Category: Blog Post

The future of the US-Japan alliance under the Biden and Suga Administrations

By Asia Security Initiative

A virtual public conference on the future of the bilateral US-Japan alliance and multilateral cooperation in the Indo-Pacific under the Biden and Suga administrations.

State of the Order: Assessing February 2021

The State of the Order breaks down the month's most important events impacting the democratic world order.

Disruption and innovation—the Atlantic Council in a year of coronavirus

By Andrew R. Marshall

2020 brought significant challenges for the world, as COVID-19 forced everyone to work virtually. While the disruption was significant and damaging, the Atlantic Council used this moment to innovate in the virtual space and expand its global reach.

State of the Order: Assessing January 2021

The State of the Order breaks down the month's most important events impacting the democratic world order.

A new national reinvestment fund could address the greatest threats facing the US

By Harlan Ullman

Make no mistake: As deadly and as disruptive as the COVID-19 pandemic is, this disease is a harbinger of even worse crises that could follow if a broader danger is not recognized. That danger is a new MAD, not the mutually assured destruction of the Cold War and the existential specter of thermonuclear Armageddon, but massive attacks of disruption.

State of the Order: Assessing December 2020

The State of the Order breaks down the month's most important events impacting the democratic world order.

State of the Order: Assessing November 2020

The State of the Order breaks down the month's most important events impacting the democratic world order.

A pre-emptive strike on Iran would throw world into chaos

By Harlan Ullman

A strike to eliminate Iran’s nuclear facilities would be extraordinarily complex in every dimension, risky, and unlikely to guarantee that Iran will be unable to build a weapon for a lengthy period of time.

Why we fight: Learning from the Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge

By Robert Carolina

Competitors finish the Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge better prepared to communicate their ideas, better prepared to address the complex threat-filled environment presented by modern cybersecurity, and better prepared to contribute new ideas and new thinking that may someday help to reduce the risks of unnecessary conflict carried out through the cyber domain. These are all good reasons to compete.

A plea to the president-elect

By Harlan Ullman

Beginning with legal challenges to the election raised by the incumbent, to the COVID-19 pandemic that will worsen, to the economic crisis, the forty-sixth president’s challenges are daunting.