As Thomas Rid explains in this terrific piece in Esquire, the Russian government has developed a remarkable capacity for blending the fruits of espionage with information operations designed to manipulat...

An observation made in the briefing report War-Algorithm Accountability (featured in a Readings post last week) is that weapons are not the only military systems increasingly defined by algorithms, autom...

In my first post on this subject, I quoted a news story in fedscoop saying that The development of “loud” offensive cyber tools, [that could be definitively traced to the United States and thus] able t...

On October 3-4, 2016, I was privileged to be invited to attend and speak at the annual conference organized by the Staff Judge Advocate for USCYBERCOM, Colonel Gary Corn. I attended the two unclassified ...

Recent news reports regarding Russian hacks affecting the November election suggest that the United States is preparing on possible U.S. cyber actions in response, such as revealing information to the Ru...

You could be forgiven if, amidst all the allegations of groping, the Clinton-Trump debates, and the ongoing implosion of the Republican Party, you missed an extensive interview by Jonathan Chait with our...

As part of a series on "Election 2016 and American's Future," I recently released a Brookings policy brief on a strategic approach to “Going Dark” for the next administration. Recognizing the current dea...

What Options Does the U.S. Have After Accusing Russia of Hacks?, asks the headline in the NYT story yesterday by David Sanger and Nicole Perlroth. To ask this question is to reveal once again the ineffe...

In a paper released today at a Brookings panel discussion, I reflect on my experience in the Obama administration and draw lessons about policymaking on issues for that space.

Is artificial intelligence destined to replace humans on the battlefield? This theoretical question is, increasingly, being answered in practice with "yes." At least that is the conclusion this report ...