Lauren Kahn

Ukraine & Israel demonstrated how $1K drones can wipe out $100M capes. In @ForeignAffairs @mchorowitz @JoshuaASchwartz & I argue the US must build a high-low mix—scaling cheap, autonomous platforms alongside exquisite systems—to stay lethal in future wars foreignaffairs.com/united-states/…

One example: #SpaceX. They reduced launch costs by up to 8x and enabled hundreds of new companies. But they now dominate the market, raising questions about consolidation, chokepoints, and national security risk.

The U.S. commercial space industry was built on #NASA. Its funding, test sites, and early contracts enabled the commercial boom we see today. As threats to NASA grow, we need to remember how we got here. New brief with @CSETGeorgetown: 🧵

Want to hear me talk about #AI, the future of war, autonomous weapons, and more? Of course you do (maybe) - check me out on the Squaring the Circle podcast: shows.acast.com/squaring-the-c…

So excited to share that today @CSETGeorgetown and @emergingtechobs are launching an ✨updated✨ version of our chip supply chain explorer! We've got: 👉 New data 👉 New features 👉 New analysis Links in thread

🚀🇺🇸 Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill" adds $150B in defense $. It could accelerate emerging tech adoption to stay ahead of China + bolster nuclear deterrence...or not. See latest from me, @Lauren_A_Kahn, & Erin Dumbacher for @CFR_org cfr.org/expert-brief/w…

Big Tech has a larger footprint in 🇹🇼 than you might think. But how could these ties influence Silicon Valley's actions in a crisis? In a new @CSETGeorgetown report, I analyze US tech firms' TW ties & the factors that may shape their behavior in a contingency. Thread and link 👇

Trump's Big Beautiful Bill Act will push the defense budget beyond $1 trillion, but those investments are at risk of evaporating quickly. Great @CFR_org analysis by Erin Dumbacher, @mchorowitz, and @Lauren_A_Kahn that breaks down the new defense spending. cfr.org/expert-brief/w…

Hitting a record high in U.S. measles cases should be unthinkable in 2025. This is a public health failure...and a national security warning. In deterrence, perception matters. When basic disease control breaks down, the U.S. looks a little less ready (and more vulnerable)

@Lauren_A_Kahn, a @CSETGeorgetown senior research analyst, co-authored a @ForeignAffairs piece arguing the U.S. must embrace AI-powered uncrewed systems to stay ahead in modern warfare or else risk losing deterrence & future wars. Read more: fam.ag/4ljilpb

AI governance and policy needs to start from the assumption that, as a general purpose technology, AI tech WILL diffuse - the analogy to the control paradigm of nuclear tech won't work. See my recent piece w/ @Lauren_A_Kahn in @aif_media ai-frontiers.org/articles/nucle…

How can the United States prepare for the future of warfare? Read the latest by @mchorowitz, @Lauren_A_Kahn, and CMIST’s @JoshuaASchwartz in @ForeignAffairs on how the U.S. can adapt to the changing nature of war: foreignaffairs.com/united-states/…