Category: Content Series

Parent for a set of category taxonomy terms to aggregate content that may span other taxonomy terms/types and be part of a recurring topic or series (e.g. content related to a particular election)

Experts

Fellow

Kendra Ryan

Veterans Advanced Energy Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment Renewables & Advanced Energy

Fellow

Warren Sakey

Veterans Advanced Energy Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment Renewables & Advanced Energy

Staff

Nushin Sarkarati

Deputy Director, Strategic Litigation Project

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Corruption Human Rights

Fellow

Joumana Seif

Former Nonresident Senior Fellow

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Arabic English

Fellow

Jordan Shontz

Veterans Advanced Energy Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment Renewables & Advanced Energy

Staff

William F. Wechsler

Senior Director, Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

National Security Middle East
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Content

20140425 F35

Defense Industrialist

Apr 25, 2014

Is the F-35 the Industrial Base?

By James Hasik

Consuming 40 percent of the Pentagon’s future spending plans, the JSF may come to dominate defense planning Earlier this week, Australian Prime Minster Tony Abbot announced that the Royal Australian Air Force’s order for F-35A Lightning IIs was now up to a full wing of 72 aircraft. The bad news is that each aircraft, even deducting for […]

United States and Canada

LatAmSource

Apr 25, 2014

To Fight Inequality, Let’s Focus on Education

By Gabriel Sanchez Zinny

By many indications, the world has finally left the worst of the 2008 economic crisis behind. Growth is looking to pick up in the U.S. and Japan, spurring what the OECD labels as a moderately positive global economic environment. Unemployment is slowly but surely retreating, and investors are regaining their confidence in the markets.

Brazil
Minilateralism

Trade in Action

Apr 24, 2014

Minilateralism: A New Book from Atlantic Council Expert, Chris Brummer

By Global Business and Economics Program

Dr. Chris Brummer, the Atlantic Council’s C. Boyden Gray Fellow and Project Director of the Transatlantic Finance Initiative recently released his new book on global trends in trade and finance, Minilateralism.

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs

Trade in Action

Apr 24, 2014

TTIP Action: April 24

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).

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs

Trade in Action

Apr 22, 2014

What We’re Reading: April 22

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

Defense Industrialist

Apr 22, 2014

A Defense Industry for the Age of Austerity

By Steve Grundman

Three years into an “age of austerity” in Western military spending, expectations are building for a new wave of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the defense industry like the one that followed the Cold War. Just as before, change is resetting customers’ expectations, investors’ outlooks and corporate strategies.

Emerging Defense Challenges

Apr 17, 2014

Leidos CEO Gen. John Jumper Discusses Defense Industry Evolution

In September last year, the Virginia-based government contracting company SAIC split into two. The government-services wing maintained the SAIC name and the newly-created Leidos was created to focus on national security, commercial health, and the engineering sectors. Gen. John P. Jumper, the first chairman and CEO of Leidos, joined the Atlantic Council to discuss this […]

Trade in Action

Apr 17, 2014

What We’re Reading: April 17

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

Captains of Industry Series

Apr 17, 2014

Webcast: Captains of Industry Series with Gen. John P. Jumper, President and CEO, Leidos

Join us on Thursday, April 17 from 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. to hear from Gen. John P. Jumper, USAF (Ret.) who will discuss his tenure at SAIC and Leidos, and how the company had to evolve in order to grow.

Defense Industrialist

Apr 17, 2014

It’s Time for a Backup to GPS.

By James Hasik

The recent failure of GLONASS and sightings of Russian navigation jammers in Crimea are cause enough for concern. If you’re not a space geek, you probably didn’t notice the total failure of the Russian satellite navigation system early this month. And if you’re not an electronic warfare geek, you probably didn’t notice those Russian satellite […]

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