Category: In the News

Melcangi in Formiche: What challenges will the Biden Administration face in the Middle East?

Starr sits down with Rep. Barbara Lee for Outrider

By Atlantic Council

Ashford in BBC Mundo: “Uno de los grandes problemas es la idea de que Estados Unidos es un país excepcional”

By Atlantic Council

On January 12, Emma Ashford was interviewed by BBC Mundo, where she made the argument that an issue plaguing US policymaking was the persistent belief that the US is exceptional. More about our expert

McInnis testifies for Senate Armed Services Committee on civilian-military balance

By Atlantic Council

On January 12, Scowcroft Center nonresident senior fellow Kathleen McInnis served as a witness at a Senate Armed Service Committee hearing on “Civilian Control of the Armed Forces.” In her testimony, McInnis concluded that the next Secretary of Defense must work with Congress to strengthen civilian control over the military.

Borghard in Power Problems: Shining a light on the SolarWinds hack

By Atlantic Council

On January 12, Erica Borghard participated in the Cato Institute’s Power Problems new podcast episode titled “Shining a Light on the SolarWinds Hack” hosted by John Glaseron and featuring Brandon Valeriano. Erica discussed the SolarWinds breach and how to understand the incident in light of the US cyber strategy and policy. “Did Russia commit a cyber […]

Riaz in The Daily Star: Democracy: The journey that has taken a wrong turn

By Atlantic Council

Riaz in East Asia Forum: COVID-19 ails Bangladesh’s health, politics and economy

By Atlantic Council

Varshney in the Indian Express: When history is written, US courts may be singled out for protecting nation’s election integrity

By Atlantic Council

Schuman in The Atlantic: The undoing of China’s economic miracle

By Atlantic Council

On January 11, 2021, Michael Schuman published a story in The Atlantic on the global consequences of Xi Jinping’s turn away from economic reforms that helped drive Chinese economic growth and development in recent decades.

Loomis and Scott in Lawfare: A role for the vulnerabilities equities process in securing software supply chains

On Jan. 14, something unusual happened—the National Security Agency (NSA) publicly announced that it had discovered a critical vulnerability (CVE 2020-0601) deep within Windows 10 and reported it to Microsoft for patching. The disclosure was lauded because of the bug’s severity; buried in a cryptographic library, it would have allowed opportunistic attackers to decipher encrypted […]