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Veterans Advanced Energy Fellow

Energy & Environment United States and Canada

Fellow

Rolando Mattar

Veterans Advanced Energy Fellow

Energy & Environment United States and Canada

Fellow

Tom Wotka

Women Leader in Energy and Climate Fellow

Energy & Environment United States and Canada

Fellow

Kalle Meehan

Energy & Environment

Content

Event Recap

The Danger of Divergence: Transatlantic Financial Reform and the G20 Agenda

The United States and the European Union cannot afford to follow separate paths on financial reform, according to Senator Christopher Murphy (D-CT), EU Ambassador to the US João Vale de Almeida, and a number of leading experts from the Department of the Treasury, the SEC, the European Commission, the private sector, and academia. Following the […]

Economy & Business European Union

Defense Industrialist

Is Fixed-Price Foolish? Interpreting the A-12 Debacle

By James Hasik

Budget discipline can be imposed on contractors, but only intelligently. Last Thursday, as has been widely reported, the US Court of Federal Claims finally dismissed the lawsuit filed 23 years ago this month over the A-12 debacle. For those who have forgotten, ‘joint prime contractors’ McDonnell Douglas and General Dynamics were selected in January 1988 […]

Cyber 9/12 Project

Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge Resources

By Atlantic Council

The Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative together with the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) concluded Europe’s first Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge, held on April 22 to 23 in Geneva, Switzerland. The European Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge follows three successful years of similar competitions held in Washington, DC. Sixteen teams competed to offer their best […]

Defense Industrialist

More Bases, Higher Pay, Old Airplanes—How Mandates Are Remaking Strategy

By James Hasik

In today’s Wall Street Journal, Todd Harrison and Mark Gunzinger of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments write of how the US military needs to close domestic bases, reform military compensation, and retire legacy weapons. They lament that the Congress will not permit a BRAC, will not stop increasing troops’ and retirees’ compensation, and will not […]

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and President of the EU Council Herman Van Rompuy

Cyber 9/12 Project

Jan 28, 2014

NATO 2013 Report: Broadening Partnerships for Global Security

By NATO

Today’s global challenges require a cooperative approach to security. Complementing the close relationships among NATO member countries, partnerships are an increasingly important part of the Alliance’s core business.

Cybersecurity NATO

In the News

Jan 28, 2014

SIFMA Covers Global Business and Economics Program Event

By Global Business and Economics Program

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) covered the Global Business and Economics Program’s Dangers of Divergence: Transatlantic Financial Reform & the G20 Agenda event.

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs

Defense Industrialist

Has Moore’s Law Run its Course? Implications for Military Technology

By James Hasik

Is Moore’s Law about to run its course? Whether or not the anticipated doubling of computing power every eighteen months finally comes to an end, the long-term consequences for military technology will be profound. And in the prediction business in the past two months, we have seen diametrically opposed views.

Cyber 9/12 Project

Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge: Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge? Who can compete? How do I register? Are there any requirements on team composition? Can all registered teams take part in the competition? How is the competition structured? What is the format of the competition? What tasks are part of the competition? Is there a required […]

Cyber 9/12 Project

Cyber 9/12 Student Competition: 2014 Competing Teams

Semi-Final Teams ECIRBill Young (MIT)Josephine Wolff (MIT)Evann Smith (Harvard University) Team PhoenixMike Hooper (National Intelligence University)Maggie Smith (Eastern Michigan University)Rock Stevens (Eastern Michigan University)Jason Rivera (Georgetown University) CERIASAlli Roberts (Purdue University)Sydney Liles (Purdue University)Rylan Chong (Purdue University)Filipo Sharevski (Purdue University) NetYetOuzkaan Pehlivan (Galatasaray / USAK)Emin Caliskan (Tallinn Technical University)Murat Can (Bogazici University)Minhac Çelik (Tubitak) Georgetown […]

Cyber 9/12 Project