Author Archive
Emerson T. Brooking
Ideas
What We Learned in the DNI’s New Election Report
The newly released assessment is more complex and comprehensive than its 2017 predecessor, reflecting just how much the issue of foreign interference has evolved.
- Emerson T. Brooking
Ideas
Americans Were Worried About the Wrong Threat
Despite considerable hype about foreign interference, the greatest danger to American democracy is domestic.
- Emerson T. Brooking and Jacob Shapiro, The Atlantic
Ideas
The Head of US Intelligence Has Ceased to Be an Honest Broker
The result has been grave damage to U.S. counterintelligence and electoral security efforts.
- Emerson T. Brooking
Ideas
What Taylor Swift Teaches Us About Online War
What is “real” has become what is real online.
- Peter W. Singer and Emerson T. Brooking
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War Goes Viral
How social media is being weaponized across the world.
- Emerson T. Brooking and Peter W. Singer, The Atlantic
Ideas
The Pentagon's War Budget Won't Be Easy To Roll Back
Congress has too many reasons to keep overseas contingency operations funding as it is.
- Janine Davidson and Emerson T. Brooking, Council on Foreign Relations
Threats
Are the Chinese Failing To Equip Their Infantry?
Beijing is paying considerably more attention to platform and weapons development than it is to how well it outfits its individual soldiers. By Lauren Dickey and Emerson Brooking
- Lauren Dickey and Emerson T. Brooking, Council on Foreign Relations
Policy
In Foreign Policy Debates Ahead, Look to Echoes of 2006
The 2006 midterm elections were a disaster for Bush, but also a chance to shake things up. Will 2014 follow the same script? By Janine Davidson and Emerson Brooking
- Janine Davidson and Emerson T. Brooking, Council on Foreign Relations
Ideas
More Than 6,000 Afghan Interpreters Are Stuck in Bureaucratic Limbo
Unless lawmakers act soon, the U.S. program to get Afghan translators to safety will end on Dec. 31. By Emerson Brooking and Janine Davidson
- Emerson T. Brooking and Janine Davidson, Council on Foreign Relations
Threats
The Campaign Against ISIL Could Cost $1.5B a Month
Key questions remain concerning targets, transitions and how to fund a sustained campaign against ISIL. By Janine Davidson and Emerson Brooking
- Janine Davidson and Emerson T. Brooking, Council on Foreign Relations
Threats
At the NATO Summit, Afghanistan Takes a Back Seat
As the war in Iraq showed, the durability of NATO’s commitment to Afghanistan must not be overshadowed by crises in Europe or elsewhere. By Janine Davidson and Emerson Brooking
- Janine Davidson and Emerson T. Brooking, Council on Foreign Relations