Cybersecurity
After a Year of Silence, Are EU Cyber Sanctions Dead?
Stefan Soesanto Tue, Oct 26, 2021, 11:49 AM
The European Union has stopped issuing cyber sanctions, but it's not for lack of new attacks.
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Foreign Policy Essay
International Security Implications of Central Bank Digital Currencies
Jessica Davis Sun, Aug 8, 2021, 10:01 AM
Governments need to set norms and establish best practices early as countries begin to launch their own, official digital currencies.
Covert Action
A Government Practitioner’s Guide to Countering Online Foreign Covert Influence
Gabriel Band Thu, Jul 22, 2021, 1:35 PM
How can the practitioner actually counter online foreign covert influence operations?
Cybersecurity
Empty Threats and Warnings on Cyber
Jack Goldsmith Mon, Jul 12, 2021, 1:40 PM
President Biden warned Vladimir Putin that the U.S. will take “necessary action” if Russia does not disrupt ransomware attacks from its soil. The problem with this warning is that the U.S. has been pledging to impose “consequences” on Russia for its cyber actions for at least five years.
Cybersecurity and Deterrence
After the Biden-Putin Summit, U.S.-Russia Expert Consultations Should Focus on the Financial Sector
Erica D. Borghard Mon, Jul 12, 2021, 10:52 AM
A bilateral agreement on cyberattacks against financial integrity would be an important first step that could help build confidence to make progress on other, more challenging areas. Yet, even for this issue, there are opportunities to make progress if expert consultations begin with a more narrowly defined policy problem.
Russia and Eastern Europe
Assessing the Threat of Weaponized Corruption
Matthew H. Murray, Alexander Vindman, Dominic Cruz Bustillos Wed, Jul 7, 2021, 10:43 AM
President Biden has established fighting corruption as a "core national security interest" and instructed his Cabinet to recommend a new whole-of-government strategy to do so. To form such a strategy, the Biden administration will be required to assess the nature and size of the threat of weaponized corruption.
Maritime
Déjà vu—Russia’s Illegal Restrictions on Innocent Passage in the Black Sea
Raul "Pete" Pedrozo Thu, Jun 24, 2021, 12:42 PM
The Associated Press reported that the Russian military claimed one of its warships had fired warning shots in front of the HMS Defender after the British destroyer ignored a warning that it would be fired upon if it entered the Russian-claimed territorial sea off the Crimean Peninsula.
International Governance
Preserving Liberal Democratic Institutions Through Engagement
Dominic Cruz Bustillos, Ian J. Lynch, Alexander Vindman Tue, Jun 8, 2021, 10:23 AM
Openness need not empower authoritarian abuse of international institutions. Democratic leadership can contest the erosion of liberal values.
Ukraine
Revisiting Ukraine’s Nuclear Past Will Not Help Secure Its Future
Mariana Budjeryn Fri, May 21, 2021, 12:07 PM
The latest troop buildup along Ukraine’s border has renewed a debate about Ukrainian security that has persisted since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Book Reviews
A New Guide to the Heating Arctic
Cornell Overfield Thu, May 20, 2021, 2:01 PM
A review of Kristina Spohr and David S. Hamilton, eds., and Jason C. Moyer, co-ed., “The Arctic and World Order” (Brookings Institution Press, December 2020)