A selection of our work and experts featured in print, television, radio, and online.
Zack Cooper on the Future of U.S.-China Competition in Foreign Policy
There are two possible outcomes of U.S.-China competition—but Washington should prepare for the more turbulent one, Co-Director Zack Cooper and Hal Brands argue in Foreign Policy. Competition between the United States and China has begun, but how [...]
Maurice Turner Introduces USC’s Election Security Podcast
Listen to USC Election Cybersecurity Executive Director, Adam Clayton Powell, III and Cybersecurity Fellow, Alliance for Securing Democracy, German Marshall Fund of the United States, and USC Election Security Analyst, Maurice Turner, introduce USC [...]
Nad’a Kovalčíková Speaks to Euractiv about How Visegrad Countries Can Combat Coronavirus Disinformation
Russia and China, as well as Iran to a certain extent, have used the coronavirus pandemic as an opportunity to interfere into democratic discourse and to present themselves as internationally responsible actors, while at the same time undermining de [...]
David Levine in GW International Law and Policy Brief: Trust But Verify: Increasing Confidence in Democratic Elections
This article was originally published on GW International Law and Policy Brief's website. Election observers help ensure that elections are conducted in a democratic manner, as recognized by international law. Paragraph 8 of the 1990 Organization f [...]
Nad’a Kovalčíková Discusses Women in Leadership with WIIS Brussels
Program Manager and Fellow Nad’a Kovalčíková joined Ilana Bet-El, one of the founders of WIIS Brussels & former UN official, and Lieutenant General Frances Allen, military representative of Canada to the NATO Military Committee, to discuss women [...]
Bret Schafer on Information Warfare and How Social Media Disrupts Democracy on the Jist
Media and Digital Disinformation Fellow Bret Schafer joined Josh Hamilton on The Jist. Bret and Josh first spoke three to discuss the weaponization of information and the threat to democracy. Now, three years later, things have unfortunately not gott [...]
Zack Cooper on ‘Net Assessment’: The Color of Money
Chris, Zack, and Melanie sit down to discuss U.S. sanctions programs and how to make them more effective. In a recent War on the Rocks article focused on sanctions, Edward Fishman argues that the United States needs to take a hard look at our econom [...]
Jessica Brandt and Josh Rudolph in Just Security: Outlaw Participation in Foreign Attacks on U.S. Elections
Nobody has suffered serious legal consequences for actively welcoming—some say aiding and abetting—Russian interference in the 2016 and 2020 elections, or for having asked the presidents of Ukraine and China to similarly interfere. One reason for th [...]
Lindsay Gorman Discusses EU-China Trade on Bloomberg’s ‘Balance of Power’
China overtook the U.S. as the EU’s main trading partner in 2020. Emerging Technologies Fellow Lindsay Gorman spoke to David Westin about the national security implications of this news, as well as the national security aspects of emerging technolog [...]
Nad’a Kovalčíková Disinformation During the Coronavirus Pandemic with the European People’s Party
Program Manager and Fellow Nad’a Kovalčíková joined the European People's Party podcast to discuss lessons learned from the Covid-19 infodemic, authoritarian countries’ effort to undermine democracies, the role of good and bad communication strategi [...]
Nad’a Kovalčíková Discusses Disinformation, AI, and the Coronavirus Pandemic on ‘Human Rights Talks’
Program Manager and Fellow Nad’a Kovalčíková joined the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights for an interview as part of their “AI and Covid-19 Digital Disinformation Initiative” series in partnership with the Organization for Security a [...]
Nad’a Kovalčíková Discusses Disinformation, AI, and the Coronavirus Pandemic with MIGS
Program Manager and Fellow Nad’a Kovalčíková joined the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights for an interview as part of their "AI and Covid-19 Digital Disinformation Initiative" series in partnership with the Organization for Security a [...]