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D-10 Strategy Forum

Mar 16, 2017

Strategy of “Constrainment”

By Ash Jain, Damon Wilson, Fen Hampson, et al

D-10 think tank experts outline a comprehensive strategy to counter Russia’s challenge to the rules-based democratic order.

Defense Industrialist

Mar 13, 2017

Heithold’s heavy lasers

By James Hasik, Julian A. Eagle-Platón

Forthcoming developments in directed energy could bring tactical and geopolitical change.

China Defense Industry

Atlantic Council Strategy Paper Series

Mar 6, 2017

Beyond the headlines: a strategy for US engagement with Latin America in the Trump era

By Peter Schechter and Jason Marczak with Rachel DeLevie-Orey

As the new administration considers ways to ensure US national security and economic growth, a newly engaged Latin America presents a wealth of opportunity on myriad fronts: urbanization, human capital, open markets, energy reform, technology, and the fight against corruption.

Economy & Business Latin America

Rebuilding Syria

Mar 1, 2017

It’s Time to Plan for Rebuilding Syria

By Faysal Itani and Tobias Schneider

Caught in the sixth year of its interminable civil war, Syria today is beset by a combination of fleeting ceasefires, bombings, localized offensives, and meandering negotiations. Most of the country is controlled either by terrorist groups or by a weak, isolated central government in Damascus. Meanwhile, the United States finds itself in the midst of […]

Syria

Defense Industrialist

Feb 28, 2017

BRAC 2019

By James Hasik

Advice to the administration on military functions and footprint President Trump, the White House has announced, will announce the general outlines of his budget tomorrow: $54 billion more for the military, and an offsetting $54 billion less for everything else, except entitlements, which are not to be touched. Ring-fencing half the spending aims to fulfill […]

Defense Industry Defense Policy

Defense Industrialist

Feb 28, 2017

The 75 percent solution

By James Hasik

The Marine Corps should move towards a mix of attack aircraft tailored for two classes of enemy, in wars small and large. In the short term, that means buying fixed-wing gunships. In the mid-term, it means buying tilt-rotor gunships, including drones. Both aircraft types are better suited for the small wars in which the Marine Corps has been engaged for most of the post-Cold War era. For now, that might seem to destroy Marine Aviation, but to save it in the long term for the big wars.

Defense Industry Defense Policy

Future of Iraq Taskforce

Feb 25, 2017

Younis Quoted by Politico on the Iraqi Reaction to President Trump’s Executive Order on Border Control

By Nussaibah Younis

Read full article here.

Iraq

New Atlanticist

Feb 22, 2017

China Taking Clean Energy Leadership from the United States

By Madison Freeman

With commitments to clean energy and combatting climate change wavering under the new US administration, leadership in renewable energy is quietly shifting away from the United States across the Pacific, where China is rapidly building its dominance. US President Donald Trump has been clear about his support for fossil fuels. Though his stance on renewable […]

China
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Feb 15, 2017

Transatlantic Media Fellows

2018 Fellows Albin Aghamn: Reporter and editor at Sveriges Television (SVT), Sweden’s national public broadcaster in Stockholm, Sweden. Previously a journalist writing for Eskilstuna-Kuriren in the town of Eskilstuna from 2015 to 2016. Traveled extensively, including most recently to Albania and Turkey. Received a degree in social work from Linnaeus University and a degree in […]

Europe & Eurasia
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Transatlantic Media Network

Feb 14, 2017

Forum on Atlantic Media and the Environment (FAME)

The Forum on Atlantic Media and the Environment (FAME) is a series of conferences bringing together environmental, energy, and scientific journalists from both sides of the Atlantic. The aim of the conferences is to compare notes on challenges the journalists face in their respective regions and discuss responses to the rapid developments in information technology […]

Europe & Eurasia