Examining the foundations of the internet

The internet has been a pivotal force behind the growth of the global digital economy and altered the relationship among states, their citizens, and the private sector. These changes have disrupted the geopolitical balance of power and ushered in a new generation of globally-powerful multinational companies. However, new dynamics of conflict are threatening the internet as we know it, from the hardware connecting users to the policies governing content and data provenance.

A Parallel Terrain: Public-Private Defense of the Ukrainian Information Environment

Cord-Cutting, Russian Style: Could the Kremlin Sever Global Internet Cables?

This Year, Russia’s Internet Crackdown will be Even Worse

Improving Cybersecurity Outcomes in the Telecommunications Sector

How Russia Made Apple and Google Complicit in its Internet Crackdown

Cyber Defense across the Ocean Floor: The Geopolitics of Submarine Cable Security

Reassessing RuNet: Russian Internet Isolation and Implications for Russian Cyber Behavior

Huawei’s Push in Russia Exploits Kremlin Fears of Western Technology

The Politics of Internet Security: Private Industry and the Future of the Web

Warring for the Soul of the Internet: Ten Years On

The Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative, under the Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab), works at the nexus of geopolitics and cybersecurity to craft strategies to help shape the conduct of statecraft and to better inform and secure users of technology.

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