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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.
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Borghard in NewPort Papers: Ten years in: Implementing strategic approaches to cyberspace

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Borghard in NewPort Papers: Ten years in: Implementing strategic approaches to cyberspace

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What’s missing from the AI debate? Patience.

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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.
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Jan 5, 2021

Borghard in NewPort Papers: Ten years in: Implementing strategic approaches to cyberspace

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Erica and co-author Shawn Lonergan published a book chapter, “Public-Private Partnerships in Cyberspace in an Era of Great-Power Competition” in the edited volume, Ten Years In: Implementing Strategic Approaches to Cyberspace.The chapter provides a framework for implementing a public-private collaboration to defend the U.S. in cyberspace. More about our expert

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Jan 5, 2021

#AlertaVenezuela: January 5, 2021

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A video posted by a Colombian YouTube channel showed unsubstantiated claims on the extradition process of Maduro’s diplomat Alex Saab and amplified false claims about the U.S. presidential elections.

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Jan 5, 2021

Mulder featured in Air University on “Spacefarers: How Humans Will Settle the Moon, Mars, and Beyond”

By Atlantic Council

On January 5, Forward Defense senior military fellow Lt Col Christopher Mulder’s book review on Christopher Wanjek’s “Spacefarers: How Humans Will Settle the Moon, Mars, and Beyond” was published in Air University’s Strategic Studies Quarterly.

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Jan 4, 2021

Borghard in War on the Rocks: A grand strategy based on resilience

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Erica published an article, “A Grand Strategy Based on Resilience,” in War on the Rocks. She argues that the U.S. should incorporate the concept of resilience into grand strategy to better anticipate, withstand, and recover from inevitable disruptive events, whether they by cyber attacks, pandemics, or economic recessions. More about our expert

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Dec 22, 2020

The 5×5—A cyber wish list at a ‘moment of reckoning’

By Simon Handler

The recent SUNBURST compromise of numerous government and private sector company networks has led some, including Microsoft President Brad Smith, to dub the incident a “moment of reckoning.” Here's what our experts are wishing for this holiday season.

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Dec 22, 2020

Borghard quoted in Christian Science Monitor: “This is really an intelligence failure at scale”

By Atlantic Council

Erica was quoted in an article by Peter Grier and Noah Roberton, “After massive cyberattack, US hopes to ensure next time isn’t worse.” Borghard explains why this incident was a significant intelligence failure and what steps the U.S. should take going forward. More about our expert

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Dec 22, 2020

Borghard in C4ISRNET: “The nature of the threat environment has changed”

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Erica was quoted in an article by Mark Pomerleau, “Which NDAA cyber provisions have the most impact for DoD?”, stating that “the nature of the threat environment has changed and the Department of Defense’s missions have also grown, especially with the introduction the defend forward concept”. She further discussed specific provisions in the 2021 National […]

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Dec 22, 2020

Borghard in Council on Foreign Relations: The SolarWinds compromise and the strategic challenge of the information and communications technology supply chain

By Atlantic Council

Erica argues in her article that a singular focus on China and global market share to address information and communications technology supply chain security risks missing other threat and that the US should take a risk-based approach to securing the supply chain. More about our expert

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Dec 22, 2020

Vaccine hesitancy part 2: Effective strategies for a human-centered health campaign

By Tiffany Vora

Dr. Tiffany Vora continues her insights on vaccine hesitancy by laying out a human-centered health campaign approach that multiple sectors, from public health to social media companies, can consider.

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Dec 22, 2020

#AlertaVenezuela: December 22, 2020

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After the disappearance of 40 migrants at sea, public discontent grew against the ongoing humanitarian and economic crises, as well as the corruption and slow response of President Maduro.

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