Question 4
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Instructions: Write a 750–1250-word essay, answering this question:
Which countries, and which strategies, do you believe represents the biggest threat to American security in this decade? If you can, give examples from recent history (either from the course or from outside reading) and describe why they worry you. Is the U.S. well prepared for these challenges? What should the U.S. government do in response? What are your policy prescriptions? The report by Kathleen Hicks and coauthors might be one place to find ideas for the last question.
In addition to being well-structured and articulated, your essay should clearly identify what the threat is, give examples, and provide policy prescriptions for it to receive the highest possible grade.
Reading
https://theconversation.com/cyber-attacks-what-is-hybrid-warfare-and-why-is-it-such-a-threat-164091
https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR2942.html
Kath Hicks et al, By Other Means: Part II: Adapting to Compete in the Gray Zone, CSIS, 2019: https://csis-website-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-
Andy Greenberg, “How an entire nation became Russia’s Test Lab for Cyberwar,” Wired, 2016. https://www.wired.com/story/russian-hackers-attack-ukraine/
Jack Watson and William Loomis, “Crossing the Cyber Rubicon: Views from Both Sides of the river,” The Atlantic Council, 2019. https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/crossing-the-cyber-rubicon-views-from-both-sides-of-the-river/
“Cyber Power - Tier Three,” IISS, 2021 https://www.iiss.org/blogs/research-paper/2021/06/cyber-power---tier-three
· Dana Beth Weinburg and Jessica Dawson, “From Anti-Vaxxer Moms to Militia Men Influence Operations, Brookings 2021
