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Apr 11, 2017

Trump Must Stand Up for LGBT+ Rights

By Arego Mitchell

Over the course of the 2016 election, Donald Trump routinely flip-flopped on issues of equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans* Americans. After first saying he would consider appointing Supreme Court justices who would overturn nationwide marriage equality, he soon made it a recurring talking point to highlight how he would be “better for the […]

Russia

In the News

Apr 10, 2017

Ashooh Quoted by WJLA on the Trump Administration’s Syria Strategy

By Jessica Ashooh

Read the full article here.

Syria

Defense Industrialist

Apr 10, 2017

R&E + A&S > AT&L

By James Hasik

Separating technology from procurement in the Pentagon may provide important organizational incentives for innovation. It’s old news by now, but in February 2018, the Pentagon’s under secretariat for acquisition, technology, and logistics (AT&L) will be split into two separate under secretariats, one for research and engineering (R&E, rather a chief of technological innovation) and another for acquisition and sustainment […]

Defense Policy Security & Defense

In the News

Apr 7, 2017

Ashooh Joins CBSN to Discuss Russia’s Veto of the UN Resolution Calling for an Investigation into the Syria Chemical Attack

By Jessica Ashooh

Watch the full interview here.

Russia Syria

Emerging Defense Challenges

Apr 6, 2017

Grundman in Aviation Week: A Map Of Aerospace Mergers And Acquisitions

By Steven Grundman

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Defense Industry Security & Defense

Event Recap

Apr 5, 2017

ترامب والشرق الأوسط: تخبط وعدم وضوح في الرؤى

By Hariri Center

ترامب والشرق الأوسط: تخبط وعدم وضوح في الرؤى استضاف المركز نقاش حول التغير في سياسة الولايات المتحدة تجاه الشرق الأوسط تحت إدارة ترامب، وقد شارك في هذا النقاش كلا من: أ. عبد الرحمن العجيلي: باحث غير مقيم في مركز رفيق الحريري للشرق الأوسط. أ. سارة السرجاني: باحثة غير مقيمة في مركز رفيق الحريري للشرق الأوسط. […]

In the News

Mar 30, 2017

Albright and Hadley Testify Before US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on the Road Ahead: US Interests, Values, and the American People

By Madeleine Albright and Stephen Hadley

Watch the full hearing here.

Atlantic Council Strategy Paper Series

Mar 29, 2017

Europe in 2022: alternative futures

By Mathew Burrows and Frances Burwell

Sixty years after the signing of the Treaty of Rome, Europe faces its greatest challenges, and possibly its sharpest turning point, since World War II. In this report, Europe in 2022: Alternative Futures, Frances Burwell’s transatlantic expertise joins Mathew Burrows’ deft trends analysis to offer a sobering look at the possible future for Europe with the hope of reigniting the bond between Americans and Europeans so that we may build a better future together.

Central Europe Eastern Europe

Bremain vs Brexit

Mar 29, 2017

The EU Now Controls the Brexit Talks

By Reginald Dale

With the United Kingdom formally starting the process of leaving the European Union on March 29, the Atlantic Council is launching a series of blog posts that will track the course of the Brexit negotiations and the many challenges they pose for the future of US-UK relations.  By formally notifying the European Union that it […]

Cyber 9/12 Project

Mar 28, 2017

Naval War College Wins Atlantic Council’s Fifth Annual Cyber 9/12 Student Competition

By Atlantic Council

Team C3S from Naval War College won first place at the fifth annual Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge, a cybersecurity student competition by the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative. The competition was held on March 17-18 at American University’s Washington College of Law in Washington, DC, and featured forty-five competing teams from eighteen states across the United States.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense