Elisabeth Braw

  • Senior Fellow
  • Contact email: ebraw@atlanticcouncil.org
  • Media queries: press@atlanticcouncil.org

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Transatlantic Security Initiative

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NATO Resilience & Society Security & Defense
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Timely Commentary & Analysis

Oct 2, 2026

Braw in POLITICO on Russia’s gray-zone war with Europe

By Elisabeth Braw

On October 2, Elisabeth Braw was interviewed on POLITICO’s Brussels Playbook Podcast on how Europe should respond to Russian sabotage, arson, cyberattacks, and attacks on critical infrastructure.

Europe Security & Defense

Timely Commentary & Analysis

Oct 1, 2026

Braw in Financial Times on Australia’s banks planning for cable blackouts

By Elisabeth Braw

On October 1, Elisabeth Braw was published in Financial Times on how Australia is preparing its financial system for undersea warfare.

Indo-Pacific Maritime Security

Timely Commentary & Analysis

Sep 29, 2026

Braw in POLITICO on the cost of Russia’s hybrid war on European businesses

By Elisabeth Braw

On September 29, Elisabeth Braw was published in POLITICO on the financial costs of Russia’s gray-zone aggression.

Europe Security & Defense
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Elisabeth Braw is a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, focusing on geopolitics and the globalized economy as well as grayzone and hybrid threats. She’s also a columnist with Foreign Policy, a national security commentator for Sky News and the author of the award-winning Goodbye Globalization: The Return of a Divided World (Yale University Press 2024) and Undersea War (Basic Books/John Murray Press, October 2026). 


At the Atlantic Council, Elisabeth leads the Threats to the Global Maritime Order initiative. She was previously a senior research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). She is the author of God’s Spies, about the Stasi’s church division (2019) and The Defender’s Dilemma: Identifying and Deterring Gray-Zone Aggression (2022). She is also a member of M&C Saatchi World Services’ advisory council, a member of GALLOS Technologies’ advisory board, an advisor to Willis Towers Watson’s research arm, a Visiting Senior Fellow at the UK Resilience Academy, a member of the Aurora Forum’s executive committee and a member of the UK National Preparedness Commission.