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U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to representatives of more than 100 countries, as Secretary of State Antony Blinken looks on, during a virtual democracy summit at the White House in Washington DC on December 9, 2021. (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images)

Biden’s `Initiative for Democratic Renewal’ — Analysis from Diplomats, Top Experts

The $424.4 million plan focuses on media, corruption, reformers, technology, and political processes like elections.
Horizontal image of two hands on keyboard of a type favored by hackers, with keyboard backlit by red-orange glow.

On Ransomware, Cyber Command Should Take a Backseat

As concerns about ransomware grow, U.S. policymakers must resist temptations to over-militarize the U.S. response, instead developing cyber capabilities across a range of federal…

Escalating Risks on Europe’s Eastern Frontier: Belarus-Poland, Russia-Ukraine, and How the US Can Work With Its Allies

President Biden hoped for a more stable and predictable relationship with Russia. Time to deal with reality instead.
An Investigator holds a piece of evidence as he and others search for evidence inside the wreckage of a Police bus at the site of a bomb blast in Kabul, 17 June 2007.

What the Afghanistan Withdrawal Teaches Us About Safeguarding Human Rights Evidence

As the Taliban seized control, evidence of human rights abuses had to be destroyed, hidden, or risk capture. It didn't have to be this way.
District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. of New York County, New York; cyber security fellow Matt Tait of University of Texas at Austin, Texas; Erik Neuenschwander, Manager of User Privacy of Apple, Inc.; Jay Sullivan, Product Management Director for Privacy and Integrity in Messenger of Facebook, Inc. testify during a hearing before Senate Judiciary Committee December 10, 2019 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.

Client-Side Scanning: A New Front In the War on User Control of Technology

When technology has expanded to nearly every corner of our lives, how much control should users have over the devices they own?
The logos of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security are seen on computer terminals in a training room of the Cyber Crimes Center of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement October 13, 2009 in Fairfax, Virginia.

Congress Debates Cyber Incident Reporting Deadlines in the NDAA

The next NDAA could require cyber incident reporting for critical cyber infrastructure owners and operators within 24 or 72 hours of the incident.
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting about cybersecurity in the East Room of the White House on August 25, 2021 in Washington, DC. Members of the Biden cabinet, national security team and leaders from the private sector sit around long tables arranged in a circle or square attending the meeting about improving the nation's cybersecurity. Many of the chairs are socially distanced.

US Cybersecurity Has a Metrics Problem. Here’s How to Fix It.

Lawmakers have taken critical steps this year, but the lack of data makes it hard to know whether U.S. cybersecurity is actually improving.
Huawei Chief Financial Officer, Meng Wanzhou, leaves British Columbia Supreme Court in Vancouver, on May 8, 2019. Reporters crowd around with cameras, and two people flank Meng Wanzhou to make a path.

The Huawei DPA: A Prologue to the Global Arrest Game?

Deferred prosecution agreement for an executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei provides short-term resolutions but raises long-term concerns.
An armored door key.

Oxford Statement on International Law Protections in Cyberspace: The Regulation of Ransomware Operations

Over 100 scholars sign Oxford Statement on international law protections against ransomware in cyberspace. Open for signature.
Side by side images of a plaque reading “Committee on the Budget” and a digital graphic of a face made of up of wires, numbers, and a grid like facial recognition or AI. The back of the head dissolves to numbers floating in a trail behind the head.

Artificial Intelligence in the Intelligence Community: The Tangled Web of Budget & Acquisition

To successfully integrate AI into the IC, budget and acquisition processes must increase in speed, flexibility, and simplicity.
An image of the globe with a light grid laid on top of it connecting people and countries.

System Rivalry: How Democracies Must Compete with Digital Authoritarians

On the need to rethink the artificial intelligence challenge as a system rivalry — between digital authoritarianism and democratic models of governance.
Russian President Vladimir Putin greets US President Joe Biden with a handshake during the US - Russia Summit 2021 at the La Grange Villa near the Geneva Lake, on June, 16, 2021, in Geneva, Switzerland.

International Law’s Role in Combating Ransomware?

International law has an important role to play in cyberspace, but with regard to the ostensible rules of sovereignty and cyber due diligence, the United States should continue…
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