Vera Bergengruen

Vera Bergengruen is a senior correspondent at TIME, based in the Washington, D.C. bureau. She covers the overlap of national security, politics, and technology. Her work at TIME has won the Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi Award and a New York Press Club Award.

Recent Articles

Ukraine's 'Secret Weapon' Against Russia Is a Controversial U.S. Tech Company

The country has come to rely on Clearview AI for a range of wartime tasks, many of which have not been previously reported

By Vera Bergengruen

How Ukraine is Pioneering New Ways to Prosecute War Crimes

An interview with Ukraine's prosecutor general, Andriy Kostin, on crowd-sourcing war crimes evidence

By Vera Bergengruen

Ukraine Is Using AI to Help Clear Landmines

It could take hundreds of years to demine Ukraine using conventional methods. They're trying to do it in 10

By Vera Bergengruen

How Russia Is Recruiting Cubans to Fight in Ukraine

A large, organized effort appears to have openly recruited hundreds of Cuban volunteers to fight for Russia

By Vera Bergengruen

AI Regulation Takes Baby Steps in DC

In Washington, it has become much easier to agree on “existential risks” than specific constraints.

By Vera Bergengruen

Meta Takes Down 'Largest Ever' Chinese Influence Operation

New details on a vast effort that may be only the beginning of China's information-warfare ambitions

By Vera Bergengruen

Trump Attacks on Prosecutors and Judges Heighten Security Concerns

The former President has repeatedly been warned by federal officials to refrain from rhetoric that could "incite violence or civil unrest”

By Vera Bergengruen

Inside the Wagner Group's Global Reach

A new report shared exclusively with TIME shows how Wagner has become a destabilizing global force, particularly in Africa

By Vera Bergengruen

At GOP Hearing, RFK Jr.'s Conspiracies Take Center Stage

Republicans have largely failed to delve into concrete abuses by federal agencies, instead bringing in witnesses who have provided little information and have been criticized for spreading conspiracy theories.

By Vera Bergengruen

Tech Leaders Warn the U.S. Military Is Falling Behind China On AI

The hearing was the latest in a growing number of public conversations about how Congress can catch up with the quickly evolving technology.

By Vera Bergengruen

China's Online Influence Campaign in Latin America

How China got free rein in Latin America's online ecosystem.

By Vera Bergengruen

The Podcast Campaigners

Long-shot candidates like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Vivek Ramaswamy want to turn 2024 into a podcast election

By Vera Bergengruen

The Telegram Mutiny

How Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin used the messaging app to challenge Putin.

By Vera Bergengruen

Discord Leaker, Trump Test "Two-Tiered" Justice

Jack Teixeira is being charged with breaking the same law as the former President.

By Vera Bergengruen

Inside the Very Online Campaign of RFK Jr.

TIME Senior Correspondents Vera Bergengruen and Molly Ball discuss the controversial 2024 presidential candidate RFK Jr.

By Vera Bergengruen , Amy Bucknam and TIME Video

Inside the Very Online Campaign of RFK Jr.

Kennedy's message sounds like MAGA for Democrats, simultaneously stuck in the past and jarringly online

By Vera Bergengruen/Los Angeles

The CIA Is Trying to Recruit Russian Spies On Telegram

The two-minute clip was posted Tuesday on a new Telegram channel that provides information on how to securely contact the U.S. agency

By Vera Bergengruen

Right-Wing Doctors Keep Peddling Dubious COVID Drugs

The U.S. remains awash in tragedies linked to doctors who prescribed dubious treatments.

By Vera Bergengruen

The U.S. Security-Clearance Process Has a Digital Blind Spot

The case of the Pentagon leaker shows the government is struggling to keep up with Gen Z's online behavior when assessing security threats

By Vera Bergengruen

Alleged Pentagon Leaker Posted Chilling Messages About 'Violence and Murder'

Prosecutors found arsenal of weapons and uncovered previous violent threats, according to a new filing.

By Vera Bergengruen
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