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Inflection Points Today
Mar 20, 2024

Break up TikTok, arm Ukraine

By
Frederick Kempe

The United States and its allies need to address both Russia’s military threats and Chinese influence operations.

China
Cybersecurity

Issue Brief
Mar 14, 2024

Leveraging generative artificial intelligence to outcompete strategic rivals

By
Jeffrey Cimmino, Andrew A. Michta

The United States and its allies must leverage generative artificial intelligence to outcompete strategic rivals.

China
International Organizations

New Atlanticist
Feb 29, 2024

China has become an electric vehicle export behemoth. How should the US and EU respond?

By
Joseph Webster

The United States and European countries need to better understand the security risks sensor-laden electric vehicles from China could pose.

Economy & Business
Energy & Environment

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UkraineAlert

Dec 20, 2016

How the West Can Beat Back the Kremlin

By Jakub Janda

The Kremlin and its allies have started to harvest the fruits of the seeds they have been planting for years. Moscow occupies territories of Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine; actively wages war on another part of Ukrainian soil; and is now playing a game of political subversion in several Western states. In the past few years, […]

Cybersecurity France

UkraineAlert

Dec 20, 2016

Russia’s War on the West Is Real. Why Aren’t We Fighting Back?

By Stephen Blank

Russia’s systematic attack on America’s political system dominates the headlines. Nobody besides President-elect Donald Trump denies that Russia attacked the US political system and electoral institutions. Moreover, Russia did so with impunity and, according to the Central Intelligence Agency and the White House, it did so under Russian President Vladimir Putin’s direct guidance to discredit […]

Cybersecurity Elections

Defense Industrialist

Dec 19, 2016

If found, please call 228-688-5877

By James Hasik

China’s stealing an American ocean glider won’t stop the world from making a whole lot more. In what Ankur Panda in the Diplomat termed an “exceptionally brazen and illegal move by Beijing,” the Chinese Navy this past week stole an American ocean glider. On Friday, Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook announced that the Defense Department had contacted the Chinese government to […]

China Defense Industry

In the News

Dec 16, 2016

Geers Quoted by the Daily Signal on Cyberwar and National Security

By Kenneth Geers

Read the full article here.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

UkraineAlert

Dec 15, 2016

Russia’s ‘Active Measures’ Are Back with a Vengeance

By Amanda Abrams

The issue of Russian hacking of American email accounts in order to influence the US presidential election reached new heights this week. President Barack Obama ordered the intelligence community to conduct a full review of Russia’s interference in the elections before he leaves office on January 20, and Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham announced […]

Cybersecurity Russia

New Atlanticist

Dec 14, 2016

A Fine Balance: Responding to Russian Cyberattacks

Russian cyberattacks on the eve of the US presidential elections clearly benefitted one candidate—Donald Trump. How to respond to this meddling is another matter altogether. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) confirmed in a secret assessment first reported by The Washington Post that Russia was involved in the cybersecurity breach of both the Democratic and Republican […]

Cybersecurity Russia

New Atlanticist

Dec 13, 2016

US Must Deliver a ‘Painful’ Response to Putin for Russian Meddling

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Former acting director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Michael Morell, on Russia, Donald Trump, and the US intelligence community There are huge national security implications of Russia’s meddling in the US presidential elections, which is why the Obama administration must deliver an overt response that is painful to Russian President Vladimir Putin, said Michael Morell, […]

Cybersecurity Russia

US Permanent Representative to NATO Ambassador Douglas Lute, December 5, 2016

NATOSource

Dec 5, 2016

US Briefed NATO Allies on Foreign Hacking of the DNC

By Douglas Lute, US Mission to NATO

Ambassador Lute: [B]efore we were asked, we briefed the [North Atlantic] Council. So we brought experts from Washington and briefed on our national experience with regard to the hacking of the Democratic National Committee

Cybersecurity NATO

Permanent Representative to NATO Ambassador Douglas Lute, December 5, 2016

NATOSource

Dec 5, 2016

US Ambassador: NATO and EU Agree to Synchronize Hybrid Resistance, Cyber Defense, and Military Exercises

By Douglas Lute, US Mission to NATO

[T]he two organizations have agreed on 40 discreet and I think rather concrete actions that can move us forward towards better cooperation.

Cybersecurity European Union

Event Recap

Dec 2, 2016

Drones in the Energy Sector: Soaring into the Future?

By Kate Schwartz

On December 2, 2016, an expert panel joined the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center for a conversation about the practices, risks, and benefits of drone use in the energy industry. The panel deliberated whether regulations currently under development impede or facilitate the emerging role for drones. They also discussed the huge potential for drone technology […]

Drones Energy & Environment