Notes from the Frontier

Exploring new frontiers at the intersection of national security and entrepreneurship.

Thanks for joining us for our latest edition of “Notes from the Frontier.” We hope to keep you in the loop on new ventures we are pursuing, highlight our partnerships, and shine a light on the unique and important impact our clients are having at the intersection of national security and entrepreneurship. Each week, we will be rounding up our top social media content and sharing with you what we are reading. 

We hope to inspire you to explore new frontiers and visualize the future of American innovation and discovery.

Week of Monday, July 19th:

In this piece, Director of the Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies at the Heritage Foundation, Luke Coffey, explains how Georgia can continue to contribute to regional and global security. Read his analysis here:

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“Georgians are always looking for new ways to contribute to transatlantic security, & the U.S. & Georgia have a strong track record serving alongside each other.” @LukeDCoffey lays out 5 ways Georgia can keep contributing to regional & global security:

defenseone.comWhat the Afghanistan Withdrawal Means for Georgia’s NATO DreamsThe Caucasian nation is losing one of its best ways to demonstrate that it belongs in the Western alliance.

This week, as part of their empowerME Initiative, the Atlantic Council brought together female entrepreneurs and business leaders from the U.S. and Saudi Arabia to share expertise and build partnerships. Catch their workshop here:

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The @AtlanticCouncil hosted a workshop focused on bringing “US entrepreneurs, experts, and business leaders together with their Saudi counterparts to build relationships, share knowledge, and develop partnership opportunities.” Check out their work here:

atlanticcouncil.orgWomen in Venture Capital: “We don’t need to fix women—we need to fix the system,” says Middle East investment executiveOn July 14, 2021 the Atlantic Council’s empowerME Initiative held a workshop featuring a keynote fireside chat with Lazard Gulf Limited CEO Farah Foustok. Read the key takeaways.

In the news this week, the U.S. placed blame for widespread Microsoft hacking on Chinese spies. Catch the story here:

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News: U.S. says Chinese spies were behind Microsoft hacking that hit tens of thousands of American companies. Read more about it here:

thedailybeast.comChinese Spies Were Behind Massive Hack on Microsoft: U.S.The Biden administration says China’s civilian intelligence service is responsible for a sweeping hacking campaign that targeted American companies this year.

What We Are Reading, we dug into this piece from “Foreign Affairs” that breaks down how crowdsourcing is the future of intelligence collection. Read Hoover Institute Senior Fellow Amy Zegart’s in-depth analysis here:

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Crowdsourcing intelligence is the new frontier in national security. @AmyZegart unpacks the pros and cons of partnering with the private sector to collect intelligence:

foreignaffairs.comSpies Like UsTechnology is enabling nonstate actors to collect and analyze intelligence—sometimes more easily, more quickly, and better than governments.

A second piece we highlighted explained how the need for economic security is fueling the re-strengthening of America’s alliance with Japan. Read here:

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The need for economic security is reviving the United States’ military alliance with Japan. Read more about it here:

foreignaffairs.comJapan Is Indispensable AgainThe need for economic security is reviving Washington’s alliance with Tokyo.

Quote of the Week: 

Getting in the Olympic Spirit

“Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us. “

- Wilma Rudolph, American sprinter, and three-time gold medalist

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