Intelligence

Intelligence

National security and defense often require the collection of a vast amount of data and knowledge that can be used by policy makers to make political and military decisions to defend the national interest. Whether through open source or covert means, the acquisition of intelligence is a vital tool for effective national defense.

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New Atlanticist

Jun 11, 2018

Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats Speaks Truth to Power

By Michael Morell

Trump administration should provide details of Russian meddling ahead of midterms On June 8, Dan Coats, US President Donald J. Trump’s Director of National Intelligence, gave an important speech that went largely unnoticed.  Speaking at an event in Normandy, France—co-sponsored by the Atlantic Council, Le Figaro, and the Tocqueville Foundation—Coats essentially said that the Russians […]

Intelligence Russia

Event Recap

Mar 7, 2018

Israeli regional security and CT director briefs African ambassadors

By Africa Center

On Wednesday, March 7, the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center hosted a roundtable for African ambassadors with Ms. Dana Benvenisti-Gabay, Director for Regional Security and Counter Terrorism at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of Israel. Dr. J. Peter Pham, Atlantic Council vice president and Africa Center director, introduced Benvenisti-Gabay and welcomed participants. In […]

Africa English

In the News

Mar 3, 2018

Simakovsky Quoted in Business Insider on The House Intelligence Committee

By Mark Simakovsky

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Intelligence Security & Defense

In the News

Feb 27, 2018

Rosenblum in The Cipher Brief: Shedding the Veneer of Non-Partisanship on the House Intel Committee

By Todd Rosenblum

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Intelligence Security & Defense

Timely Commentary & Analysis

Feb 15, 2018

Intelligence community continues to see threat from climate change

By Ellen Scholl and David Livingston

While continued identification of climate change as part of the threat landscape is certainly important, incorporating climate concerns into foreign, defense, development, and national security policy in a comprehensive way is still a work in progress.

Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment

New Atlanticist

Oct 25, 2017

Why Intelligence Matters

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Michael Morell was with George W. Bush the day terrorists rammed hijacked commercial airliners into the twin towers of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. Almost ten years later, Morell was in the White House Situation Room with Barack Obama when US Special Operations forces killed al Qaeda leader Osama […]

Intelligence Security & Defense

Report

Sep 26, 2017

The MADCOM future

By Matt Chessen

Emerging artificial intelligence (AI) tools will provide propagandists radically enhanced capabilities to manipulate human minds. Human cognition is a complex system, and AI tools are very good at decoding complex systems. Interactions on social media, browsing the Internet, and even grocery shopping provide thousands of data points from which technologists can build psychological profiles on nearly […]

Americas Civil Society

New Atlanticist

Aug 17, 2017

How will Brexit impact intelligence sharing?

By Elizabeth Ball

A recent report published by the UK’s House of Lords EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee concluded there will be a “barrier” to security if data transfers between EU nations and the UK are obstructed after Brexit.

Intelligence United Kingdom

Report

Jun 27, 2017

Big Data: a twenty-first century arms race

By Atlantic Council and Thomson Reuters

We are living in a world awash in data. Accelerated interconnectivity, driven by the proliferation of internet-connected devices, has led to an explosion of data—big data.

Americas Cybersecurity

NATOSource

May 5, 2017

Germany Wants to Destroy Foreign Servers Carrying Out Cyber Attacks

By Andrea Shalal, Reuters

The head of Germany’s domestic intelligence agency accused Russian rivals of gathering large amounts of political data in cyber attacks

Cybersecurity Germany
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Experts

Fellow

Jake Sotiriadis

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoStrategy Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Defense Policy Europe & Eurasia

Fellow

Samantha Sultoon

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Economic Statecraft Initiative GeoEconomics Center

Cuba East Asia

Fellow

Dan Taylor

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Indo-Pacific Security Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

China East Asia

Fellow

Francis X. Taylor

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoStrategy Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Intelligence National Security

Fellow

Guido Torres

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Forward Defense Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Defense Policy Defense Technologies
Gemma Ungoed-Thomas

Fellow

Gemma Ungoed-Thomas

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Adrienne Arsht National Security Resilience Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Artificial Intelligence Crisis Management
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