A comprehensive, weekly recap of the news and events that define ASD’s work and mission.
Our Take When engaging with China, the EU should do more to match the decisive pro-democracy measures of some of its smaller member states, most notably Lithuania, Hong-Cheng Hsiao and Research Analyst Etienne Soula argue in an ASD blog post. Chin [...]
Our Take What will Germany’s foreign policy look like after the federal elections in September? GMF researcher David Metzger analyzes the major parties’ platforms and how they address Russia, China, and information manipulation in an ASD blog post. [...]
Announcements Applications for our U.S.-based fall 2021 internships are open! Apply for the communications internship here and the research internship here. Tune in this Friday at 5:30 p.m. EDT/ 11:30 p.m. CET as Cybersecurity Fellow Maurice Turne [...]
Our Take There are ten values-based principles that can help transatlantic democracies develop common frameworks for understanding and addressing manipulated information, ASD Program Manager and Fellow Nad’a Kovalčíková and Globsec’s Dominika Hajdu [...]
Our Take It’s probable that REvil—the Russia-based hacker gang that vanished after being blamed for the Kaseya cyberattack—will pop back up with a new name and more victims, Cybersecurity Fellow Maurice Turner said on CBS News. Russian state-backed [...]
Our Take The United States needs a different deterrent strategy to counter the increasing number of ransomware attacks facing the country, Cybersecurity Fellow Maurice Turner said on CBS News. Since the Biden administration launched the Wuhan lab l [...]
Announcements ASD’s David Levine and OSET’s Eddie Perez will present their new report, Enhancing the Security of Electronic Pollbooks Is Essential for Election Integrity, at the Electoral Integrity Project's virtual workshop on Friday, July 9 at 9: [...]
Our Take On economic statecraft toward China, the Biden administration picked up where the Trump administration left off: seeking to restrict financial flows to China’s military-industrial base and limit the activities of Chinese companies that cou [...]
Announcements For our friends on the Hill: Join us on Thursday, June 24 from 1:00 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. EST for a briefing on combating China’s use of covert money to undermine democracy by ASD Malign Finance Fellow Josh Rudolph and China Analyst Bryce [...]
Announcements ASD kicked off GMF’s annual Brussels Forum with discussions on democratic resilience and how democracies can offset autocratic advances. Tune in Friday, June 18 as ASD Cybersecurity Fellow Maurice Turner leads a panel on making cybers [...]
Announcements From June 14 to June 18, 2021, the German Marshall Fund will convene the 16th edition of Brussels Forum under the theme “Reimagining Democracy.” We will be joined by leading stakeholders from the United States and Europe for our discu [...]
Our Take The United States lacks a comprehensive law to regulate Americans' data, opening up vulnerabilities that foreign governments like China and Russia can use to surveil Americans, track intelligence assets or military personnel, develop targe [...]
Our Take Democratic backsliding is contagious. Democracies must support one another, share lessons learned, and operate in an alliance to fight against the rise of authoritarianism and build more resilient societies, Director Laura Thornton told Ge [...]
Announcements For our friends on the Hill: Join us on Thursday, May 20 from 1:00pm to 1:45pm for a briefing on contesting China’s techno-authoritarianism by ASD Emerging Technologies Fellow Lindsay Gorman. Register for the briefing here. Our Take [...]
Announcements Today we launched the 2021 German Elections Dashboard, an interactive open source tool that will provide summary analysis of topics and themes promoted by influential foreign and domestic messengers during this year’s regional and fed [...]
Announcements Join GMF Berlin for Elections 2021: Choices for Germany after Merkel on Tuesday, May 11 at 12:00 p.m. EDT/ 6:00 p.m. CEDT. ASD Media and Digital Disinformation Fellow Bret Schafer will give a special presentation to preview ASD’s Germ [...]
Announcements ASD has partnered with Globsec to enhance their Alliance for Healthy Infosphere in an effort to craft policies that national governments and European institutions can implement to raise the costs on malign interference, ensure safe en [...]
Announcements Congratulations to GMF President Dr. Karen Donfried on her nomination to serve as assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs to the Biden administration! The new and improved Hamilton 2.0 dashboard is now live! Wit [...]
Announcements Join ASD, the Government of Canada, and Microsoft on Wednesday, April 14 at 12:15 p.m. EDT/6:15 p.m. CET for the launch of a Paris Call compendium on countering election interference with Canada’s Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs [...]
Announcements We're excited to welcome Maurice Turner to the team as our new cybersecurity fellow! He most recently provided technical expertise to the Election Assistance Commission and has worked with local, state, and federal partners to identif [...]
Announcements We are thrilled to announce Laura Thornton as ASD’s new director! She brings deep knowledge of and experience with strengthening democracy around the world. Our Take For nearly a year, our team has documented steps that government, [...]
Our Take Ahead of the Biden administration’s first face-to-face meeting with top Chinese officials last week, China Analyst Bryce Barros noted that a reset is unlikely, and Emerging Technologies Fellow Lindsay Gorman explained why Beijing’s “divide [...]
Announcement In case you missed it, we analyzed more than 35,000 Russian, Chinese, and Iranian vaccine-related messages captured on our Hamilton 2.0 dashboard to understand the impact of these information operations. Tweet us your question to recei [...]
Our Take Russia, China, and Iran have been carrying out information operations to manipulate narratives around coronavirus vaccines, including Pfizer, Moderna, and AstraZeneca. In a new report, we analyze more than 35,000 vaccine-related messages c [...]
Our Take A network of obscure, English-language "news sites" spread disinformation alleging that Ukrainian soldiers died after testing an experimental U.S. coronavirus vaccine. This narrative benefited one entity above all others: the Kremlin, Non- [...]
Announcement Join GMF and the Slovak Embassy in the United States on Thursday, February 25 for a discussion on Slovak and U.S. efforts to strengthen democracy and combat corruption and kleptocracy with Slovakian Justice Minister Mária Kolíková, GMF [...]
Our Take To combat corruption and kleptocracy, the Biden administration should push for a landmark international agreement to end offshore financial secrecy everywhere, Malign Finance Fellow Josh Rudolph said on “The Power Vertical.” Artificial int [...]
Announcements Today we expanded the Authoritarian Interference Tracker to include activities by China’s government to undermine democratic states and institutions in the transatlantic community since 2000. In addition to tracking acts of Russian in [...]
Our Take President Biden should establish a Presidential Commission on Election Resilience and Trust to identify best practices and make recommendations to ensure that more Americans believe our elections are legitimate, Elections Integrity Fellow [...]
Announcements On 5G, is Germany selling out Europe to China? Tune in for GMF’s 30-minue live snap debate with MEP Reinhard Bütikofer and the Atlantic Council’s Julia Friedlander, moderated by Senior Fellow Kristine Berzina, on Wednesday, January 27 [...]
Announcements Congratulations to ASD founder and Director Laura Rosenberger, who has been selected as senior director for China at the National Security Council. We are excited for her and thankful for her leadership and vision over the past four y [...]
Our Take Germany’s efforts to defend its September elections from foreign interference, particularly stemming from Russia, will be important to watch this year, Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine writes in a GMF blog post. Hamilton 2.0 Analys [...]
Our Take We asked each of our experts to put forth one recommendation that would make the United States—and the community of liberal democracies to which it belongs—safer, stronger, and freer in 2021. Here’s what they said. To help overcome partisa [...]
Announcements The Securing Democracy Dispatch will be on hiatus next week. We will return to your inbox on January 5, 2021. Our Take We asked each of our experts to put forth one recommendation that would make the United States—and the community [...]
Our Take ICYMI, last week we hosted a discussion with Jessica Brandt, Eric Edelman, Samantha Power, and Kori Schake on steps the United States can take to regain the initiative in the emerging competition with autocracies. One big takeaway: Strengt [...]
Announcements Join us for a virtual discussion with Jessica Brandt, Eric Edelman, Samantha Power, and Kori Schake on how the United States can succeed in a persistent, asymmetric competition with authoritarians on Thursday, December 10 at 10:30am E [...]
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Announcements Thank you for being a subscriber and friend to ASD. We hope you will consider supporting our bipartisan work during this season of giving. Your contribution will advance cutting-edge research and support tools such as the Hamilton 2.0 [...]
Our Take European reliance on Russian natural gas serves as a cautionary tale of what could come if Europe becomes dependent on China for 5G technology—although the risks this time around are higher, and Europe has significantly less time to addres [...]
Our Take ICYMI, in mid-2020, ASD convened a bipartisan task force of 30 leading experts to devise a national strategy for the United States to regain the initiative in the emerging competition against autocracies. Our new report builds upon the tas [...]