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Jun 22, 2015

Renminbi ascending: How China’s currency impacts global markets, foreign policy, and transatlantic financial regulation

By Chris Brummer

How will the rise of China’s currency impact global markets, foreign policy, and transatlantic financial regulation? The report, titled “How China’s Currency Impacts Global Markets, Foreign Policy, and Transatlantic Financial Regulation” offers and elaborates on five principles for an effective internationalization process of the RMB: Agenda setting should be pragmatic, not aspirational; Reforms in legal […]

China Economy & Business

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Jun 19, 2015

What Does it Mean to ‘Win’ a Cyberwar?

By CSM Passcode

What we learned from an Atlantic Council event discussing the dynamics of global cyberconflict. Even as countries build up digital defense networks and train armies of hackers, the nature of cyberconflict remains little understood. There isn’t even a firm grasp on what it means to fight – let alone win – a cyberwar. That was […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

Defense Industrialist

Jun 18, 2015

Bug Hunt or Stand-up Fight?

By James Hasik

Textron’s Scorpion wins on the economics. The politics need some attention. Instead of attending the Paris Air Show this week, I found myself sitting on the couch the other night, watching Iron Man 2 with the kids. As Justin Hammer introduced his squadrons of nearly-identical killer robots (er, drones) for “the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines”, I […]

Defense Industry Security & Defense

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

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