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Bremain vs Brexit

May 8, 2015

Dungan on Cameron’s Stunning Electoral Victory

By Nicholas Dungan

CNN quotes Transatlantic Relations Program Nonresident Senior Fellow Nicholas Dungan on what British Prime Minister David Cameron’s stunning electoral victory last week means for the United Kingdom moving forward:

United Kingdom

Defense Industrialist

May 8, 2015

Strengthening and Defending Ukraine

By Blake Franko

How reforming an arms industry can save a country Ukraine currently finds itself struggling against separatists in the East, but the solution to this problem might not rest in foreign aid and weapons. The Ukrainian military industrial complex has been a significant player in the country’s economy and can help to supply Kiev’s own defensive […]

Defense Industry
Saudi Arabia

Bremain vs Brexit

May 7, 2015

Dungan on Britain’s Military Presence

By Nicholas Dungan

USA Today quotes Transatlantic Relations Program Nonresident Senior Fellow Nicholas Dungan on Britain’s military presence in advance of the most unpredictable national election in decades:

United Kingdom

Defense Industrialist

May 5, 2015

Spartans Need Strike Fighters

By James Hasik

The Emirates will bring to Camp David a strong case for buying F-35s. For their support for a treaty to put the Iranian nuclear program on ice, the Gulf Cooperation Council governments are coming to Camp David with shopping lists. Specifically, the GCC states have signaled in advance that they will want advanced weapons, including F-35 […]

Iran
Israel

Defense Industrialist

May 4, 2015

The Pentagon’s Offset Strategy Needs A Big Idea

By Steven Grundman

The reflex to gain military leverage from yet another technological revolution is misguided. It seems clear what is foremost for Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work these days. At the Pentagon’s April 9 press conference endorsing “Better Buying Power 3.0,” Work said the impetus for his new “offset strategy” is an urgent concern about “a steady erosion of our […]

Defense Industry
Security & Defense

Defense Industrialist

Apr 30, 2015

Marketing Matters.

By James Hasik

If people matter, then selling military culture merits the same attention as the money. My recent essay “Bomber Command” (noticed as far off as Taiwan) elicited commentary from a friend in the Navy Department, an organization that knows something about visual details and marketing:      “Bomber Command” is similar. “Bomber” itself is kind of blubbery and round, and it takes a little bit of thinking about […]

Defense Industrialist

Apr 29, 2015

Skip a generation of strike fighters? Maybe, Ray.

By James Hasik

Whatever happens with the F-18E or F-35C, the US Navy needs a carrier-based drone now. Earlier this year, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Jonathan Greenert said that he believed that the F/A-XX, the Navy’s planned eventual follow-on to the F-35C, would be “optionally manned“. On 15 April at the Sea-Air-Space conference, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus leaned further […]

China
Defense Industry

Cyber 9/12 Project

Apr 28, 2015

Cyber Statecraft Initiative and GCSP Hold First-Ever European Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge in Geneva

By Atlantic Council

The Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative together with the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) concluded the first European Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge, held on April 22 to 23 in Geneva, Switzerland. In the first competition of its kind in Europe, sixteen teams competed to offer their best national security policy prescriptions for combating escalating cyber conflict.

Cybersecurity

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Apr 26, 2015

Pham on the First Diplomat for LGBT Rights

By J. Peter Pham

USA Today quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on the appointment of Randy Berry as the first US Special Envoy for the Human Rights of Lesbians, Gay Men, Bisexuals, and Transgender Persons:

Defense Industrialist

Apr 24, 2015

The Global Arms Trade: “Hyundaisation” Threat from New Suppliers?

By Richard Bitzinger

The concern is overblown, and traditional arms exporters in the US and Europe will continue to dominate the global arms trade for some time. A RECENT article in the Wall Street Journal (“The ‘Hyundaization’ of the Global Arms Industry,” April 5, 2015) puts forth a provocative argument, namely that “new defence exporters are joining the […]

Defense Industry
Israel

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