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Audio Briefs

Center for Strategic and International Studies

Audio Briefs brings you CSIS publications in audio form. Listen to short, spoken-word summaries from CSIS experts about their latest reports, or hear a full audio version of any CSIS commentary.

Produced by Marla Hiller and Lauren Adler

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  1. “Will AI Concerns Become a New Source of Terrorism?”: Audio Brief with Daniel Byman and Riley McCabe 3:00
  2. “The Self-Reliance Dividend: The Imperative of Syrian Refugees' Economic Inclusion”: Audio Brief with Will Todman 3:37
  3. “The Terrorism Threat to the 2026 Midterm Elections: What the Data Tells Us”: Audio Brief with Riley McCabe 3:29
  4. “U.S. and Allied Burden Sharing: A Progress Report”: Audio Brief with Jerry McGinn 3:31
  5. The Visibility Gap: How AI Can Stop Chinese Transshipment Under USMCA 13:31
  6. “Injecting the Free Market into Spectrum Use for Space Applications”: Audio Brief with Clayton Swope 3:34
  7. Beyond the Rome Talks: Pilot Zones, Hezbollah, and Rebuilding State Authority in South Lebanon 15:36
  8. The United States’ Accelerating Memory Chip Crunch: Implications for Tech and AI Leadership 20:12
  9. Six Reasons Why the United States Is Low on Munitions 13:03
  10. A Far-Right Breakthrough? Germany’s AfD on the Brink of State-Level Governance 19:03
  11. The Kyndryl-Solvinity Case: A Barometer for Investment Security Reviews? 13:55
  12. Autonomy and Affordable Mass in Latin America and the Caribbean 15:19
  13. Tariff Follies Scene 47 6:57
  14. What the CMMC Pause Means for the Defense Industrial Base 14:47
  15. Taiwan Needs an AI Cyber Shield Now to Defend Against Invasion 11:21
  16. Japan’s Defense Industry Charts an Uncertain Global Path 7:35
  17. Is U.S. Haiti Policy an Opportunity for Success? 19:25
  18. Red Kraken: The Coming Age of Agentic Cyber Strategy 10:12
  19. Come Hague or High Seas: China’s Environmental Legacy in the South China Sea 11:02
  20. Why the United States and Iran Keep Fighting While They Negotiate 6:25
  21. Will the U.S.-Saudi Nuclear Deal Proceed? 5:24
  22. How the U.S. Can Survive a Large-Scale AI Cyberattack 13:26
  23. Tracking Global Compulsory Licensing Trends in Biopharmaceuticals 19:35
  24. Section 232 Explained 7:58
  25. What Do the Election Security Documents Say About Chinese Interference in U.S. Elections? 18:22
  26. AI Strategies and the Informal Economy: Africa’s Job Creation Test 17:16
  27. World Cup 2026: North America Missed the Goal 6:54
  28. Understanding President Trump’s New Tariffs on Canadian Imports 11:08
  29. Elbows Up: The Price of Economic Coercion Against Canada 9:00
  30. Bolstering Pacific Resilience: A New Paradigm for Engagement by U.S. Allies and Partners 22:18
  31. Is the Iran War Entering a Dangerous New Phase? 6:55
  32. Ending Forced Labor: Comparing EU and U.S. Approaches 12:45
  33. America’s Unproven Productivity Boom, and the Cost of Misreading the Data 13:46
  34. Playbook or Rental? U.S. Counter-Drone Defense and the 2026 World Cup 18:03
  35. The NATO Ankara Summit: Delivery over Drama 15:13
  36. Protecting Human Rights at the World Cup: Progress on Paper, Gaps on the Ground 17:11
  37. “Rebuilding to Reconquer: Can Russia’s Defense Firms Deliver?”: Audio Brief with Maria Snegovaya 3:46
  38. The Trade Transparency Challenge 6:17
  39. What the Iran War Is Costing Joint Gulf-U.S. Ambitions for AI 9:40
  40. Reflections from URC 2026: Ukraine’s Reconstruction Has Become Wartime Resilience 18:29
  41. The Hormuz Energy Crisis Generates a Tailwind for Nuclear Energy in Northeast Asia 11:20
  42. Understanding Russia-Iran Collaboration in Cyberspace 14:37
  43. War Costs Make Up a Third of the $87.6 Billion Supplemental Request 13:06
  44. “Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Terrorism”: Audio Brief with Dan Byman 2:36
  45. Formula 1 on the Front Lines 17:42
  46. Large Load Reform: How Prepared Are U.S. Grid Operators for the AI Era? 14:19
  47. The Next Phase of USMCA 6:52
  48. Keeping Aluminum in Allied Hands: The Stakes of Alcoa’s South Africa Bet 10:54
  49. China’s SLBM Test Underscores the Importance of a Ballistic Missile Launch Notification Agreement 12:33
  50. Russian Attitudes Are Shifting as the War’s Effects Come Home 18:34