Security & Defense

One of the most fundamental responsibilities of governments is to protect their citizens from all threats, internal or foreign. Policy makers must prepare for potential conventional warfare, terrorism and other asymmetrical attacks, and the repercussions of natural disasters and climate change to ensure the safety of their citizens. The motivation to protect against future threats must also be partnered with regular dialogue and partnership with allies and neighbors to prevent the triggering of violent conflict or destabilizing arms races.

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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

In the News

Dec 19, 2014

Metzl on Sony Hacking

By Jamie Metzl

Nonresident Senior Fellow for Technology and National Security Jamie Metzl joins CBS to discuss the North Korean cyberattack on Sony:

Cybersecurity Korea
Russian sailors in front of the Mistral-class helicopter carrier Vladivostok, Nov. 25, 2014

NATOSource

Dec 19, 2014

Russian Sailors Leaving France Without Mistral Warship

By Sylvie Corbet and Angela Charlton, AP

Hundreds of Russian sailors pulled out of a French port Thursday, bearing perfumes for their loved ones but lacking the controversial bounty they came for: a 1-billion-euro, French-built warship

France NATO

In the News

Dec 18, 2014

Healey on How to Respond to North Korea’s Hack of Sony

By Jason Healey

The Financial Times quotes Cyber Statecraft Initiative Director Jason Healey on North Korea’s role in the cyberattack against Sony: 

Cybersecurity Security & Defense
Estonian soldier participating in Steadfast Jazz exercise, Nov. 2, 2013

NATOSource

Dec 18, 2014

Are the Baltic Republics Serious About Defense?

By Ted Galen Carpenter, Cato Institute

All three Baltic governments are going to great lengths to highlight their alleged seriousness about defense, but the actual data fail to support the propaganda.

NATO Northern Europe

In the News

Dec 18, 2014

Healey on North Korean Hack of Sony

By Jason Healey

Bloomberg quotes Cyber Statecraft Initiative Director Jason Healey on the US announcement that North Korea is behind the cyberattack on Sony:

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

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