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New Atlanticist

Apr 30, 2015

Takeaways from the Global Strategy Forum

By Larry Luxner

The Washington establishment is unprepared for the technological and geopolitical risks of the future, America is losing influence around the world—and while the United States is still indispensable as a superpower, there’s debate on whether it ought to remain so. These are among the takeaways from the Atlantic Council’s Global Strategy Forum held April 29-30 […]

Gen. Philip Breedlove, July 1, 2014

NATOSource

Apr 30, 2015

Commander of US Military in Europe Sees Signs of Russia Preparing Another Offensive

By Philip Breedlove, EUCOM

Compared to just one year ago, Europe faces a very different, and much more challenging security environment.one with significant, lasting implications for U.S. national security interests.

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Christopher A. Preble (left), Vice President for Defense and Foreign Policy Studies at the Cato Institute, and Xenia Wickett, the Dean of The Queen Elizabeth II Academy for Leadership in International Affairs at Chatham House, debated America's role in the world at a Global Strategy Forum panel hosted by the Atlantic Council's Strategy Initiative. Hisham Melhem (center), Al Arabiya news channel’s Washington Bureau Chief, moderated the debate. (Imagelink.com/denniskan)

New Atlanticist

Apr 30, 2015

Is the United States Really Indispensable?

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Analysts debate US role in the face of global challenges President Bill Clinton, speaking in 1996 on the US-backed NATO military intervention in Bosnia, described the United States as an “indispensable nation.” Scholars debated that premise April 30 at the Global Strategy Forum hosted by the Atlantic Council’s Strategy Initiative in Washington. Xenia Wickett, Dean […]

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Members of France's 2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment, July 14, 2013

NATOSource

Apr 30, 2015

France to Boost Defense Spending to Fight Terrorism

By NBC News and Voice of America

From NBC News:  France will increase its defense budget by 3.8 billion euros ($4.2 billion) over four years from 2016 to ensure the army can tackle problems at home and maintain missions abroad, notably in Africa and the Middle East, President Francois Hollande said.

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MENASource

Apr 30, 2015

Top News: Iran Says Warships at Entrance to Key Yemen Strait

By MENASource

Two Iranian destroyers, sent to the Gulf of Aden to protect commercial ships, have reached the entrance of Bab al-Mandab, a strategic strait between Yemen and Djibouti.

MENASource

Apr 30, 2015

Top News: Proposed Amendments to Prisons Act Would Allow Prisoners Telephone Calls

By EgyptSource

Transitional Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ibrahim al-Heneidi said the Legislative Reform Committee has discussed amendments to the Prisons Act. Article 38, which gives a prisoner the right to send letters and receive visits, would be amended to include the right to make telephone calls as well.

MENASource

Apr 30, 2015

EconSource: Libya Chaos Threatens Oilfields, Power Supply, and Gas Exports to Italy

By EconSource

Libyan protesters demanding jobs have shut down the eastern Irda gas field and are threatening to close the western Wafa oil and gas field, which would stop gas exports to Italy, a spokesman for Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) said.

New Atlanticist

Apr 30, 2015

Would You Care More About Climate Change if You Knew it Would Change Your Life?

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Panel discusses ‘power of narrative’ in getting message across on important issues and preparing for future challenges Do you care much about climate change? How about the fate of polar bears gingerly making their way across thinning Arctic ice? Most people would probably care a lot more if they heard how dramatic temperature spikes and […]

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New Atlanticist

Apr 30, 2015

Enhancing Foresight: Experts See a Future of Robot Swarms, DNA-Modified People

By Larry Luxner

Tiny robots that can predict the exact fruit yield of apple trees while helping farmers cut water usage. Drone swarms which respond to 911 emergency calls without risking human lives. Genetically modified humans free of dozens of diseases that once killed millions. Science fiction? Maybe, but not for long, say two scholars who spoke April […]

UkraineAlert

Apr 30, 2015

Ukraine’s Volunteer Battalions Must Join the Military or Sheath the Sword

By Ruben Gzirian

The Ukrainian army faces growing criticism from within its ranks after humiliating defeats at Debaltseve and Ilovaisk in eastern Ukraine. When fighting broke out between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed separatists, the Ukrainian military was weak and the state had to rely on volunteers. Of the fifty thousand Ukrainian troops in the field, 22 percent are […]

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