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Priya Pillai

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Africa Conflict

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Joshua Hotvet

Veterans Advanced Energy Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment United States and Canada

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Rolando Mattar

Veterans Advanced Energy Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment United States and Canada

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Tom Wotka

Veterans Advanced Energy Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment United States and Canada

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Kalle Meehan

Women Leader in Energy and Climate Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment

Fellow

Saagarika Thanvi

Women Leader in Energy and Climate Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment
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100 Ideas for the first 100 days

Feb 15, 2021

#27: Advance a Multilateral Security Architecture in the Indo-Pacific

By: Matthew Crouch and Clementine Starling What is the kernel of the issue? A rising and bellicose China is expanding economically and militarily as the United States and its allies face difficult resource allocation questions in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Why is the issue important? As great-power competition heats up to become “extreme […]

100 Ideas for the first 100 days

Feb 14, 2021

#26: Blunt the Threat of Domestic Extremism

By: Jane Holl Lute What is the kernel of the issue? The rise of domestic extremism is no surprise to state and local law enforcement and public officials who for years have been on the front lines of combatting its expansion and excesses. Why is the issue important? As these groups have grown in size, […]

100 Ideas for the first 100 days

Feb 13, 2021

#25: Tear Down This (Fire)wall

By: Jeffrey Cimmino and Matthew Kroenig What is the kernel of the issue? The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is cracking down on human rights, enacting legislation to repress pro-democracy activism in Hong Kong and engaging in what the State Department has declared a genocide in Xinjiang. The CCP also is using advanced technology to control […]

100 Ideas for the first 100 days

Feb 12, 2021

#24: Peg Sanctions Rollback To A Regional Deal

By: Kirsten Fontenrose What is the kernel of the issue? The US and Iran are already at an impasse on nuclear negotiations pursuant to the JCPOA, neither willing to make the first concession. Why is the issue important? Until such a deal is reached, neither Iran nor the US intend to take steps toward an […]

New Atlanticist

Feb 11, 2021

The 5×5—Looking ahead for the Biden administration after a busy year in cybersecurity

By Simon Handler

It’s been a wild twelve months in the world of cybersecurity since the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative launched the 5×5 series. In celebration of the series' one-year anniversary, experts plotted the year ahead.

Cybersecurity Technology & Innovation

100 Ideas for the first 100 days

Feb 11, 2021

#23: Call For Another Round of ‘BRAC’

By: Christopher Preble What is the kernel of the issue? The Obama and Trump administrations estimated that the Department of Defense is burdened by excess overhead and underutilized property, including a number of superfluous military bases in the United States. Why is the issue important? Maintenance and upkeep of unnecessary bases diverts resources away from […]

100 Ideas for the first 100 days

Feb 10, 2021

#22: Get Modernization Right and Prioritize Acquisition Reform

By: Ronald C. Fairbanks, Clementine Starling, and Christian Trotti What is the kernel of the issue? Over the last three decades, the Department of Defense has modernized its forces under the idea that the US was the only great power in the world—unchallenged militarily by near-peer competitors. As a result, the defense acquisition process is […]

NATO 20/2020

Feb 10, 2021

Supersize cyber: NATO 20/2020 podcast

By Safa Shahwan Edwards, Simon Handler

NATO should adopt a digital .2 percent policy whereby member states commit to spend .2 percent of their gross domestic product on cybersecurity and digital defense modernization.

Cybersecurity Europe & Eurasia

100 Ideas for the first 100 days

Feb 9, 2021

#21: Produce A New ‘Project Solarium’

By: Ronald Marks What is the kernel of the issue? As the United States’ preponderant position in the world continues to decline relative to other major powers, it needs to go beyond its Cold War-based, self-defining aphorisms such as “Leader of the Free World” and “World’s Largest Super Power” to guide an adapted US foreign […]

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Feb 9, 2021

#AlertaVenezuela: February 9, 2021

By Atlantic Council's DFRLab

A small group of accounts used the hashtag #VenezuelaSolidariaYHumanista in hundreds of thousands of mentions during the first four hours, showing signs of inauthentic behavior and traffic manipulation.

Disinformation Venezuela
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