Event – Alliance For Securing Democracy

ASD convenes transatlantic policymakers, elected officials, academics, technical experts, and leaders from civil society and the private sector to address the urgent need to secure our democracies, create a common understanding of the techniques used to undermine democracies, and share lessons learned about effective defensive and deterrent strategies.

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Multi-stakeholder Insights: A Compendium on Countering Election Interference Wednesday, April 14th, 2021 | 9:15 a.m. PDT | 12:15 p.m. EDT | 6:15 p.m. CET Speakers: The Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, President of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada an [...]

2021-04-12T16:55:47-04:00April 9, 2021|By ASD Team|

Nad’a Kovalčíková Discusses NATO’s Shifting Strategic Concept at Atlantic Forum

Program Manager and Fellow Nad’a Kovalčíková joined the Atlantic Forum's Spring Conference for a panel entitled "An Alliance Bound to Lead: Converging Towards 2030." Kovalčíková, Benedetta Berti, Professor Sven Biscop, and moderator Shary Mitidiery [...]

2021-04-12T14:13:48-04:00April 9, 2021|By Nad’a Kovalčíková|

Jessica Brandt Discusses Russia, China, and Iran’s Information Strategies in the Vaccine Contest with NDN

Head of Policy and Research Jessica Brandt joined NDN to discuss the great power race between the United States/the West and authoritarian countries to vaccinate the world and be the ones to defeat the coronavirus. Related Reading: Influence-enza: [...]

2021-04-07T15:18:32-04:00April 6, 2021|By Jessica Brandt|

Nad’a Kovalčíková Discusses Political Advertising in the EU with Globsec

Program Manager and Fellow Nad’a Kovalčíková joined a virtual panel on the topic of “Future of Digital Platforms: Improving transparency of political advertising,” organized by the GLOBSEC-led Alliance for Healthy Infosphere, to discuss the perspect [...]

2021-03-24T09:36:19-04:00March 23, 2021|By Nad’a Kovalčíková|

Nad’a Kovalčíková Discusses the Impact of Disinformation in Poland, the Balkans, and the EU with the Geremka Foundation

Program Manager and Fellow Nad’a Kovalčíková joined the Geremka Foundation to discuss information manipulation in Europe and possible policy measures to better address it, with a focus on EU, Poland and Western Balkans. Disinformation is currently [...]

2021-03-24T09:48:08-04:00March 19, 2021|By Nad’a Kovalčíková|

Bryce Barros on China’s Economic Influence with CEPA

China is reshaping the world’s economy. From infrastructure and investment to manufacturing and supply chain dependency, Chinese economic influence is becoming an increasingly important topic for policymakers in North America and Europe. How should [...]

2021-03-11T10:31:17-05:00March 11, 2021|By Bryce Barros|

Nad’a Kovalčíková on What the Coronavirus Means for Europe with the Martens Centre

COVID-19 has profoundly impacted Europe in the past months. Battling the multiple waves of this pandemic, all EU member states have faced many challenges. Simultaneously, the EU has had to grapple with long-standing trends in the world—both those th [...]

2021-03-08T16:22:50-05:00March 8, 2021|By Nad’a Kovalčíková|

Combatting Corruption and Kleptocracy

Speakers: Karen Donfried President, The German Marshall Fund of the United States Mária Kolíková Minister of Justice, Slovak Republic Josh Rudolph Fellow for Malign Finance, Alliance for Securing Democracy Moderator Jonathan Katz Senior Fellow and D [...]

2021-03-03T14:53:00-05:00February 26, 2021|By Josh Rudolph|

Josh Rudolph Discusses How the U.K. Can Combat Russian Dirty Money with Chatham House

Malign Finance Fellow Josh Rudolph joined Chatham House for an event that explored how the Kremlin uses Russian money in London to exert influence over British politics. The United Kingdom has long attracted money from criminal and Kremlin-linked so [...]

2021-02-26T13:06:37-05:00February 25, 2021|By Josh Rudolph|

What’s Next for TikTok and WeChat? Lindsay Gorman Discusses with ASPI

A change in administration in the United States has given a brief reprieve to TikTok and WeChat, two Chinese apps targeted in a series of Executive Orders by former President Trump, but questions about the national security, privacy, and censorship [...]

2021-02-26T10:05:53-05:00February 24, 2021|By Lindsay Gorman|

Nad’a Kovalčíková Discusses Building a Transatlantic Approach Towards China with Atlantic Forum

Program Manager and Fellow Nad'a Kovalčíková spoke on an Atlantic Forum panel on building a transatlantic approach to China, which was made all the more timely by Eurostat's data revealing that China surpassed the United States as the EU's main trad [...]

2021-02-17T09:43:56-05:00February 16, 2021|By Nad’a Kovalčíková|

Jessica Brandt Discusses Russia’s Evolving Foreign Interference with Atlantic Council

Head of Policy and Research Jessica Brandt joined the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab and the Free Russia Foundation for Adapting and Evolving: Russian Foreign Interference, a conversation on Russia’s interference in U.S. domestic p [...]

2021-02-12T10:34:30-05:00February 11, 2021|By Jessica Brandt|

Zack Cooper Testifies Before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Commission

On January 28, 2021, Co-Director Zack Cooper testified before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission in a hearing titled "U.S.-China Relations at the Chinese Communist Party's Centennial." Diverging Perspectives on U.S.-China Relatio [...]

2021-02-01T15:43:01-05:00January 28, 2021|By Zack Cooper|

On 5G, Is Germany Selling Out Europe to China?

Senior Fellow Kristine Berzina moderated this GMF Face Off debate on the question "On 5G, is Germany selling out Europe to China?". She was joined by Reinhard Bütikofer (agree), a member of the European Parliament, Alliance 90/The Greens, and Julia [...]

2021-01-27T16:35:00-05:00January 27, 2021|By Kristine Berzina|

Kristine Berzina on the Future of Transatlantic Relations with DAI Sachsen

Senior Fellow Kristine Berzina joined DAI Sachsen for a panel discussion on the future of transatlantic relations with Prof. Lora Anne Viola, Professor for North American Foreign Policy at FU Berlin and Dr. Maria Skóra, Head of International Dialogu [...]

2020-12-16T10:05:00-05:00December 14, 2020|By Kristine Berzina|

Linking Values and Strategy: How Democracies Can Outcompete Autocracies

Ambassador Eric Edelman, Distinguished Practitioner-in-Residence at John Hopkins’ Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies, Co-Chair of ASD’s Offset Strategy for Democracies Task Force Ambassador Samantha Power, Anna Lindh Professor of the Practi [...]

2020-12-10T14:41:38-05:00December 10, 2020|By Jessica Brandt|

Event Invitation: Linking Values and Strategy: How Democracies Can Outcompete Autocracies

Thursday, December 10, 2020 | 10:30-11:30 a.m. EST / 4:30-5:30 p.m. CET Register for the event here. Opening Remarks Ambassador Eric Edelman, Distinguished Practitioner-in-Residence at John Hopkins’ Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies, Co-C [...]

2020-12-07T15:48:24-05:00December 7, 2020|By ASD Team|

Josh Rudolph Testifies Before European Parliament on Political Funding From Third-Country Sources

Testimony before the European Union Parliament, Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union, including Disinformation December 2, 2020 Josh Rudolph, Fellow for Malign Finance, Alliance for Securing Dem [...]

2020-12-02T18:20:16-05:00December 2, 2020|By Josh Rudolph|

David Levine Discusses Election Security Strategies and Solutions on a Panel at the Pell Center

ASD Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine joined David Mussington of the University of Maryland and Derek Tisler of the Brennan Center to discuss election security strategies and solutions for 2020 on a panel at the Pell Center for International R [...]

2020-11-03T10:09:31-05:00November 3, 2020|By David Levine|

David Levine on Representation and Voting in America 2020 with Democracy Volunteers

Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine joined Democracy Volunteers for a virtual discussion on representation and voting in the United States in 2020. [...]

2020-11-30T09:21:40-05:00November 3, 2020|By David Levine|

Lindsay Gorman Discusses Digital Privacy and Security in a Panel at CSPC

Fellow for Emerging Technologies Lindsay Gorman joined Jocelyn Aqua of PwG and Kenneth Popp of Georgetown Law to discuss digital privacy and security and recommendations for the next administration in a panel discussion at the Center for the Study o [...]

2020-10-30T14:29:49-04:00October 30, 2020|By Lindsay Gorman|

David Levine on Safeguarding Electoral Integrity Through Better Cybersecurity

Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine joined an IFES panel to discuss effective cybersecurity practices for securing elections. Read more on the topic in Levine and IFES' Beata Martin-Rozumilowicz's recent report Cyberattacks, Foreign Interferenc [...]

2020-10-29T13:28:37-04:00October 27, 2020|By David Levine|

Rachael Dean Wilson Reacts to the Final 2020 Presidential Debate with the Tennessee World Affairs Council

Head of External Affairs Rachael Dean Wilson joined the Tennessee World Affairs Council and The Tennessean for a debate watch party that included pre- and post-debate discussions with a panel of specialists on campaign operations, polling, media, gl [...]

2020-10-27T12:36:17-04:00October 23, 2020|By Rachael Dean Wilson|

Nad’a Kovalčíková Discusses Russian Disinformation during the Coronavirus Epidemic and Beyond in a Panel at Euractiv

Program Manager and Fellow Nad’a Kovalčíková joined a number of experts in a panel discussion on Russian disinformation during the coronavirus epidemic and beyond. Read an article summary of the event here. [...]

2021-04-05T15:29:12-04:00October 21, 2020|By Nad’a Kovalčíková|

Josh Rudolph Discusses the Role of Cryptocurrency in Election Interference on a Panel at CNAS

ASD Fellow for Malign Finance Josh Rudolph joined Levi Gundert and Jesse Spiro in a panel discussion on the role of cryptocurrency in election interference at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). [...]

2020-10-21T16:52:55-04:00October 21, 2020|By Josh Rudolph|

Josh Rudolph Discusses Dark Money and Democracy on a Panel at RUSI

ASD Fellow for Malign Finance Josh Rudolph joined Gemma Rogers of Fintrail and Edward Lucas of CEPA to discuss how covert foreign money has undermined the democratic process in North America and Europe in a panel at the Royal United Services Institu [...]

2020-10-19T13:35:07-04:00October 19, 2020|By Josh Rudolph|

Is the Trump Administration’s Maximum Pressure Campaign against Iran Working?

Middle East Fellow Ariane Tabatabai moderated a GMF Face Off debate, where participants answered the question, "Is the Trump administration's maximum pressure campaign against Iran working?" In a twist, participants Richard Nephew and Mark Dubowitz [...]

2020-10-16T10:52:15-04:00October 15, 2020|By Ariane Tabatabai|

Josh Rudolph on Subverting Elections: A Toolkit of Foreign Interference at Middlebury College

Malign Finance Fellow Josh Rudolph gave a lecture entitled "Subverting Elections: A Toolkit of Foreign Interference" at Middlebury College's Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs. [...]

2020-11-12T11:28:48-05:00October 13, 2020|By Josh Rudolph|

Securing the 2020 Presidential Election

From logistical challenges to disinformation campaigns and attacks undermining the integrity of the election process, the 2020 Presidential Election—set against the backdrop of a global pandemic—promises to be unlike any other U.S. election in histo [...]

2020-10-20T10:20:12-04:00October 12, 2020|By David Levine|

David Levine Briefs Foreign Journalists on U.S. Election Security

ASD Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine briefed foreign journalists on U.S. election security as part of the State Department’s Foreign Press Center Virtual Reporting Tour on October 8, 2020. Below is the unofficial transcript of the briefing. [...]

2021-01-07T16:40:30-05:00October 8, 2020|By David Levine|

Laura Rosenberger and Clint Watts on Combatting Disinformation in Elections at CISA’s National Cybersecurity Summit

Director Laura Rosenberger and Non-Resident Fellow Clint Watts joined a panel entitled "Combatting Disinformation and Misinformation in Elections" at CISA's National Cybersecurity Summit with Alex Stamos, Jorhena Thomas, and Olivia Gazis. [...]

2020-10-08T16:17:18-04:00October 7, 2020|By Laura Rosenberger and Clint Watts|

Ariane Tabatabai Discusses the U.S. Election’s Implications for Iran with the Washington Institute

Donald Trump and Joe Biden are putting forward very different ideas about U.S. policy toward Iran, which arguably makes the results of their contest very consequential for Tehran—though some in the Islamic Republic say otherwise. That raises the que [...]

2020-10-06T12:33:21-04:00October 6, 2020|By Ariane Tabatabai|

Virtual Event Invitation: Securing the 2020 Presidential Election: A Discussion on Threats, Prevention, and Mitigation with Local U.S. Election Officials

Monday, October 12, 2020 | 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. EDT | 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. CET Register here. From logistical challenges to disinformation campaigns and attacks undermining the integrity of the election process, the 2020 Presidential Election—se [...]

2020-10-05T13:10:17-04:00October 5, 2020|By ASD Team|

Follow the Money: Understanding the Threat Covert Foreign Financing Poses to Democracies

On October 1, 2020, the Alliance for Securing Democracy and the European Centre of Excellence on Hybrid Threats in Helsinki hosted a virtual discussion on the threat malign financial activity poses to democracies across the transatlantic space. Elle [...]

2020-10-01T12:42:57-04:00October 1, 2020|By Josh Rudolph|

David Levine on Making Sure Your Vote Counts in 2020

Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine joined Jack Noland of RepresentUs and Eliza Sweren-Becker of the Brennan Center for Justice to discuss how Americans can make sure their vote is counted in the 2020 Election. [...]

2020-09-30T10:21:48-04:00September 24, 2020|By David Levine|

Lindsay Gorman Discusses Data and National Security at the National Press Foundation

Fellow for Emerging Technologies Lindsay Gorman joined Adam Segal of the Council of Foreign Relations and Clete Williams of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP in an online panel discussion at the National Press Foundation to discuss the dangers [...]

2020-09-24T12:00:26-04:00September 24, 2020|By Lindsay Gorman|

David Levine in an Online Panel Discussion on Cybersecurity and Election Interference at Sierra College

Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine joined an online panel discussion on cybersecurity and election interference hosted by Sierra College. [...]

2020-09-23T16:46:25-04:00September 21, 2020|By David Levine|

Virtual Event Invitation: Follow the Money: Understanding the Threat Covert Foreign Financing Poses to Democracies

Thursday, October 1, 2020 | 10:00am-11:00am EDT / 4:00pm-5:00pm CEST / 5:00pm-6:00pm EEST Register here. Please join the Alliance for Securing Democracy and the European Centre of Excellence on Hybrid Threats in Helsinki for a virtual, interactive [...]

2020-09-22T14:47:05-04:00September 21, 2020|By ASD Team|

Laura Rosenberger Joins a Panel on Voter Attitudes and Foreign Influence at CNAS

Director Laura Rosenberger joined a discussion panel on voter attitudes and foreign influence hosted by the Center for a New American Security, the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law, and the Annenberg Public Policy Center. [...]

2020-09-18T16:32:16-04:00September 18, 2020|By Laura Rosenberger|

David Levine Discusses Voting in America on the Riley Center’s StraightTalk Panel

Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine joined a panel discussion on the security of election infrastructure in the lead up to the 2020 Election at the Riley Center at Furman University. [...]

2020-09-17T15:28:40-04:00September 17, 2020|By David Levine|

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