Category: Content Series

Foreign Policy Experts Call on Secretary Kerry to Actively Support Democratic Transition in Libya

One year ago this week, an attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi, Libya tragically claimed the lives of Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans. Ambassador Stevens was widely respected as a champion of serious US commitment to Libya and broad engagement with its people. In the year since his death, however, the United […]

New Nonresident Senior Fellow for Defense in Brent Scowcroft Center

WASHINGTON – The Atlantic Council is pleased to welcome James Hasik, a new senior fellow for defense with the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security. In this capacity, Mr. Hasik will be responsible for research and analysis on the transatlantic defense industry, defense-industrial policy, military procurement, and the role of emerging technologies in international security.

The Israeli experience in missile defense: Lessons for NATO

By Jean-Loup Samaan and Guillaume Lasconjarias

Jean-Loup Samaan and Guillaume Lasconjarias, research fellows at the NATO Defense College in Italy, outline in this issue brief for the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security what NATO can learn from the Israeli experience in missile defense. Samaan and Lasconjarias identify five domains where Israel’s missile defense experience may offer both helpful lessons and […]

Reactions and Analysis of Secretary Hagel’s Strategic Review

On August 1, 2013, the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security held a conference call in reaction to Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel’s announcement of the results of the Strategic Choices and Management Review (SCMR).

Status Report on Export Control Reform: A Strategic Imperative for Transatlantic Defense Trade

On July 31, the Atlantic Council hosted the latest event in its Defense-Industrial Policy Series, a discussion with the two officials in the Obama Administration most directly responsible for export control of the products and technologies of the aerospace and defense industry.

Bank Leverage Now in EU’s Hands

By Chris Brummer

The ball is in the EU’s court to show just how much international financial coordination will be a race to the top, or to the bottom. Over the last two weeks, US regulators have approved “Basel III” banking regulations that will require banks to increase the amount and quality of capital used to finance their […]

Inaugural Student Competition Features Day-after Responses to Major Cyber Attack

On June 15, the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative, with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), held the first student competition devoted to high-level policy recommendations for day-after responses to a major cyber attack.