A selection of our work and experts featured in print, television, radio, and online.
Laura Rosenberger and Zack Cooper on Chinese Info Operations in the Washington Post
In their first joint op-ed, ASD Co-Directors Laura Rosenberger and Zack Cooper write that Western tech companies’ confirmation of Chinese government efforts to manipulate the information space outside its Great Firewall should serve as a wake-up cal [...]
ASD’s David Salvo and Clint Watts on Ransomwear Attacks on MSNBC’s Hardball
David Salvo and Clint Watts appeared on MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews to discuss U.S. officials’ fear of ransomware attacks on election infrastructure during the 2020 elections. [...]
Etienne Soula on Fighting for Democracy in a Techno-Authoritarian State in Protego Press
Research Assistant Etienne Soula discusses the PRC and Hong Kong governments’ use of high tech surveillance tools to counter the outbreak of pro-democracy protests in the increasingly-besieged city-state. [...]
Jessica Brandt on China Social Media Takedowns in Axios
ASD Head of Research and Policy Jessica Brandt gives Axios readers a rundown on the latest Facebook, Twitter, and Google takedowns of accounts associated with coordinated inauthentic behavior on the part of the PRC government. [...]
Matt Schrader Interviewed by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on Twitter and Facebook’s China Takedowns
ASD China Analyst Matt Schrader joined ABC’s David Sparks to discuss Twitter and Facebook’s takedown of a Chinese state-backed disinformation campaign targeting the Hong Kong protest movement. [...]
Josh Kirschenbaum on Closing Illicit Finance Loopholes in The American Interest
Using the analogy of a front and a back door, ASD's Josh Kirschenbaum explains that while the U.S. Government has been assiduous in anti-money-laundering enforcement against banks, it has been lax in its AML enforcement against electronic payments c [...]
Laura Rosenberger Discusses Russia’s Use of Economic Coercion with Rachel Maddow on MSNBC
ASD Director Laura Rosenberger appeared on the Rachel Maddow Show to discuss Russian economic coercion and malign financial influence. [...]
Laura Rosenberger talks to the Bertelsmann Foundation about How to Fix Democracy
ASD Director Laura Rosenberger was interviewed by the Bertelsmann on the question "How to fix democracy?" Rosenberger outlined the steps the United States and its allies in Europe and around the world have to take to safeguard our democracies for fu [...]
Rachael Dean Wilson Talks Election Security on CSPAN
ASD’s Director of External Affairs Rachael Wilson discussed election security in an interview on C-SPAN, arguing that partisanship has hindered the adoption of effective election-security legislation. She also argued that there needs to be better co [...]
Laura Rosenberger on Russia’s 2016 Hack and Leak Operations on Lawfare’s The Report Podcast
ASD Director Laura Rosenberger joined Lawfare’s The Report podcast to discuss the Russian government’s hack-and-leak operation in the lead-up to the 2016 election. She describes how Russian intelligence timed the release of stolen emails and data to [...]
Laura Rosenberger on the Senate Intelligence Committee’s Troubling Conclusions About Election Security
ASD Director Laura Rosenberger analyzed the recent Senate Intelligence Committee report on Russian cyber operations as part of a larger piece for Just Security. She noted that the Russian attacks exploited the gaps between government agencies to tar [...]
Laura Rosenberger on U.S. Election Infrastructure on Just Security
ASD Director Laura Rosenberger analyzes the recent Senate Intelligence Committee report on Russian cyber operations for Just Security. Rosenberger notes that the Russian attacks exploited the gaps between government agencies to target states and und [...]