Edge Networks, Core Policy Securing America’s 6G Future Martijn Rasser, Ainikki Riikonen, and Henry WuDECEMBER 2021
About the AuthorsMartijn Rasser is Senior Fellow and Director of the Technology and National Security Program at CNAS. Previously he served as a senior intelligence officer and analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency. Upon leaving government service, Rasser was chief of staff at Muddy Waters Capital, an investment research firm. More recently he served as director of analysis at Kyndi, a venture-backed artificial intelligence start-up. Rasser holds a BA in anthropology from Bates College and an MA in security studies from Georgetown University.Ainikki Riikonen is a Research Associate for CNAS’ Technology and National Security Program. Before joining CNAS, she worked at the U.S. Department of Defense’s Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, where she supported security cooperation programs focused on regional issues in North Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, and South Asia. Riikonen holds an undergraduate degree in international relations from the University of St Andrews and an MA in security studies from Georgetown University.Henry Wu is a former Joseph S. Nye, Jr. Intern for the Technology and National Security Program at CNAS. He previously interned at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, focusing on global supply chains, international trade, and the implications of emerging technologies for human rights and sustainability. Wu is currently working on an MPhil in politics at the University of Oxford, where he studies as a Rhodes Scholar. He holds a BA in philosophy and political science from The Ohio State University.About the Technology and National Security ProgramTechnology is changing our lives. Rapid developments in artificial intelligence, autonomy and unmanned systems, digital infrastructure, networking and social media, and disinformation are profoundly altering the national security landscape. Nation-states have new tools at their disposal for political influence as well as new vulnerabilities to attacks. Authoritarian governments are empowered by high-tech tools of oppression and exploit radical transparency. Artificial intelligence and automation raise profound questions about the role of humans in conflict and war.CNAS’ Technology and National Security program explores the policy challenges associated with these and other emerging technologies. A key focus of the program is bringing together the technology and policy communities to better understand these challenges and together develop solutions.AcknowledgmentsWe are so grateful to Schuyler Moore and Eric Wenger for their helpful insights and feedback. To the many who participated in this year’s roundtables on telecommunications technologies, hosted by the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), we are also indebted. Their perspectives hel...
