Author Archive

Justin Sherman

Justin Sherman is a Fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative.
Ideas

The U.S. Should Get Serious About Submarine Cable Security

Three trends are accelerating risks to underwater cables’ security and resilience. 

  • Justin Sherman, Council on Foreign Relations
Ideas

How the Kremlin Targets Lies, and Truths, about Russia’s COVID Response

Chief prosecutor sheds light on Moscow’s recent efforts to control the messages that Russians receive about the coronavirus pandemic.

  • Justin Sherman
Ideas

Putin Takes Another Step in Bid to Control Russia’s Internet

One center of resistance to the Kremlin’s attempt to bring the country’s internet access under central control is being brought to heel.

  • Justin Sherman and Samuel Bendett
Ideas

Russia’s ‘Data Localization’ Efforts May Guide Other Governments

Moscow’s efforts to keep data on home soil are of interest to other authoritarian states — and even some liberal democracies.

  • Justin Sherman and Samuel Bendett
Ideas

Don’t Call It an ‘Arms Race’: US-China AI Competition Is Not Winner-Takes-All

The most common framing of the two countries’ artificial-intelligence development is dangerous.

  • Justin Sherman
Threats

As Exports of Surveillance Tech Rise, Freer Countries Face a Choice

How far will societies pursue security along paths paved by dictators?

  • Justin Sherman and Robert Morgus, Council on Foreign Relations
Ideas

The US Military Just Partially Banned Geolocatable Cellphones. That's a Start.

The consequences of Internet-of-Things insecurity on national security should now be clear.

  • Justin Sherman