Elias Groll

Elias Groll was an assistant editor and staff writer at Foreign Policy from 2013-2019.
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U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump arrive to speak to members of the U.S. military during an unannounced trip to Al Asad Air Base in Iraq on December 26, 2018. (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump arrive to speak to members of the U.S. military during an unannounced trip to Al Asad Air Base in Iraq on December 26, 2018. (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

Security Brief: Trump Wants to Keep an Eye on Iran From Iraq; Bolton’s Arms Treaty Kill List

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Lara Seligman, Elias Groll
Freshly printed copies of the San Francisco Chronicle run through the printing press at one of the Chronicle's printing facilities in San Francisco on Sept. 20, 2007. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Freshly printed copies of the San Francisco Chronicle run through the printing press at one of the Chronicle's printing facilities in San Francisco on Sept. 20, 2007. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

You Can Hack This Headline for $200

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Elias Groll
A cleaner in front of a store selling Huawei products in Beijing on Jan. 29. (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)
A cleaner in front of a store selling Huawei products in Beijing on Jan. 29. (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

Who Benefits From the U.S. Crackdown on Huawei?

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Elias Groll
A man looks at the computer screen with the page of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Twitter in Moscow on August 14, 2014. (Yuri Kadobnov/AFP/Getty Images)
A man looks at the computer screen with the page of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on Twitter in Moscow on August 14, 2014. (Yuri Kadobnov/AFP/Getty Images)

Hackers Turn the Tables on Russia

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Amy Mackinnon, Elias Groll
Former US ambassador to Afghanistan and Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad gives a press conference at Serena Hotel in Kabul on October 14, 2009. A spokesperson confirmed Khalilzad had met with both incumbent president Hamid Karzai and main rival Abdullah Abdullah who are waiting for the results of fraud allegation-tainted elections held August 20. AFP PHOTO/Massoud HOSSAINI (Photo credit should read MASSOUD HOSSAINI/AFP/Getty Images)
Former US ambassador to Afghanistan and Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad gives a press conference at Serena Hotel in Kabul on October 14, 2009. A spokesperson confirmed Khalilzad had met with both incumbent president Hamid Karzai and main rival Abdullah Abdullah who are waiting for the results of fraud allegation-tainted elections held August 20. AFP PHOTO/Massoud HOSSAINI (Photo credit should read MASSOUD HOSSAINI/AFP/Getty Images)

Security Brief: Afghan Peace Talks Take Step Forward; The 5G Race With China

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Lara Seligman, Elias Groll
The U.S. State Department in Washington.
The U.S. State Department in Washington.

New Bill Seeks to Energize American Cyberdiplomacy

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Elias Groll, Robbie Gramer
An employee works on a laptop at BuzzFeed headquarters, December 11, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
An employee works on a laptop at BuzzFeed headquarters, December 11, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Security Brief: The Mueller Scoop That Wasn’t; McGurk Speaks Out

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Lara Seligman, Elias Groll
A billboard advertising Apple's iPhone security is displayed during the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Jan. 7. (David Becker/Getty Images)
A billboard advertising Apple's iPhone security is displayed during the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Jan. 7. (David Becker/Getty Images)

Surveillance Is a Tech Problem, but It Requires a Policy Solution

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Elias Groll
Network cables are seen going into a server in an office building following a cyberattack that affected dozens of countries in Washington, D.C., on May 13, 2017. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images)
Network cables are seen going into a server in an office building following a cyberattack that affected dozens of countries in Washington, D.C., on May 13, 2017. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images)

Can State’s New Cyber Bureau Hack It?

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Robbie Gramer, Elias Groll
Chinese police officers watch a cargo ship at a port in Qingdao in China’s eastern Shandong province on March 8, 2018. (AFP/Getty Images)
Chinese police officers watch a cargo ship at a port in Qingdao in China’s eastern Shandong province on March 8, 2018. (AFP/Getty Images)

As West Grows Wary, Chinese Investment Plummets

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Keith Johnson, Elias Groll
House Intelligence Committee ranking member Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) stands next to a photograph of President Donald Trump and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol May 17, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
House Intelligence Committee ranking member Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) stands next to a photograph of President Donald Trump and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol May 17, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Security Brief: Trump, Russia Bombshells Shake Washington; Prepping for War with Iran

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Elias Groll, Lara Seligman
Mexican drug trafficker Joaquín Guzmán Loera is escorted by marines as he is presented to the press on February 22, 2014, in Mexico City. (Alfredo Estrella/AFP/Getty Images)
Mexican drug trafficker Joaquín Guzmán Loera is escorted by marines as he is presented to the press on February 22, 2014, in Mexico City. (Alfredo Estrella/AFP/Getty Images)

Spy vs. Spy, El Chapo Edition

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Elias Groll
A picture taken on November 8, 2016 shows Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya speaking during an interview in Moscow. (Yury Martyanov/AFP/Getty Images)
A picture taken on November 8, 2016 shows Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya speaking during an interview in Moscow. (Yury Martyanov/AFP/Getty Images)

New Charges Against Russian Lawyer Who Met Trump Jr. Reveal Her Ties to Kremlin

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Elias Groll, Amy Mackinnon
Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis arrives for a closed intelligence briefing at the U.S. Capitol with members of the House of Representatives on December 13, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis arrives for a closed intelligence briefing at the U.S. Capitol with members of the House of Representatives on December 13, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Security Brief: Pentagon Exodus Continues After Mattis’s Departure

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Lara Seligman, Elias Groll
Donald Trump speaks during the presidential debate in Hempstead, New York, on Sept. 26, 2016. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Donald Trump speaks during the presidential debate in Hempstead, New York, on Sept. 26, 2016. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Why Isn’t Trump Talking About the American Jailed in Russia?

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Elias Groll, Amy Mackinnon
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