Asat quoted in The Justice on China’s digital crackdown on students who speak out against Chinese human rights abuses

Issue Brief Mar 21, 2025

To win the AI race, the US needs an all-of-the-above energy strategy

By Joseph Webster

To ensure US AI leadership, the United States must harness all forms of energy, allow a level playing field, and remove red tape constraining the buildout of critical enablers, especially transmission lines and grid enhancing technologies.
Artificial Intelligence China
Asat quoted in The Justice on China’s digital crackdown on students who speak out against Chinese human rights abuses

MENASource Feb 26, 2025

How the Houthis’ strikes on US MQ-9 Reaper drones serve a wider regional agenda

By Leonardo Jacopo Maria Mazzucco

The United States needs to adjust its drone deployment strategy to ensure that MQ-9 Reapers are less vulnerable to the militant group’s attacks. 
Defense Policy Defense Technologies
Asat quoted in The Justice on China’s digital crackdown on students who speak out against Chinese human rights abuses

New Atlanticist Feb 18, 2025

What’s missing from the AI debate? Patience.

By Trey Herr

The AI sector is evolving quickly, fueled by a self-reinforcing cycle of investment, commentary, and ambition. In this race for compute, patience is important to sorting out sustainable innovation from speculative excess.
Artificial Intelligence Defense Technologies

Democracy & Tech Initiative

The DFRLab’s Democracy & Tech Initiative creates policy practices that align global stakeholders toward tech and governance that reinforces, rather than undermines, open societies. This initiative builds on the DFRLab’s leadership in the OSINT field, empowering global communities to promote transparency and accountability.

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In the News

Jan 25, 2022

Asat quoted in The Justice on China’s digital crackdown on students who speak out against Chinese human rights abuses

By Atlantic Council

China Cybersecurity

In the News

Jan 25, 2022

Taylor in Just Security on disinformation

By Atlantic Council

Forward Defense nonresident senior fellow Francis X. Taylor writes in Just Security on the role of DHS in countering disinformation.

Disinformation Non-Traditional Threats

China-MENA Podcast

Jan 25, 2022

Pilot

By Atlantic Council

The China-MENA podcast features conversations with academics, think-tankers, and regional specialists on Chinese Influence in MENA.

China Economy & Business

New Atlanticist

Jan 25, 2022

Russian Hybrid Threats Report: A push to recognize Ukrainian regions as independent states

By the Digital Forensic Research Lab

Amid a legislative push to recognize the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states, Russia is spinning narratives of NATO aggression and continuing to mass troops and materiel near Ukraine.

Belarus Cybersecurity

Report

Jan 25, 2022

Cybersecurity for innovative small and medium enterprises and academia

By Franklin D. Kramer, Melanie J. Teplinsky, and Robert J. Butler

Innovation is fundamental to United States global leadership, critical both for the economy and for national security. Yet the resilience of the US innovation ecosystem against adversary cyber espionage and attack—most specifically from China—has not received the attention required, particularly given the essential innovation roles played by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and by academia.

China Cybersecurity

UkraineAlert

Jan 23, 2022

Disarming Putin’s history weapon

By Bohdan Vitvitsky

Ever since 2014, Russian President Vladimir Putin has weaponized history as part of his hybrid war against Ukraine and sought to whitewash what is a deeply troubling Russian record of atrocity and oppression.

Conflict Disinformation

In the News

Jan 23, 2022

Eftimiades in the Diplomat on Chinese espionage and the Olympics

By Atlantic Council

Nicholas Eftimiades explains why the Chinese government has created an app to track Olympic athletes movements.

China Cybersecurity

UkraineAlert

Jan 22, 2022

Stop asking what Putin wants and start asking what Ukrainians want

By Mychailo Wynnyckyj

Fears of a major European war have sparked endless speculation over what Putin may want and how the West should react, but Ukraine itself has been largely reduced to the status of bystander in its own national drama.

Civil Society Conflict

In the News

Jan 21, 2022

Grundman in Aviation Week Network on the health of the US defense industrial base

By Atlantic Council

Forward Defense senior fellow Steven Grundman argues that the US defense industrial base is thriving despite claims otherwise.

Defense Industry Defense Policy

In the News

Jan 20, 2022

Preble on the Net Assessment podcast: Grading the Biden Team’s Foreign Policy

By Atlantic Council

On January 20, Christopher Preble and his co-hosts of the Net Assessment podcast assessed President Biden’s foreign policy in his administration’s first year. “There appear to have been more failures than successes to the group but, as Frank Gavin explains in the lead essay at the Texas National Security Review, a bit of perspective is in order. Crafting and executing foreign policy is difficult, […]

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Chinmayi Sharma

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Sasha Suresh

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Marsha Parcou

Global Advisor, Women for Prosperity

Freedom and Prosperity Center

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Sheffy Kolade

Global Advisor, Women for Prosperity

Freedom and Prosperity Center

Africa Entrepreneurship

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Kaylin Marcotte

Global Advisor, Women for Prosperity

Freedom and Prosperity Center

Entrepreneurship United States and Canada

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Urmita Chowdhury

Assistant Director, Trainings and Competitions

Cyber Statecraft Initiative

Bengali Cybersecurity
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