Policy Uncorked: October 12, 2022

Policy Uncorked is a new initiative by Silverado Policy Accelerator to provide an overview of the current week in policy news that cuts across our core pillars of cybersecurity, trade and industrial security, geopolitics, and Eco²Sec, or the intersection of ecological and economic security. Below is a list of the recent and near-term items from Washington and the greater policy ecosystem that are informing Silverado’s work. You will also find a round-up of the latest news and upcoming events from Silverado’s team.

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Silverado News

ECO²SEC: Silverado’s Co-Founder and Executive Chair Maureen Hinman spoke at the Cipher Brief’s Threat Conference about the national security implications of climate change.

CYBER: Silverado’s Co-Founder and Executive Chair Dmitri Alperovitch led a war game exercise at Cipher Brief’s Threat Conference to explore potential cyber responses to a Chinese invasion of Taiwan.

TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL SECURITY: Silverado spoke with Asia Society Policy Institute Vice President and Silverado Strategic Council Member Wendy Cutler about ASPI’s new “Building Trade Ties with ASEAN’s Emerging Female Leaders” program, supported by Silverado Policy Accelerator.

GEOPOLITICS: On a new episode of “Geopolitics Decanted,” Dmitri spoke with Michael Kofman about the Kerch bridge attack, the prospects of Putin using nuclear weapons, and where the war is headed in 2023.

CYBER: The National Security Institute at George Mason University named Marc Raimondi, chief of staff to Silverado’s executive chairman, a Visiting Fellow.

Strategic Council Happenings:

• Eliot Cohen unpacked the strategic and symbolic implications of the attack on the Kerch Strait Bridge in a piece for The Atlantic.
• Wendy Cutler was quoted in POLITICO discussing the negotiating terms for the upcoming meets of the Indo-Pacific Economic Partnership (IPEF).
• Mark Galeotti wrote about Russian General Sergei Surovikin for The Spectator.
• Ivo Daalder sat for a Q&A with Bloomberg about how the war in Ukraine has changed Americans’ attitudes toward foreign policy.

Upcoming Silverado Events & Engagements:

• Silverado’s Co-Founder and Executive Chairman Dmitri Alperovitch will join Axios for a live conversation, “Guarding Against and Responding to Cyberattacks,” on Thursday, October 13, 2022 from 5:30pm to 8:00pm ET. Register now.
• Silverado’s Executive Director Sarah Stewart will be moderating a virtual discussion, “The Role of Services and Digital Trade in Promoting Sustainability,” at the Coalition of Services Industries’ (CSI) Global Services Summit on Thursday.
• Silverado’s Co-Founder and Executive Chair Maureen Hinman will moderate a panel on practical trade solutions to facilitate Circular Economy as part of the World Trade Organization’s “Trade and Environment Week,” which begins next week in Geneva. The panel will also include remarks from United States Ambassador María Pagán and Chilean Ambassador Sofia Boza.
• Also as part of the WTO’s Trade and Environment Week, Silverado and the WTO are co-hosting a reception to toast the future of sustainability and trade at the WTO and to inaugurate climate-inspired artwork by Iris Leroye, Susan Israel, SAYPE, Aik Hoe Lim and Sarah Glenville.

Here’s what’s catching our eye:

KEY ADMINISTRATION ACTIONS:

The White House:

• FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Delivers On Strengthening America’s Cybersecurity
• Statement by President Biden on Russia’s Missile Strikes
• FACT SHEET: The United States’ National Strategy for the Arctic Region
• Remarks by President Biden on the CHIPS and Science Act at IBM Poughkeepsie
• What They Are Reading in the States: Syracuse Post Standard: Biden: Micron’s computer chip deal in Syracuse area ‘another win for America’

Department of Commerce:

Commerce Implements New Export Controls on Advanced Computing and Semiconductor Manufacturing Items to the People’s Republic of China

Department of Defense:

• DOD Releases List of People’s Republic of China Military Companies in Accordance with Section 1260H of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021

Department of Treasury:

• Treasury Announces $1 Billion Loan for Clean Technology Fund, Advancing U.S. Climate Commitments and Just Energy Transition Partnerships

Department of Homeland Security:

• Department of Homeland Security Kicks Off Cybersecurity Awareness Month

Department of State:

• Statement: U.S. Support for Ukraine in the Face of Russian Strikes

KEY CONGRESSIONAL ACTION

U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission:

• October 2022 China Economics and Trade Bulletin
• Summary: Chinese Companies Listed on Major U.S. Stock Exchanges

Other Events to Watch This Week…

Center for a New American Security

• “Special Event: A Conversation with National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan,” (Wednesday, October 12 p.m. — 2 p.m. ET)
• “Virtual Event: Climate Security,” (Thursday, October 13, 2 p.m. ET)
• “Virtual Event: Renewing American Industrial Policy,” (Monday, October 17, 2022 — (9:30 a.m. — 10:30 a.m. ET)

The Washington Post

• “Securing Cyberspace,” (Thursday, October 13, 2022, 9:00 a.m. ET)

The National Security Institute

• “Crypto and National Security: Finding Solutions to Illicit Finance Challenges,” (Thursday, October 13, 1:00 p.m. — 2:00 p.m. ET)

Center for Strategic and International Studies

• “Chinese Imports and American Jobs: A Reassessment,” (Friday, October 14, 2022 11:00 a.m. — 12:15 p.m. ET)
• “A Conversation with Former U.S. Trade Representatives,” (Monday, October 17, 2022, 3:30 p.m. — 5:00 p.m. ET)