Professional Research Engagement and Opinion Articles
2018- Current Atlantic Council - Senior Fellow
2014- Current Administrator and Blogger for RelationsInternational
2013-2014 Blogger for Duck of Minerva
Evidence/Testimony Statements
UK Parliament, Joint Committee on National Security Strategy, “Cyber Security: UK National Security in a Digital World”, 3/27/2017
Parliament Channel link
Evidence statement
United States Senate, Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, Cyber Threat Landscape Hearing, 5/10/2017
Hearing video
Evidence Statement
Public Talks
Enigma 2018 (slides, video)
Niskanen Center Senior Fellow
The Frontlines of Cyber Repression: Repressing the Message and Messenger w Allison Pytlak 12/29/2017
The Frontlines of Cyber Repression: The Venezuelan Digital Caudillo. w Allison Pytlak 9/14/2017
The Frontlines of Cyber Repression: Thailand the Crop Top King. (w/ Allison Pytlak) 8/4/2017
Managing the Risk of Cyber Security: The Trump Administration's Executive Order on Cyber Security. (w/ Ryan Hagemann) 5/16/2017
The Fall of Cyber Liberalism and the Promise of Cyber Activism. (w/ Allison Pytlak and Ryan Hagemann) 1/10/2017
Public Articles
Brandon Valeriano. “Reasoning by Analogy in Cyberspace; Deadly Balloons and Avoiding Digital Doom.” Council of Foreign Relations/Net Politics. 12/18/2017.
Ryan Maness, Brandon Valeriano, and Benjamin Jensen. “North Korea’s Offensive Cyber Program Might be Good but is it Effective?” Council of Foreign Relations/Net Politics. 10/25/2017.
Valeriano, Brandon, Benjamin Jensen and Ryan Maness. “Cyberwarfare has Taken a New Turn. Yes, It’s Time to Worry.” Washington Post/Monkey Cage. 7/13/2017.
Miguel Gomez and Brandon Valeriano. “Frustrated with Philippines, Vietnam Resorts to Cyber Espionage.” Council of Foreign Relations/Net Politics. 6/9/2017
Brandon Valeriano. “Is Russia America’s Enemy?” Real Clear World (Politics), 3/28/2017
Brandon Valeriano and Benjamin Jensen. “From Arms and Influence to Data and Manipulation: What Thomas Schelling Can Tell us about Cyber Coercion.” Lawfare, 3/16/2017
Brandon Valeriano. “WikiLeaks Strikes Again. Here are Four Big Questions about Vault 7.” Monkey Cage/Washington Post, 3/8/2017
Brandon Valeriano, Allison Pytlak, and Ryan Hagemann. “The Fall of Cyber Liberalism and the Promise of Cyber Activism.” Niskanen Center. 1/11/2016.
Brandon Valeriano, Ryan Maness, and Benjamin Jensen. “Five Things We Can Learn from the Russian Hacking Scandal.” Monkey Cage/Washington Post, 1/9/2017
Tony JS Craig and Brandon Valeriano. “How to think about a state’s cyber capabilities.” Council of Foreign Relations – Net Politics, 12/19/2016
Ryan Maness and Brandon Valeriano. "Did Russian Hackers Elect the US President? Don’t Believe the Hype.” Monkey Cage/Washington Post, 11/24/2016
Valeriano, Brandon. “The DNC email hack didn’t tell us much. Here’s why cyber attacks have limited punch.” Monkey Cage/Washington Post, 7/27/2016
Valeriano, Brandon, Heather Roff, and Sean Lawson. “Dropping the Cyber Bomb? Spectacular Claims and Unremarkable Effects” Council of Foreign Relations – Net Politics, 5/24/2016
Reprint in Defenseone, 5/25/2016
Valeriano, Brandon and Philip Habel. “Which Country is the Most Frequent Enemy in Video Games?” Monkey Cage/Washington Post, 4/21/2016
Valeriano, Brandon and Allison Pytlak, “Closing up the Internet: The Rise of Cyber Repression?” Council of Foreign Relations - Net Politics, 1/13/2016,
Reprint in Defenseone, 1/14/2016
Quartz, 1/14/2016
Maness, Ryan and Brandon Valeriano “Diplomacy, not sanctions, are needed to tackle state espionage” The Conversation, 9/14/2015
Valeriano, Brandon and Ryan Maness “The 10 Things You Need to Know About Cyber Conflict” Washington Post/Monkey Cage, 9/12/2015
Valeriano, Brandon and Ryan Maness. “Avoiding Escalation in Cyberspace” Council of Foreign Relations – Net Politics, 8/4/2015
Reprinted in Defense One, 8/4/2015
Reprinted in “The Paper”, China, 8/6/2015
Valeriano, Brandon and Ryan Maness. “Strong Medicine or Weak Placebo: The Debate Over Putin’s Foreign Policies.” Political Violence @ Glance. 7/23/2015.
Valeriano, Brandon. “Yes, Ukraine is still in crisis, would becoming a buffer help?” Monkey Cage/Washington Post. 7/13/2015.
Valeriano, Brandon. “Stop Worrying About Cyber Pearl Harbor and Start Collecting Data.” OUP Blog. 7/8/2015
Valeriano, Brandon and Stephan Coulthart. “Espionage in the Digital Era: Lessons from the OPM Hack.” Council of Foreign Relations – Net Politics, 7/7/2015
Reprinted in Defense One, 7/7/2015
Early, Bryan, Brandon Valeriano, and Ryan C. Maness. “Sticking with Sanctions Means We are Stuck with the Status Quo in Ukraine.” Political Violence @ Glance, 6/29/2015
Valeriano, Brandon. “The Real Fog of Cyberwar: Operational Cyber Planning.” War on the Rocks, 6/17/2015
Valeriano, Brandon and Ryan Maness. “Russia’s Strategy Has Weakened Russia” Brookings Institute, 6/11/2015
Reprinted in Business Insider, 6/11/2015
Valeriano, Brandon. “To avoid militarizing the internet, cyberspace needs written rules agreed by all.” The Conversation, 6/3/2015
Reprinted in Business Insider, 6/4/2015
Valeriano, Brandon and Ryan C. Maness. 2015. “Coming Cyberpeace.” Foreign Affairs, Snapshot (5/15/2015). (PDF)
Valeriano, Brandon. “Cyber Won’t Protect Us: The Need to Stand Behind the Iranian Nuclear Framework Agreement.” OUPblog (Oxford University Press), 5/5/2015.
Valeriano, Brandon and Ryan C. Maness. 2015. “Paper Tiger Putin.” Foreign Affairs. Snapshot (4/31/2015). (PDF)
Valeriano, Brandon and Ryan Maness. “Russia – perhaps more restrained and less powerful than you think.” Washington Post/Monkey Cage. 3/31/2015.
Valeriano, Brandon. “Despite What the Cyber Skeptics Say, North Korea is Behind is Behind the Sony Hack” 12/23/2014. Slate.
Valeriano, Brandon. “Obama: Sony Made a Mistake.” 12/21/2014. Herald Scotland. (Opinion Editorial on Sony Hack)
Valeriano, Brandon. “Five Questions (and Answers) About North Korea and the Sony Hack” Washington Post/Monkey Cage. 12/14/2014.
Habel, Phillip and Brandon Valeriano, “Who are our Virtual Enemies in the World of Gaming” The Scotsman 6.11.2014
Valeriano, Brandon and Antony Craig, “The Scottish Foreign Policy Context: Investigating Possible Divergent Preferences” Scottish Global Forum. 6/24/2014
Valeriano, Brandon. “Why are there so few Latinos on the U.S. National Team?” Washington Post/Monkey Cage. 6/14/2014.
Valeriano, Brandon and Ryan Maness. “The Scottish Threat Environment: Insecurity, Fears, and Independence” Scotland Global Forum, Independent Think Tank Report.
Valeriano, Brandon and Ryan Maness “What Should You Read on Cyber Security.” 8.1.2013.
Valeriano, Brandon. “Agenda: Dangers in Cyberspace” Scottish Heard, 7.27.2013,
Valeriano, Brandon. “The Cyber House Rules: Justice and Ethics in the Fifth Domain” The Conversation, 7/26/2013
Maness, Ryan and Brandon Valeriano. “Cyber Events Data and Foreign Policy Reactions.” Duck of Minerva, 7/24/2013.
Travlos, Konstantinos and Brandon Valeriano. “The US-Iraq Conflict: A War of Rivalry” Duck of Minerva, 3/26/2013,
Valeriano, Brandon and Ryan Maness. “Perceptions of the Cyber Threat” Duck of Minerva, 1/30/2013,
Valeriano, Brandon and Ryan Maness. 2012. “The Fog of Cyberwar: Why the Threat Does not Live up to the Hype” Foreign Affairs. (11.21.2012) Snapspot (PDF)
Supplement Infographic (12/14/2012):
Valeriano, Brandon. “Cyberwar and Skyfall: Bond Enters the Digital Age” Duck of Minerva, 11.10.2012,
Valeriano, Brandon. “Swings and Roundabouts: How a Divided Nation Voted” Independent, 11.8.2012,
Valeriano, Brandon. “Foreign Policy Views and the Latino Public during the 2012 Election” Latino Decisions, 10.2.2012,
Valeriano, Brandon. “Cyber Hype: Flame, Stuxnet, and Boeing 787’s Falling from the Sky.” Atlantic Council: New Atlanticist, Policy and Analysis Blog, 8.7.2012,
Valeriano, Brandon. “Mind the Cyber Gap.” Atlantic Council: New Atlanticist, Policy and Analysis Blog, 7.11.2012
Media/Video/Audio Appearances
KCPW Radio Hour of talk at University of Utah, Hinkely Institute. "Cyber Victory", 2016
Lessons Learned about Cyber Conflict, CyCon 7, 2016
Lenart Meri Conference, Cyber Security and Foreign Affairs, President's Panel, 2013
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