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Experts

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Defense Industrialist

Apr 28, 2017

Evolution and the occasional über-gizmo

By James Hasik

Thoughts on corporate strategies in the military aircraft industry  Last week, I provided a guest lecture at the Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy, that graduate college of the National Defense University formerly known as the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. The school was founded in 1924 as the Army Industrial College, on a […]

Defense Industry Defense Technologies

Defense Industrialist

Apr 21, 2017

An excess of buying and hiring American

By James Hasik

There are, of course, very valid strategic reasons for the United States to retain some degree of autarky in its armaments production. But if the engineers, logisticians, marketers, and financiers are coming to the United States, to work in the United States on long-term visas, building armaments for the American military, aren’t they then Americans?

Defense Industry Economy & Business

Cyber 9/12 Project

Apr 17, 2017

2017 US Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge

By Asvatha Babu

Held at American University’s Washington College of Law, this was the fifth and biggest iteration of the annual student competition. Forty-five teams from 32 universities from across the United States took on the roles of cyber policy experts advising the National Security Council on how to react to a fictional cyber catastrophe.

Cybersecurity

Global Trade And The Americas

Apr 13, 2017

TRADE in ACTION – April 13, 2017

By Global Business & Economics Program

This week in TradeinAction: After concluding his multi-day meeting with President Xi Jinping of China, President Trump  made many important policy reversals such as ceasing to advocate for the designation of China as a “currency manipulator” and voicing support for the Export-Import Bank. After many rounds of reforms, the International Monetary Fund has agreed to unlock new funds as part of the Greek debt relief […]

China Economy & Business

New Atlanticist

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

Read the full article here.

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. […]