ASD convenes transatlantic policymakers, elected officials, academics, technical experts, and leaders from civil society and the private sector to address the urgent need to secure our democracies, create a common understanding of the techniques used to undermine democracies, and share lessons learned about effective defensive and deterrent strategies.
U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), former Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff, and former acting CIA director Michael Morell discuss ASD’s Policy Blueprint for Countering Authoritarian Interference in Democracies at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center on June 26, 2018.
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Nad’a Kovalčíková on What the Coronavirus Means for Europe with the Martens Centre
COVID-19 has profoundly impacted Europe in the past months. Battling the multiple waves of this pandemic, all EU member states have faced many challenges. Simultaneously, the EU has had to grapple with long-standing trends in the world—both those th [...]
Combatting Corruption and Kleptocracy
Speakers: Karen Donfried President, The German Marshall Fund of the United States Mária Kolíková Minister of Justice, Slovak Republic Josh Rudolph Fellow for Malign Finance, Alliance for Securing Democracy Moderator Jonathan Katz Senior Fellow and D [...]
Josh Rudolph Discusses How the U.K. Can Combat Russian Dirty Money with Chatham House
Malign Finance Fellow Josh Rudolph joined Chatham House for an event that explored how the Kremlin uses Russian money in London to exert influence over British politics. The United Kingdom has long attracted money from criminal and Kremlin-linked so [...]
What’s Next for TikTok and WeChat? Lindsay Gorman Discusses with ASPI
A change in administration in the United States has given a brief reprieve to TikTok and WeChat, two Chinese apps targeted in a series of Executive Orders by former President Trump, but questions about the national security, privacy, and censorship [...]
Nad’a Kovalčíková Discusses Building a Transatlantic Approach Towards China with Atlantic Forum
Program Manager and Fellow Nad'a Kovalčíková spoke on an Atlantic Forum panel on building a transatlantic approach to China, which was made all the more timely by Eurostat's data revealing that China surpassed the United States as the EU's main trad [...]
Jessica Brandt Discusses Russia’s Evolving Foreign Interference with Atlantic Council
Head of Policy and Research Jessica Brandt joined the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab and the Free Russia Foundation for Adapting and Evolving: Russian Foreign Interference, a conversation on Russia’s interference in U.S. domestic p [...]
Zack Cooper Testifies Before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Commission
On January 28, 2021, Co-Director Zack Cooper testified before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission in a hearing titled "U.S.-China Relations at the Chinese Communist Party's Centennial." Diverging Perspectives on U.S.-China Relatio [...]
On 5G, Is Germany Selling Out Europe to China?
Senior Fellow Kristine Berzina moderated this GMF Face Off debate on the question "On 5G, is Germany selling out Europe to China?". She was joined by Reinhard Bütikofer (agree), a member of the European Parliament, Alliance 90/The Greens, and Julia [...]
Kristine Berzina on the Future of Transatlantic Relations with DAI Sachsen
Senior Fellow Kristine Berzina joined DAI Sachsen for a panel discussion on the future of transatlantic relations with Prof. Lora Anne Viola, Professor for North American Foreign Policy at FU Berlin and Dr. Maria Skóra, Head of International Dialogu [...]
Linking Values and Strategy: How Democracies Can Outcompete Autocracies
Ambassador Eric Edelman, Distinguished Practitioner-in-Residence at John Hopkins’ Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies, Co-Chair of ASD’s Offset Strategy for Democracies Task Force Ambassador Samantha Power, Anna Lindh Professor of the Practi [...]
Event Invitation: Linking Values and Strategy: How Democracies Can Outcompete Autocracies
Thursday, December 10, 2020 | 10:30-11:30 a.m. EST / 4:30-5:30 p.m. CET Register for the event here. Opening Remarks Ambassador Eric Edelman, Distinguished Practitioner-in-Residence at John Hopkins’ Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies, Co-C [...]
Josh Rudolph Testifies Before European Parliament on Political Funding From Third-Country Sources
Testimony before the European Union Parliament, Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union, including Disinformation December 2, 2020 Josh Rudolph, Fellow for Malign Finance, Alliance for Securing Dem [...]