Category: Content Series

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Europe After The Vote

Jun 18, 2015

Montanino: Stuck Between Greece and a Hard Place

By Andrea Montanino

Global Business and Economics Program Director Andrea Montanino writes for US News and World Report on why all parties in the unfolding Greek budget tragedy are facing serious constraints:

European Union Greece

Europe After The Vote

Jun 17, 2015

Montanino on the IMF and Greece

By Andrea Montanino

Agence France-Presse quotes Global Business and Economics Program Director Andrea Montanino on the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) toughening stance on the financial crisis in Greece:

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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Jun 15, 2015

TTIP Action – June 11

By Global Business & Economics Program

Chair of the European Parliament’s Trade Committee, Bernd Lange, insists that the committee will use the additional time gained through the postponed vote on its recommendations to work towards reaching a stable majority for the TTIP-resolution. This Week in a Nutshell Whilst a vote on the final passage of the Trade Promotion Authority bill is […]

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs

Defense Industrialist

Jun 11, 2015

Fire the Non-Performers?

By James Hasik

For improving military procurement, there’s no alternative to cultural change. And all the brilliant private-sector managers who say if only I were running the Defense Department, I know what I’d do? Well, the first thing they’d discover is the Civil Service Commission wouldn’t allow them to fire the 50,000 non-performers as they would have done […]

Event Recap

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: 

Defense Industry 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.

Ukraine

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: