Garrett Graff is director of cyber initiatives at the Aspen Institute, where he helped found the cybersecurity and technology program. A journalist and historian, he’s a Washington Post columnist writing on leadership and host of an award-winning history podcast, “Long Shadow.” Graff was previously the editor of Politico and Washingtonian magazines and taught at Georgetown University. A longtime contributor to WIRED and CNN, he has written for publications like Esquire, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair and Foreign Affairs, covering politics, technology, and national security. He has authored six books, including “UFO: The Inside Story of the US Government's Search for Alien Life Here ― and Out There,” “When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day” and “Watergate: A New History,” which was a finalist for the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in History.
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For as long as humans have looked at the skies, we’ve speculated about whether there is life in space. Scientists, the U.S. military and the CIA have all searched for proof of...
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The China-US relationship appears to have arrived this year at two inter-related flashpoints, on trade and technology, as President Trump’s administration enters a trade war t...
If you assume things have quieted down on the US-Mexico border, think again. The chaos and questions that have plagued the region for decades are reaching fever pitch while te...
Robert Mueller's final report left almost as many open questions as there were before he began his probe. At the same time, others argue that the president has been cleared, i...
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