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By Tom Stefanick

2022

Such [grid] networks require continuous monitoring and control (..) and the use of devices connecting the grid to the internet has proven to be a very cost-effective means [to develop such capability].

Tom Stefanick Brussels Morning Thursday, February 4, 2021

Retired U.S. General Lloyd Austin speaks after U.S. President-elect Joe Biden announced Austin as his nominee to be defense secretary during a news conference at his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., December 9, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Around the halls: Brookings experts on defense react to the nomination of Gen. Lloyd Austin

Michael E. O’Hanlon, Bruce Riedel, Tom Stefanick, and Caitlin Talmadge

Thursday, December 10, 2020

White House at Sunset. Source: Shutterstock.

A list of specific, actionable foreign policy ideas for the next president

A Chinese researcher works on an ultracold atom device at the CAS-Alibaba Quantum Computing Laboratory in Shanghai, China

The state of U.S.-China quantum data security competition

Friday, September 18, 2020

A customer uses the new face-recognition software on the new iPhone X inside the Apple Store in Regents Street in London, Britain, November 3, 2017. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls

Why the AI revolution hasn’t swept the military

Wednesday, May 6, 2020

--FILE--View of a store of Chinese electronics maker Gree in Huaibei city, east China's Anhui province, 2 July 2018.Gree Electric Appliances Inc, a major home appliances maker based in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, has established two academician working stations to facilitate its core technology research and development. Led by Rao Fangquan and Jiang Yi, two academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, the stations will focus on researching core technologies in electrical machinery and building energy conservation, respectively, according to the company. "Gree's future development relies on core technologies. Establishing the stations will help us to enhance our capabilities in technology R&D, which is driven by consumer demand," said Dong Mingzhu, president of Gree Electric Appliances Inc.No Use China. No Use France.

Technology competition between the US and a Global China

Lindsey W. Ford, Chris Meserole, and Tom Stefanick

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

The 380-metre tall electricity pylon to carry power cables between Zhoushan's Jintang and Cezi islands with a distance of 2,656 metres, which is the tallest power transmission tower in the world, is being capped at the construction site in Cezi islands, Zhoushan city, east China's Zhejiang province, 11 August 2018.Construction on a giant power supply pylon, believed to be the world's tallest, completed in east China's Zhejiang Province, State Grid Zhejiang Electric Power Company announced. At an impressive 380 meters tall, the pylon is four times the height of London's Big Ben. The pylon will carry power cables between Zhoushan's Jintang and Cezi islands, a distance of 2,656 meters, It breaks the world record for the tallest power pylon currently held by China's Damaoshan pylon which stands at 370 meters, also in Zhoushan. The new pylon is a part of a new ultra-high voltage power line project between cities of Zhoushan and Ningbo. The project is expected to be put into use in 2019.No Use China. No Use France.

Secure power: Gigawatts, geopolitics, and China’s energy internet

April 2020

Image of someone holding up a remote pointed at a television screen.

Stuck inside? Brookings Foreign Policy recommends movies and shows to watch

U.S. long range air defence systems Patriot (R) and British radar Giraffe AMB are displayed during Toburq Legacy 2017 air defence exercise in the military airfield near Siauliai, Lithuania, July 20, 2017. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins - RC1B20807F00

AI in the aether: Military information conflict

Wednesday, December 4, 2019