Richard A. Clarke

Richard A. Clarke, National Security Expert and Author

Richard A. Clarke, Andy Osment, Dick Clark

Former President's Counterterrorist Coordinator Dick Clark and co-authors analyze the realized threat landscape in their 2023 sequel *The Fifth Domain*, highlighting how the global NotPetya attack demonstrated that cyber operations intended for Ukraine can devastate U.S. infrastructure and the economy. Despite significant spending, the Defense Science Board and Government Accountability Office have identified critical vulnerabilities in the F-35 fighter jet and supply chains, while Russian information operations continue to exploit fragmented voting systems to suppress turnout ahead of the 2020 elections. Clark argues that stabilizing this critical instability requires sustained investment in defensive technologies like network segmentation and deception to outpace offensive capabilities and prevent accidental escalation into kinetic warfare.