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Jun 10, 2015

Launch of the Middle East Strategy Task Force – A View from the Region

By Rafik Hariri Center

On June 4, 2015, the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East hosted the public launch of the Middle East Strategy Task Force (MEST), a new initiative focused on responding more strategically and comprehensively to the collapse of regional order amid a tide of failing states. The Task Force aims to examine the underlying causes of […]

Global Aggregation of Cyber Risk

Jun 9, 2015

Pavel and Healey: Cyber Command as a 5-Year-Old

By Jason Healey, Barry Pavel

Vice President and Brent Scowcroft Center Director Barry Pavel and Cyber Statecraft Initiative Nonresident Senior Fellow Jason Healey write for Defense News on Cyber Command’s growing pains: 

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Security & Defense

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Jun 9, 2015

One Year On: Civil Society and Human Rights under Sisi

By EgyptSource

In the four years since Hosni Mubarak’s ouster, human rights have continued to suffer. The past year under President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has witnessed a serious regression in what few rights were gained in the wake of the 2011 uprising. The protests that led to the downfall of Mubarak and his successor, Mohamed Morsi, have […]

North Africa

Governance and Cybersecurity

Jun 8, 2015

Slavin on Ukraine and the National Security Agency on Issues in the News

By Barbara Slavin

Voice of America’s Issues in the News features South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin on renewed fighting in Ukraine in light of the Atlantic Council’s report Hiding in Plain Sight, a renewal of EU-imposed economic sanctions against Russia. and the persistent powers of the National Security Agency, despite Congressional restrictions.

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In the News

Jun 6, 2015

Euronews Highlights MEST Launch

By MEST

Euronews highlights the launch of the Atlantic Council’s New US Middle East Strategy Task Force (MEST) in a bid to find new solutions to tackle ISIS:

In the News

Jun 6, 2015

Zogby: Finally, a Think Tank that Thinks of Arab Opinion

By MEST

The National features the launch of the Atlantic Council’s Middle East Strategy Task Force (MEST) in an article by one of its panelists, James Zogby:

In the News

Jun 6, 2015

Huffington Post Features MEST

By Atlantic Council

James Zogby, Managing Director at Zogby Research Services, writes for the Huffington Post on the Rafik Hariri Center’s Middle East Strategy Task Force (MEST) launch and his presentation during the event, highlighting the importance of understanding Arab public opinion concerning the various challenges facing the Middle East:

Middle East Strategy Task Force

Jun 4, 2015

‘We Are Not Freaks of Nature’

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Panel looks at view from the Middle East, examines US’ role Few people would be surprised to learn that people in the Middle East—just like Americans—care first and foremost about bread-and-butter issues, their lives, and the lives of their families. “Contrary to the myth that [people in the Middle East] go to bed at night […]

Defense Industrialist

Jun 3, 2015

Big Time for Small Arms

By Alex Ward

Business is booming, but think twice before sending more guns. A quick look around the world reminds you that small arms are the tools of choice for those wishing to propagate violence. Indeed, from France’s war in Mali to the conflict in Ukraine to the Islamic State’s reign of terror to Libya’s disintegration, small arms are […]

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Defense Industrialist

Jun 3, 2015

UCAS-D versus UCLASS? No.

By James Hasik

Testing today’s drones should not be curtailed just for “fairness” in procurement. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus really likes drones. He now has a whole deputy assistant secretariat for them. In contrast to the US Air Force, his people aren’t yet burned out from operating them around the clock for over a decade. This April Fool’s Day even brought the […]

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