Emerson T. Brooking
Emerson T. Brooking is Director of Strategy and Resident Senior Fellow at the Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) of the Atlantic Council and is a widely cited expert in the fields of information conflict, disinformation, and technology policy. From 2022 to 2023, he took leave from the DFRLab to serve as Cyber Policy Advisor within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, where he was an author of the 2023 DoD Cyber Strategy. Brooking is the coauthor of "LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media" (2018) and has published work in Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, and the Atlantic, among others. He holds a BA in Political Science and Classical Studies from the University of Pennsylvania and is a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations.