Join the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) for a discussion with the Defending Democratic Institutions (DDI) project, in collaboration with the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Law and National Security, on the launch of their newest report: "Beyond the Ballot: How the Kremlin Works to Undermine the U.S. Justice System." This report explores the ways in which Russia has used disinformation to weaken democracies, and will shine a light on how these attacks, and potentially attacks by others, uniquely threaten public trust in institutions of justice in the United States.
 
Following an introductory report presentation by DDI director Suzanne Spaulding, an expert panel will discuss the current threat landscape confronting democracies, including cyber and cyber-enabled disinformation operations that aim to undermine democratic institutions. A second panel will then discuss the implications of these threats, and will advance whole-of-nation recommendations for growing societal and system resilience against these threats. The program will conclude with a keynote address delivered by former Department of Homeland Security Secretary, Michael Chertoff.

Registration is required; information can be found on the event site.

Speakers:

Suzanne Spaulding, director, Defending Democratic Institutions Project

Michael Chertoff, former U.S. Secretary for Homeland Security

Sujit Raman, Associate Deputy Attorney General

Judge Jeremy Fogel, former U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of California

Ted McConnell, executive director, Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools

Harvey Rishikof, advisory board chairman, American Bar Association Standing Committee on Law and National Security

Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker, dean emerita, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law; former executive director, The State Bar of California

Lara Flint, director of the Governance Program, Democracy Fund

Jeffrey Minear, counselor to the Chief Justice of the United States