Category: Content Series

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Experts

Fellow

Courtney Spivey Urschel

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Human Rights Middle East

Fellow

Godfrey Odongo

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Africa East Africa

Fellow

Priya Pillai

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Africa Conflict

Fellow

Joshua Hotvet

Veterans Advanced Energy Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment United States and Canada

Fellow

Rolando Mattar

Veterans Advanced Energy Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment United States and Canada

Fellow

Tom Wotka

Veterans Advanced Energy Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment United States and Canada
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Content

Cyber 9/12 Project

Sep 18, 2015

Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge: Support Us

By Atlantic Council

  SUPPORT US The Student Challenge presents a prime opportunity for companies to engage with top policy and technical talent from around the world. With its numerous recruiting events, marketing opportunities, and speaking slots, the competition allows organizations to hire a skilled workforce from a diverse pool of 150+ students; demonstrate thought leadership by fostering […]

Cyber 9/12 Project

Sep 18, 2015

About the Challenge

By Atlantic Council

Now entering its sixth year, the Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge is a one-of-a-kind competition designed to provide students across academic disciplines with a deeper understanding of the policy challenges associated with cyber crisis and conflict. Part interactive learning experience and part competitive scenario exercise, it challenges teams to respond to a realistic, evolving cyberattack and […]

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Cyber 9/12 Project

Sep 18, 2015

Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge: Join Us

By Atlantic Council

. . .as a competitor in the Student Track: Graduate and undergraduate students from any university, including defense colleges and military academies, are invited to apply to compete in teams of four. There are no requirements for team composition based on academic majors, education levels, or nationalities of team members. Competitors in this category will […]

Middle East Strategy Task Force

Sep 18, 2015

Middle East Strategy Task Force: Beyond Refugees

By Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East

The hundreds of thousands of refugees streaming into Europe are just the beginning. War, poverty and poor governance have uprooted 19 million people across the Middle East and North Africa. Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley will lead a discussion September 18 of how the United States and […]

Emerging Defense Challenges

Sep 17, 2015

Now How Much is Enough? The Contemporary Challenge of Cost and Program Analysis at the Pentagon

By Brent Scowcroft Center

On September 17, the Atlantic Council hosted Dr. Jamie Morin, Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, for a rare public appearance at the event, “Now How Much is Enough? The Contemporary Challenge of Cost and Program Analysis at the Pentagon.” Borrowing the title of Alian Enthoven’s celebrated book on defense planning and analysis from […]

Defense Industrialist

Sep 16, 2015

An ISIS Air Force?

By Blake Franko

The Threat of Poor Man’s Air Power In a not too distant future, war has broken out between NATO and Russia. Battles are being fought all over Europe and Russian forces are moving to capture Paris. With sizable ground forces and air dominance, US helicopters and tilt-rotors are supporting the troops overhead, forcing Russian troops to retreat. […]

Syria

Defense Industrialist

Sep 13, 2015

What if the aircraft carrier had never been invented?

By James Hasik

A thought experiment in bureaucratic rivalries, foregone technologies, and alternative histories Aircraft carriers are multi-billion dollar investments—in the case of USS Gerald Ford, some $12 billion. They take years to build—in the case of the French ship Charles de Gaulle, twelve years. They take a long time to repair—USS Eisenhower is just back from a two-year stay at […]

Defense Technologies Maritime Security
Hasikgrah

Defense Industrialist

Sep 8, 2015

If a Weapon Were a Three-Piece Suit

By Steven Grundman

Think of defense contracting in four distinct market types. Several recent headlines— “Senators Call For Oversight On LRS-B Cost Estimates” “Oshkosh Wins JLTV Award” “Kendall ‘Open-Minded’ On Sharing RD-180 Replacement Costs” “Can Secretary Carter win over Silicon Valley?” —got me thinking about menswear and defense acquisition and why they are both so persistently difficult. It’s the […]

Defense Industry Security & Defense

Art of Future Warfare

Sep 8, 2015

Cole on Ghost Fleet

By August Cole

Morning Consult interviews Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow August Cole on his new book Ghost Fleet coauthored with Peter Singer: 

China

Emerging Defense Challenges

Sep 6, 2015

Hasik on the JLTV

By James Hasik

Agence France-Presse quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow for Defense James Hasik on the US Army’s new all-purpose vehicle, the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV):

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