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Emerging Defense Challenges

May 15, 2015

Incentives and Processes Need Change to Make DOD’s Silicon Valley Outreach Work, Say Experts

By Brent Scowcroft Center

On April 23, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter gave a speech at Stanford University where he claimed a greater link between Silicon Valley and the Department of Defense (DOD) would help “defend our country and help make a better world.” His speech—and subsequent events—showed that Secretary Carter is serious about incubating many of the ideas […]

Emerging Defense Challenges

May 14, 2015

Strategy Session with Robert Scher, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, and Capabilities

By Brent Scowcroft Center

The Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security hosted a strategy session for Robert Scher, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, and Capabilities, on Thursday, May 14, 2015. This session brought together noted strategists and security and defense experts to discuss the most pressing strategic priorities for the Department of Defense.

In the News

May 14, 2015

Brummer on the Trade Legislation Before Congress

By Chris Brummer

Politifact quotes Boyden Gray Fellow on Global Growth and Finance Chris Brummer on trade negotiations and financial regulations:

Event Recap

May 14, 2015

Cross-Straits Series: Implications of Energy Security on Critical Geopolitical, Economic, and Environmental Issues in the Asia-Pacific Region

On May 14, the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security’s (BSC) Asia Security Initiative hosted a Cross-Straits Series event on the effects of energy security in the Asia-Pacific. Considering the heated debates on the region today, energy security has been a relatively underappreciated and under-examined topic. This discussion with Edward C. Chow, a Senior Fellow […]

Defense Industrialist

May 13, 2015

Ray Mabus Knows Naval Human Capital

By James Hasik

The Navy Secretary’s speech on managing talent was founded on sound economic principles. In his speech at the Naval Academy this morning, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus announced that he intends to profoundly reform the way his department manages people—the human capital that drive the physical capital of its ships and aircraft. He admits that progress […]

Bremain vs Brexit

May 13, 2015

Dungan on the Implications of the UK Election

By Nicholas Dungan

The Daily Caller quotes Transatlantic Relations Program Nonresident Senior Fellow Nicholas Dungan what the UK election results mean for Scotland and the European Union:

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Europe After The Vote

May 10, 2015

Montanino on Greece’s IMF Payment

By Andrea Montanino

The Financial Times quotes Global Business and Economics Program Director Andrea Montanino on why the International Monetary Fund’s credibility is on the line regarding Greece’s May 12 payment deadline:

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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:

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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 […]

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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:

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