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Mar 14, 2022

Targeting Ukraine through Washington: Russian election interference, Ukraine, and the 2024 US election 

By Gavin Wilde and Justin Sherman

US officials should recognize that Ukraine’s trajectory has always been a centerpiece of Russian interference in US elections. Doing so should guide US policymakers’ observations of what is happening now in Ukraine—and their preparations for what promises to be a climactic 2024 US election cycle.

Cybersecurity Disinformation

Hybrid Conflict Project

Mar 10, 2022

As Russia pounds Ukraine, Putin’s ‘hybrid orchestra’ will keep playing its tune: Respect us

By Jennifer A. Counter

The world has been shaken by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s full-scale military assault on Ukraine—a flurry of air strikes, tank advances, naval maneuvers, and even the threatened use of nuclear weapons. But in reality, a “hybrid war” has been going on for years, blending political, military, economic, cyber, and even socially driven activities that have […]

Conflict Non-Traditional Threats

In the News

Mar 8, 2022

Slavin quoted in Al-Monitor on US-Iran nuclear talks in Vienna

By Atlantic Council

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia

In the News

Mar 1, 2022

Polymeropoulos in CNBC on information campaigns in Ukraine

By Atlantic Council

Forward Defense nonresident senior fellow Marc Polymeropoulos explains to CNBC how the Ukrainians and the West are utilizing information in the 2022 Russia-Ukraine crisis.

Conflict Europe & Eurasia

In the News

Feb 25, 2022

Pavel featured on CNBC to discuss European security

By Atlantic Council

Barry Pavel explains the role of hybrid warfare in the 2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis and recommends how NATO can weaponize it.

Conflict Crisis Management

In the News

Feb 24, 2022

Atwell in Princeton Alumni Weekly on the Irregular Warfare Podcast

By Atlantic Council

Forward Defense nonresident senior fellow Kyle Atwell's Irregular Warfare Podcast expands conversations on nontraditional security challenges.

Conflict Non-Traditional Threats
The next National Defense Strategy must get Russia right

Issue Brief

Feb 24, 2022

The next National Defense Strategy must get Russia right

By Clementine G. Starling-Daniels, Christian Trotti, Tyson Wetzel

The rapidly developing 2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis raises a key question for US defense policy makers as they finalize the next National Defense Strategy (NDS): How can the NDS get Russia "right"? This issue brief seeks to answer this question by developing a US defense strategy for deterring and managing the Russian threat in Europe and beyond, building upon the authors' 2021 report, "Seizing the Advantage: A Vision for the Next US National Defense Strategy."

Conflict Crisis Management

Hybrid Conflict Project

Feb 23, 2022

Today’s wars are fought in the ‘gray zone.’ Here’s everything you need to know about it.

By Forward Defense experts

Our experts help illuminate this shadowy zone of strategic competition—and offer ways for Washington and its allies to begin seizing the advantage. 

China Conflict

New Atlanticist

Feb 18, 2022

Russian Hybrid Threats Report: Evacuations begin in Ukrainian breakaway regions

By Digital Forensic Research Lab

The Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab tracks Kremlin allegations of mass graves in Donbas, troop movements, and more.

Belarus Conflict

In the News

Feb 13, 2022

Slavin quoted in The Irish Times on challenges of the US-Iran nuclear talks in Vienna

By Atlantic Council

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