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Dec 4, 2015

Ashooh on UK Parliament Vote to Strike ISIS in Syria

By Jessica Ashooh

Middle East Strategy Task Force Deputy Director Jessica Ashooh joins Al Jazeera to discuss the UK Parliament’s vote to authorize air strikes against ISIS in Syria:

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Content Series

Dec 4, 2015

Global Energy Debates and the East Mediterranean

By Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center

On November 16, 2015, the Peace Research Institute Oslo-PRIO Cyprus Centre, in collaboration with the Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation in Cyprus and the Atlantic Council, organized its annual energy conference in the Nicosia UN Buffer Zone. The conference invited international experts to discuss the increasingly complex global energy landscape, paying particular attention to the Eastern Mediterranean region. The […]

Defense Industrialist

Dec 2, 2015

Bayonets, pistols, and JLTVs

By James Hasik

What three recent cases tell us about relative burdens in military procurement. Just the other day, I noted how outgoing Air Force procurement chief Bill LaPlante has been insisting that the Pentagon’s business of buying weapons has been improving over the past few years. Not everyone, however, is equally moved. On 18 November, at our […]

Defense Industry Defense Policy

Bremain vs Brexit

Dec 2, 2015

Tea Time in the Union

By Global Business and Economics

As Cameron continues to walk the tight rope on Brexit, it is worth considering those Britons living abroad.

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia

Commanders Series

Dec 1, 2015

The Future of American Airpower: A Conversation with General Mark A. Welsh III

By Alex Ward

On December 1, 2015, the Atlantic Council hosted General Mark Welsh III, Chief of Staff of the US Air Force, for a Commanders Series event entitled, “The Future of American Airpower.” In a discussion moderated by the Council’s Barry Pavel, Vice President, Arnold Kanter Chair, and Director of the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, […]

In the News

Dec 1, 2015

Brummer on China’s Renminbi

By Chris Brummer

The New York Times quotes Global Business and Economics C. Boyden Gray Fellow Chris Brummer on one of the potential challenges of the growing popularity of China’s currency in the absence of thoughtful geostrategic planning—the possible circumvention of Western sanctions:

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Defense Industrialist

Nov 30, 2015

“We used to suck, and now we don’t suck as much.”

By James Hasik

Testing Bill LaPlante’s hypothesis of improving military acquisition The Lexington Institute’s Dan Gouré says that the much-ballyhooed Third Offset “will fail unless it first defeats the DoD’s acquisition system.” The department has again missed its goals for competing enough contracts. I myself have lamented how broken the acquisition system is. But as a retired Air […]

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Defense Industrialist

Nov 24, 2015

Image and Indoctrination

By Blake Franko

Russia is laying the groundwork for further professionalizing its military. Russia’s military intervention in Syria illustrates that in the minds of Kremlin planners, the primary criterion for great power status is military might. Further cruise missile strikes and bomber sorties continue to showcase the depth of Russian military modernization. However, if Russia wants to remain […]

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Event Recap

Nov 23, 2015

Chris Brummer Speaks on RMB Internationalization at Financial and Risk Summit in Toronto

By Global Business and Economics

On November 23, 2015, Chris Brummer, the C. Boyden Gray Fellow on Global Growth and Finance at the Atlantic Council, spoke alongside Mingxuan Zhu, President and CEO, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Susan Gammage, Thomson Reuters’ Head of FX Transactions Sales, Americas, Janet L. Ecker, President and CEO, Toronto Financial Services Alliance, and Jeffrey […]

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Defense Industrialist

Nov 23, 2015

Planes or train?

By James Hasik

Just “how can Canada best” contribute to the fight in Iraq and Syria? The Americans are bombing. The French are now bombing by the score. The British are slinging Brimstone. The Canadians will train the Peshmerga. That’s right—making good on a campaign promise, new Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau still intends to withdraw the six F-18 […]

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