Category: Content Series

SpaceX President Speaks of Need to Rebuild US Dominance in Space

By Gwynne Shotwell

The Washington Post features the Brent Scowcroft Center of International Security’s event with President and COO of SpaceX, Gwynne Shotwell:

Atlantic Council Event with SpaceX President Featured

By Gwynne Shotwell

NASA Spaceflight featured the Atlantic Council’s event with the President and COO of SpaceX Gwynne Shotwell:

Where are the Robo-Frigates?

By James Hasik

How SAIC and Rolls Royce could disrupt the shipbuilding business. As I wrote last week, DARPA’s war on costs is an effort in technology, funding potentially “powerful new approaches” in armaments, sensors, navigation and communications, aimed at radically decreasing the cost of fielding the next generation of weapon systems. What may be less obvious is just how commercially disruptive those technological developments […]

Cyber Statecraft Report Cited in Warning About Cloud Services

Computer World cites a recent report published by the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative, warning of vulnerabilities to critical infrastructure should web-based cloud services be compromised:

Webcast: Atlantic Council Captains of Industry with Gwynne Shotwell

Please join us on June 4, 2014 from 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. for the latest event in the Atlantic Council Captains of Industry series, a discussion with SpaceX President and Chief Operating Officer Gwynne Shotwell on the company’s ongoing efforts to support commercial, civil, and national security customers with All-American launch services and the challenges […]

TTIP Action: June 1

By Global Business & Economics Program

TTIP Action aggregates the latest news and best analysis from across the United States and European Union on the ongoing negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).

Chrismer: Sanctions Must Go Global

By Andrew Chrismer

Global Business and Economics Program Assistant Director Andrew Chrismer writes for US News and World Report on why the United States must work to broaden future sanctions regimes to incorporate more countries: 

DARPA’s Crusade on Costs

By James Hasik

If the alternative is another round of acquisition reform, let’s bet on technology. Just after our recent Disrupting Defense conference, in an interview with Marcus Weisgerber of Defense News, DARPA Director Arati Prabhakar argued that the “High Cost of Weapons Threatens Security” (17 May). Her organization wants to be part of the solution, funding potentially “powerful new approaches” in armament, sensor, […]

TTIP Action: May 29

By Global Business & Economics Program

TTIP Action aggregates the latest news and best analysis from across the United States and European Union on the ongoing negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).