About: William Holstein

The New York Times front-paged an article on Saturday which means it won’t receive as much attention as it would during the week. It was headlined “TikTok Videos Show Despair Over Economy” and here is the electronic version, which had a stronger headline: “Want to Know What’s Bedeviling Biden? TikTok Economics May Hold Clues.” The […]…

Here’s the full newsletter: https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/china-watcher/biden-calls-xi-a-dictator-again/ Here’s just the piece about Battlefield Cyber: ONE BOOK, THREE QUESTIONS JPrzemyslaw Klos/EyeEm/iStock/Getty Images Plus and Peter Dazeley/iStock/Getty Images and Enterline Design Services. The Book: Battlefield Cyber: How China and Russia are Undermining our Democracy and National Security  The Authors: Michael G. McLaughlin is co-chair of the Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Practice Group at […]…

It was perhaps our best discussion so far. There are a variety of ways to see the podcast. One is on Apple TV: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/disruptv-episode-341-thomas-kurian-bill-holstein-michael/id1237334663?i=1000633628538 It’s also on Spotify and Google Podcasts…

Institute for Cyber Law, Policy, and Security Pitt Cyber Event Summary: Pitt Cyber Hosts the authors of “Battlefield Cyber: How China and Russia are Undermining Our Democracy and National Security”   On October 18, Pitt Cyber, in partnership with Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, hosted a panel discussion that delved into the pressing issue of cybersecurity […]…

The editorial pages of the New York Times, as opposed to the news pages, have been remarkably uninformed and downright naive about China. They have published a column by Bret Stephens arguing that the United States should be more “magnanimous” toward poor China and an op ed by an opera singer talking about how we […]…