ASD Advisory Council members Julie Smith and Mike Rogers pen an op-ed on authoritarian threats to democracy
Two years after the Russian government attempted to undermine the 2016 presidential election, the United States still does not have a comprehensive strategy to address the threat posed by foreign interference in our democracy.
Successive U.S. administrations of both parties and Congress have neglected this threat and left Americans exposed to foreign manipulation.
With the 2018 midterm elections on the horizon and the 2020 presidential election following, we need a new strategic approach for government and society to defend American democracy, one that puts it at the forefront of the U.S. national security agenda and brings the public and private sectors together to complement each other’s efforts.