On August 4, Forward Defense nonresident senior fellow Elliot Ackerman published an article entitled, “How Being an Intelligence Officer Made Me a Better Writer,” with The Free Press. In the piece, Ackerman details how his career as a veteran of the Marine Corps and CIA special operations has informed his fiction writing.
Forward Defense leads the Atlantic Council’s US and global defense programming, developing actionable recommendations for the United States and its allies and partners to compete, innovate, and navigate the rapidly evolving character of warfare. Through its work on US defense policy and force design, the military applications of advanced technology, space security, strategic deterrence, and defense industrial revitalization, it informs the strategies, policies, and capabilities that the United States will need to deter, and, if necessary, prevail in major-power conflict.
