Author Archive
Uri Friedman
Managing editor, Atlantic Council
Digital Government
What U.S. Intelligence Thought 2020 Would Look Like
A 2004 National Intelligence Council report was eerily prescient in some ways, and totally off in others.
- By Uri Friedman, The Atlantic
Cybersecurity
‘No One Is Accountable for This’: Why the 2020 Campaigns Are Struggling With Security
A repeat of the hack targeting John Podesta could well happen again.
- By Uri Friedman, The Atlantic
Cybersecurity
Here’s What Foreign Interference Will Look Like in 2020
The incentives for foreign countries to meddle are much greater than in 2016, and the tactics could look dramatically different.
- By Uri Friedman, The Atlantic
Policy
How to Choose Between the U.S. and China? It’s Not That Easy.
Caught between its security ally and its top trading partner, South Korea is trying to have it all.
- By Uri Friedman, The Atlantic
Digital Government
America, Meet Your (Acting) Secretary of Defense
With no military experience and just a year and a half in government, the former Boeing executive Patrick Shanahan has yet to develop a foreign-policy vision of his own.
- By Uri Friedman, The Atlantic
Cybersecurity
The Key to Putin’s Cyber Power
The Russian president has both the capability and the intent to cause harm, says a former U.S. ambassador to Russia.
- By Uri Friedman, The Atlantic
Digital Government
Do Police Body Cameras Actually Work?
After Ferguson, the president is betting millions on a technology that's still being tested around the world.
- By Uri Friedman, The Atlantic
Modernization
Can Cell Phones Stop Crime in the World's Murder Capitals?
The problem-solving power of mobile technology in Central America
- By Uri Friedman, The Atlantic
Digital Government
Bill Gates: 'The Idea That Innovation Is Slowing Down Is ... Stupid'
New ideas are coming at "a scarily fast pace," he says.
- By Uri Friedman, The Atlantic
Emerging Tech
Behold: The World's First Digitally Signed International Agreement
Diplomacy, by ID card.
- By Uri Friedman, The Atlantic
Featured eBooks