How Cybersecurity Saved U.S. Democracy
Carrie Cordero is the Robert M. Gates Senior Fellow and General Counsel at the Center for a New American Security, Adjunct Professor at Georgetown Law, and a CNN legal and national security analyst. She previously served as Director of National Security Studies at Georgetown Law, Counsel to the U.S. Assistant Attorney General for National Security; Senior Associate General Counsel at the Office of the U.S. Director of National Intelligence; and Attorney Advisor at the U.S. Department of Justice. This essay draws, in part, from materials produced as part of the CNAS commentary series on Bolstering American Democracy Against Threats to the 2020 Elections, as well as congressional testimony by the author on foreign interference in the U.S. 2016 election, in June 2019. You may follow her on Twitter @carriecordero.
The Conflict over Cryptography
Susan Landau is Bridge Professor of Cyber Security and Policy, The Fletcher School and School of Engineering, Tufts University. She was previously a senior staff privacy analyst at Google and held the post of Distinguished Engineer at Sun Microsystems.
The New Frontier of Democratic Self-Defense
Lauren Zabierek is Executive Director of the Cyber Security Project at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. She is a former U.S. intelligence analyst and is also a co-founder of #ShareTheMicInCyber. You may follow her on Twitter @lzxdc.
EU Privacy Law and U.S. Surveillance
Ira Rubinstein is a Senior Fellow at the Information Law Institute of the New York University School of Law. You may follow him on Twitter @ira_rubinstein. Peter Margulies is Professor of Law at the Roger Williams University School of Law. You may follow him on Twitter @MarguliesPeter. An earlier version of this essay was appeared on the Lawfare blog; a longer version will appear in the Connecticut Law Review. A version of this essay was presented at an informal workshop sponsored by the staff of the U.S. Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB). The authors wish to thank Theodore Christakis, Ron Lee, and Thomas Streinz for comments on a previous draft.
Europe’s Quest for Technological Power
Alice Pannier heads the Geopolitics of Technology program at the French Institute of International Relations (IFRI). She previously held the position of Assistant Professor in International Relations and European Studies at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University. This essay is based on a longer study entitled “Strategic Calculation” published by IFRI in October 2021. You may follow her on Twitter @AlicePannier.
Can the Transfer of Intellectual Property Save the World?
Mohamed Jouan Salem AlDhaheri is Executive Chairman, CEO, and Co-founder of RainMKRS, an entrepreneurial catalyst whose mission is to bring together the world’s leading companies, institutions, and entrepreneurs with the UAE’s prominent stakeholders in the food and agriculture industry. You may follow him on Twitter @RainMkrs. John D’Agostino is Senior Advisor to Coinbase and lectures on Fintech at Columbia University. In 2020, he was named Chair of the UK Government’s Asset Management Working Group in New York. You may follow him on Twitter @ johnjdagostino.
Science Communication and Scientific Judgment
Naomi Oreskes is Professor of the History of Science and Affiliated Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard University. This is an expanded version of a set of essays first published in Scientific American magazine, including “To Understand How Science Denial Works, Look to History,” “Scientists Should Admit They Bring Personal Values to Their Work,” “If You Say ‘Science Is Right,’ You’re Wrong,” “Expert Opinion Can’t Be Trusted if You Consult the Wrong Sort of Expert,” “Making Vaccines Is Straightforward; Getting People to Take Them Isn’t,” and “Don’t Fact-check Scientific Judgment Calls.” You may follow Prof. Oreskes on Twitter @NaomiOreskes.