Clementine Starling-Daniels

Security & defense. Europe. China. #NATO. UK | Director of Forward Defense @ACScowcroft @AtlanticCouncil | Wife to @OJDaniels | @LSEAlumni. Views my own.

[Clementine Starling-Daniels @CStarlingD]

My latest report is out today: "Stealth, Speed, & Adaptability: The Role of Special Operations Forces in #StrategicCompetition," written w/@alyxmarine. #SOF is well known for its role in the #GWOT, but it plays a key role today in competing w/ #China & #Russia. Check it out ↓

[Scowcroft Center @ACScowcroft]

🚀We are pleased to share a new report from @StarlingCG and @alyxmarine, which highlights the critical but often under-appreciated role Special Operations Forces (SOF) play in #integrateddeterrence. They underscore who the special operator is today and the invaluable role #SOF plays prior to crisis in shaping the strategic environment. Check out their recommendations for how to harness SOF’s strengths for #strategiccompetition. Thank you to @ASD_SOLIC for joining us for today’s report launch event! 🚀https://t.co/HG42ZjW3lP

[Scowcroft Center @ACScowcroft]

At #SOFWeek2025, @CStarlingD warned of “regions where the US has left a strategic vacuum.” Her report with @tluetkefend shows how SOF can counter gray zone threats and regain the initiative in competition with adversaries: https://t.co/MvrkiqQXto

@USSOCOM @globalsof

[John Watts @John_T_Watts]

Bursting at the seams to hear three incredible panels at the @AtlanticCouncil for the launch of the critical @ACScowcroft’s “Software Defined Warfare” report launch.

Well done to @steverod78 @MatthewKroenig, @CStarlingD and everyone involved in this important work

[Clementine Starling-Daniels @CStarlingD]

Thanks for sharing our new report, @SOAAorg!

[SOAA - Special Operations Association of America @SOAAorg]

The @AtlanticCouncil published a timely report on Special Operations Forces (SOF) in the age of competition. SOF is purpose-built for competition. We encourage everyone to read the report.

Read here: https://t.co/KUyBn5uPyt

What you won't find in the report, however, is the role of the private sector and other stakeholders in the great power competition construct. SOF is a force multiplier whose value doesn't come from their ability to run faster or jump out of airplanes—it comes from their ability to think critically about threats our Nation faces using everything at their disposal. We see in Ukraine, Israel, and other hot spots around the world that dual-use technology, the industrial base, and data are tipping the scales on the battlefield.

SOF needs to leverage its ability to conduct outreach not only to partner forces but also to American and allied private sectors and non-governmental organizations to utilize skill sets and resources to augment or amplify SOF mission sets in the open. This is how SOF can have exponential effects on our adversaries.

#specialoperations #specialoperationsforces #atlanticcouncil #forcemultiplier

[Clementine Starling-Daniels @CStarlingD]

Thanks to @chrispanella_ from @BusinessInsider for his coverage of my latest report w/ @tluetkefend "The next decade of strategic competition: How the Pentagon can use special operations forces to better compete." Read the full report here -> https://t.co/uZJ8ARKZcP

[Business Insider @BusinessInsider]

Cold War lessons could be key for special operations forces as the US military focuses on China and Russia https://t.co/cvx7vJmHJ9

[RealClearDefense @RCDefense]

Too Few Planners Understand What Special Operators Can Do Today via @DefenseOne by @StarlingCG and Gen James Cartwright #SOF #SOCOM #SpecialOperations #SpecialForces #UnconventionalWarfare #DoD https://t.co/rFHpKqvZ8i

[Scowcroft Center @ACScowcroft]

Missed our event with Lt Gen Shawn Bratton on the @SpaceForceDoD Commercial Space Strategy in conversation with @StarlingCG? Check out this summary article from @Sandra_I_Erwin. #ForwardDefense https://t.co/G8PiCClEzS

[Clementine Starling-Daniels @CStarlingD]

I was honored to host General Bratton, launching US Space Force’s inaugural Commercial Space Strategy.🚀 This pioneering approach identifies mission areas for collaboration b/ween commercial space & government, setting the stage for enhanced resilience & modernization in space.

[Atlantic Council @AtlanticCouncil]

LIVE NOW: Watch @SpaceForceDoD Lt Gen Shawn N. Bratton and @StarlingCG discuss the launch of the USSF 2024 Commercial Space Strategy and what this means for the future of space security. #ForwardDefense https://t.co/Fo9l6AeLks

[OASW (SO/LIC) @ASW_SOLIC]

.@ACScowcroft looks at #SOF’s role in #strategiccompetition and its unique position to contribute to #integrateddeterrence to support the 🇺🇸National #Defense Strategy.
Read the report 📑: https://t.co/vr4kQ2EX5N #SOF #jointforce #forwarddefense

[Scowcroft Center @ACScowcroft]

🚀We are pleased to share a new report from @StarlingCG and @alyxmarine, which highlights the critical but often under-appreciated role Special Operations Forces (SOF) play in #integrateddeterrence. They underscore who the special operator is today and the invaluable role #SOF plays prior to crisis in shaping the strategic environment. Check out their recommendations for how to harness SOF’s strengths for #strategiccompetition. Thank you to @ASD_SOLIC for joining us for today’s report launch event! 🚀https://t.co/HG42ZjW3lP

[Clementine Starling-Daniels @CStarlingD]

@ASD_SOLIC @ACScowcroft @alyxmarine Thank you for joining us at the @AtlanticCouncil, @ASD_SOLIC and for your insightful remarks at today's event! https://t.co/uv7LrmkOUu

[OASW (SO/LIC) @ASW_SOLIC]

@ACScowcroft @StarlingCG @alyxmarine Thank you @StarlingCG and @alyxmarine for all your work with this insightful report. I appreciate the opportunity to speak with everyone at today’s @ACScowcroft’s release event. Thanks to everyone who came out!

[Clementine Starling-Daniels @CStarlingD]

The #ForwardDefense team and I at the @AtlanticCouncil are thrilled to host @ASD_SOLIC Christopher Maier for a conversation about the important, but often under appreciated, role of Special Operations Forces in strategic competition. Tune in now!

[Scowcroft Center @ACScowcroft]

LIVE NOW! Special operations forces in an era of strategic competition https://t.co/osp9vxDfws

[Atlantic Council @AtlanticCouncil]

🗓️ March 7 | 🕧 12:30 pm ET

Join @ACScowcroft #ForwardDefense for a conversation with @ASD_SOLIC Christopher Maier on how US Special Operation Forces will operate in an era of strategic competition, moderated by @StarlingCG.

Register now. ⬇️
https://t.co/lhYYQJwmXk

[Scowcroft Center @ACScowcroft]

LIVE NOW | @jenna_dc, @JoaquinCastrotx, @danperikson, @MatthewKroenig, @StarlingCG, @V_Chonn, @JackDetsch & @jmarczak discuss a new strategy for how the US, allies and partners can combat China and Russia’s influence in LatAm and the Caribbean #LACStrategy https://t.co/LqnyCQ2Lam

[Atlantic Council @AtlanticCouncil]

Former Secretary of Defense @MarkTEsper explains that taking risks is crucial to fostering innovation.

Join him alongside @HONDeborahJames, @jenna_dc, @StarlingCG, and more at the Commission on Defense Innovation Adoption’s final report launch:
➡️ https://t.co/vE9I97dWhy

[Owen J. Daniels @OJDaniels]

For @BulletinAtomic, @Andrew_Imbrie and I wrote about some of the key themes related to government signaling from our @CSETGeorgetown report on Decoding Intentions. We also discuss how efforts like the US AI executive order might fit into our framework ⬇️ https://t.co/m15OLx0xws

[Owen J. Daniels @OJDaniels]

I hear this is getting some attention today 👀 https://t.co/YgXUuo6rIX

[Owen J. Daniels @OJDaniels]

Given challenges of communicating intent about AI applications, esp. between the US and PRC, we explore how IR literature on costly signals—statements or actions for which the sender will pay a political, reputational, or monetary price for breaking commitments—might be useful

[Owen J. Daniels @OJDaniels]

We explore these mechanisms across three cases: 1) military AI and autonomy, 2) democratic AI (e.g., commitments to human rights, civil liberties, etc.) in new AI design & deployment, and 3) private sector signaling around LLM creation & launch