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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 […]

#94: Shift the Landscape for Adversaries After Sunburst

By: Emma Schroeder and Will Loomis What is the kernel of the issue? Information sharing on cybersecurity issues between industry and government is all the rage, but to what end? While much of the last decade of debate over how and when to share information in cybersecurity has focused on responding to a crisis, the […]

#88: Adopt a New Atlantic Charter

By: Ambassador Daniel Fried and Ash Jain What is the kernel of the issue? The world is poised between democracy and autocracy. Under the leadership of Xi Jinping, China has emerged as the single greatest challenger to a democratic world order.  The Kremlin is executing its own strategy to undermine democratically-elected governments. Meanwhile, political dysfunction […]

#87: Maintain a Competitive Global Monetary Edge

By: Ronald A. Marks What is the kernel of the issue? The United States Dollar has been the central currency of the world since World War II. China, soon to displace the US as the world’s largest economy, is now rapidly pushing forward a central bank digital currency (CBDC) meant to give a 21st-century technical […]

#63: Conduct Strategy Exercises on the Impact of an Indo-Pacific Conflict on European Security

By: Hans Binnendijk What is the kernel of the issue? The United States has security commitments in both Europe and the Indo-Pacific region, meaning that major new security developments in either region could force US attention to concentrate on one area at the expense of the other.   Why is the issue important? China is the […]

#43: Don’t Make Allies Choose Between the US and China

By: Matthew Kroenig and Jeffrey Cimmino What is the kernel of the issue? Amid a renewed era of US-China competition, many US allies and partners are worried that the United States will force them to choose between Washington and Beijing.   Why is the issue important? The United States is embarking upon building a set […]

Khoury quoted in TRT World on the Houthis’ fight for Marib

Atlantic Council Launches “Stories of Human Resilience” with Anna Deavere Smith

Six-part series captures the essence of resilience through inspirational stories of overcoming extraordinary challenges. Washington, DC –– February 25, 2021 –– The Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center (Arsht-Rock) today launched Stories of Human Resilience – a groundbreaking video project with Emmy and Pulitzer Prize nominated playwright, actress, author, journalist, and educator Anna Deavere […]