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FYSA Summary: October 2014 Issue

Core Content

The FYSA (For Your Situational Awareness) issue from October 2014 provides an overview of recent and upcoming events, projects, and publications from the International Security Program (ISP) at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). It highlights the program's focus on global security challenges, U.S. defense policy, and strategic foresight initiatives.

Upcoming Events

• Global Security Forum 2014

  • Date: November 12, 2014
  • Time: 8:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
  • Location: CSIS, 1616 Rhode Island Ave., NW
  • Features: Keynote by Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert O. Work, plenary and breakout sessions on U.S. and global security challenges.

• Joint Service Innovation Discussion

  • Participants: 13 company-grade officers from across the military services
  • Purpose: Address key questions from senior leaders and develop future leaders.

• Conference and Workshop on Science and Technology Communication

  • Date: November 7
  • Focus: Best practices for communicating scientific and technological topics to non-technical audiences.

Recent Events

• Maritime Security Dialogue Launch

  • Focus: Challenges facing the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard
  • Featured: Admiral Jonathan Greenert, Chief of Naval Operations

• Advances and Challenges in Political Transitions

  • Participants: Over 40 experts and senior officials
  • Focus: Addressing challenges and opportunities in conflicts, crises, and political transitions

• Better Buying Power 3.0

  • Featured: Under Secretary of Defense Frank Kendall
  • Focus: Next steps in DoD's efforts to improve defense acquisition

• The Future of the Security Cooperation Enterprise

  • Part of: CSIS's Federated Defense Project
  • Focus: U.S. government efforts to better prepare and position security cooperation for future challenges

• Forward and Ready

  • Featured: General John Paxton, Assistant Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps
  • Focus: Perspectives on the CSIS report Amphibious Shipping Shortfalls: Risks and Opportunities to Bridge the Gap

Director's Note

• Kathleen Hicks reflects on the first year of her leadership at ISP, emphasizing the program's focus on timely issues like Syrian chemical weapons disposal, Russian adventurism, and sequestration.
• Highlights ISP's research and strategic foresight initiatives, including the Federated Defense Project and the 7Revolutions long-term research framework.
• Notes the launch of the Harold Brown Chair in Defense Policy Studies and the upcoming appointment of Andrew Hunter as director of the Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group (DIIG).
• Acknowledges the increased attention on think tanks and the commitment to transparency regarding donor support.

Research Agenda of the Harold Brown Chair

• Joint Service Innovation Discussion: Engages military officers to provide insights for senior leaders.
• Ground Forces and Security Dialogues: Ongoing research and events on military operations and security.
• Talent Management in Military Services: Examines strategies for managing personnel amid force reductions and uncertainty.
• Leveraging Social Science in Warfare: Explores how social science can enhance future military operations.
• Military Training Reassessment: Focuses on reestablishing competency in training practices and adapting to new force postures.
• Electromagnetic Spectrum Capabilities: Aims to develop operational and tactical capabilities in cyber and electronic warfare, including attracting and retaining cyber personnel.

7Revolutions: 22 Years of Long-Term Research

• Overview: CSIS's 7Revolutions project has been tracking long-term global trends for 22 years.
• Key Themes: Population, resources, technology, information, economics, security, and governance.
• Historical Insights: Predicted the rise of megacities, Asia's economic growth, and technological advancements in the 1990s.
• Future Focus: Continued exploration of how these revolutions will evolve, including privacy concerns, transnational threats, and state organization.

Media Highlights

• Kathleen Hicks: Emphasizes the importance of Middle Eastern participation in the coalition against ISIS.
• Juan Zarate: Warns about the need to plan for worst-case scenarios during the Ebola crisis.
• Scott Aughenbaugh: Discusses the consideration of megacities as future battlefields and the need for lightweight military vehicles.

Reassessing U.S. Security Cooperation in the Middle East

• Context: The ISIS campaign involves a coalition of nearly 40 countries, including Middle Eastern states.
• Past Success: Demonstrates the value of U.S. security cooperation with regional partners.
• Current Challenges: The U.S. is limited in shaping the security environment, and regional states act in their own interests.
• Recommendations: The ISP and Middle East Program are working on actionable recommendations to rethink security cooperation in the region.

Recent Publications

• U.S. Department of Defense Contract Spending and the Industrial Base, 2000-2013

  • Analyzes contracting trends and their impact on the defense industrial base.

• Opportunities in the Development of Pakistan's Private Sector

  • Explores U.S.-Pakistan policy dialogues and how to connect investors with entrepreneurs.

• Global Health Engagement: Sharpening a Key Tool for the Department of Defense

  • Examines DoD's role in global health engagement and its effectiveness.

• "ISIS, Foreign Terrorist Fighters, and the Value of the Visa Waiver Program"

  • Discusses tracking ISIS fighters and the importance of the Visa Waiver Program.

• "Quality of Competition for Defense Contracts under 'Better Buying Power'"

  • Analyzes competition trends in DoD contracting.

Contact Information

• For more content: Visit www.CSIS.ORG/ISP
• Contact: Mr. T.J. Cipoletti, Associate Director, ISP, at TCIPOLETTI@CSIS.ORG for comments, suggestions, or questions about FYSA content or ongoing ISP activities.