Borghard in WIRED: Russia’s hack wasn’t cyberwar. That complicates US strategy

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.
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Borghard in WIRED: Russia’s hack wasn’t cyberwar. That complicates US strategy

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. 
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Borghard in WIRED: Russia’s hack wasn’t cyberwar. That complicates US strategy

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.
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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

Dec 17, 2020

Borghard in WIRED: Russia’s hack wasn’t cyberwar. That complicates US strategy

By Atlantic Council

Erica and co-author Jacquelyn Schneider discuss the SolarWinds hack and its implication in terms of U.S. cyber strategy, analysing the concepts of deterrence and defend forward. More about our expert

Cybersecurity Defense Policy

Event Recap

Dec 16, 2020

Event recap | Technology policy and leadership in 2021

By GeoTech Center

A discussion featuring The Honorable Secretary James F. Geurts, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development on how leadership will change in the next digital decade.

Digital Policy Resilience & Society

New Atlanticist

Dec 16, 2020

The top ten risks and opportunities for 2021

By Mathew Burrows, Robert A. Manning

COVID-19, the kind of “grey swan” event that is predicted but never pinpointed in time, finally came calling in 2020. Drawing on years of foresight experience at the US National Intelligence Council, we are assessing the top 10 risks and opportunities in the new year, for the US in particular, but with global implications.

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In the News

Dec 16, 2020

CBS produces drama ‘Burn In’ based on Cole’s novel

By Atlantic Council

On December 15, CBS Studios put into development Burn In, an AI drama based on Burn In: A Novel of the Real Robotic Revolution by Forward Defense nonresident senior fellow August Cole and P.W. Singer.

Non-Traditional Threats Technology & Innovation

New Atlanticist

Dec 15, 2020

Lessons from a Privacy Shield post-mortem on Capitol Hill

By Kenneth Propp

A hearing on the consequences of the European Court of Justice's invalidation of the EU-US Privacy Shield illuminated the deepening transatlantic divide over data transfers, and it highlighted the early challenge the subject looks to pose for President-elect Joe Biden’s administration, which is eager to repair US-EU relations.

Digital Policy Europe & Eurasia

New Atlanticist

Dec 15, 2020

Which hacker group is most like your astrological sign?

By Safa Shahwan Edwards and June Lee

Which cyber Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) is most like your astrological sign? After all, behind every cyber operation is a human, led by his or her values and decisions, which can be shaped by one’s astrological sign. These APT-sign pairings provide a guide to some of the most dangerous cyber threat actors and perhaps even a forecast of their prospects for success.

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Fast Thinking

Dec 15, 2020

FAST THINKING: Why the new Russian hacks are a game-changer

By Atlantic Council

The bad news keeps coming about the scope of a suspected Russian hack: The US Department of Homeland Security was compromised, in addition to the State, Treasury, and Commerce Departments and parts of the Pentagon. What's going on?

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Dec 15, 2020

#AlertaVenezuela: December 15, 2020

By Atlantic Council's DFRLab

Pro-Maduro accounts used the hashtag #FiltraronLaConsulta to claim falsely that the “people’s consultation,” a referendum organized by Juan Guaidó was insecure and hackers leaked voters’ identification data.

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In the News

Dec 15, 2020

Borghard in Washington Post: 3 lessons from Russia’s cyberhack into US agencies

By Atlantic Council

On December 16, Erica and co-author Jacquelyn Schneider wrote on the SolarWinds hack. They argued that this incident demonstrates the intelligence value of cyber operations and assessed the implications for deterrence and escalation. More about our expert

Cybersecurity Defense Policy

In the News

Dec 15, 2020

Borghard at Columbia University: Supply chain security, emerging threats and legal fixes: a view from the Cyberspace Solarium Commission

By Atlantic Council

Erica participated in a panel hosted by Columbia University with Senator Angus King on supply chain security and how the United States should approach a strategy for the security and resilience of the information and communications technology supply chain. More about our expert

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Associate Director, Communications

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Melanie Hart

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Alexis Harmon

Assistant Director

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Ethel Rudnitzki

Nonresident Journalist Fellow

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Leticia Ossa Daza

Member, Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center Advisory Council

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Dominika Kunertova

Nonresident Senior Fellow

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Events

Public Event Thu, May 8, 2025 • 9:30 am ET

General John Raymond on national security and the future of space commerce

An #ACFRONTPAGE EVENT—Raymond, who served as the first chief of space operations of the US Space Force, talks about maintaining the US military edge as the space domain becomes increasingly contested and congested.

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