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Courtney Spivey Urschel

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Human Rights Middle East

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Priya Pillai

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Africa Conflict

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Joshua Hotvet

Veterans Advanced Energy Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment United States and Canada

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Rolando Mattar

Veterans Advanced Energy Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment United States and Canada

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Tom Wotka

Veterans Advanced Energy Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment United States and Canada

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Kalle Meehan

Women Leader in Energy and Climate Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment
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Defense Industrialist

Apr 8, 2016

The Long Bottom of US Defense Spending

By Steven Grundman

Why Defense Bulls May Be Disappointed Signs of spring abound. The forsythia is in bloom. The crack of opening day resounds. And the DoD Comptroller’s “Green Book” issues forth. The National Defense Budget Estimates for FY 2017, or Green Book, so-called by its seasonally-toned cover, is a 300-page volume of dense tables expressing to the […]

Bremain vs Brexit

Apr 7, 2016

TTIP & Trade in Action – April 6, 2016

By Global Business & Economics Program

From April 15 – 17 the IMF and World Bank will host their annual Spring Meetings. Look at this years agenda here. The Atlantic Council’s Global Business & Economics Program hosts several events in the context of the Spring Meetings- Check out the “Upcoming Event” section below or stay tuned on twitter @TTIPAction.

Central Europe
Eastern Europe

Defense Industrialist

Apr 6, 2016

On the balance of forces in the east

By James Hasik

NATO doesn’t need more guns, money, or aircraft. It needs them where they’d count. Two data sets stood out in my news flow this morning. Byron Callan, a member of the Atlantic Council and the senior defense investment analyst at Capital Alpha Partners, observed in note that global fixed-wing fighter and attack aircraft inventories have dropping […]

Eastern Europe
NATO

In the News

Apr 6, 2016

Ashooh in MarketWatch: This Is the Revolution in the Middle East That President Obama Is Missing

By Jessica Ashooh

Read the full article here.

Middle East
General Michail Kostarakos and General Johann Luif, March 4, 2016

Bremain vs Brexit

Apr 5, 2016

Brexit Would Make it Easier for CSDP to Expand and be ‘Harmful’ to NATO

By Sandy Johnston, European Geostrategy

CSDP has played its part in trans-Atlantic and regional security. It has not delivered on the heady rhetoric of its formative years – e.g. the 60,000 troops available at 60 days notice and sustainable for up to a year in the field.

European Union
International Organizations

In the News

Apr 5, 2016

Ashooh Quoted by Voice of America on ISIS Operations and Politics in Iraq

By Jessica Ashooh

Read the full article here.

Iraq

Cyber 9/12 Project

Apr 1, 2016

The day after: Preparing to respond to national cyber crises

By J.L. Billingsley

Given that all entities are susceptible to being hacked, how will (not would) a federal government like that of the United States respond to the potential compromise of a critical asset like the Global Positioning System (GPS)? For the fourth year in a row, the Atlantic Council has been at the forefront of proactively tackling […]

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

Cyber 9/12 Project

Apr 1, 2016

What if a Cyberattack Ignited a War?

By Samuel Klein

Cyber 9/12 contest participants present policy options to contain crisis A cyberattack has brought nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan to the brink of war. An unknown adversary has hacked into a US defense contractor’s computer systems, stolen highly sensitive data, and potentially taken over Global Positioning System satellites. Fighter jets and military radios, along with […]

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

Defense Industrialist

Mar 31, 2016

Before Tallinn burns

By James Hasik

The Third Offset must address NATO’s local numerical inferiorities. As Inside Defense reported earlier this month, current events have the US Army questioning its organization, wondering if it’s otherwise destined to be perennially late to the game. The Russian Army, after all, has gotten rather good at showing up unannounced on short notice. It would […]

Defense Technologies
Eastern Europe

In the News

Mar 30, 2016

Albright and Hadley Join PBS Newshour to Discuss the Middle East Strategy Task Force and Their Recent Trip to the Region

By Albright and Hadley

Middle East
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Congressman John Moolenaar on deterring aggression against Taiwan

AN #ACFRONTPAGE EVENT—Moolenaar, chairman of the House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, discusses how the United States and Taiwan can strengthen deterrence in the Taiwan Strait.
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