Russian Cyber Strategy and the War Against Georgia

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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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Russian Cyber Strategy and the War Against Georgia

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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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Russian Cyber Strategy and the War Against Georgia

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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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Cyber Attacks on Georgian Governmental Resources

NATOSource

Jan 17, 2014

Russian Cyber Strategy and the War Against Georgia

By David J. Smith, inFocus Quarterly

Russia holds a broad concept of information warfare, which includes intelligence, counterintelligence, deceit, disinformation, electronic warfare, debilitation of communications, degradation of navigation support, psychological pressure, degradation of information systems and propaganda.

Cybersecurity Russia

External

Jan 14, 2014

IntelBrief: Unmanned Peacekeeping: Are Drones The New Blue Helmets?

By Amy Calfas

Bottom Line Up Front • On December 2, the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) announced it will deploy unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), popularly known as “drones,” to monitor rebel groups along the Congolese-Rwandan border.

Drones International Organizations
Cybersecurity and Stability in the Gulf

NATOSource

Jan 10, 2014

The Gulf is a Flashpoint for Cyber Conflict

By James Andrew Lewis, CSIS

Cyberattack is a new tool of national power. It provides a means of coercion, influence, and warfare.

Cybersecurity International Organizations

Issue Brief

Jan 3, 2014

Cybersecurity and Tailored Deterrence

By Franklin D. Kramer and Melanie J. Teplinsky

To create a more stable and secure cyber space, “Cybersecurity and Tailored Deterrence” by Franklin D. Kramer, distinguished fellow for the Brent Scowcroft Center, and Melanie J. Teplinsky, adjunct professorial lecturer at American University’s Washington College of Law, recommends that the United States utilize a hybrid model of cybersecurity with tailored deterrence as a key […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense
US is investing in new cyberwarfare capabilities

NATOSource

Jan 2, 2014

Cyberweapons Take Center Stage in New Defense Budget

By Fox News

The $552.1 billion defense budget approved by Congress calls for new regulations on cyberweapons — an effort to prevent the pervasive digital bombs from further spreading throughout the world — at the same time that it dramatically boosts spending on them.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Dec 20, 2013

NIST Attempts to Lift All Boats with Draft Cyber Framework

By Danielle Kriz

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released its important and much-anticipated Preliminary Cybersecurity Framework (PDF). The Framework plan was put forward in February 2013 as part of  President Barack Obama’s cybersecurity Executive Order to push a collaborative concept in which NIST takes the lead in coordinating with all interested stakeholders in the development […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense
EU Security Summit, December 19, 2013

NATOSource

Dec 19, 2013

Key Conclusions from EU Security Summit

By Council of the European Union

The Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) will continue to develop in full complementarity with NATO

Cybersecurity European Union
High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs & Security Policy Catherine Ashton

NATOSource

Dec 19, 2013

Ashton: To Secure Peace, Be Ready for Battle

By Catherine Ashton, Wall Street Journal

An effective and coherent security and defense policy is a necessity, not a luxury, for Europe.

Cybersecurity Europe & Eurasia

Cyber Risk Wednesdays

Dec 18, 2013

Third Cyber Risk Wednesday

At the third Cyber Risk Wednesday a series of government and private sector experts discussed the cyber risks and resilience in the electrical sector.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense
The head of Turkey's Undersecretariat for Defense Procuremen Murad Bayar

NATOSource

Dec 13, 2013

Cyber Defense ‘Indispensible Part’ of Turkey’s National Security: Senior Official

By BURAK EGE BEKDIL, Defense News

New technologies and solutions against cyber threats promise to become an emerging market in Turkey, according to officials and industry sources.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense
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