Category: Content Series

Breedlove: NATO Has Begun Shaping Rapid Response Force

Alliance’s Commander Says New Force Will Include US Troops NATO has begun shaping the strengthened presence in Eastern Europe that the Alliance’s leaders approved ten days ago at their summit conference in Wales, its military commander, US Air Force General Philip Breedlove, said. US troops will be part of the new rapid-response force to be […]

Innovation Before Scale

By Steven Grundman and James Hasik

A Better Business Model for Transnational Armaments Cooperation The business model of transnational cooperation in armaments development and production is not working. Though founded on the promise of achieving economies of scale, especially through long production runs, the political allocation of work share tends to undermine this proposition. In its place, we propose an alternative […]

After the Summit: General Philip M. Breedlove on NATO’S Path Forward

By The Atlantic Council

Please join the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security on September 15, 2014 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. for a Commanders Series event with General Philip M. Breedlove, supreme allied commander, Europe and commander, US European Command, to discuss the deliverables of the 2014 NATO Summit in Wales and the path forward […]

What does the selection of the new European Commission mean for TTIP?

Who’s Who & Who’s New?Now that incoming European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has announced the proposed composition of the next Commission, TTIP Action will introduce several of the new commissioners, their portfolios, and their role in the European Union over the course of the next several weeks. Today’s edition introduces Cecilia Malmström, the incoming commissioner […]

News on TTIP and the need for a new European Economic Strategy

Big Cities Benefit from Free Trade – so why are Democrats Stalling it?In her article, Nina Easton wonders why some labor unions are still opposing the conclusion of TTIP and TPP when it is exports that has been boosting post-recession economic gains and job growth in big cities. Data shows that, in the first two […]

Is NATO’s 2% of GDP a relevant target?

By James Hasik

Sometimes it’s what you spend, and sometimes it’s where and how you spend it.   With a few announcements of new spending around the NATO Summit, the alliance is a little closer, but only a little, to its “2-20” goals: that every member state will devote 2 percent of its GDP to its military, and 20 […]

TTIP – A Transatlantic Agreement in a New Phase of Globalization

By Marie Kasperek

On September 8, Italian vice–minister for Trade Carlo Calenda presented the priorities of the Italian Presidency of the European Council of Ministers to the European Parliament’s International Trade Committee. He was joined by US Ambassador to the EU Gardner who was invited to speak on the state of the transatlantic relationship and TTIP in particular.

ISIS, or Running Shoes?

By James Hasik

Congress should be removing barriers to innovation, not erecting barriers to competition.   Today in Wales, the 2014 NATO Summit gets underway, dominated by discussions of wars in Ukraine, Iraq, and Syria. But this afternoon back in Virginia, as Politico Morning Defense reports, several congressmen are meeting with officials at the Pentagon to talk about something more important […]