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Dec 23, 2014

The Die Is Cast: Confronting Russian Aggression in Eastern Europe

By Christopher Musselman

Despite a crumbling economy, Russian President Vladimir Putin remains defiant in increasing Moscow’s influence in eastern Europe. In Ukraine, cease-fire agreements have only prolonged Kyiv’s battle against Russian-backed separatists in its east. Simultaneously, the Kremlin’s subversive economic and political actions in eastern Europe and former Soviet states continue unabated, confirming that Ukraine is unlikely to […]

NATO
Russia

In the News

Dec 23, 2014

Healey: Our Best Cyber Defense is Silicon Valley

By Jason Healey

Cyber Statecraft Initiative Director Jason Healey writes for New York Times’ Room for Debate on why the private sector is the best defense against future cyberattacks: 

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

In the News

Dec 20, 2014

Healey on North Korea: “There Are No Good Options”

By Jason Healey

Mashable quotes Cyber Statecraft Initiative Director Jason Healey on how the United States should respond to North Korea’s hack of Sony Pictures:

Cybersecurity
Korea

In the News

Dec 20, 2014

Healey on the Future of Cyber Conflict

By Jason Healey

The Hill quotes Cyber Statecraft Initiative Director Jason Healey on what the recent North Korean hack of Sony Pictures means for the future of cyber conflict: 

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

In the News

Dec 20, 2014

Healey on Responding to the North Korean Hack on Sony

By Jason Healey

The Daily Beast quotes Cyber Statecraft Initiative Director Jason Healey on why a US response to the cyberattack on Sony should focus on China instead of North Korea:

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Dec 20, 2014

US Faces Tough Challenge in Responding to North Korean Cyber Attack

By New Atlanticist

‘Proportionate’ Response Will Be Hard to Shape, Atlantic Council’s Jason Healey Says The US government faces a tough challenge in determining how to fulfil President Obama’s promise to “respond proportionately” to North Korea’s cyber attack on Sony Pictures, according to Atlantic Council analyst Jason Healey. “What this really means for now is that the administration […]

Cybersecurity
East Asia
Russian Mig-31, March 31, 2012

NATOSource

Dec 19, 2014

Five Weapons Russia Could Use in an Arctic War

By Robert Farley, National Interest

It’s not surprising that Russia has prepared its military for arctic operations better than any other country.

Europe & Eurasia
NATO
French Mistral class warship Dixmude, July 14, 2011

NATOSource

Dec 19, 2014

Mistral Mysteries

By Jeff Lightfoot, American Interest

To most American and European observers, Hollande’s reluctance to cancel the Mistral sale was incomprehensible.

France
NATO

In the News

Dec 19, 2014

Healey on Sony Hack: “We’re Not Going to Risk Going to War”

By Jason Healey

Politico quotes Cyber Statecraft Initiative Director Jason Healey on how the United States is likely to respond to the recent North Korean hack on Sony: 

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

In the News

Dec 19, 2014

Healey: In Response to Sony Hack, United States Should Focus on China

By Jason Healey

Cyber Statecraft Initiative Director Jason Healey writes for Christian Science Monitor on how the United States should respond to North Koreas’s hack of Sony:

Cybersecurity
Korea

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