Datenna and ISW/AEI Announce New Partnership

Datenna and the Coalition Defense of Taiwan (CDOT), a joint initiative of the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), today announced a technology partnership designed to dramatically strengthen open-source intelligence (OSINT) on China's technological and industrial ecosystem. By combining Datenna's advanced China-focused data tools with CDOT's leading national-security analysis, the partnership will enhance the ability of all three organizations to deliver rigorous, data-driven insights into China's technological landscape and state-driven strategies.

"Access to Datenna's unique tools and data will provide ISW with new, unique capabilities that further enhance our ability to understand and assess the growth of China's increasingly complex defense industrial base, and we are thrilled to add Datenna to a growing list of innovation partners that provide our analysts with the technological edge to ensure our intelligence products remain the gold standard." — Dr. Kimberly Kagan, President and Founder of ISW Through this collaboration, ISW and CDOT analysts will gain access to Datenna's proprietary China datasets ranging from procurement patterns, entity networks, research trends, risk labels, and dual-use technological development. Integrating these tools into ISW and CDOT's rigorous analytic throughput will help illuminate how the Chinese Communist Party develops, scales, and deploys critical technologies across the military and civilian domains.

"ISW and AEI have been leaders among think tanks seeking to understand the People's Liberation Army, the war in Ukraine, and modern strategic thinking. We're really looking forward to the insights we can unearth together, and working with some great people at CDOT."— Jaap van Etten, CEO, Datenna

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