Cyber Risk Wednesday: Operationalizing Cyber Strategies

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
Cyber Risk Wednesday: Operationalizing Cyber Strategies

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
Cyber Risk Wednesday: Operationalizing Cyber Strategies

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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Cyber Risk Wednesdays

Feb 27, 2019

Cyber Risk Wednesday: Operationalizing Cyber Strategies

By William Loomis

On February 27, 2019, as part of its Cyber Risk Wednesday event series underwritten by Raytheon, the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative hosted a public panel discussion on how the United States can operationalize its cyber strategies. In 2018, the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, and the White House all released their own […]

Cybersecurity

Inflection Points

Feb 24, 2019

Trump’s biggest China test

By Frederick Kempe

America and its allies have fallen perilously behind in developing 5G, whose security implications are both far-reaching and generational.

China Technology & Innovation

Event Recap

Feb 19, 2019

Seminar: Disinformation in electoral contexts

By Elin Schiffer

On February 19, 2019, the Atlantic Council in cooperation with the Embassy of Sweden in Vilnius organized a seminar on the threats of disinformation in electoral contexts. Information influence campaigns presenting challenges or threats to public elections are an increasing concern in Sweden, Lithuania and the rest of the EU. Sweden and Lithuania, both being […]

Disinformation European Union

Event Recap

Feb 14, 2019

President Iván Duque Márquez: Colombia’s domestic and regional opportunities and challenges

By Chloe Zoeller, Katherine Pereira & Camila Hernandez

On Thursday, February 14, His Excellency Iván Duque Márquez, president of the Republic of Colombia, discussed Colombia’s ambitious agenda for transitional justice, economic reform, and regional leadership. Duque, who was sworn in as president of Colombia in August 2018, was interviewed by CNBC Contributor Michelle Caruso-Cabrera. The Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center at the Atlantic […]

China Colombia

New Atlanticist

Feb 11, 2019

Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge Gets Underway in London

By Jack Watson

The two-day event is a unique and innovative cyber crisis and policy response simulation. The UK edition is part of a wider Atlantic Council effort to foster the next generation of multidisciplinary cyber professionals.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

In the News

Feb 2, 2019

Durakoglu in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: Don’t let late-night tweets distract you
Disinformation Politics & Diplomacy

New Atlanticist

Feb 1, 2019

India’s data localization efforts could do more harm than good

By Kalika Likhi

India’s move toward data localization, while timely and justifiable given numerous global data breaches and privacy scandals, is largely ineffective in protecting user data. The benefits do not outweigh costs.

India Technology & Innovation

Inflection Points

Jan 29, 2019

Huawei charges escalate US-China feud

By David A. Wemer

The US Justice Department detailed thirteen charges against Huawei, its affiliated firms, and its chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou on January 28.

China Technology & Innovation

Inflection Points

Jan 26, 2019

Davos special edition: China seizing AI lead?

By Frederick Kempe

Countries that are most innovative and technologically advanced tend to dominate international relations.

China Defense Technologies

Strategic Insights Memo

Jan 25, 2019

How to strengthen the US approach to artificial intelligence

By Barry Pavel, Matthew Kroenig, and Anastasia Kazteridis

TO: US National Security Community FROM: Barry Pavel, Matthew Kroenig, and Anastasia Kazteridis DATE: January 25, 2019 SUBJECT: How to Strengthen the US Approach to Artificial Intelligence This Strategic Insights Memo (SIM) outlines and assesses the US government’s current approach to artificial intelligence (AI). Despite significant progress, the US Government (USG) is not where it […]

Defense Technologies National Security
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Experts

Millennium fellow

Becky Waite

Head of Global Response, OpenAI

Millennium Leadership Program

Europe & Eurasia Politics & Diplomacy

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Arvid Bell

CEO, Negotiation Task Force

Millennium Leadership Program

Central Asia Economy & Business

Millennium fellow

Alexandra Clare

CEO and Co-Founder, Re:Coded

Millennium Leadership Program

Education Europe & Eurasia

Millennium fellow

Ala’a Kolkaila

Belfer Center Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School, Sloan Fellow - MBA'25, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Millennium Leadership Program

Economy & Business Middle East

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Cole McFaul

Nonresident Fellow

Global China Hub

Artificial Intelligence China

Fellow

Dan Hart

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoTech Center

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