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If the US and EU don’t set AI standards, China will first, say Gina Raimondo and Margrethe Vestager

Report Jun 25, 2025

Crash (exploit) and burn: Securing the offensive cyber supply chain to counter China in cyberspace 

By Winnona DeSombre Bernsen

If the United States wishes to compete in cyberspace, it must compete against China to secure its offensive cyber supply chain.
China Cybersecurity
If the US and EU don’t set AI standards, China will first, say Gina Raimondo and Margrethe Vestager

New Atlanticist Jun 5, 2025

Cyberattacks are hurting US businesses. Here’s how Congress can upgrade cybersecurity information sharing.

By Tanner Wilburn, Sara Ann Brackett, and Urmita Chowdhury

Hackers are targeting small and medium-sized businesses, and the existing framework for sharing important information is leaving these US companies out of the loop.
Cybersecurity Economy & Business
If the US and EU don’t set AI standards, China will first, say Gina Raimondo and Margrethe Vestager

Russia Tomorrow May 20, 2025

Unpacking Russia’s cyber nesting doll

By Justin Sherman

The latest report in the Atlantic Council’s Russia Tomorrow series explores Russia’s wartime cyber operations and broader cyber web.
Cybersecurity Digital Policy

Programs

The Atlantic Council Technology Programs comprises five existing efforts—the Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab), the GeoTech Center, the Cyber Statecraft Initiative, the Democracy + Tech Initiative, and the Capacity Building Initiative. These operations work together to address the geopolitical implications of technology and provide policymakers and global stakeholders necessary research, insights, and convenings to address challenges around global technology and ensure its responsible advancement.

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New Atlanticist

Jan 31, 2024

If the US and EU don’t set AI standards, China will first, say Gina Raimondo and Margrethe Vestager

By Katherine Golden

The standardization of technologies is already being dominated by nonmarket and Chinese players, the two officials warned at an AC Front Page event.

Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity

Article

Jan 26, 2024

The great despiser: The BSA, memory safety, and how to make a good argument badly

By Stewart Scott

Memory-safe programming languages are in the cyber policy mainstream, but some hesitation remains. Looking at the arguments around memory safety is informative for larger cyber policy debates too.

Cybersecurity

Hybrid Conflict Project

Jan 25, 2024

International law doesn’t adequately protect undersea cables. That must change.

By Amy Paik and Jennifer Counter

What's missing: A global effort to protect undersea cables in international waters.

China Cybersecurity

The 5x5

Jan 24, 2024

The 5×5—Forewarned is forearmed: Cybersecurity policy in 2024

By Nitansha Bansal, Trey Herr

Members of the Cyber Statecraft Initiative team discuss the regulatory requirements and emerging technology they are closely following in 2024, and forewarn of the year ahead.

Cybersecurity

In the News

Jan 17, 2024

Makanju quoted in TIME Magazine on cybersecurity capabilites

By Anna Makanju

On January 17, Transatlantic Security Initiative nonresident senior fellow Anna Makanju was mentioned in an article in TIME Magazine discussing OpenAI’s work providing cybersecurity capabilities to the Pentagon.   

Cybersecurity United States and Canada

Report

Jan 16, 2024

Design questions in the software liability debate

By Maia Hamin, Sara Ann Brackett, and Trey Herr, with Andy Kotz

Software liability—resurgent in the policy debate since its mention in the 2023 US National Cybersecurity Strategy—describes varied potential structures to create legal accountability for vendors of insecure software. This report identifies key design questions for such regimes and tracks their discussion through the decades-long history of the debate.

Cybersecurity

New Atlanticist

Jan 13, 2024

The sentencing of a US Navy sailor is a window into Chinese espionage. Here’s how the US should respond.

By Andrew Brown

China’s intelligence services recognize that national security information does not have to be classified to provide them with value.

China Cybersecurity

In the News

Jan 12, 2024

Global China Hub Nonresident Fellow Dakota Cary spoke to CNN

By Dakota Cary

On January 12, GCH Nonresident Fellow Dakota Cary spoke to CNN on how the Chinese government relies on the private sector to help its cybersecurity capacities.

China Cybersecurity

In the News

Jan 11, 2024

Global China Hub Nonresident Fellow Dakota Cary Featured on Click Here

By Dakota Cary

On January 10, GCH Nonresident Fellow Dakota Cary was brought on to Click Here to discuss his report, “Sleigh of hand: How China weaponizes software vulnerabilities,” which explains how Chinese software vulnerability laws require Chinese businesses to report coding flaws to a government agency, which in turn shares this information with state-sponsored hacking groups.

China Cybersecurity

In the News

Jan 10, 2024

Global China Hub Nonresident Fellow Dakota Cary quoted in CNN

By Dakota Cary

On January 10, GCH Nonresident Fellow Dakota Cary was quoted in CNN on China’s surveillance capabilities.

China Cybersecurity
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Experts

Fellow

Andrea Rigoni

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Transatlantic Security Initiative

Cybersecurity Digital Policy

Fellow

Trevor H. Rudolph

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoTech Center

Cybersecurity Europe & Eurasia

Staff

Audrey Roh

Program Assistant

Indo-Pacific Security Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Cybersecurity Japan

Fellow

Yasmine Abdillahi

Nonresident Fellow

Africa Center

Africa Cybersecurity

Fellow

Chinmayi Sharma

Nonresident Fellow

Cyber Statecraft Initiative

Cybersecurity Digital Policy

Staff

Urmita Chowdhury

Assistant Director, Trainings and Competitions

Cyber Statecraft Initiative

Bengali Cybersecurity
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