National Security

We need the right policies to meet the energy needs of today without derailing our climate goals for the future.

FEBRUARY 18, 2022 – Three decades after the fall of the Soviet Union, Russian troops stand at the border of Ukraine in a pivotal moment for the young democracy. Meanwhile, governments, industry, and the public brace for potential escalation at the border—and the keyboard. In this session, leading intelligence and security experts will discuss how a cyber conflict might unfold and what it might mean for Ukraine—and the world.

Could the US build a more resilient supply chain by onshoring key industries and revising its export-control policy framework?

JUNE 8, 2021 – In recent years, thousands of schools, government agencies, healthcare providers, and small businesses have fallen prey to it, but these localized incidents failed to trigger an aggressive response to match this scourge—until now.

MAY 5, 2021 – How is the rapid evolution of disinformation in the digital age impacting democracy around the world?

A new Aspen Ministers Forum series provides a dynamic visual platform to explore the perspectives of those who shaped historic events.

JANUARY 7, 2021 – In the spring of 2020, and without detection, Russia infiltrated federal agencies and possibly hundreds of America’s largest corporations. How did the nation’s cybersecurity defenses fail so severely, what are the risks , and what do we do now?

DECEMBER 1-3, 2020 – The Cyber Summit takes a global view, and the 2020 event proved to be a distinctive opportunity to convene voices from around the world to look back at an unprecedented year and toward the road ahead.

Tzipi Livni and Malcolm Rifkind discuss the definition of national security and civil-military relations.

Our senior staff writer, Zach Dorfman, will be in subscribers’ inboxes every Wednesday, reporting on the latest at the intersection of cybersecurity, national security, and technology.