The Atlantic Council Technology Programs comprises five existing efforts—the Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab), the GeoTech Center, the Cyber Statecraft Initiative, the Democracy + Tech Initiative, and the Capacity Building Initiative. These operations work together to address the geopolitical implications of technology and provide policymakers and global stakeholders necessary research, insights, and convenings to address challenges around global technology and ensure its responsible advancement.

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UkraineAlert

Jun 10, 2021

Pro-Kremlin propaganda in Ukraine changes tone

By Peter Pomerantsev, Inna Nelles, Volodymyr Yermolenko, Angelina Kariakina

Pro-Kremlin propaganda in Ukraine is changing. Praising Putin is a harder sell since the 2014 invasion, so now the focus is less on boosting Russia and more about making the West look just as bad.

Disinformation Media

In the News

Jun 10, 2021

Sadat speaks with Aerospace on the US space workforce

By Atlantic Council

Forward Defense Nonresident Senior Fellow Mir Sadat speaks with Aerospace on "The space policy show: keeping the space workforce strong."

Space Space Security

GeoTech Cues

Jun 10, 2021

Representative Suzan DelBene on how to shape technology that promotes our civil rights and liberties

By the GeoTech Center

Representative DelBene on technologies that promote civil rights and liberties for the launch of the Report of the Commission of Geopolitical Impacts of New Technologies and Data.

Digital Policy Technology & Innovation

GeoTech Cues

Jun 10, 2021

Senator Mark Warner on creating strategic joint partnerships to compete with China

By the GeoTech Center

Senator Mark Warner's comments on creating joint partnerships to compete with China to commemorate the launch of the Report of the Commission on the Geopolitical Impacts of New Technologies and Data.

Digital Policy Technology & Innovation

GeoTech Cues

Jun 10, 2021

Representative Michael T. McCaul on ensuring a future where technology is harnessed for good

By the GeoTech Center

Representative McCaul's remarks on ensuring technology is harnessed for good in the future to commemorate the launch of the Report of the Commission of the Geopolitical Impacts of New Technologies and Data.

Digital Policy Technology & Innovation

In the News

Jun 10, 2021

Cole speaks with Mad Scientist Laboratory on the power of fictional intelligence

By Atlantic Council

Forward Defense Nonresident Senior Fellow August Cole and strategist P.W. Singer in a Mad Scientist Laboratory podcast titled "Realer than real: useful fiction."

Intelligence Non-Traditional Threats

In the News

Jun 10, 2021

Warrick in the Cipher Brief on the need for transparency in cybersecurity

By Atlantic Council

Forward Defense Nonresident Senior Fellow Thomas S. Warrick and Expert Javed Ali publish an op-ed for the Cipher Brief titled "Ushering in a transparent revolution in cybersecurity."

Cybersecurity Intelligence

Event Recap

Jun 9, 2021

Event recap | The human dimensions of autonomous systems employing AI

By the GeoTech Center

A GeoTech Hour discussion exploring what should be off-limits when it comes to autonomous systems paired with artificial intelligence, particularly when they have the ability to impact human lives.

Digital Policy Technology & Innovation
Photo: NATO

Event Recap

Jun 9, 2021

The United States and NATO modernize to meet a changing European security landscape

By Vikram Venkatram

Forward Defense and the Transatlantic Security Initiative host the Commander of US European Command and Supreme Allied Commander Europe for a discussion on competition and deterrence in the European theater as part of the Commanders Series.

Defense Industry Defense Policy

Blog Post

Jun 8, 2021

The growing global alignment in regulating Chinese trade and investment

By John Kabealo

The rapid revisions to US FDI and trade policy and the fast momentum the United States has helped to create in its diplomatic efforts reflect a near uniform consensus in the United States, and a growing consensus among our allies, that cross-border trade and investment are squarely issues of national security. Traditional US transatlantic allies appear to be serving US interests, and other countries with complex relations with China are adopting FDI screening processes that mimic CFIUS. The numerous efforts to revise statutory and regulatory regimes are an unmistakable signal that the view of China as a rival, and indeed a threat, to the established global order, is both widespread and likely to endure.

China Defense Technologies

Experts

Events