost of AI with Joseph Majkut

In this episode, we're joined by Joseph Majkut, Director of CSIS' Energy Security and Climate Change Program, to take an in-depth look at energy's role in AI. We explore the current state of the U.S. electrical grid (11:34), bottlenecks in the AI data center buildout (43:45), how U.S. energy efforts compare internationally (1:16:06), and more. Joseph has co-authored three reports on AI and energy: AI for the Grid: Opportunities, Risks, and Safeguards (September 2025), The Electricity Supply Bottleneck on U.S. AI Dominance (March 2025), and The AI Power Surge: Growth Scenarios for GenAI Datacenters Through 2030 (March 2025).

02/10/2025

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1 h 26 min
27/02/2024

“Green Industrial Policy: A Holistic Approach”: Audio Brief with Ilaria Mazzocco

A short, spoken-word summary from CSIS’s Ilaria Mazzocco on her brief, “Green Industrial Policy: A Holistic Approach.”

27/02/2024

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3 min
22/02/2024

“Pulling Their Weight: The Data on NATO Responsibility Sharing”: Audio Brief with Kathleen McInnis

A short, spoken-word summary from CSIS’s Kathleen McInnis on her report with Daniel Fata, Benjamin Jensen, Jose M. Macias, Pulling Their Weight: The Data on NATO Responsibility Sharing.

22/02/2024

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4 min
04/04/2025

What Factors Drive U.S.-Israeli Differences on Iran’s Nuclear Challenge?

An audio version of “What Factors Drive U.S.-Israeli Differences on Iran’s Nuclear Challenge?,” a new Critical Questions by CSIS's Doreen Horschig and Bailey Schiff. This audio was generated with text-to-speech by Eleven Labs.

04/04/2025

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17 min
17/06/2025

“Africa’s Complicated Democratic Landscape”: Audio Brief with Cameron Hudson

A short, spoken-word summary from CSIS’s Cameron Hudson on his white paper with Mvemba Phezo Dizolele and Khasai Makhulo, “Africa’s Complicated Democratic Landscape.”

17/06/2025

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4 min
02/06/2025

Relative Superiority in the Drone Age: McRaven’s Playbook Meets Ukraine’s Airfield Assaults

An audio version of “Relative Superiority in the Drone Age: McRaven’s Playbook Meets Ukraine’s Airfield Assaults,” a new Commentary by Benjamin Jensen. This audio was generated with text-to-speech by Eleven Labs.

02/06/2025

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8 min
04/06/2025

Ukraine’s Drone Swarms Are Destroying Russian Nuclear Bombers. What Happens Now?

An audio version of “Ukraine’s Drone Swarms Are Destroying Russian Nuclear Bombers. What Happens Now?,” a new Critical Questions by CSIS's Masao Dahlgren and Lachlan MacKenzie. This audio was generated with text-to-speech by Eleven Labs.

04/06/2025

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15 min

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