US Faces Tough Challenge in Responding to North Korean Cyber Attack

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Dispatch from Hong Kong: How the ‘geoeconomic city’ is weathering global headwinds

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US Faces Tough Challenge in Responding to North Korean Cyber Attack

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Starlink’s India launch is a crash course on New Delhi’s approach to tech sovereignty

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A recently announced partnership to deploy the Elon Musk-led company’s satellite internet in India offers a window into New Delhi’s “hybrid” approach.

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US Faces Tough Challenge in Responding to North Korean Cyber Attack

New Atlanticist
Mar 25, 2025

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New Atlanticist

Dec 20, 2014

US Faces Tough Challenge in Responding to North Korean Cyber Attack

By New Atlanticist

‘Proportionate’ Response Will Be Hard to Shape, Atlantic Council’s Jason Healey Says The US government faces a tough challenge in determining how to fulfil President Obama’s promise to “respond proportionately” to North Korea’s cyber attack on Sony Pictures, according to Atlantic Council analyst Jason Healey. “What this really means for now is that the administration […]

Cybersecurity East Asia

In the News

Dec 19, 2014

Healey: In Response to Sony Hack, United States Should Focus on China

By Jason Healey

Cyber Statecraft Initiative Director Jason Healey writes for Christian Science Monitor on how the United States should respond to North Koreas’s hack of Sony:

Cybersecurity Korea

In the News

Dec 19, 2014

Metzl on Sony Hacking

By Jamie Metzl

Nonresident Senior Fellow for Technology and National Security Jamie Metzl joins CBS to discuss the North Korean cyberattack on Sony:

Cybersecurity Korea

In the News

Dec 18, 2014

Metzl on Sony’s Decision to Cancel Moving Screening

By Jamie Metzl

Nonresident Senior Fellow for Technology and National Security Jamie Metzl joins MSNBC’s Now with Alex Wagner to discuss the decision by Sony Pictures to cancel screenings of the film ‘The Interview’ due to threats from North Korea”: Watch the full interview here.

Korea

In the News

Dec 18, 2014

Metzl on Canceled Sony Pictures Movie

By Jamie Metzl

Nonresident Senior Fellow for Technology and National Security Jamie Metzl joins CNN’s The Lead with Jake Tappe to discuss Sony’s decision to pull its screening of the movie ‘The Interview’ due to threats emanating from North Korea:

Korea

Event Recap

Dec 16, 2014

Democratic Developments in Asia: Implications of the Hong Kong Demonstrations for Cross-Straits Relations

By Atlantic Council

On Tuesday, December 9, 2014, the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security welcomed Christopher K. Johnson, senior adviser and Freeman chair in China studies of the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS), Sophie Richardson, China director of Human Rights Watch, and Alan D. Romberg, distinguished fellow and director, East Asia program of the Stimson […]

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Transcript

Dec 16, 2014

Transcript: Democratic Developments in Asia

By Atlantic Council

Atlantic Council Democratic Developments in Asia Welcome and Moderator:Barry Pavel,Director,Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security Speakers:Sophie Richardson,China Director,Human Rights Watch Alan Romberg,East Asia Program Director,Stimson Center Location: The Atlantic Council, Washington, D.C. Date: Tuesday, December 9, 2014 Transcript byFederal News ServiceWashington, D.C.

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In the News

Dec 16, 2014

Nawaz on Taliban Attack in Pakistan

By Shuja Nawaz

South Asia Center Distinguished Fellow Shuja Nawaz joins KQED to discuss the recent Taliban attack on a school in Pakistan: Listen to the full interview.

Pakistan

In the News

Dec 15, 2014

Nawaz on Taliban School Attack

By Shuja Nawaz

South Asia Center Distinguished Fellow Shuja Nawaz joins Al Jazeera English to discuss the recent attack by the Taliban on a school in Pakistan: 

Pakistan

Article

Dec 15, 2014

New strategy unlikely to lift Pyongyang from economic doldrums

By Robert A. Manning

What does the future hold for North Korea? In 2013 North Korean Kim Jong-un proclaimed a national strategy he called byungjin (“parallel strategy”) – simultaneously developing nuclear weapons and the economy. He has raised expectations among North Korea’s 24 million citizens that he will lead the nation to prosperity.

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