Defense Writers Group
22 April 2025
Moderator: Welcome to a very special Defense Writers Group this morning. As all of you who are regular attendees know, we normally do senior policymakers and those who execute that policy with the exception of when we host reports that we feel are exceptional, like this one.
This is the Special Competitive Studies Project with the Center for Emerging Technology and Security. The new report is “Applying AI to Strategic Warning.” I can’t imagine a more interesting or topical conversation.
First, my thanks to Tara Rigler and everyone at SCSP for partnering on this session. Here to discuss the report is Dr. Nandita Balakrishnan. She’s SCSP’s Director for Intelligence. She was formerly a political analyst at the CIA where she authored the President’s Daily Brief on South Asian Domestic Politics among other projects.
Our ground rules are the same as always. This is on the record. You are free to record for accuracy and quotes, but there’s no rebroadcast of audio or video.
I will invite Nandita to give a few opening comments because the report is fairly dense for people like me. So she can sort of sketch the highlights and the major takeaways, then I’ll ask the first question, and then we’ll go to the table. Demetri and Theresa already asked for questions. Anybody else, just raise your hand.
Nandita, thank you for being here. The floor is yours.
