Category: Content Series

Uncharted Waters: Chile, Peru, and the ICJ

By Thomas Corrigan

Next week brings an important moment for Latin American maritime border relations and transnational cooperation. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is set to announce on Monday, January 27 its decision in the dispute between Peru and Chile involving nearly 40,000 square kilometers of the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of the continent. Not […]

Violence in Venezuela: Marczak on VOA

Deputy Director Jason Marczak appeared on VOA to discuss the recent increase in violence in Venezuela. Marczak identifies the relationship between economic turmoil, institutional instability, and the people’s need to seek violent solutions to the plagues of injustice and shortages of basic goods.

The Pending Demise of the US Rotorcraft Industry Has Been Greatly Exaggerated

By James Hasik

Helicopter program unpredictability and reduced defense procurement have a negative impact on the ability to recruit and retain a qualified and capable aerospace workforce, thereby increasing risk for the helicopter industrial base’s ability to design, build, and support the next generation of manned and unmanned military helicopters. Here in the US, that was the ‘sense […]

When it Comes to Education Reform, What Do Parents and Students Want?

By Gabriel Sanchez Zinny

Over the past several years, a number of new players have been getting involved in the push for education reforms to increase school quality in Latin America. This includes civil society groups, Non-Governmental Organizations, the private sector, and –increasingly – parents and students.

Ellen Lord’s View from Inside: Opportunities for Multi-Industrials

By James Hasik

Ellen Lord, CEO of Textron Systems, yesterday gave the third address of our Captains of Industry series here at the Atlantic Council, speaking on her “View of Defense from Inside a Multi-Industrial Company”. In the aftermath of the Cold War, the US defense industry largely restructured around large-scale specialists in government contracting. The biggest companies […]

Defense News Covers Atlantic Council Captains of Industry

Defense News mentions the Atlantic Council Captains of Industry event, featuring Textron Systems CEO Ellen Lord:

Webcast: January Cyber Risk Wednesday – Cyber Resilience through Measurement

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