So, You Want to Do Something About Russian Election Interference?

Article/Op-Ed in Just Security
Sept. 25, 2018

Joshua Geltzer wrote a piece for Just Security about how to address Russian election interference.

Earlier this month, the Trump administration rolled out what it claimed was its most serious effort yet to prevent the type of Russian election interference the United States suffered from in 2016 and is undergoing again as the 2018 midterms approach. National Security Advisor John Bolton heralded the new executive orderas “demonstrat[ing] the President has taken command of this issue, that it’s something that he cares deeply about.”
If this White House were actually serious about tackling this threat to our democracynot just trying to forestall tougher congressional action through discretionary executive authority for sanctions or attempting to give the appearance that it is doing something on this front—what would it do?