Ainikki Riikonen
Research Assistant, Technology and National Security Program
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Ainikki Riikonen is a Research Assistant for the Technology and National Security Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). Her research focuses on emerging technologies, particularly artificial intelligence and information systems in the context of international competition.
Before joining CNAS, Ainikki 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 security issues in North Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, and South Asia.
Her commentary and analysis have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Defense One, Voice of America, C4ISRNET, and Strategic Studies Quarterly. Ainikki holds a degree in international relations from the University of St Andrews and is a master’s candidate in security studies at Georgetown University.
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National Technology Strategy concept sparks bipartisan interest
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By Ainikki Riikonen & Francis Rose
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CNAS Responds: Assessing the Biden Administration's First 100 Days
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By Richard Fontaine, Katherine L. Kuzminski, Ilan Goldenberg, Lisa Curtis, Martijn Rasser, Jacob Stokes, Ainikki Riikonen, Megan Lamberth, Nathalie Grogan & Jim Townsend
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Trust the Process
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By Loren DeJonge Schulman & Ainikki Riikonen
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China's on a mission to dominate space internet
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By Ainikki Riikonen
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Army Trains AI to Identify Faces in the Dark
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By Ainikki Riikonen
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