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Defense Industrialist

Jun 29, 2014

Russian Military-Industrial Complex 1, USA’s 0.

By James Hasik

Dmitry Rogozin’s people got jets and pilots to Iraq yesterday. In yesterday’s Ottawa Citizen, David Pugliese quoted Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki as finding yet another way to blame the collapse of his army on the United States. His new F-16s are not due to arrive until the autumn, and he asserts that “if we had air […]

Iraq

Defense Industrialist

Jun 20, 2014

Four Questions on the LRS-B, Part 3

By James Hasik

Does it really need a nuclear capability? “Within days,” Air Force Assistant Secretary Bill LaPlante told us at the beginning of the week, but we’re still awaiting that RFP on the LRS-B. So, I continue to prematurely work through the four questions that I believe policymakers should want answered if the program is to proceed. To recap […]

Missile Defense Security & Defense

LatAmSource

Jun 20, 2014

Colombia Bets in Favor of Peace

By Carlos Guzman

Colombians cast their vote for the presidential elections this last Sunday, leading to the re-election of incumbent president Juan Manuel Santos. The question of what the bitterly contested election’s final result means for the near future of the Andean country reigns as the dust settles from Sunday’s vote. Amid good economic conditions, an improving quality […]

Colombia

Defense Industrialist

Jun 19, 2014

Four Questions on the LRS-B, Part 2

By James Hasik

What’s the real range requirement for a “long-range” bomber? As we await whatever is releasable in the US Air Force’s request for proposal (RFP) for a new Long-Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B), I am working through the four questions that I believe policymakers should want answered if the program is to proceed. To recap from yesterday, those are If the bomber […]

Defense Industrialist

Jun 18, 2014

Four questions on the LRS-B

By James Hasik

Part One—How survivable will today’s bomber be a decade on? In the next few days, the US Air Force will release its request for proposals for its long-planned Long-Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B). Two proposals are expected: one from a team of Boeing and Lockheed Martin, and one from B-2 builder Northrop Grumman. The program should proceed quickly: Speaking at an Atlantic […]

LatAmSource

Jun 17, 2014

World Cup Q&A with Adrienne Arsht Center Directors

Five days into the World cup, we sat down with the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Center Director Peter Schechter and Deputy Director Jason Marczak to get their predicitons on the 2014 World Cup and what it will mean looking ahead.  Here is what they had to say. 

Brazil

LatAmSource

Jun 17, 2014

Are Governments Ready for the Fourth Revolution?

By Gabriel Sanchez Zinny

Whether or not you believe in more or less government, in a more interventionist approach to economic management or in pure free markets, The Fourth Revolution is a book you shouldn’t miss. Subtitled “The Global Race to Reinvent the State,” authors John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge – editor in chief and managing editor, respectively, of […]

Defense Industrialist

Jun 13, 2014

Gunships against ISIS

By James Hasik

The AC-130 isn’t a functional replacement for the A-10C, but could it be a political one? This past Monday, Lt. Col. Paul Darling of the Alaska Army National Guard wrote an editorial in Defense News arguing—and as an infantry officer—that the USAF’s A-10C should indeed be retired. The savings, he said, should be reinvested in two programs: a replacement […]

Iraq Ukraine

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Jun 13, 2014

Chrismer on Split Between the West and BRICS Countries Over Ukraine

By Andrew Chrismer

Global Business and Economics Program Assistant Director Andrew Chrismer writes for The Hill’s Congress Blog on why the growing divide between the BRICS countries and the West over Ukraine could lead to a new era of bipolarity: 

Russia Ukraine

Trade in Action

Jun 13, 2014

Turning the Tides: The Role of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in TTIP

By Cale Rogoyski

The key to rallying support for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) among skeptical politicians and voters in the United States and the European Union may be to highlight the growing evidence showing that small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) stand to gain greatly from a comprehensive TTIP agreement. While many skeptics characterize TTIP as […]

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