Category: Content Series

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Experts

Fellow

Courtney Spivey Urschel

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Human Rights Middle East

Fellow

Godfrey Odongo

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Africa East Africa

Fellow

Priya Pillai

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Africa Conflict

Fellow

Joshua Hotvet

Veterans Advanced Energy Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment United States and Canada

Fellow

Rolando Mattar

Veterans Advanced Energy Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment United States and Canada

Fellow

Tom Wotka

Veterans Advanced Energy Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment United States and Canada
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Trade in Action

Nov 21, 2014

TTIP and Trade figure prominently on the G20 and post-G20 Agenda

By Global Business & Economics Program

TTIP: Towards an Ambitious and Forward- Looking PartnershipThe former chairman of the European Parliament’s International Trade Committee, Vital Moreira, looks at the potential benefits of TTIP for both producers and consumers on both sides of the Atlantic, using Portugal as a case in point. To him the success of an agreement of this impact rests […]

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs

Captains of Industry Series

Nov 19, 2014

Transcript: Endless Possibilities for the Future of Space Launch

By Atlantic Council

Atlantic Council Endless Possibilities for the Future of Space Launch Welcome:Intro: Magnus Nordenman,Deputy Director,Brent Scowcroft Center Moderator:Jeffrey Roncka,Renaissance Strategic Advisors Speaker:Salvatore “Tory” Bruno,President and CEO,United Launch Alliance Location:1030 15th Street, NW,12th Floor (West Tower),Washington, D.C. Time: 4:30 p.m. ESTDate: Thursday, November 13, 2014 Transcript byFederal News ServiceWashington, D.C.

Space Technology & Innovation

Captains of Industry Series

Nov 19, 2014

Endless Possibilities for the Future of Space Launch

By Atlantic Council

On Thursday November 13, the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security welcomed Salvatore “Tory” T. Bruno, president and CEO of United Launch Alliance (ULA). The event, titled “Endless Possibilities for the Future of Space Launch,” was the latest in the Atlantic Council Captains of Industry series, a platform for senior executives in aerospace and defense […]

Space Technology & Innovation

Defense Industrialist

Nov 18, 2014

Third Offset Strategy, Second Adversary

By James Hasik, Alex Ward

  What worked on the Soviets may not work on the Chinese.   Chuck Hagel’s speech at the Reagan National Defense Forum this past weekend may have been one of the most important by an American defense secretary in recent years. His new ‘Defense Innovation Initiative’ seems neither a DARPA program writ large nor a […]

China NATO

Issue Brief

Nov 18, 2014

Mitigating the security risks posed by a near-nuclear Iran

By Matthew Kroenig

Deal or no deal, Iran will still pose a destabilizing nuclear security threat, writes Senior Fellow Matthew Kroenig As worldwide attention focuses on the international negotiators rushing to finish a nuclear deal with Iran before a self-imposed November 24 deadline, we are in danger of overlooking the fact that Iran’s extant nuclear capability already presents […]

Iran National Security

Defense Industrialist

Nov 14, 2014

From Overreaction to Finesse

By James Hasik

Better Buying Power may depend on human capital the Pentagon yet lacks.   Frank Kendall, the Pentagon’s chief weapons buyer, said this week that his staff has “overreacted” at times to his guidance on improving outcomes and affordability. As Defense Industry Daily put it, this has caused some “tension with the defense industry amid the onset […]

NATO Security & Defense

Defense Industrialist

Nov 13, 2014

Minimum Sustainment Acquisition

By James Hasik, Dave Foster

The Pentagon needs a lighter touch with low-volume vendors.   Last week, in an essay on how software costs are eating the war effort, we wrote about a “bold industrial strategy” proposed by Atlantic Council advisor Harlan Ullman. As he wrote,        one solution is to shift conceptually and practically from a defense industrial base […]

NATO Security & Defense

Captains of Industry Series

Nov 13, 2014

Endless Possibilities for the Future of Space Launch

By Atlantic Council

Please join the Atlantic Council’s Captains of Industry Series for a conversation with Tory Bruno, President and CEO of United Launch Alliance on November 13th at 4:30pm.

Corporate Strategy Forum

Nov 12, 2014

What’s Next in DoD Defense-Industrial Policy?

By Atlantic Council

On November 7, the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security welcomed André Gudger, acting deputy assistant secretary for manufacturing and industrial base policy and Mary Margaret Evans, principal director of manufacturing and industrial base policy at the Pentagon for a meeting of the Corporate Strategy Forum. The focus of this event was on “What’s Next […]

Commanders Series

Nov 10, 2014

The Islamic State and beyond: US military strategy in the Middle East

By Atlantic Council

“We have been fighting extremists for over thirteen years now, and we are nowhere near finished,” CENTCOM commander says at the Atlantic Council In a September 10 address to the nation, US President Barack Obama outlined a four-pronged strategy to “degrade and ultimately destroy” the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) that included a […]

Conflict Middle East
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