Author Archives: Rebecca L. Grant, Ph.D.
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Biden’s Parting Shot on AI
January 14, 2025- Rebecca L. Grant, Ph.D. The Department of Commerce dropped the Regulatory Framework for the Responsible Diffusion of Advanced Artificial Intelligence Technology on Jan. 13, and outgoing President Joe Biden tried to give it momentum in his final foreign policy speech at the State Department. [Read More...] -
Commerce AI Diffusion Export Rule: House China Committee Reacts
January 7, 2025- Rebecca L. Grant, Ph.D. Here it comes. With just days left in the Biden administration, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo is understood to be on the verge of dropping a finalized Export Control Framework for AI Diffusion after a rushed interagency process. “It is [Read More...] -
Two Navy Standard Missiles Divide and Conquer 62 Miles Up (From National Interest)
December 27, 2024- Rebecca L. Grant, Ph.D. The confusion over SM-3 highlights why the incoming Trump administration must pay closer attention to missile defense production priorities, as I wrote here for National Interest. Standard Missile 3 Block IB, launched by Navy destroyers, made its combat debut on [Read More...] -
Boosting The Maritime Industrial Base For Navy Combat Power (From RealClearDefense)
December 23, 2024- Rebecca L. Grant, Ph.D. The full text is available below and on the RealClearDefense website here. President-elect Trump’s incoming defense team will soon face a sobering fact: China’s navy is bigger than the U.S. Navy. “Our U.S. Navy shipbuilding is in a crisis [Read More...] -
Cantwell, Cruz: Rethink “Draconian” Market Caps on International Chip Sales
December 20, 2024- Rebecca L. Grant, Ph.D. Driving international sales of chips to China’s Huawei is not a good outcome. Yet that’s exactly what might happen if President Joe Biden’s outgoing team releases a rumored draft Executive Order that would set up specific rules capping the sale [Read More...] -
Slam The Backdoor On China But Keep American Global Business, Allies In AI
December 16, 2024- Rebecca L. Grant, Ph.D. Outgoing Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo has been tireless and effective in her efforts to keep China from accessing the most advanced semiconductor chips and other technology used to advance artificial intelligence. Thanks to the hard work of the Department [Read More...] -
America Has a Drone Problem (From FOX News)
December 15, 2024- Rebecca L. Grant, Ph.D. America’s Got a Drone Problem and No One is In Charge. Read at FOX News here, and below. President-elect Donald J. Trump wants to create an Iron Dome missile shield over the USA. But what about the drones flying [Read More...] -
Assad’s Ouster Makes Syria The Key To Elusive Middle East Peace (From Fox News)
December 8, 2024- Rebecca L. Grant, Ph.D. The full text is available below and on the Fox News website here. The fall of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad is a blow to Russia, terror-monger Iran, and their Hezbollah cronies in Lebanon. But Syria’s next chapter is starting [Read More...] -
The U.S. Navy’s Unmanned Orca Anti-Submarine Drone, China And The Pacific (From CBS Radio “Eye on the World” with John Batchelor)
December 5, 2024- Rebecca L. Grant, Ph.D. Meet Orca, an autonomous submarine, nearly the size of an 18-wheeler truck, and the biggest unmanned underwater vehicle in the Navy inventory. Its technical name is the Extra Large Unmanned Underwater Vehicle. What it’s designed to do is carry out [Read More...] -
America’s Nuclear Submarine Crisis On A Collision Course With China (From Fox News)
December 2, 2024- Rebecca L. Grant, Ph.D. The full text is available below and on the Fox News website here. Just wait until President-elect Donald J. Trump finds out the Navy’s nuclear shipbuilding is close to a death spiral. The White House just asked Congress for [Read More...]