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Defense Industrialist

Sep 26, 2016

Applying an investor’s mindset to military aid

By James Hasik

Restricting US military aid may affect more than Israeli industry and the IDF. As has been widely reported, the United States and Israeli governments have come to a new ten-year understanding of how the former will subsidize the latter’s military spending. The new amount that the Obama Administration promises to submit annually to the US […]

Defense Industry Drones

EUSource

Sep 23, 2016

EU Source: US Dept of Justice hits Deutsche Bank with $14bn fine in tit-for-tat measure

By Future Europe Initiative

THIS WEEK’S KEY TAKE-AWAYS US Department of Justice hits Deutsche Bank with USD 14 billion fine  Competition Commissioner Vestager has tense US visit CETA marches forward as public protests heighten

Europe & Eurasia European Union
Amb. Frederic Hof, Ms. Geneive Abdo, and Dr. Nathan Brown speaking at the event

Event Recap

Sep 21, 2016

Islam and Politics in the Age of ISIS: A Smarter Strategy for Countering Violent Extremism – Launch of MEST Religion Working Group Report

By Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East

On September 21, 2016, the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center hosted “A Smarter Strategy for Countering Violent Extremism,” a Middle East Strategy Task Force (MEST) event featuring nonresident senior fellow Geneive Abdo and director of the Institute for Middle East Studies of George Washington Nathan J. Brown discussing their newly released report on the role […]

In the News

Sep 21, 2016

Middle East Strategy Task Force Featured by Foreign Affairs on How to Unlock Refugees’ Potential

By Middle East Strategy Task Force

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Report

Sep 21, 2016

Middle East Strategy Task Force: Religion, identity, and countering violent extremism

By Geneive Abdo and Nathan Brown

In recent decades, Muslims have been debating political and social aspects of their religious teachings in new ways.

Corruption Extremism

Defense Industrialist

Sep 21, 2016

My strike fighter for a cooling line

By James Hasik

Lockheed Martin’s recent quality problem reminds us how challenging massively multinational development and production programs can be. Almost a squadron’s worth of Joint Strike Fighters, Courtney Albon wrote for Inside Defense, “may not fly for months.” As Colin Clark wrote for Breaking Defense, the US Air Force and the Royal Norwegian Air Force have suspended […]

Australia Defense Industry

EUSource

Sep 16, 2016

EU Source: US firms to face new EU copyright issues?

By Future Europe Initiative

THIS WEEK’S KEY TAKE-AWAYS EU copyright overhaul to impact US tech companies Parliament approves last British EU Commissioner for new security union portfolio US, EU push forward on last minute hopes for TTIP Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker’s highly anticipated State of the European Union speech offers few surprises

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia

New Atlanticist

Sep 14, 2016

In Syria, the United States Must Navigate a Complex Intelligence-Sharing Landscape With Russia

The Obama administration will carefully consider what intelligence it shares with Russia pertaining to enemy targets in Syria in part due to the belief that the Russians do not apply the same degree of care to avoiding civilian casualties, a senior US official said at the Atlantic Council on September 13. Noting that the US […]

Intelligence Russia

Defense Industrialist

Sep 14, 2016

How to man the unmanned: A counterpoint

By Ian Fairchild

Unquestionably, the Air Force needs to retain experienced operators if the service hopes to remain the most powerful air force on the planet. The question of how to best do this surfaces in many areas. How to retain more women and minorities? How to retain more fighter pilots? Earlier this week, Defense Industrialist editor James […]

Defense Industry Drones

Event Recap

Sep 13, 2016

The Power of Transparency: The Role of Transparency in Strengthening National Intelligence

By Jacqueline Lavalleye

As part of the ‘Power of Transparency’ series, a speaker series co-hosted by the Atlantic Council and Thomson Reuters, the Atlantic Council hosted the Honorable Marcel Lettre, under secretary for defense in intelligence at the Department of Defense, on September 13 to talk about how transparency has transformed the intelligence community since 9/11.