US intelligence to set up cyber-focused office in Estonia

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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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US intelligence to set up cyber-focused office in Estonia

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Aug 21, 2024

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

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Adam Kozloski

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

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US intelligence to set up cyber-focused office in Estonia

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

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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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May 19, 2011

US intelligence to set up cyber-focused office in Estonia

By AFP

From AFP:  US intelligence is to open an office in the Estonian capital Tallinn to help boost the fight against cyber-crime, the US embassy in the Baltic state announced Wednesday. "Estonia was selected as the site for the new secret service office due to both the investigative nexus it provides in combating cyber and financial […]

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New Atlanticist

May 16, 2011

America’s New Cyberspace Strategy

By Jason Healey

At an Atlantic Council event last year, the singer Bono declared, “From rock stars in DC to street kids in Rio, from Harlem to Haiti, from Cape Town to Cairo, we all have a stake in this word America.”  The White House’s new International Strategy for Cyberspace [PDF] roots that promise of rights and freedoms for all […]

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NATOSource

May 12, 2011

White House releases new cybersecurity proposal

By the White House

From the White House:  This legislative proposal is the latest achievement in the steady stream of progress we are making in securing cyberspace and completes another near-term action item identified in the Cyberspace Policy Review. . . . Protecting our Nation’s Critical Infrastructure   Our safety and way of life depend upon our critical infrastructure […]

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New Atlanticist

May 2, 2011

Al Qaeda’s franchises after Osama Bin Laden

By J. Peter Pham

The death of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden at the hands of Navy SEALs brings to a close a chapter that began more than fifteen years ago when the terrorist group declared war on the United States. As President Barack Obama noted in his address to the nation, “Justice has been done.” While pundits […]

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Event Recap

Apr 29, 2011

5th Annual Transatlantic Symposium on the EU’s Common Security and Defense Policy

By Transatlantic Security Initiative

On April 29, 2016 the Atlantic Council partnered with the Delegation of the European Union to the United States and the United States Institute of Peace to organize the 5th Annual Transatlantic Symposium on the EU’s Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP). This flagship conference is the largest public event hosted each year by the […]

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NATOSource

Apr 25, 2011

Which issues divide NATO?

By Jörg Himmelreich, Spiegel

From Jörg Himmelreich, Spiegel:  Today, the 28 NATO member states have profoundly different opinions about what the alliance’s future course should be

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NATOSource

Apr 12, 2011

Allies shifting to information dominance in upcoming cyber exercise

By Shaun M. Cavanaugh, EUCOM

From Shaun M. Cavanaugh, EUCOM:  This year, Cyber Endeavor will run almost three weeks from 5-22 September in Grafenwöhr, Germany.

Cybersecurity
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NATOSource

Apr 4, 2011

Secretary General: “Our computers at NATO are targeted one hundred times a day”

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  The New NATO is also reinforcing security against emerging challenges. We all enjoy the benefits of the information age. We take cell phones, internet access, and cash machines for granted. But there are literally millions of cyber attacks every day, targeting these systems – our banks, our infrastructure, and our […]

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Thinking Global

Mar 30, 2011

Global Watercooler: Scowcroft on Cyber

By Frederick Kempe

Around the watercooler today: the similarity between nuclear- and cyber-war; al Qaeda in Libya; and Greenspan takes on Dodd-Frank.

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Event Recap

Mar 29, 2011

Brent Scowcroft Speech at International Engagement on Cyber Conference

By James Joyner

Lt. General Brent Scowcroft delivered the following remarks at the conference on international engagement in cyberspace hosted by Georgetown University’s Institute for Law, Science, and Global Security and the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative. Congratulations to Catherine Lotrionte of Georgetown University and the Atlantic Council for bringing all of you together today. From what I am told, we […]

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