Defending the Future

This nonfiction work looks at cybersecurity through the lens of geopolitics, in a world reshaped by the war in Ukraine. It examines how cyber defense, security cooperation and global stability meet in the tense period that followed that conflict.

The book traces U.S. cyberspace security cooperation and the development of international cyber capacity building. It explores the intentions behind them, the growing perception of rising tensions, and the expanding capacity for cyber warfare in a digitally connected world. Drawing on past events and looking ahead, it analyzes the complexities of conflict in cyberspace and sets out how to craft strong strategies and cooperative security pacts and alliances.

It is written for the United States, its allies and partners, governments and organizations, and aims to give them the knowledge and tools to secure a shared digital future. Policymakers, foreign service and desk officers, cybersecurity practitioners and anyone interested in how geopolitics, global security and technology interact will find it relevant. Its central argument is that collaborative cyber defense and integrated deterrence are the keys to protecting democracy in the U.S. and beyond.