The SolarWinds and Microsoft Exchange hacks highlight serious problems with cybersecurity in the United States. The hacks also expose geopolitical and ideological challenges for US approaches to cybersecurity and cyberspace.
For several decades, US security policy in West Africa focused on transnational terrorist organizations, domestic armed groups, and the general spread of instability. This article argues that an increase in…
A new Georgetown report examines the problem of information operations and disinformation during election season and beyond. Thanks to better preparation and less aggressive attempts of outside interference,…
The current state of the Internet parallels the call found in The Federalist Papers to reject authoritarianism by championing an open exchange among diverse peoples and regions. This analysis defends…
Once upon a time, in legal circles, there was just one conversation—Law 1.0. This was—and still is—a conversation about how settled legal principles should be applied to a…
On February 28, 2020, Dr. Ben Buchanan, a Senior Faculty Fellow at Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology, discussed challenges states face in navigating cyberwarfare as highlighted…
The conflict in Ukraine has received renewed attention in Washington D.C., and it is worth considering the relevance of this conflict to US national security interests. The open conflict in…
This July 16th will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the launch of the Apollo 11 spaceflight that landed the first two humans on the moon. The computers aboard the…
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in the Fall 2018 edition of the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, available for purchase from Georgetown University Press. For a PDF of this…
After three decades of widespread development in digital technologies and telecommunications, it has become evident that cybersecurity cannot be adequately ensured by the market’s “invisible hand.” Cybersecurity market failures call…
