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Emerging Defense Challenges

Jan 15, 2014

Defense News Covers Atlantic Council Captains of Industry

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

Global Aggregation of Cyber Risk

Jan 15, 2014

Webcast: January Cyber Risk Wednesday – Cyber Resilience through Measurement

Join the discussion on Twitter using the hashtag #CyberWednesdays and follow the @AtlanticCouncil.

Event Recap

Jan 15, 2014

Workshop on Cybersecurity, Space, and the Future of Deterrence in Northeast Asia

As a result of technological progress, the domains of cyber and space have begun to rise in importance, especially in Northeast Asia where the United States has engaged in extended deterrence since the Cold War with the aim of promoting stability in a strategically complex region.

East Asia

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 […]

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