Cybersecurity and Tailored Deterrence

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Aug 25, 2024

After a failed attack, Hezbollah’s propaganda seeks to prevent a wider war with Israel

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David Daoud

Committed as Hezbollah is to saving its Gaza-based allies, the group does not currently want a full war with Israel.

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Israel

Cybersecurity and Tailored Deterrence

New Atlanticist
Aug 21, 2024

How quickly can Taiwan integrate US weapon systems? Speed is essential to help deter China.

By
Adam Kozloski

To better prepare Taiwan to defend itself, the United States needs more transparency into Taipei’s weapons integration challenges.

Conflict
Defense Policy

Cybersecurity and Tailored Deterrence

UkraineAlert
Aug 21, 2024

Invasion? What invasion? Putin is downplaying Ukraine’s Kursk offensive

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Peter Dickinson

Vladimir Putin’s efforts to downplay Ukraine’s invasion of Russia have severely dented his strongman image and make a mockery of the West’s escalation fears, writes Peter Dickinson.

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Jan 3, 2014

Cybersecurity and Tailored Deterrence

By Franklin D. Kramer and Melanie J. Teplinsky

To create a more stable and secure cyber space, “Cybersecurity and Tailored Deterrence” by Franklin D. Kramer, distinguished fellow for the Brent Scowcroft Center, and Melanie J. Teplinsky, adjunct professorial lecturer at American University’s Washington College of Law, recommends that the United States utilize a hybrid model of cybersecurity with tailored deterrence as a key […]

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense
Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, June 6, 2012

NATOSource

Jan 3, 2014

China and Russia Bring Back Cold War Tactics

By Anne Applebaum, Washington Post

We in the United States may not believe that there is any real threat to our longtime alliance structures in Europe and Asia, but other people think those alliances are vulnerable and have set out to undermine them.

China
NATO
F-15 C Eagle

NATOSource

Jan 3, 2014

US F-15s Take Over NATO’s Baltic Air Policing

By Lithuanian Ministry of Defense

On January 3 Belgium’s air contingent handed over NATO’s mission of ensuring security in the airspace of the Baltic States to air personnel of the United States of America operating four F-15 C Eagle fighter-jets

NATO
Northern Europe
Handover of the Konduz PRT, October 6, 2013

NATOSource

Jan 3, 2014

Hope for Afghanistan

By Michael O'Hanlon, Washington Post

The case for hopefulness on Afghanistan is built largely on what were probably its three most notable developments of 2013

Afghanistan
International Security Assistance Force
US is investing in new cyberwarfare capabilities

NATOSource

Jan 2, 2014

Cyberweapons Take Center Stage in New Defense Budget

By Fox News

The $552.1 billion defense budget approved by Congress calls for new regulations on cyberweapons — an effort to prevent the pervasive digital bombs from further spreading throughout the world — at the same time that it dramatically boosts spending on them.

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense
Euromaidan demonstration in Paris, November 24, 2013

NATOSource

Jan 2, 2014

Europe’s Ukrainian Blunder

By Joschka Fischer, Project Syndicate

After [Vladimir] Putin succeeded Boris Yeltsin as President of the Russian Federation, he followed three strategic goals, which he continues to pursue

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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, October 23, 2013

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Jan 2, 2014

NATO Secretary General Condemns Terrorist Attack in Russia

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

I strongly condemn the terrorist attack on a railway station in Volgograd, Russia, which killed and injured many people.

NATO
NATO Partnerships

New Atlanticist

Dec 20, 2013

NIST Attempts to Lift All Boats with Draft Cyber Framework

By Danielle Kriz

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released its important and much-anticipated Preliminary Cybersecurity Framework (PDF). The Framework plan was put forward in February 2013 as part of  President Barack Obama’s cybersecurity Executive Order to push a collaborative concept in which NIST takes the lead in coordinating with all interested stakeholders in the development […]

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense
EU Security Summit, December 19, 2013

NATOSource

Dec 19, 2013

Key Conclusions from EU Security Summit

By Council of the European Union

The Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) will continue to develop in full complementarity with NATO

Cybersecurity
European Union
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy

NATOSource

Dec 19, 2013

Rasmussen: Europeans Must be Smarter and Stronger Together

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

On the other side of town, we truly appreciate the European Union’s focus on defence and security. Because we agree that defence matters.

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Nonresident Senior Fellow

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Transatlantic Security Initiative

Europe & Eurasia NATO

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Deputy Director

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