Category: Event Recap

‘Strategic autonomy is strategic responsibility.’ How the war in Ukraine reshaped transatlantic security debates.

By Damir Marusic

Russia’s attack on Ukraine has rewired the debate around transatlantic security. Transatlantic leaders at the Atlantic Council's EU-US Defense & Future Forum discussed what has—and hasn’t—changed in the last four months.

Copenhagen Democracy Summit 2022

The Freedom and Prosperity Center, the Atlantic Council’s newest center, had its public launch at the Copenhagen Democracy Summit on Thursday, June 9. Dan Negrea, the Center’s Senior Director, and Matt Kroenig, Deputy Director of the Scowcroft Center, participated in a panel that discussed their report entitled “Do Countries Need Freedom to Achieve Prosperity?”  The […]

Experts: Long neglected, the Black Sea is now a crucial piece of strategic puzzle

By Alvina Ahmed

On June, the Scowcroft Center's Transatlantic Security Initiative hosted a public conference discussing the importance of securitizing the Black Sea Region and US-Romanian bilateral relationship in light of the war in Ukraine.

360/OS Contested Realities | Connected Futures day 2 round-up

By Layla Mashkoor and Nishtha Gupta

All the highlights from the second day of the Digital Forensic Research Lab's 360/OS event in Brussels.

Digital violence is the number one barrier to women participating in public life. Here’s how to start fixing it.

By Nick Fouriezos

Just 16 percent of women in politics said they received a timely and effective response to escalations of digital violence. It's time to fix that, say panelists at 360/Open Summit.

Ukraine at 360/OS: How Russian disinformation is fueling the war

By Layla Mashkoor, Iain Robertson

The Digital Forensic Research Lab's 360/Open Summit dug into the online ramifications of Russia's war in Ukraine, and what democracies should do now.

Digital Sherlocks assemble! Here’s what happened at our first in-person gathering ever.

By Layla Mashkoor, Iain Robertson

As a part of the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) fifth annual 360/Open Summit, held on June 6 and 7 in Brussels, the DFRLab assembled a cohort of Digital Sherlocks. In total, around eighty Digital Sherlocks from more than forty countries attended. Combatting disinformation and building a resilient information ecosystem can’t be done […]

Moderating non-English content: Transparency and local contexts are critical

By Layla Mashkoor

The decisions made by content moderators and algorithms have significant impacts, not only in online information spaces but also offline.

360/OS Contested Realities | Connected Futures day 1 round-up

By Iain Robertson, Layla Mashkoor, and Nishtha Gupta

Catch up on all the highlights from the first day of the Digital Forensic Research Lab's summit in Brussels.

Spyware like Pegasus is a warning: Digital authoritarianism can happen in democracies, too

By Nick Fouriezos

Journalists and citizens targeted by spyware warn the audience at the Digital Forensic Research Lab's 360/Open Summit about the proliferation of state-sponsored digital surveillance.