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May 18, 2015

Between the Wales and Warsaw Summits: What Next for NATO?

By Brent Scowcroft Center

At the NATO Summit in Wales, Alliance leaders set out to posture the Alliance to face an increasing number of challenges on multiple fronts, from Ukraine to the Islamic State, while still confronting emerging security threats and strained defense budgets. The Atlantic Council hosted a strategy session with Ambassador Thrayvoulos Terry Stamatopoulos, NATO’s Assistant Secretary […]

Europe & Eurasia NATO

Art of Future Warfare

May 18, 2015

Wars in space will require new conflict and geopolitical frameworks, say artists

Predictions of the future are often one sided, based on past data and assumptions of future conditions. But at the intersection of creativity and interest, the Atlantic Council’s Art of Future Warfare project creates a revolutionary forum to discuss what conflict may look like years from now. In a series of contests, each directed toward […]

Emerging Defense Challenges

May 15, 2015

Incentives and Processes Need Change to Make DOD’s Silicon Valley Outreach Work, Say Experts

By Brent Scowcroft Center

On April 23, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter gave a speech at Stanford University where he claimed a greater link between Silicon Valley and the Department of Defense (DOD) would help “defend our country and help make a better world.” His speech—and subsequent events—showed that Secretary Carter is serious about incubating many of the ideas […]

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May 15, 2015

Camp David Summit with Gulf Leaders: Much Ado About Nothing?

By Brent Scowcroft Center

The May 14 meeting at Camp David between President Obama and top Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) officials was a historic opportunity for the United States to upgrade its security commitments to Gulf partners and to reassure them that a potential nuclear deal with Iran would not come at the expense of collective interests. Although US […]

Emerging Defense Challenges

May 14, 2015

Strategy Session with Robert Scher, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, and Capabilities

By Brent Scowcroft Center

The Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security hosted a strategy session for Robert Scher, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, and Capabilities, on Thursday, May 14, 2015. This session brought together noted strategists and security and defense experts to discuss the most pressing strategic priorities for the Department of Defense.

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May 14, 2015

Reforming the Future: Lessons from Sovereign Debt Restructuring

By Global Business and Economics

“Debt restructuring is like a divorce—you can make the perfect framework, but it is always messy.” Maarten Petermann of JP Morgan aptly framed the debate around the issue of sovereign debt restructuring, something which has seized headlines in the last year across Europe and Latin America. Defaults, eager and stubborn investors, and questions of sovereignty […]

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May 14, 2015

iFarm Pakistan: Food security, innovation, and commercialization

By Nazia Khan

Pakistan’s agriculture sector has underachieved for the last few decades, and along with structural issues, has led to a growing food security crisis in the country. Gregory Gottlieb, USAID Mission Director for Pakistan, spoke to the Atlantic Council about the growing crisis that stems from not just “how much Pakistan grows,” but from “what it […]

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May 14, 2015

Cross-Straits Series: Implications of Energy Security on Critical Geopolitical, Economic, and Environmental Issues in the Asia-Pacific Region

On May 14, the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security’s (BSC) Asia Security Initiative hosted a Cross-Straits Series event on the effects of energy security in the Asia-Pacific. Considering the heated debates on the region today, energy security has been a relatively underappreciated and under-examined topic. This discussion with Edward C. Chow, a Senior Fellow […]

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May 12, 2015

Transatlantic Views on Security in the High North

On May 12, 2015, representatives of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Parliament of Iceland visited the Council to discuss with a panel of experts, representing the Council and other institutions, emerging security threats in the Arctic, or High North.

Europe & Eurasia NATO

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May 11, 2015

Expansive and Inclusive Growth: A Conversation with Leading AfDB Presidential Candidate H.E. Akinwumi Adesina

By Africa Center

Later this month, the African Development Bank (AfDB), the regional multilateral bank for Africa, will hold elections for a new president to succeed incumbent Donald Kaberuka. On Monday, May 11, the Africa Center was pleased to welcome a leading candidate for the position, Nigerian Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development H.E. Akinwumi Adesina.

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