Professional Research Engagement and Opinion Articles
2019- 2022 Cato Institute - Senior Fellow 
2018- 2019  Atlantic Council - Nonresident Senior Fellow 
2014-  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)

Cyberspace Solarium Commission 
Solarium Report (co-author) 
Persistent Engagement/Defend Forward Reading List (Unofficial) 

Public Articles
Valeriano, Brandon. 2023. “Technology and the End of the Russia-Ukrainian War.” The National Interest. October 18, 2023. 

Jacobsen, Jeppe and Brandon Valeriano. 2023. “The false promise of cyber conventions: Why the West is losing and what to do about it.” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. September 15, 2023.

Valeriano, Brandon and Jose Macias. 2023. “The Digital Storm? The Modest Impact of Cyber Conflict.” The National Interest. August 8, 2023.

Valeriano, Brandon and Jose Macias. 2023. “What are the Future Implications of Russia-Ukraine Cyber Conflict for East Asia.” The Diplomat. August 1, 2023

Valeriano, Brandon and Aleydis Nissen. 2022. “The Dark Side of K-Pop” The Diplomat. December 6, 2022. 

Valeriano, Brandon and Aleydis Nissen. 2022. “BTS Enlists: What’s Next for the Hallyu Wave?” The Diplomat. October 17, 2022. 

Maness, Ryan C. Brandon Valeriano, Kathryn Hedgecock, Jose M. Macias, and Benjamin Jensen. 2022. “Tracking Competition in Cyberspace: Announcing the Dyadic Cyber Incident Dataset Version 2.0.” October 14, 2022. Modern War Institute.       

Valeriano, Brandon. 2022. “Does the United States Need a Cyber Force?” August 26, 2022. The National Interest. 

Valeriano, Brandon. 2022. “Why Can’t Cyber Scholars Move Beyond the Basics?” August 7, 2022. The National Interest. 

Valeriano, Brandon and Juan Nieto. 2022. “What ‘Zhong Sheng’ Says About China’s perceptions of the Ukraine Conflict. The Diplomat. 

Valeriano, Brandon. 2022. The Global Influence of K-pop: BTS at the White House. June 2, 2022. The Diplomat. 

Valeriano, Brandon. 2022. “War is Still War: Don’t Listen to the Cult of Cyber” May 31, 2022. The National Interest. 

Reprinted in El Cato, Spanish
 
Valeriano, Brandon. 2022. “Russia’s Saber-Rattling Still Warrants American Restraint.” May 18, 2022. The National Interest. 

Valeriano, Brandon. 2022. “China takes the high ground on Covid-19 – but falls short.” May 6, 2022. The Hill. 

Valeriano, Brandon. 2022. “Will BTS Join the Real Army?” May 3, 2022. The Diplomat. 

Valeriano, Brandon. 2022. “How Cyber Restraint Makes US All Safer.” The National Interest. May 2, 2022. 

Valeriano, Brandon and Jose Macias. 2022. “Paper Tigers: Proxy Actors Are the True Cyber Threats.” National Interest. 4/13/2022.  

Valeriano, Brandon. 2022. “Call for a Cyber ‘No-Fly Zone’ Are Reckless and Unrealistic.” National Interest. 3/25/2022. 

Lonergan, Erica D. and Brandon Valeriano. 2022. “What Ukraine Shows About Cyber Defense and Partnerships.” National Interest. 3/17/2022.

Valeriano, Brandon and Benjamin Jensen. 2022. “A Russian Cyber War in Ukraine Was a Fantasy.” National Interest. 3/8/2022.
 
Lonergan, Erica D. Shawn W. Lonergan, Brandon Valeriano, and Benjamin Jensen. 2022. “Putin’s invasion of Ukraine didn’t rely on cyber warfare. Here’s why.” Washington Post/Monkey Cage. 3/7/2022

Featured in “Ukrainian Cyberwar That Wasn’t”, New York Times Opinion. 3/11/2022.

Baurzhan Rakhmetov and Brandon Valeriano. 2022. “The Consequences of Internet Shutdowns in Kazakhstan.” CFR- Net Politics. 2/24/2022. 

Valeriano, Brandon and Aleydis Nissen. 2022. “This is South Korea’s K-pop Soft Power Moment.” The Diplomat. 2/16/2022.
Featured on Korea.net (Korean Ministry of Culture), “Hallyu trumps missiles in power, can replace confrontational politics” 2//21/22

Valeriano, Brandon. 2022. “#Reviewing Sid Meier’s! Lessons in Game Design: Civilization and Wargames.” Strategy Bridge. 1/11/2022.
 
Cohen, Jordan, Eric Gomez, and Brandon Valeriano. 2022. “Spending Toward Strategic Overreach; The Pathologies of the Next Military Budget.” Inkstick Media. 1/3/2022
 
Valeriano, Brandon. 2021. “The World Stopped on 9/11, but did it Really Change Anything?” National Interest. 10/22/21
 
Borghard, Erica, Mark Montgomery, and Brandon Valeriano. 2021. The Challenge of Educating the Military on Cyber Strategy. War on the Rocks. 6/25/2021
 
Valeriano, Bandon and Eric Gomez. 2021. “Foreign Policy Restraint: A Bold Idea for Biden’s First 100 Days.” The American Conservative. 1/29/2021 

Valeriano, Brandon. 2020. “Assessing President Trump’s Legacy of Cyber Confusion.” CFR – Net Politics. 12/21/2020.

Jensen, Benjamin, Brandon Valeriano, and Mark Montgomery. 2020. The Strategic Implications of SolarWinds.” Lawfare. 12/18/2020.
 
Lawson, Sean and Brandon Valeriano 2020. “The Russian Cyber Pearl Harbor that Wasn’t”. The American Conservative. 12/18/2020.
Rerun on RealClear Policy: 
 
Valeriano, Brandon and Eric Gomez. 2020. A Biden Foreign Policy: Restraint By Circumstance, Not Design.” The American Conservative. 11/14/2020.
 
Rakhmetov, Baurzhan and Brandon Valeriano. 2020. “Widening the Aperture on the Study of Internet Control.” Net Politics/Council of Foreign Relations. 11/12/2020
 
Valeriano, Brandon and Eric Gomez. 2020. “The Navy’s Plan for 530 Ships Is All Washed Up.” The American Conservative. 9/30/2020. 

Sandler, Lauren, Brandon Valeriano, and Eric Gomez. 2020. “OCO Must Go” DefenseOne, 7/22/2020.
 
Brandon Valeriano and Miquel Gomez. 2020. “The Failure of Academic Progress in Cybersecurity” Net Politics/Council of Foreign Relations. 7/20/2020
 
Brandon Valeriano. 2020. “The Need for Diversity in Wargaming.” Paxisms. 7/2/2010 

Brandon Valeriano, Lauren Sander, and Eric Gomez. 2020. “The Senate’s Defense Authorization Bill Ignores Our New Reality.” 6/17/2020. DefenseOne. 

Brandon Valeriano and Eric Gomez. 2020. “Rethinking a modern military during a pandemic.” 6/4/2020. The Hill. 

Brandon Valeriano. 2020. “Cost Imposition is the Point: Understanding U.S. Cyber Operations and the Strategy Behind Achieving Effects.” 3/27/2020. Lawfare.
 
Brandon Valeriano. 2020. “Measuring Strategic Success in Cyber Operations.” 3/26/2020. Lawfare.

Brandon Valeriano and Benjamin Jensen. 2019. “How cyber operations can help mange crisis escalation with Iran.” 6/25/2019. Washington Post/Monkey Cage.
 
Benjamin Jensen and Brandon Valeriano. 2019. “U.S. Military Steps up Cyberwarfare Effort.” The Conservation. 3/12/2019. Reprinted in: Rawstory, San Francisco Chronicle, Navy Times, IBT, Real Clear Defense
 
Brandon Valeriano and Benjamin Jensen. “No Matter What Trump Says, Russia is unique in trying to hack other countries’ democracy.” Washington Post/Monkey Cage. 7/17/2018

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

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

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