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Art of Future Warfare

Jun 29, 2015

Cole on ‘Ghost Fleet’s’ Depiction of Future Wars

By August Cole

US News and World Report interviews Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow August Cole on how he combines sci-fi and reality to portray future weapons and gadgets in his new novel, Ghost Fleet:

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Art of Future Warfare

Jun 29, 2015

Interview with Cole on ‘Ghost Fleet’

By August Cole

Doctrine Man interviews Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow August Cole on his new novel, Ghost Fleet, for a post on Medium: 

Art of Future Warfare

Jun 27, 2015

The Economist Features ‘Ghost Fleet’

By August Cole

The Economist features Ghost Fleet, coauthored by Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow August Cole, a future-war fiction depicting what a conflict between the United States and China could look like:

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Captains of Industry Series

Jun 27, 2015

Defense News Highlights Foreign Defense Suppliers Event

By Atlantic Council

Defense News highlights an Atlantic Council event on how foreign defense suppliers can best access Pentagon dollars:

Art of Future Warfare

Jun 26, 2015

Soldier Systems Highlights ‘Envisioning The Future of Urban Warfare’

By Atlantic Council

Soldier Systems highlights the Atlantic Council event Envisioning The Future of Urban Warfare on how artists can help contribute to the national security discussion:

Art of Future Warfare

Jun 26, 2015

Experts project the US role in the future of urban warfare

By Brent Scowcroft Center

In the not-too-distant future, most of humanity will live in megacities. Megacities will serve as economic, cultural, and political hubs of international affairs—but they also will form the complex landscape of rivalry and violent conflict. Recent instances of urban combat–Saigon, Sarajevo, Fallujah—only begin to inform the epic challenge of fighting in our mid-century megacities. To […]

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Art of Future Warfare

Jun 26, 2015

Cole: The Art of World War III

By August Cole

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow August Cole writes for Vice News on an Art of Future Warfare event, which brought together a group of leading artists, as well as entries from a crowd-sourced online contest, to reveal the art of World War III:

Captains of Industry Series

Jun 25, 2015

Global Suppliers Face Challenges in US Market, Say CEOs

By Brent Scowcroft Center

On June 24, 2015 the Atlantic Council hosted a panel discussion with Michael Andersson, President and CEO of Saab North America, Judy Marks, President and CEO of Siemens Government Technologies, Allen Pellegrini, President and CEO of Thales USA, and Peter Lengyel, President and CEO of Safran USA. This extraordinary panel was a part of the […]

Defense Industrialist

Jun 24, 2015

Selling Sikorsky

By James Hasik

Should structure or conduct drive the Pentagon’s supply strategy? The bids for Sikorsky are in. For United Technologies CEO Greg Hayes, they’re “at least as good as what we had hoped to see.” By the rumors, they’re from Blackstone, Lockheed Martin, Textron, and Airbus. With such a heterogenous set of bidders, a range of strategic and financial considerations are driving the offers. The tax implications are […]

Defense Industry Security & Defense

Captains of Industry Series

Jun 24, 2015

Coming to America: Global Suppliers for Defense and Security

Please join the Atlantic Council on June 24 from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. for a special event in its Captains of Industry Series on Wednesday, when a panel of four chief executives will convene to discuss how foreign-owned companies address the opportunities and challenges of their participation in the business of defense and security in […]

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