Dr. Dave Venable
Focused on building resilience in democracies | Former U.S. intelligence officer | Chair, @ISRS.ngo | Board director & CISO | TheCipherBrief
- Forget Guerrillas and IEDs - The Next Asymmetric War Will Be Engineered
- The next asymmetric war isn’t guerrillas and IEDs - it’s engineered through AI, biotech, and code. @davevenable.com on synthetic asymmetry in @thecipherbrief.bsky.social www.thecipherbrief.com/asymmetric-war
- ISRS is thrilled to congratulate Admiral McRaven, commander of Joint Special Operations Command and U.S. Special Operations Command, for receiving the America's Future Series' Magelles Award last night! Well deserved. We were incredibly honored to be a part of it.
- NATO’s Eastern Sentry at a Glance A quick breakdown of how the alliance responded to Russia’s drone incursion in Poland: www.isrs.ngo/fpb/natos-re...
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- ISRS’s Mykola Volkivskyi will speak at the UN World Information Transfer on Global Geopolitics After the Alaska Summit. Open to the public via Zoom 27 August, 12:00 EST zoom.us Meeting ID: 881 7964 5785 Passcode: 240207
- 🇺🇦 Strength. Freedom. Resilience. Today we celebrate Ukraine’s Independence Day and honor the people who embody the unshakable spirit of liberty. ISRS stands with Ukraine, today and every day, as it defends sovereignty and builds a brighter, democratic future.
- The next great power contest isn’t over land or oil, it’s over AI. ISRS unpacks Trump’s AI Action Plan, Europe’s regulatory push, & global risks ahead. www.isrs.ngo/fpb/the-next...
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- AI is moving into military & diplomatic decision making. Studies show LLMs can escalate crises, even simulate nuclear first strikes. The risks are real. The time for safeguards is now. Read more: www.isrs.ngo/fpb/escalati...
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- Trump & Putin meet in Alaska without Ukraine at the table. ISRS maps 4 alternative futures, from a freeze-in-place armistice to renewed escalation, with fresh indicators to watch. Full FPB: www.isrs.ngo/fpb/trump-pu... #Ukraine #Geopolitics #ISRS #Diplomacy
- Why can’t China afford a Russian loss? Because if Moscow loses, the U.S. can pivot fully to Asia, and Taiwan moves to center stage. This isn’t neutrality. It’s strategy. www.isrs.ngo/fpb/why-chin...
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- The UK’s Online Safety Act was meant to protect users. But it may be doing the opposite. @mrr3b00t.bsky.social weighs in, urging policymakers to form a challenge advisory board of practitioners in cyber, intel, and privacy to prevent unintended consequences. www.isrs.ngo/fpb/how-the-...
- China is exporting more than fiber to Central Asia. They’re embedding digital control -- surveillance, telecom lock-in, and hidden backdoors. ISRS calls it digital soft-colonialism. Here’s what’s at stake → www.isrs.ngo/fpb/chinas-e...
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- 🧵 Russia’s drones aren’t just made in Russia. They’re powered by China. Engines. Electronics. Even HW‑T8‑80F pick‑and‑place machines building the circuit boards that guide kamikaze strikes on Ukraine. Let’s break down the hidden supply chain /1
- North Korea’s freelance IT operatives are infiltrating global companies. ISRS Advisory Council member @malwarejake.bsky.social warns: “If these ops are revenue-driven, you’re highly unlikely to detect DPRK actors through technical means alone.” Read more: www.isrs.ngo/fpb/north-ko...
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- In case you haven't seen my resources on #patreon - here is Dr. Emma L. Briant's #Propaganda Bibliography for your reading pleasure... www.patreon.com/posts/dr-emm...
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- Everyone look at my beautiful dog
- The ICC doesn't really even have the option to run email securely on-prem with Exchange anymore as MSFT phases it out. I just read this article from @davevenable.com on diversifying your dependencies and it sure feels relevant to the ICC right now: www.thecipherbrief.com/cyber-critic...
- Huge implications from this: Microsoft cut off the email of the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, because of his work on Israel www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/t...
- New from ISRS Chair @davevenable.com for @thecipherbrief.bsky.social The next war won’t target cities, it will target chokepoints. Critical infrastructure is now the frontline of strategic disruption. Read why resilience is the new deterrence: 🔗 www.thecipherbrief.com/cyber-critic...
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- Here's what you need to understand about the Israel-Iran Escalation: www.isrs.ngo/fpb/flashpoi...
- 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗰 -- 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗺𝗶𝗰? Ukraine’s recent drone strike campaign revealed more than military capability, it exposed a strategic shift in how war is planned, fought, and won. New Flashpoint Briefing: www.isrs.ngo/fpb/flashpoi...
- Ukraine’s Operation Spiderweb does not mark the dawn of a new age in warfare—it is simply the latest adaptation of an enduring tactical approach.
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