Matt Pearl @techpolicywonk.bsky.social · 08/05/2025On Friday, May 16th at 9:00 AM EST, I will have the privilege of moderating a virtual event on securing the future of U.S. leadership in quantum with Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi and James Andrew Lewis. www.csis.org/events/secur... 000
Matt Pearl @techpolicywonk.bsky.social · 30/04/2025We just released a commentary about stablecoin legislation that is pending in Congress, emphasizing that it's critical for Congress to address how these technologies will affect financial stability, the effectiveness of anti-money laundering controls, and the continued dominance of the U.S. dollar.csis.orgStabilizing U.S. Financial Leadership: Why Congress Must Get Stablecoin Regulation RightStablecoins are reshaping global finance. Congress now faces a choice: craft regulation that secures the dollar’s future or risk weakening it at its core. 000
Matt Pearl @techpolicywonk.bsky.social · 24/04/2025I spoke with Sapna Maheshwari at the New York Times for this important article about how Chinese manufacturers, and ultimately the Chinese Communist Party, are using TikTok to communicate with American consumers about the trade war and the U.S.-China relationship. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/t...nytimes.comChinese Factory Owners Make Appeals to Americans on TikTok: Buy DirectVideos on the social media app, filmed at factories in China, urge viewers to buy luxury goods directly, as tariffs drive up prices. Americans are receptive. 000
Matt Pearl @techpolicywonk.bsky.social · 24/04/2025In this piece, Alex Klimburg and I debate whether the U.S. should adopt a "hack back" cyber strategy. I took the controversial position that we should authorize "hack back," albeit with an oversight structure to ensure it is done responsibly.csis.orgBack & Forth 4: Should the United States Adopt a “Hack-Back” Cyber Strategy?In this latest back and forth piece CSIS's Matt Pearl and Alexander Klimburg discuss whether the United States should allow nongovernment entities to engage in offensive hacking. 000
Matt Pearl @techpolicywonk.bsky.social · 12/04/2025While you may be feeling tariffed out, have you considered the effect that the Administration's actions could have on the global cybersecurity landscape? If not, please see this article from Rob Lemos of Light Reading in which I provided my perspective. www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/t...darkreading.comTariffs May Prompt Increase in Global CyberattacksCybersecurity and policy experts worry that if tariffs give way to a global recession, organizations will reduce their spending on cybersecurity. 000
Matt Pearl @techpolicywonk.bsky.social · 08/04/2025We’re hiring! The CSIS Strategic Technologies Program is looking for a new Program Coordinator and Research Assistant who is interested in how critical and emerging technologies will impact great power competition. careers.csis.org/opportunitie...careers.csis.orgCareers | Center for Strategic and International StudiesCSIS is a bipartisan, nonprofit organization headquartered in Washington, D.C. The Center’s 220 full-time staff and large network of affiliated scholars conduct research and analysis and develop polic... 000
Matt Pearl @techpolicywonk.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Erin Murphy and I published a piece on the threat posed by the PRC in a critical part of our digital infrastructure: subsea cables. www.csis.org/analysis/chi...csis.orgChina’s Underwater Power Play: The PRC’s New Subsea Cable-Cutting Ship Spooks International Security ExpertsChina's new subsea cable cutting capabilities heighten global security concerns, demanding urgent action to protect critical digital infrastructure. 000
Matt Pearl @techpolicywonk.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Another article in which I spoke on tariffs and tech, but this time in the context of bitcoin mining equipment in the U.S. beincrypto.com/us-crypto-mi...beincrypto.comUS Crypto Mining in Crisis? How Trump’s Liberation Day Tariffs Could Shake the IndustryTrump's Liberation Day tariffs threaten to significantly disrupt the US crypto mining industry by raising costs and disrupting supply chains. 000
Matt Pearl @techpolicywonk.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Navin Girishankar and I published a commentary on how, for the U.S. to win the AI race, it needs to focus on a key component of the AI stack that has received insufficient attention: digital infrastructure. www.csis.org/analysis/mis...csis.orgThe Missing Link in the AI Stack: Why Digital Infrastructure Is Essential to U.S. LeadershipCSIS's Navin Girishankar and Matt Pearl outline why the United States needs to think more strategically about adopting a cohesive digital infrastructure policy to win the AI race with China. 000
Matt Pearl @techpolicywonk.bsky.social · 03/04/2025I provided further reflections on the effect that tariffs will have on AI data center build-out in the U.S. in this Politico article. www.politico.com/newsletters/...politico.comWhat California is wondering ahead of Trump’s tariffsTariffs are raising more questions than answers for Silicon Valley. 000
Matt Pearl @techpolicywonk.bsky.social · 31/03/2025I spoke with Laura Bratton at Yahoo Finance about the effect that the Administration's tariffs would have on efforts to build out AI data centers in the U.S.finance.yahoo.comHow Trump tariffs would push Big Tech's AI data center costs higherBig Tech is set to spend hundreds of billions of dollars in capital expenditures and investments this year, much of which will be directed toward building giant data centers around the US to power… 010
Matt Pearl @techpolicywonk.bsky.social · 31/03/2025I spoke with Laura Bratton at Yahoo Finance about the effect that the Administration's tariffs would have on efforts to build out AI data centers in the U.S. finance.yahoo.com/news/how-tru...finance.yahoo.comHow Trump tariffs would push Big Tech's AI data center costs higherBig Tech is set to spend hundreds of billions of dollars in capital expenditures and investments this year, much of which will be directed toward building giant data centers around the US to power art... 010
Matt Pearl @techpolicywonk.bsky.social · 28/03/2025I was interviewed by Times Radio on the current state-of-play on cybersecurity and Russia.youtube.comPutin given ‘green light’ for cyber attacks as Trump eases pressure on Russia | World in 10“Unless it’s part of a deal, that includes careful monitoring… I would expect Putin is going to take it as a green light to do what he wants.”Despite officia... 010
Matt Pearl @techpolicywonk.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Here’s my quick take on the issues surrounding the U.S. strategic crypto reserve in advance of tomorrow’s White House Crypto Summit. youtube.com/shorts/TW1Y0...youtube.comWhite House Crypto Summit | Asked & AnsweredYouTube video by Center for Strategic & International Studies 100
Matt Pearl @techpolicywonk.bsky.social · 22/01/2025I am thrilled and honored to join the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) as Director of its Strategic Technologies Program (STP). The STP program will continue to find ways to advance our nation’s advantages in critical and emerging technologies.csis.orgCSIS Names Matt Pearl as Director of Strategic Technologies ProgramThe Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) announced Matt Pearl has been named director of the CSIS Strategic Technologies Program. 020
