How should the United States counter Russia and China’s hybrid warfare?

  • Mon, June 15, 2026 • 12:30 pm ET
  • Atlantic Council Headquarters
  • 1400 L Street NW • Floor 11
  • Washington, DC 20005

The Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center examines how the Russia-China axis appears to be converging and what the United States and its allies can do to counter malign Russian and Chinese hybrid warfare operations.

On Monday, June 15 at 12:30 p.m. ET, the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center will host an expert discussion on how the United States can best counter malign Russian and Chinese hybrid operations.

Moscow and Beijing have long pursued campaigns of subversion, sabotage, and subterfuge against the West. Today, those efforts appear to be converging. Many of Beijing’s dual-use technologies have been instrumental in sustaining Russia’s war against Ukraine. Suspicious Russian and Chinese activities menace critical infrastructure—including undersea cables and energy nodes—in NATO territory, while growing coordination on information operations, political influence campaigns, and cyberattacks raises urgent questions about a concerted effort to destabilize the West from within.

Eurasia Center Senior Director and former US Ambassador to Ukraine John Herbst moderates a conversation on what the Russia-China hybrid axis means for Washington and its allies.

Note: Following the discussion, panelist Sean Wiswesser will be available in the Sky Lobby to sign copies of his latest book, Tradecraft, Tactics, and Dirty Tricks: Russian Intelligence and Putin’s Secret War.

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Speakers

Victor Atkins
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Indo-Pacific Security Initiative,
Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security,
Atlantic Council

Anna Puglisi
Technology and Security Fellow,
RAND Corporation

John Sipher
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Eurasia Center,
Atlantic Council;
Former Senior Operations Officer,
Central Intelligence Agency

Sean Wiswesser
Author of Tradecraft, Tactics, and Dirty Tricks:
Russian Intelligence and Putin’s Secret War;
Former Senior Operations Officer,
Central Intelligence Agency

Moderated by

Amb. John Herbst
Senior Director, Eurasia Center,
Atlantic Council

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