RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Through its publications, INSS provides rigorous, forward‑looking research and analysis on critical national security issues that support the joint warfighter and inform Department of War decision‑makers.

 

Research and Commentary

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Tag: Intelligence

An image of a brain with a target on top. By engaging the tools and techniques of the neurosciences, contemporary and near future approaches to cognitive warfare increasingly target key structures and functions of the human brain to affect thought, emotions and behaviors, essentially establishing the brain and mind as a viable and valuable battlespace.

Aug. 24, 2026

Cognitive Warfare and the Brain-as-Battlespace: Neuroscience, Artificial Intelligence, and the Emerging Domain of Neurostrategic Competition

Introduction: The Human Brain as BattlespaceEvery competitive or conflictive human activity wields some form of power in attempt to affect behavior. Diplomacy seeks to influence it through politics; economic sanctions seek to modify it through the distribution and access of goods; military operations seek to compel it through the threat or use of

Blue computer brain circuit diagram concept illustrating AI. Glowing blue AI brain diagram as digital computer circuitry concept with wiring, neurons and connections, illustrating artificial intelligence and big data.

July 30, 2026

NEURINT in the Age of Generative Agentic AI: A Proposed Paradigm for Left-of-Bang Strategic Deterrence

Contemporary competition is becoming ever more focused upon discerning how adversaries perceive, decide, adapt, and influence others. As warfare progressively entails persistent competition in the cognitive domain, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance must likewise evolve.

Holographic digital graphic of a blue world map.

July 9, 2024

The Future of Hybrid Warfare

The NATO Futures Series by CSIS features scholars from the Futures Lab, the International Security Program, and across CSIS. It explores emerging challenges and opportunities that NATO is likely to confront after its 75th anniversary.