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George Bonner

Veterans Advanced Energy Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment Renewables & Advanced Energy

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Kevin Booher

Veterans Advanced Energy Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment Renewables & Advanced Energy

Fellow

Michelle Kholos Brooks

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Forward Defense Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Security & Defense

Fellow

Max Brooks

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Forward Defense Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Crisis Management National Security

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Carlton Brinda

Veterans Advanced Energy Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment Renewables & Advanced Energy

Fellow

Michael Callender 

Veterans Advanced Energy Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment
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Captains of Industry Series

Jan 15, 2014

Textron’s Ellen Lord on the Future of Defense Contracting

Ellen Lord, CEO of Textron Systems, gave the third address of the Atlantic Council Captains of Industry series, speaking on her “View of Defense from Inside a Multi-Industrial Company.”

Captains of Industry Series

Jan 15, 2014

Webcast: Atlantic Council Captains of Industry Series Featuring Ellen Lord

Join us on Wednesday, January 15, 2014 from 10:30am – 11:45am as Ellen Lord, President and CEO of Textron Systems, will share her perspective on the strengths her company brings to the market, the challenges facing the modern conglomerate, and how public policy shapes the incentives to which these companies respond. Follow on Twitter @AtlanticCouncil […]

Emerging Defense Challenges

Jan 15, 2014

Transcript: View of Defense from Inside a Multi-Industrial Company

Ellen Lord, CEO of Textron Systems, gave the third address of the Atlantic Council Captains of Industry series on January 15, 2014, speaking on her “View of Defense from Inside a Multi-Industrial Company.”

Defense Industrialist

Jan 14, 2014

Whither the EU Defense Internal Market?

By Christina Balis

‘Trading and competing’ is as important as ‘pooling and sharing’ for European defense A guest posting by Dr. Christina Balis, Principal and Director of European Operations for Avascent The EU Council’s conclusions last month on the common security and defense policy (CSDP), an event eagerly awaited since the decision in late 2012 to put defense on the […]

Event Recap

Jan 14, 2014

Briefing on the Potential of New Technologies for Enhanced Deterrence

On January 14, 2014, the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security and the Sasakawa Peace Foundation jointly held a private roundtable briefing with leaders of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. In the briefing, the participants discussed the potential of new technologies for enhanced deterrence. The session was moderated by Barry Pavel, Atlantic Council […]

LatAmSource

Jan 7, 2014

The Debate Over the Role of Private Enterprise in Education

By Gabriel Sanchez Zinny

This year, the Thunderbird School of Global Management, based in Glendale, Arizona, became the subject of a long and intense debate after it announced a controversial joint venture with for-profit education services company Laureate, which owns 72 colleges around the world. In the deal, Laureate would gain control over Thunderbird’s online programs, as well as […]

Defense Industrialist

Dec 24, 2013

For Brazil, Just the Right Plane, and at the Right Price

By James Hasik

As has been widely reported, and after what The Aviationist called “ten years of negotiations and speculations,” the Brazilian federal government announced last week that Saab’s JAS-39E Gripen NG had been selected as the next fighter jet of the Força Aérea, beating out Dassault’s Rafale and Boeing’s F/A-18E Super Hornet. The timing of the announcement was unexpected, but the […]

Brazil

LatAmSource

Dec 19, 2013

The Pemex Door Has Opened

By Jason Marczak and Peter Schechter

Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto capped a year of reform with a final act that far exceeded expectations of the 47-year-old leader’s first year. Energy reform, passed by the Senate and Chamber of Deputies last week, will end a 75-year policy prohibiting private investment in the country’s hydrocarbons sector. Some estimate that the reform will […]

Energy & Environment

Cyber Risk Wednesdays

Dec 18, 2013

Third Cyber Risk Wednesday

At the third Cyber Risk Wednesday a series of government and private sector experts discussed the cyber risks and resilience in the electrical sector.

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

Global Aggregation of Cyber Risk

Dec 18, 2013

Webcast: December Cyber Risk Wednesday – Risks and Resilience of the Electrical Sector

Join the discussion on Twitter using the hashtag #CyberWednesdays and follow the @AtlanticCouncil. Please join the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative for the next Cyber Risk Wednesday on December 18, 2013 from 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. A moderated discussion featuring:Jeanette ManfraDeputy Director, Enterprise Performance Management, Office of Cybersecurity and CommunicationsUS Department of Homeland Security […]

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Events

Public Event Thu, February 12, 2026 • 11:00 am ET

Congressman John Moolenaar on deterring aggression against Taiwan

AN #ACFRONTPAGE EVENT—Moolenaar, chairman of the House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, discusses how the United States and Taiwan can strengthen deterrence in the Taiwan Strait.
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