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Defense Industrialist

Apr 15, 2014

The Disruptive Democratization of Space

By James Hasik

Tiny satellites are diffusing remote sensing capabilities around the world The Americans have reconnaissance satellites. The French, Belgians, Spanish, and Greeks share some reconnaissance satellites. The Russians have their reconnaissance satellites. The Ukrainians have Google Earth. It’s not the same thing, but right now, it the best they’ve got. But as technology and the market are developing, […]

Space
Technology & Innovation

LatAmSource

Apr 15, 2014

Brazil’s Digital Laboratory

By Nizan Guanaes

It’s a whole new world this election year in Brazil. Campaigning means communication, and Brazilians today are communicating much more and very differently than during the 2010 presidential election.

Brazil

Trade in Action

Apr 15, 2014

What We’re Reading: April 15

By Garrett Workman

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).

Economy & Business
Trade and tariffs

LatAmSource

Apr 14, 2014

Transformations: Medellin, Colombia, Latin America

By Rachel DeLevie-Orey

Last week the World Urban Forum was hosted in Medellín, Colombia. Twenty years ago this city was under the thumb of infamous drug lord Pablo Escobar and deemed the murder capital of the world. In 2013 it was named most innovative city in the world by the Wall Street Journal, beating out Tel Aviv and […]

Colombia

LatAmSource

Apr 13, 2014

Latin America: Social Impact Investment Grows

By Gabriel Sanchez Zinny

In Latin America, there is clear need to promote entrepreneurship that seeks both economic return as well as social impact.

Trade in Action

Apr 11, 2014

What We’re Reading: April 10

By Garrett Workman

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).

Economy & Business
Trade and tariffs

Emerging Defense Challenges

Apr 11, 2014

Corporate Strategy Forum Discusses Next Military-Industrial Revolution

Three years into an “age of austerity” in Western military spending, expectations are building for a wave of restructuring in the defense industry, similar to what followed the end of the Cold War. Just as before, fundamental change to the context for international security is resetting customers’ expectations, investors’ outlooks, and, in turn, corporate strategies.

Defense Industrialist

Apr 10, 2014

More engineering, less lawyering, please.

By James Hasik

What We Need from General Dynamics in the AMPV Competition The drama continues in the US Army’s effort to replace its longest-serving armored vehicles, the M113s. General Dynamics is threatening to complain to the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) that the mobility standards required and the technical data provided in the competition are inadequate to […]

Trade in Action

Apr 9, 2014

What We’re Reading: April 8

By Garrett Workman

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).

Economy & Business
Trade and tariffs

Event Recap

Apr 8, 2014

International Financial Regulation in the Post-Crisis Era

The Georgetown Journal of International Law, in collaboration with the Atlantic Council, held a high-level symposium entitled International Financial Regulation in the Post-Crisis Era on Tuesday, April 8, 2014 at Georgetown Law in Washington, DC. The event featured commentary from leading scholars and practitioners in the field of international financial regulation, as well as officials […]

Events