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.

U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), former Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff, and former acting CIA director Michael Morell discuss ASD’s Policy Blueprint for Countering Authoritarian Interference in Democracies at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center on June 26, 2018.
Past Events
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]