As China Builds Ability to Attack Satellites, Here is How US Should Respond

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

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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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As China Builds Ability to Attack Satellites, Here is How US Should Respond

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

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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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As China Builds Ability to Attack Satellites, Here is How US Should Respond

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Feb 18, 2025

What’s missing from the AI debate? Patience.

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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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New Atlanticist

Apr 16, 2014

As China Builds Ability to Attack Satellites, Here is How US Should Respond

By Bharath Gopalaswamy and Dylan Rebstock

As searchers in the Indian Ocean inch toward finding the disappeared Malaysian Airlines Flight 370, a reminder of the rising role of China in space is that the critical first step in learning the plane’s fate was an innovative analysis of routine satellite data – and that Chinese space assets played an unusually prominent role […]

China Indo-Pacific

Event Recap

Apr 16, 2014

Beyond data breaches: Global interconnections of cyber risk

By Atlantic Council

Released on April 16, Beyond Data Breaches: Global Interconnections of Cyber Risk, is a year-long study by the Atlantic Council and Zurich Insurance Group that analyzes interrelated cyber hazards and underlying risks, suggesting ways to better prepare governments and businesses for the cyber shocks of the future.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

In the News

Apr 16, 2014

Healey: In Digital World, Vulnerabilities to Cyber Attacks Increase

By Jason Healey

Christian Science Monitor quotes Cyber Statecraft Initiative Director Jason Healey on a new report from the Atlantic Council and the Zurich Insurance Group which warns governments and businesses about potential cybersecurity breaches in the future:

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

In the News

Apr 16, 2014

Kempe: Governments and Organizations Should Have a “Holistic View of Cyber Risk”

By Frederick Kempe

Atlantic Council President and CEO Frederick Kempe is quoted by Business Insurance on a new report from the Atlantic Council and the Zurich Insurance Group which warns governments and businesses about potential cybersecurity breaches in the future: The report — “Beyond Data Breaches: Global Interconnections of Cyber Risk” — was released during a discussion at the Atlantic Council, […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

In the News

Apr 16, 2014

Healey: “Cybershocks are Inevitable in Our Internet-Reliant World”

By Jason Healey

Politico quotes Cyber Statecraft Initiative Director Jason Healey on a new report from the Atlantic Council and the Zurich Insurance Group which urges risks to be assessed systemwide instead of on an ad hoc basis: 

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

Global Aggregation of Cyber Risk

Apr 16, 2014

Beyond Data Breaches: Global Interconnections of Cyber Risk

By Jason Healey

The Atlantic Council and Zurich Insurance Group (Zurich) have released a pioneering report, Beyond Data Breaches: Global Interconnections of Cyber Risk, to better prepare governments and businesses for the cyber shocks of the future. Through a combination of stable technology, dedicated technicians and, resistance to random outages, the Internet has been resilient to attacks on a […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

Press Release

Apr 16, 2014

Atlantic Council-Zurich Report Analyzes Global Interconnections of Cyber Risks

New Cyber Risk Report Finds the World Living in Cyber Subprime FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 16, 2014 CONTACTSTaleen Ananian: press@AtlanticCouncil.org, 202.778.4993Jennifer Schneider Nowacki: Jennifer.nowacki@zurichna.com, 847.275.4428 Groundbreaking, new Atlantic Council – Zurich Insurance Group report identifies aggregate of interconnected risk that “can no longer be ignored”

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Defense Industrialist

Apr 15, 2014

The Disruptive Democratization of Space

By James Hasik

Tiny satellites are diffusing remote sensing capabilities around the world The Americans have reconnaissance satellites. The French, Belgians, Spanish, and Greeks share some reconnaissance satellites. The Russians have their reconnaissance satellites. The Ukrainians have Google Earth. It’s not the same thing, but right now, it the best they’ve got. But as technology and the market are developing, […]

Space Technology & Innovation

In the News

Apr 14, 2014

Healey on New Cybersecurity Guidelines

By Jason Healey

Cyber Statecraft Initiative Director Jason Healey is quoted by Bloomberg on new White House guidelines to limit the use of software flaws:

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

In the News

Apr 13, 2014

Post Editorial Cites Upcoming Cyber Report

The Washington Post’s editorial board cites forthcoming Cyber Statecraft Initiative report Beyond Data Breaches: Global Interconnections of Cyber Risk:

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Chiara Cocchiara

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Andrea Rigoni

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