CCD-IS·Oct 18The Sovereignty Paradox: Can Governments Control the AI They Depend On?Britain’s struggle to govern frontier artificial intelligence exposes a fundamental transformation in state power. Governments retain the…
CCD-IS·Oct 14When Code Hits Cold Metal: How Cybersecurity Manifests in the Physical WorldFrom sabotaged refrigeration systems in France to drone strikes on Russian data centers and AI-generated influence operations, October 2026…
CCD-IS·Oct 12The Shadow War State: How Hybrid Conflict Is Rewriting Germany’s Postwar Security DoctrineGermany built its intelligence system around the lessons of dictatorship and the separation of state powers. Eight decades later, cyber…
CCD-IS·Oct 3The Digital Great Game: Cyber Capacity Building and the New Competition for Central AsiaWashington’s new cybersecurity assistance for Central Asia is modest in financial terms. Its strategic significance is larger. As the…
CCD-IS·Sep 23AI Enters the Security Council: Frontier Models Become an Issue of International Peace and SecurityDeepSeek, OpenAI, Anthropic and other AI developers are preparing to address the United Nations Security Council. Their presence signals a…
CCD-IS·Sep 9The Model Extraction War: When AI Distillation Becomes a National Security ConflictU.S. intelligence and cybersecurity agencies accuse Chinese AI companies of systematically extracting capabilities from American frontier…
CCD-IS·Sep 8From Sabotage to Diplomatic Retaliation: Europe’s Hybrid Conflict with Russia Enters a New PhaseRussia’s September 7 decision to close Germany’s consulate in St. Petersburg transforms a disputed hybrid-security incident into a widening…
CCD-IS·Aug 24The State Becomes the AI Defender: California’s New Model for Cybersecurity GovernanceAI is no longer only something governments regulate. California is beginning to build artificial intelligence directly into the…
CCD-IS·Aug 21CYBER INTEL: Turning Global Political Signals Into Cybersecurity IntelligenceA new CyberCenter project designed to connect geopolitics, cyber activity, and artificial intelligence in one strategic intelligence…
CCD-IS·Aug 17Beyond Cybercrime: When Ransomware Groups Begin to Resemble Transnational ActorsThe evolution of ransomware is creating a new category of non-state cyber power. Decentralized criminal organizations increasingly possess…
