Experts

Fellow

Katherine Hutton 

Veterans Advanced Energy Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment

Fellow

Megan Glancey 

Veterans Advanced Energy Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment

Fellow

William Friedl 

Veterans Advanced Energy Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment

Fellow

Cody Earle 

Veterans Advanced Energy Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment

Fellow

Ken Webre

Veterans Advanced Energy Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment Energy Transitions

Fellow

Evan Weaver 

Veterans Advanced Energy Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment
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Regional Security Initiative

Apr 18, 2016

After hub-and-spoke: US hegemony in a new Gulf security order

By Bilal Y. Saab

The era of Pax Americana in the Gulf, and perhaps in the broader Middle East, is changing. Regional transformation and chaos resulting from the Arab uprisings, the rise of ISIS and its global terrorist reach, shifting US priorities around the world, and the rise of other outside powers in the Gulf have contributed to an […]

Middle East
Security & Defense

Bremain vs Brexit

Apr 16, 2016

David Cameron: Brexit and Breakup?

By John M. Roberts

David Cameron is in danger of going down in history as the most disastrous British Prime Minister since Lord North lost the thirteen colonies in the American War of Independence more than 200 years ago. This is not because of his policies on austerity, welfare reform or foreign affairs, but simply because of the constitutional […]

European Union
International Organizations

Bremain vs Brexit

Apr 15, 2016

‘Strong Economy and Sense of Unity’ Needed to Address Europe’s Challenges

By Susan Haigh

The European Commission’s economic policy priorities have remained unchanged since last year’s World Bank and International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings; Europe’s political and societal context in which these policies must be implemented, however, has changed fundamentally, according to a European Commission official. The 2016 World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings that bring together financial leaders […]

Europe & Eurasia
European Union

Transatlantic Finance Initiative

Apr 15, 2016

EuroGrowth Initiative

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Bremain vs Brexit

Apr 14, 2016

Morningstar Quoted by Reuters on President Barack Obama’s Decision to Join ‘Brexit’ Talks

By Richard L. Morningstar

Read the full article here.

United Kingdom

Defense Industrialist

Apr 13, 2016

Like Predator, like Sea Hunter

By James Hasik

DARPA’s new robotic frigate might seriously change naval warfare. The prototype boat in DARPA’s ASW Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) program, the Sea Hunter, is beginning sea trials. Sailing last week from Portland to San Diego, she’ll undergo two years of testing to determine whether an unmanned ship under “sparse human control” can trail Iranian, […]

Defense Industry
Drones

In the News

Apr 13, 2016

Atlantic Council Middle East Strategy Task Force Report Featured in Small Wars Journal

By Atlantic Council

Read the full article here.

Syria

Report

Apr 13, 2016

Rebuilding societies: Strategies for resilience and recovery in times of conflict

By Manal Omar, Elie Abouaoun, Beatrice Pouligny

The forced displacement of unprecedented numbers of people within and beyond national borders has become an enduring yet fluid phenomenon across the Middle East and North Africa over the past decade.

Civil Society
Conflict

Bremain vs Brexit

Apr 12, 2016

Ukraine, Let’s Build a Country that the Dutch and All of Europe Will Embrace

By Hanna Hopko

Shall we live the old way? What are the lessons for the government of Ukraine from the referendum in the Netherlands? Let’s begin with gratitude to the hundreds of colleagues and friends who in recent days worked to urge the people of the Netherlands to support Ukraine in the referendum. We lost and Holland lost too. […]

Ukraine

Cyber 9/12 Project

Apr 8, 2016

The 2016 European Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge

By Cyber Statecraft Initiative

The Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative, in partnership with the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP), hosted the second annual European Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge in Geneva, Switzerland on April 7-8, 2016. The competition brought together 150 students representing twenty-eight teams of bachelors, masters, and PhD students from eleven different countries across Europe, the United States, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The students represented thirty different university or military college affiliations and were judged by panels of experts in the field of cybersecurity.

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense
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