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Jacqueline Viteznik
Policy

Jacqueline Viteznik

Policy Analyst

Former Graduate Consultant and Data Analytics Intern at Department of State; Former Program Management Intern at UNDRR.

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Research & Publications

POLICY BYTES • 2026

America’s Military Is Racing to Integrate AI. Does It Have the Talent? 

The United States is racing to put artificial intelligence at the center of its national security strategy. But America’s ability to compete with China, protect critical infrastructure, and resp...

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POLICY BYTES • 2026

Minutes to Seconds to Machines Running the Whole Show

A naval intelligence officer aboard a destroyer in the South China Sea watches her console populate. The fused AI targeting system has correlated satellite imagery, signals intelligence, and pattern-o...

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RESEARCH • 2026

Hands on the Trigger: The Operational Necessity of Humans with Lethal Autonomy

This report finds that meaningful human control over autonomous weapon systems is a necessary, operationally achievable safeguard that preserves command accountability, reduces the risk of unrecoverable failure, and can be maintained without sacrificing tactical speed or strategic advantage.

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POLICY BYTES • 2026

The New Iron Triangle

For decades, defense acquisition has operated under a simple constraint known as the iron triangle. Any program can optimize for at most two of three variables: speed, cost, and capability. Choosing a...

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POLICY BYTES • 2026

Wargaming Needs AI. The Department of War Isn’t Ready.

You’ve been invited to an exclusive wargame, held in the hardest-to-access pentagonal-shaped building in the world. You enter an LED-lit room, wrapped in a floor-to-ceiling map dotted with multi...

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POLICY BYTES • 2025

Five AI Policy Wins in the NDAA

Congress is laying the groundwork for the deployment of artificial intelligence by mandating its responsible use across America’s defense infrastructure. Buried in the thousands of pages of the ...

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