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Jan 20, 2017

Ashooh Joins Al Jazeera to Discuss the Implications of the Trump Administration on US Policy in the Middle East

By Jessica Ashooh

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Middle East

Emerging Defense Challenges

Jan 20, 2017

Grundman in Aviation Week: Under ‘High-Beta’ Trump Presidency, Anything Could Happen

By Steven Grundman

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In the News

Jan 17, 2017

Ashooh in RealClearWorld: Trump Must Make a Long-Term Investment in the Mideas

By Jessica Ashooh

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In the News

Jan 15, 2017

Ashooh Quoted by San Antonio Express-News on Trump’s Foreign Policy Advisers

By Jessica Ashooh

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Event Recap

Jan 13, 2017

The Power of Transparency in Advancing Geo-spatial Intelligence

On January 13, the Atlantic Council and Thomson Reuters hosted Mr. Robert Cardillo, Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. The discussion was moderated by Mr. John Walcott, Foreign Policy and National Security Editor for Thomson Reuters. 

Intelligence
Security & Defense

Defense Industrialist

Jan 12, 2017

The tether of fuel—a brief counterpoint

By David Foster

Unless troops live off the land again, energy efficiency can only yield so much.

Conflict
Defense Policy

In the News

Jan 11, 2017

Ashooh Joins Channel 4 News to Discuss President Obama’s Foreign Policy Legacy

By Jessica Ashooh

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Defense Industrialist

Jan 11, 2017

“Unleash us from the tether of fuel”

By Greg Douquet

Mattis put his faith in the 3rd Marine Air Wing’s ability to defeat Saddam’s formations surrounding Baghdad, and accepted the risk that his force might not achieve its objectives before running out of fuel. In later testimony, Mattis reflected back on the compromising situation of the “March Up,” as well as on the cost of increased fuel demand during the counter-insurgency efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan. In the future, he stated, the military must be “unleashed from the tether of fuel.” Mattis had seen the future imperative to change our sources of energy for military operations.

Afghanistan
Conflict

Atlantic Council Strategy Paper Series

Jan 10, 2017

A nonstate strategy for saving cyberspace

By Jason Healey

America’s future, and that of other nations and peoples, will be most secure in the long term with an emphasis on future prosperity unlocked by the Internet. Prosperity for the United States and the global economy is only assured if the United States and like-minded nations, civil society, and other nonstate actors all work toward a goal of making defense easier than attack.

Cybersecurity
Technology & Innovation

In the News

Jan 9, 2017

Albright, Hadley, and Lindborg in POLITICO: Yes, a Bipartisan Foreign Policy Is Possible—Even Now

By Atlantic Council

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