Political Warfare
Tell China: We Will Defend Our Democracy
Chinese election interference is on track to become just another cost of doing democracy in the West. From New Zealand to Australia, Canada to the United States, the liberal democracies...
In the Information Battlespace, Cold War II Has Already Begun
Two words no Western leader wants to say are “cold war.” Nobody wants it, but the facts speak for themselves: we are already deep into a global cold war. China...
Three Ways to Improve Integrated Deterrence
In their quest to remake the global order, Vladimir Putin is ravaging Ukraine while Xi Jinping is threatening to do the same to Taiwan. Does this already signify the end...
Fighting Back: How Democracies Can Check Authoritarian Aggression
Last week, President Joe Biden and his fellow G7 leaders pledged $600 billion in public and private funds over the next five years to assist developing countries and counter China’s...
Has the War in Ukraine Damaged Russia’s Gray Zone Capabilities?
Four months into the conflict, the war in Ukraine remains primarily a conventional fight, replete with troop movements, missile strikes, and artillery barrages. Consequently, the damage to Russia’s war machine...
Iran’s Cyber Influence Strategy Poses Formidable Challenges for the West
When considering the Internet and security nexus, the bulk of Western attention tends to focus on cyber-espionage and cyber-sabotage operations—the hard power side of the story. Only recently, U.S. and...