Given the wide range of strategic and tactical benefits for Russia, a cyber operation with SolarWinds’ scale and sophistication should never be understood as “just espionage.” 

The United States has tried to shift its foreign policy focus from the Middle East to the Asia-Pacific for two decades. Will Biden finally succeed?

Executive branch action on software security is sorely needed, but should focus primarily on risk management rather than merely new reporting requirements.

Israel’s High Court found that takedown requests directed from state prosecutors to online platforms constitute government acts, but the court held that no specific statutory authorization is required. T...

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Stakeholders are increasingly advocating for a multilateral accord on government surveillance.

States will struggle to find cyber relevance in international law until new instruments of international law—or adaptations of current law—account for the core features of the cyber strategic environment.

Tuesday’s House Armed Services Committee hearing previewed some problems that might emerge as a result of withdrawing from Afghanistan.

Although Congress was not represented in President Kennedy’s close group of decision-makers during the Cuban missile crisis, the sentiment expressed by the legislative branch heavily influenced decision-...

All three of President Biden’s picks for the top cyber positions in his administration are excellent choices. It would have been better, however, if one of them had experience more rooted in the private ...