Subversive cyber operations are argued to have “limited utility in practice” because of the inherent trade-offs of the trilemma/quadrilemma. However, this assessment ignores several key factors.

Cyber operations are not novel, nor is their impact revolutionary. They are instruments of subversion that promise great gains in theory but are constrained in practice by a crippling operational trilemm...

A recent speech by the U.K. attorney general may help break the logjam in the development of cyber norms by sidestepping the ongoing debate over sovereignty and returning states’ focus to identifying cyb...

The U.S. doesn’t have a civilian cyber defense. Here’s why it should and how it should be implemented.

Policymakers have a golden opportunity to make cyber incident and breach reporting requirements more powerful and effective.

Cyber persistence holds promise for norms because it aligns with core characteristics of cyberspace that motivate malicious behavior, addresses destabilizing behaviors, and builds momentum for new rules ...

Digital solidarity is an alternative path to achieving technological self-determination through partnerships and alliances among open, democratic, and rule-bound societies.

An EU proposal on combating child sexual abuse material online relies on technology not yet invented and, even worse, would create significant national security risks.

A review of James E. Baker, “The Centaur’s Dilemma: National Security Law for the Coming AI Revolution” (Brookings Institution, 2020).

A proposed regulation would compel firms to deploy systems for the automated detection and removal of content that might foster child abuse, rather than incentivizing and encouraging the development of t...

If Roe is overturned, criminal investigations into women’s reproductive decisions enabled by modern technologies and the sensitive, intimate data these technologies capture would constitute an unique ext...