Shaping the Future of Cyber Diplomacy
Review for State Department Reauthorization
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Afghan national pleads guilty over Islamic State-inspired terror plot in US
On April 17, Abdullah Haji Zada, an 18-year-old Afghan citizen and legal permanent resident of the US, pled guilty to conspiring to receive firearms intended for an election-day terrorist attack...
Op-eds
China and Russia Rejoice as the U.S. Cuts Its Global Media
Now is the time to rethink how America conducts information warfare and prioritize influence and psychological operations against authoritarian states.
Op-eds
Stop gutting America’s cyber defense agency
The Trump administration’s cuts in cyber programs are putting national security at risk.
Op-eds
SOLARIUM TURNS FIVE
This week marks the five-year anniversary of the release of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission’s original March 2020 report, a blueprint that has reshaped U.S. cybersecurity strategy and policymaking....
Insights
‘Activities Aligned to Hamas’: ICE Arrests Columbia Student Who Led Violent Anti-Israel Campus Protests in 2024
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Flash Briefs
Recent arrests of Islamic State sympathizers highlight persistent threats to US
In the early morning hours of January 1, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old Army veteran from Houston, drove his rented truck into a crowd of revelers on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing...
Op-eds
U.S. digital disarmament gives Russia free rein in cyberspace. Bad idea.
In cyberspace, as in other domains, peace comes through strength.
Op-eds
‘The Cruelty of Forced Labor’: U.S. Bans Imports from 37 Chinese Firms Implicated in Uyghur Genocide
The United States has extended its efforts to punish Chinese firms suspected of using forced labor from the country’s northwestern Xinjiang region, where the predominantly Muslim Uyghur minority is facing...
Policy Briefs
‘Student Intifada’: FBI Arrests George Mason Student Plotting Mass Casualty Attack on NYC Israeli Consulate
Egyptian National Charged by FBI: The FBI arrested an Egyptian student at George Mason University in Virginia for plotting an attack on the office of the Consulate General of...
Flash Briefs
To defend Taiwan tomorrow, we must prepare to sanction China today
Excerpt Taiwan is reportedly considering a $15 billion military package as an overture to President-elect Trump. This comes just as the island nation agreed to spend over $2 billion...
Op-eds
How the US is bankrolling Beijing’s ambitions
The U.S., long the world’s dominant superpower, now finds itself in the precarious position of having financed the rise of its primary adversary.
Op-eds
The time is right for Israel to question the nature of Beijing’s Middle East agenda
This Sino-Israeli diplomatic nadir offers an opportunity for Israel to reassess the merits of diplomatic and economic cooperation with Beijing.
Op-eds
5 cyber issues the next presidential administration needs to prioritize immediately
The next administration must do better on cyber than previous ones, two experts behind a new McCrary Institute and Cyberspace Solarium Commission 2.0 report argue.
Op-eds
The lights are still blinking red—Sunni Islamists and Iran are determined to attack the homeland
As the US election comes down the final stretch, the radical Islamic terrorism threat continues to metastasize—at home and abroad. On October 8, the FBI arrested an Afghan man who authorities...
Op-eds
Book Chapter — Throwing Cold Water on the New Cold War
How the World’s Democracies Can Win
Books
Congress Should Create an Economic Statecraft and Security Commission
The United States has a few powerful tools to conduct economic warfare and strengthen its economic security. Unfortunately, many of them operate independently, without coordination, lacking strategic guidance,...
Op-eds
Hacked to Death: The Urgent Need for Healthcare Cybersecurity Reform
Imagine you are rushed to the hospital, fighting for your life, only to have your treatment delayed because the staff cannot find your records. The reason? Hackers have crippled the hospital’s electronic...
Insights
Hamas Backer Qatar Joins U.S. Visa Waiver Program
The U.S. State Department and Department of Homeland Security admitted Qatar to the U.S. Visa Waiver Program on September 24, allowing the emirate’s 330,000 citizens to travel...
Flash Briefs
How Mao is Outsmarting Madison in American K-12 Classrooms
In a legislative blitz last week, the House of Representatives passed 25 bills to counter Beijing’s growing influence and protect Americans from threats associated with everything...