The U.S. and Chinese economies are so deeply entangled that prying them apart would be difficult, but the United States needs to map new boundaries for what is permissible in the relationship.

This is a new kind of conflict created by cyber capabilities, which give countries the ability to manipulate, coerce, and perhaps attack. In this new style of conflict, the issue is not will Russia attack, but how we push back harder to ensure that they do not.

North Korea uses cyber attacks to advance its policy agenda; none of its actions has been capricious or haphazard. Though North Korea may use threats and coercive acts to pursue its larger policy goals, it will not do so at the expense of its own survival.

The Russians have developed new coercive doctrines in cyberspace that do not easily fit with our definition of conflict. This shields them and makes devising a response difficult. They have redefined the rules of the game, leaving us uncertain as to how to respond.

The UN Charter makes clear that any act by one state that threatens the territorial integrity or the political independence of another state is illegal, and it makes clear that actions of this kind could justify some punitive response. The recent hacks of the Democratic...

“What counts are the political and military consequences of a violation…since these alone will determine whether or not the violator stands to gain in the end.”
Fred Ikle, “After Detection, What?” 1961

The announcement of the indictment of seven...

In 2013, the Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Sasakawa USA, and the Center for Strategic and International Studies established a bilateral commission of distinguished policymakers and scholars to develop a strategic vision for the U.S.-Japan alliance.

Recent leaks reporting that the United States might...

There is broad consensus that improved information sharing is critical to combating cyber threats.

Americans are reluctant to accept terrorism is part of their daily lives, but attacks have been planned or attempted against American targets (usually airliners or urban areas) almost every year since 9/11.