Insights and impact

Sherman and Herr in Council on Foreign Relations: the US should make “leverage” the foundation of its cyber strategy

The SolarWinds incident spurred a flurry of debates about whether the U.S. Department of Defense’s 2018 “defend forward” strategy should, or could, have prevented the calamity. Putting aside that the Russian operation was cyber espionage—stealing data rather than denying, disrupting, degrading, or destroying systems—some of these arguments reflected an idea that the United States should […]

Busch in The Hill: EU tariff retaliation throttles Harley-Davidson

By Marc L. Busch

Marc Busch writes in The Hill that EU tariffs on Harley-Davidson are another example as to why US steel and aluminum tariffs need to be ended before another round of EU tariffs in June and July.

Azodi quoted in the New York Times about Zarif’s leaked tape

Slavin quoted in VOA on Iranian presidential elections

Katz in the Hill: Russian policy toward Syria: The perils of success

Slavin quoted in Tehran Times on JCPOA talks in Vienna

Slavin joins Al Hurra to discuss nuclear talks in Vienna

By Atlantic Council

Kroenig and Cimmino reflect on Colin Gray’s contributions to geopolitical theory

By Atlantic Council

On April 23, Comparative Strategy published a piece by Matthew Kroenig and Jeffrey Cimmino reflecting on Colin Gray’s contributions to geopolitical theory. The piece discusses how Gray’s thinking accounted for the success of open seafaring nations in great power rivalry, while also arguing that a state’s domestic political system, rather than geography, plays a more fundamental […]

Katz in the National Interest: Taliban Rule in Afghanistan Is Worse for Its Neighbors Than America

Handler and Sherman in the National Interest: The United States needs a public strategy for deterring disinformation

By Atlantic Council

To give the disinformation threat the credence it deserves, the government must create a public strategy on combating disinformation, with deterrence as a main component.