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Mar 17, 2021

Burrows and Manning in War on the Rocks: Humility in American grand strategy

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On March 17, Mathew Burrows and Robert Manning published an article in War on Rocks about the need for humility in US grand strategy. They make the case that US leadership has not appropriately taken into account domestic constraints and the realities of the international system in its agenda setting. “In his Senate confirmation testimony, […]

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Mar 17, 2021

Preble quoted in Vox: Biden vows Putin “will pay a price” for 2020 interference

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On March 17, Christopher Preble was quoted in a Vox article about President Biden’s foreign policy speech, warning that Biden’s comments did not portend well for the US meeting its commitments to withdraw troops from Afghanistan by May 1. Biden noted that it won’t be much longer before he makes up his mind. But his […]

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Mar 16, 2021

Manning quoted in VOA: First ‘virtual meeting’ with Biden, China’s Xi could be April’s climate summit

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On March 16, Robert Manning was quoted in Voice of America about the prospects for nuclear talks between North Korea and the Biden administration and the domestic crisis impacting Kim Jong-Un’s decision-making. “US President Joe Biden could meet virtually with Chinese President Xi Jinping as early as April 22, as Biden hosts the “Global Leaders […]

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Mar 16, 2021

Borghard quoted in C4ISRNET: In a cyberattack disaster, DoD needs backup squad to fix networks, restart critical systems

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On March 16, Erica Borghard was quoted in an article in C4ISRNET about the need for a cyber reserve force. Borghard described the purpose of a cyber reserve force and how it might be organized. “With a growing number of cyber breaches, lawmakers and outside experts are pushing to increase the role of the National […]

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Mar 16, 2021

Borghard in The Washington Post: Want to tell Russia to stop hacking US systems? Here’s what works—and what doesn’t

By Atlantic Council

On March 16, Erica Borghard published an article in The Washington Post with Jacqueline Schneider, from the Hoover Institution, about whether cyber operations could be used as signals. Borghard and Schneider show how recent reporting characterizing cyber operations as signals of resolve is misguided. “With nine U.S. federal agencies reportedly still cleaning up after last […]

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Mar 16, 2021

Manning quoted in VOA: First ‘virtual meeting’ with Biden, China’s Xi could be April’s climate summit

By Atlantic Council

On March 16, Robert Manning was quoted in Voice of America about the prospects for nuclear talks between North Korea and the Biden administration and the domestic crisis impacting Kim Jong-Un’s decision-making. “US President Joe Biden could meet virtually with Chinese President Xi Jinping as early as April 22, as Biden hosts the “Global Leaders […]

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Mar 16, 2021

A mom’s guide to coercion and deterrence

By Emma Ashford, Erica Borghard

There’s a silver lining to parenting in a pandemic: It’s an education in the core concepts of international relations, as well as a useful reminder that we’re all operating in a condition of anarchy. Here's a mom’s primer on deterrence, coercion, credibility, and reassurance.

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Mar 15, 2021

Manning quoted in Voice of America Korea: the issue of human rights is causing friction in US-South Korean relations

By Atlantic Council

From March 15 to 17, Robert Manning was quoted in a series of articles in Voice of America, here, here and here, about human rights issues and US policy towards the Korean peninsula. “While US Secretary of State Tony Blinken has repeatedly stressed the issue of human rights in North Korea, there is growing concern […]

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Mar 12, 2021

Shullman and Quirk in The Hill: How the United States can protect democracy from China and Russia

By Atlantic Council

On March 12, 2021, The Hill published an op-ed by David O. Shullman and Patrick Quirk, “How the United States can protect democracy from China and Russia.”

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Mar 9, 2021

Borghard in Lawfare: Was SolarWinds a different type of cyber espionage?

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On March 9, Erica Borghard published an article in Lawfare that on the implications of the SolarWinds breach for thinking about cyber espionage versus attack. Borghard evaluated the Biden administration’s approach to SolarWinds and offered a path forward for addressing these kinds of cyber incidents. “The distinction between cyber espionage and cyberattack is important because […]

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