Object 2014-28E – Space Junk or Russian Satellite Killer?

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To win the AI race, the US needs an all-of-the-above energy strategy

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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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Object 2014-28E – Space Junk or Russian Satellite Killer?

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Feb 26, 2025

How the Houthis’ strikes on US MQ-9 Reaper drones serve a wider regional agenda

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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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Object 2014-28E – Space Junk or Russian Satellite Killer?

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Feb 18, 2025

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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1986 DIA artwork of Soviet anti-satellite weapon

NATOSource

Nov 19, 2014

Object 2014-28E – Space Junk or Russian Satellite Killer?

By Sam Jones, Financial Times

It is a tale that could have come from the cold war. A mysterious object launched by the Russian military is being tracked by western space agencies, stoking fears over the revival of a defunct Kremlin project to destroy satellites.

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In the News

Nov 7, 2014

Healey on NATO and Cyber Threats

By Jason Healey

Breaking Defense quotes Cyber Statecraft Director Jason Healey and cites an Atlantic Council event on cyber deterrence:

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

Defense Industrialist

Nov 6, 2014

Lunch with the Minutemen of Cyber

Is Internet conflict NATO’s next defense-industrial agenda, or just a matter for industry?   “Where [was] the industrial agenda for the NATO Summit?” Hugo Rosemount of Defense One asked after Wales. Successful industrial engagement has not traditionally been NATO’s long suit, but after the talks had concluded, we had our answer: cyber was priority one. That might seem […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

Event Recap

Nov 6, 2014

NATO’s Cyber Defense Mission and Capabilities

By Atlantic Council

On November 5, the Atlantic Council hosted a discussion on NATO's new enhanced cyber defense policy, the organization's cyber mission and capabilities, as well as where the role of the private sector fits into the equation.

Cybersecurity NATO

Report

Nov 5, 2014

Confidence-Building Measures in Cyberspace: A Multistakeholder Approach for Stability and Security

By Jason Healey, John C. Mallery, Klara Tothova Jordan, and Nathaniel V. Youd

Read the Report (PDF)Confidence-building measures (CBMs) are an instrument of interstate relations aimed to strengthen international peace and security by reducing and eliminating the causes of mistrust, fear, misunderstanding, and miscalculations that states have about the military activities of other states. The anonymous and complex nature of the Internet and the potency, low cost, and […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense
More than 95% of the cyber attacks against NATO are criminal activity

NATOSource

Oct 31, 2014

NATO’s Next Crisis Likely to be Cyber-Driven

By Leo Cendrowicz, Guardian

It’s been a busy week in the skies above Europe’s periphery, as Nato has repeatedly scrambled jets to track “unusual” sorties by Russian bombers.

Cybersecurity NATO
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Oct.17, 2014

NATOSource

Oct 29, 2014

Online Security Experts Link More Cyber Attacks to Russian Government

By New York Times and Guardian

From Nicole Perlroth, New York Times:  For the second time in four months, researchers at a computer security company are connecting the Russian government to electronic espionage efforts around the world.

Cybersecurity Hungary

In the News

Oct 24, 2014

Healey on New Pentagon Cyber Doctrine

By Jason Healey

Federal Computer Week quotes Cyber Statecraft Director Jason Healey on the document recently released by the Pentagon which outlines potential scenarios in cyberspace:

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

Cyber Risk Wednesdays

Oct 24, 2014

Cyber Risk Wednesday: Landscape of the cyber threat

By Atlantic Council

On October 22, the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative relaunched Cyber Risk Wednesdays, a series of events dedicated to a deeper discussion and understanding of solutions to systemic cyber risks. {soundcloud} https://soundcloud.com/atlanticcouncil/cyber-risk-wednesday-landscape-of-the-cyber-threat {/soundcloud}The first event in the series marked National Cybersecurity Awareness Month with a moderated discussion on the current cyber threat environment with Dmitri Alperovitch, […]

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Russian Topol-M/SS-27 missile

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Oct 16, 2014

Russia’s Nuclear Missile Forces Create Cybersecurity Units: Defense Ministry

By RIA Novosti and Xinhua

From RIA Novosti:  Sopka teams, tasked to detect and prevent cyberattacks, have been created within the Russian Strategic Missile Forces (SMF), the ministry’s Strategic Missile Forces spokesman Col. Igor Yegorov told journalists Thursday.

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Cyber Statecraft Initiative

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Joel Meyer

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Maite Gonzalez Latorre

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Linda Lourie

Nonresident Senior Fellow

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