Sailing through the spyglass: The strategic advantages of blue OSINT, ubiquitous sensor networks, and deception

Inflection Points Today Mar 20, 2024

Break up TikTok, arm Ukraine

By Frederick Kempe

The United States and its allies need to address both Russia’s military threats and Chinese influence operations.
China Cybersecurity
Sailing through the spyglass: The strategic advantages of blue OSINT, ubiquitous sensor networks, and deception

Issue Brief Mar 14, 2024

Leveraging generative artificial intelligence to outcompete strategic rivals

By Jeffrey Cimmino, Andrew A. Michta

The United States and its allies must leverage generative artificial intelligence to outcompete strategic rivals.
China International Organizations
Sailing through the spyglass: The strategic advantages of blue OSINT, ubiquitous sensor networks, and deception

New Atlanticist Feb 29, 2024

China has become an electric vehicle export behemoth. How should the US and EU respond?

By Joseph Webster

The United States and European countries need to better understand the security risks sensor-laden electric vehicles from China could pose.
Economy & Business Energy & Environment

Democracy & Tech Initiative

The DFRLab’s Democracy & Tech Initiative creates policy practices that align global stakeholders toward tech and governance that reinforces, rather than undermines, open societies. This initiative builds on the DFRLab’s leadership in the OSINT field, empowering global communities to promote transparency and accountability.

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Issue Brief

Aug 8, 2024

Sailing through the spyglass: The strategic advantages of blue OSINT, ubiquitous sensor networks, and deception

By Guido L. Torres and Austin Gray

In today’s technologically enabled world, the movements of every vessel—from nimble fishing boats to colossal aircraft carriers—can be meticulously tracked by a massive network of satellites and sensors. With every ripple on the ocean’s surface under scrutiny, surprise naval maneuvers will soon be relics of the past.

Artificial Intelligence Defense Policy

UkraineAlert

Aug 6, 2024

Russia is destroying monuments as part of war on Ukrainian identity

By Yevhenii Monastyrskyi, John Vsetecka 

Russia is destroying monuments as part of its war on Ukrainian identity throughout areas under Kremlin control, says Yevhenii Monastyrskyi and John Vsetecka. 

Conflict Defense Industry

GeoTech Cues

Aug 6, 2024

The Great IT Outage of 2024 is a wake-up call about digital public infrastructure

By Saba Weatherspoon and Zhenwei Gao

The July 19 outage serves as a symbolic outcry for solution-oriented policies and accountability to stave off future disruptions.

Cybersecurity Internet

UkraineAlert

Aug 6, 2024

Russia’s Black Sea defeats get flushed down Vladimir Putin’s memory hole

By Peter Dickinson

Vladimir Putin's readiness to flush Russia's Black Sea naval defeats down the memory hole is a reminder that the Kremlin propaganda machine controls Russian reality and can easily rebrand any retreat from Ukraine, writes Peter Dickinson.

Conflict Disinformation

UkraineAlert

Aug 1, 2024

Europe can do more to help Ukraine counter Russia’s energy attacks

By Aura Sabadus

Russia has destroyed more than half of Ukraine's civilian energy infrastructure with a targeted bombed campaign, leaving Kyiv in desperate need of European support ahead of the coming winter season, writes Aura Sabadus.

Conflict Drones

Issue Brief

Jul 30, 2024

Effective US government strategies to address China’s information influence

By Kenton Thibaut

To mount the most effective response to Chinese influence and the threat it poses to democratic interests at home and on the international stage, the United States should develop a global information strategy, one that reflects the interconnected nature of regulatory, industrial, and diplomatic policies with regard to the information domain.

China Digital Policy

GeoTech Cues

Jul 29, 2024

A policymaker’s guide to ensuring that AI-powered health tech operates ethically

By Coley Felt

The private sector is moving quickly with the development of AI tools. The public sector will need to keep up with new strategies, standards, and regulations around the deployment and use of such tools in the healthcare sector.

Artificial Intelligence Digital Policy

GeoTech Cues

Jul 26, 2024

The sovereignty trap

By Konstantinos Komaitis, Esteban Ponce de León, Kenton Thibaut, Trisha Ray, Kevin Klyman

When sovereignty is invoked in digital contexts without an understanding of the broader political environment, several traps can be triggered.

Artificial Intelligence Digital Policy

In the News

Jul 26, 2024

Pelayo quoted in TRT World on Houthis’ attacks against Israel ships

By Atlantic Council

Economy & Business Middle East

In the News

Jul 23, 2024

Hinata-Yamaguchi quoted in Deutsche Welle on Japan’s efforts in the Pacific Islands

On July 22, IPSI nonresident senior fellow Ryo Hinata-Yamaguchi was quoted in Deutsche Welle regarding Japan’s strategic competition with China in the Pacific Islands. He emphasized that Japan aims to be a reliable partner to Pacific nations through infrastructure development and climate change efforts, in contrast to China’s significant investments and security agreements.  

China Climate Change & Climate Action
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Experts

Millennium fellow

Jasneet Hora

Deputy Director of Speechwriting, Office of the Vice President, The White House

Millennium Leadership Program

Economy & Business Entrepreneurship

Millennium fellow

Jeanette Quick

Deputy Assistant Secretary, United States Department of Treasury

Millennium Leadership Program

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia

Millennium fellow

Jorge Rodriguez Vives

Minister of Information, Government of Costa Rica

Millennium Leadership Program

Civil Society Entrepreneurship

Millennium fellow

Kerri Selby

Project Manager, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems

Millennium Leadership Program

Americas Security & Defense

Millennium fellow

Mark Donig

Of Counsel, Grossman Young & Hammond LLC

Millennium Leadership Program

Entrepreneurship Middle East

Fellow

Joel Meyer

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Scowcroft Strategy Initiative

Artificial Intelligence Defense Policy
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