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Middle East Strategy Task Force Co-Chairs Albright and Hadley Arrive in Tunisia for Regional Consultations

Over the coming week, Middle East Strategy Task Force (MEST) Co-Chairs Madeleine K. Albright and Stephen J. Hadley will visit several countries in the Middle East to consult with civil society representatives, entrepreneurs, and political leaders. 

Brooks Inteviewed on War Is Boring to Discuss Art of Future Warfare Project

By Atlantic Council

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Kein Roboterkrieg!

By James Hasik

iRobot’s sale of its defense division to Arlington Capital indicates that commercial markets will drive innovation in autonomy. On Politico’s Morning Defense today, Jeremy Herb asked some think-tankers what to look for in today’s budget release. Plenty wondered what spending cuts would offset the emerging Third Offset, and even suggested that our New New Thing would […]

Atlantic Council Middle East Strategy Task Force Report Featured in Huffington Post

By Atlantic Council

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Devex Impact Highlights Middle East Strategy Task Force Report

By Atlantic Council

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Options unconsidered

By James Hasik

Which is the question—should carrier drones be tankers, or should tankers just be seaplanes? Turning the US Navy’s next carrier-based drone into a tanker, as the service announced this week, is probably a reasonable idea. For some time, buddy-tanking F-18 Hornets has been a questionable use of other Hornets, but one  completely necessitated since 2009 […]

Youth, Tech, and Entrepreneurship: Unlocking the Middle East’s Economic Potential

By Middle East Strategy Task Force

On Wednesday, February 3, the Atlantic Council’s Middle East Strategy Task Force (MEST) hosted a panel of distinguished experts for a discussion on “Youth, Tech, and Entrepreneurship: Unlocking the Middle East’s Economic Potential.” Seeking to discuss the economic revitalization of the Middle East, MEST Co-Chairs Madeleine K. Albright and Stephen J. Hadley were joined by […]

Think Small

By Steven Grundman

Economies Of Scale Ain’t What They Used To Be. Last month, while the world’s elites were gathering in Davos, Switzerland for Klaus Schwab’s World Economic Forum (WEF), I was in Washington hosting an address by the acquisition executive of the U.S. Special Operations Command, James “Hondo” Geurts. While the setting for these two occasions could […]

An Artist’s Perspective on Moral Complexity

By Brent Scowcroft Center

On February 1, the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security hosted an Art of Future Warfare project Google Hangout with Matt Gallagher, author of Youngblood. As the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan wind down while ISIS rises up, the United States is left in a morally and strategically ambiguous position: should America keep […]