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Bremain vs Brexit

Mar 25, 2016

TTIP&TRADEinAction – March 25, 2016

By Global Business & Economics Program

The German Marshall Fund hosted its annual Brussels Forum this week, convening leaders from North America and Europe to discuss the transatlantic community’s most pressing issues.  Washington Post Associate Editor David Ignatius moderated a discussion between US Trade Representative Michael Froman and European Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmström about the progress in TTIP negotiations.

Central Europe Eastern Europe

Bremain vs Brexit

Mar 24, 2016

A Costly Goodbye

By Alvaro Morales Salto Weis & TK Spandhla

On June 23, British citizens will decide on a referendum whether the UK stays or leaves the EU. The consequences of a vote to leave, or Brexit, could decide the UK’s place in the world for generations.

Economy & Business European Union

Bremain vs Brexit

Mar 24, 2016

Europe’s Big Challenge: Alienated Populations + ISIS

By Mitch Hulse

Terrorist attacks against the West will continue as long as Europe fails to integrate Muslim communities into its fold and organizations like the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham maintain their ideological stranglehold over these disaffected communities, according to senior fellows at the Atlantic Council. “These attacks are going to continue as long as two […]

Syria Western Europe

Bremain vs Brexit

Mar 23, 2016

Brussels Attacks Shift Focus to Migrant Crisis

By Robbie Gramer

The terrorist attacks in Brussels have shaken the European Union to its core and will have long-term consequences for the transatlantic community. Europe’s response to the migrant crisis, which has inundated the continent with more than one million refugees, will be an important factor in addressing this situation. The political fallout from the attacks in […]

Europe & Eurasia Western Europe

Bremain vs Brexit

Mar 23, 2016

Brussels Attacks’ Fallout will be Felt Across Europe

By Lauren Speranza

The March 22 terrorist attacks in Brussels will have three major consequences for Europe’s political landscape. First, it could deal a devastating blow to Europe’s open borders; the Schengen area is the magnum opus of a unified Europe. Following the terrorist attack, authorities shut down major public transport lines between Brussels and its European neighbors. […]

European Union International Organizations

Bremain vs Brexit

Mar 23, 2016

‘We Reap What We Sow’

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Brussels attack the cost of inattention to terrorist sleeper cells, says Atlantic Council President and CEO Frederick Kempe European governments, and in particular Belgium, are paying a heavy price for having neglected terrorist sleeper cells that have been forming for well more than a decade in their growing, poorly integrated immigrant communities, said Frederick Kempe, President and CEO of […]

European Union International Organizations

Defense Industrialist

Mar 23, 2016

Ospreys across the no-man’s sea

By James Hasik

A new “island strategy” for reaction forces could make carrier and amphibious groups less essential. On Monday, the American Hellenic Institute hosted a luncheon with Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos on the occasion of the rollout of a paper by Dan Gouré’s of the Lexington Institute on “Souda Bay: NATO’s Military Gem in the Eastern Mediterranean.” I […]

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Cyber 9/12 Project

Mar 22, 2016

An Overview of the Fourth Annual Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge

By Brent Scowcroft Center

The Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative held its fourth annual Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge on March 11 and 12, 2016. Forty teams from 25 universities participated, along with high-level judges and speakers. American University’s School of International Service hosted the event in Washington, DC.

Cybersecurity

Defense Industrialist

Mar 18, 2016

Bending those cost curves, a year on.

By James Hasik

The Pentagon is making progress with better-faster-cheaper, just on a small scale. In January 2015 at the Atlantic Council, Air Force Secretary Debbie James delivered an address on “Bending the Cost Curve,” emphasizing that her department needed to get off the path towards Augustinian singularity. The initiative she outlined had three parts: enhancing communication with […]

Defense Industry Security & Defense

Eastern Mediterranean Perspectives

Mar 18, 2016

The Cyprus Settlement and Eastern Mediterranean Hydrocarbon Export Scenarios

By Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center

The Cyprus Settlement and Eastern Mediterranean Hydrocarbon Export Scenarios

Energy & Environment Europe & Eurasia

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