Compiled by Athena Smith. Articles Gaps in the Deep: How the Law of the Sea Fails the Undersea Kingdom David W.
Compiled by Athena Smith.
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Gaps in the Deep: How the Law of the Sea Fails the Undersea Kingdom
David W. Opderbeck reviewed Elisabeth Braw’s book, “Undersea War: The Battle to Control the Cables and Pipelines That Connect Our World,” and found that Braw compellingly discussed the network of undersea global communications and energy infrastructure, including the growth of threats to undersea cables from malicious actors like Russia and China. Opderbeck explained that the book could have also explored international maritime policy and questions of market concentration.
Braw ably describes how undersea communications technology developed and how the industry works, but the real strength of her book is in her deeply reported discussion of suspicious cable-cutting incidents over the past five or so years, including ones involving cables serving Norway, the Baltic states, and islands near Taiwan. The geography of these incidents, of course, suggests involvement by Russia and China.
Russia’s Digital Detox Boomerang
In the latest edition of the* Seriously Risky Business cybersecurity newsletter,* Tom Uren **broke down recent Ukrainian drone strikes against Russian data centers, the possibility of loosening cyber safeguards on American frontier artificial intelligence (AI), and more.
We think it’s only a matter of time before open-weight models provide the world with cyber capability that tightly leashed American models don’t. Everyone having access to advanced cyber capabilities definitely presents risks, and Bad Cyber Things™ will happen.
The practical policy response here is to loosen safeguards on American frontier models. It’s time to make the most advanced capabilities broadly available to attackers and defenders, and let the chips land where they may.
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Lawfare Daily: The New Command Economy with Kristen Eichensehr and Ashley Deeks:Peter E. Harrell sat down with Kristen Eichensehr and Ashley Deeks to discuss the U.S. government’s expanded use of tariffs, sanctions, export controls, and investment screening to regulate the economy. The group discussed America’s new “command economy,” what it means for companies and the government, and how increased transparency and oversight could be implemented.
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