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Europe After The Vote

Jul 14, 2015

Montanino on Greece Deal

By Andrea Montanino

Global Business and Economics Program Director Andrea Montanino joins Fox Business to discuss the challenges facing Greece in the wake of their deal to stay in the eurozone:

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Defense Industrialist

Jul 14, 2015

Innovation? Yes—but sorry, I don’t have a requirement.

By Martin Neill

Pushing for innovation against existing challenges is unlikely to yield dramatic change. We need innovation! We need to look to non-traditional defense suppliers! How often have we heard that refrain? I did again in April, when US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter insisted in Palo Alto that “we need the creativity and innovation that comes from […]

Defense Industry Security & Defense

Europe After The Vote

Jul 13, 2015

The Greek Debt Crisis – Latest Developments

By Demetrios Papageorgiou

After a weekend of marathon negotiations at an emergency Eurozone summit in Brussels, Greece’s creditors—the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the European Central Bank (ECB), and various Eurozone countries—have given the country an ultimatum: enact a laundry list of economic reforms by July 15 in order to start formal negotiations on the country’s third financing package […]

Europe & Eurasia Greece

Art of Future Warfare

Jul 13, 2015

Wall Street Journal Features Ghost Fleet

By August Cole

The Wall Street Journal features Ghost Fleet, cowritten by Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow August Cole, in a discussion on the advances of cyber warfare and a vision of the hypothetical World War III:

Europe After The Vote

Jul 13, 2015

Deal will ‘Weaken’ Greece’s Tsipras

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Domestic Politics Weighed Heavily on Greek Negotiations, says Atlantic Council’s Fran Burwell The terms of an agreement between Greece and its Eurozone creditors are tough, but there is an implicit recognition that austerity alone is not the answer, says the Atlantic Council’s Fran Burwell. “There needs to be solidarity within the Eurozone and one has […]

Europe & Eurasia European Union

Europe After The Vote

Jul 13, 2015

Not Yet a Done Deal with Greece

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Atlantic Council’s Andrea Montanino sees onerous limitations on Greek sovereignty A deal that paves the way to negotiations on a third bailout for Greece imposes tough limitations on Greek sovereignty that could endanger Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ government, says the Atlantic Council’s Andrea Montanino. Montanino said it is premature to declare that marathon negotiations over […]

Europe & Eurasia European Union

Europe After The Vote

Jul 10, 2015

Gramer and Rizzo: Five Reasons NATO Fears a Grexit

By Robbie Gramer and Rachel Rizzo

Transatlantic Security Initiative Assistant Director Robbie Gramer and Brent Scowcroft Center Program Assistant Rachel Rizzo write for Politico Europe on why Putin would receive a major boost from Greece leaving the eurozone:

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Middle East Strategy Task Force

Jul 10, 2015

#CounteringISISpropaganda

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Web-savvy extremists dominate discourse on social media Web-savvy extremists belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) and their online cohort of supporters dominate the conversation on Twitter leaving little hope for the success of US efforts to counter that propaganda, according to a former State Department official. “ISIS has created, using this […]

Defense Industrialist

Jul 10, 2015

Selling Sikorsky—updated

By James Hasik

A Bell-Sikorsky combination could be too big for the Pentagon to handle. Bidding for Sikorsky, Reuters reports, rests now with Lockheed Martin and Textron. As noted here a few weeks ago, the tax implications remain daunting for United Technologies, particularly now that Textron’s proposed Reverse Morris Trust has elicited no interest. Spinoff does remain in […]

Defense Industry Security & Defense

Europe After The Vote

Jul 10, 2015

Slavin Moderates Issues in the News

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin joins Voice Of America’s Issues in the News to moderate a discussion on the Greek crisis, the Iran nuclear deal, and the US strategy to combat ISIS:

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