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Dec 14, 2015

Cole: Droids and The Force: How the Science in ‘Star Wars’ Is Actually Real

By August Cole

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow August Cole cowrites for the Wall Street Journal Speakeasy with P.W. Singer on technology in the “Star Wars” series that actually has parallels with today’s technological innovations:

In the News

Dec 14, 2015

Bloomberg Business Highlights Event with UK Defense Secretary Michael Fallon MP

By Brent Scowcroft Center

Bloomberg Business highlights the Brent Scowcroft Center’s special event with United Kingdom Secretary of State for Defense Rt. Hon. Michael Fallon MP on the recently released UK Strategic Defense and Security Review:

In the News

Dec 13, 2015

Forbes Highlights Atlantic Council Report on Costs of Cyber Attacks

By Atlantic Council

Forbes highlights the joint Atlantic Council and Zurich Insurance Group study, Risk Nexus: Beyond Data Breaches: Global Interconnections of Cyber Risk, that outlines the potential financial impact of future cyber attacks:

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

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Dec 13, 2015

Pham on Corruption in Nigeria’s Arms Race

By J. Peter Pham

The Nation quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on corruption in Nigeria’s government and the misallocation of millions from the nation’s defense and security budget:

Nigeria

In the News

Dec 13, 2015

Pavel on the US Foreign Military Sales System

By Barry Pavel

Defense News quotes Vice President, Arnold Kanter Chair, and Brent Scowcroft Center Director Barry Pavel on pushback from the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee following international and domestic complaints on the slow and time consuming foreign military sales system: 

In the News

Dec 13, 2015

Tanchum: TANAP and the Semi-Encirclement of Iran: Progress and Paradoxes in Turkey’s Energy Diplomacy

By Micha'el Tanchum

Eurasian Energy Futures Initiative Nonresident Senior Fellow Micha’el Tanchum writes for Turkish Policy Quarterly on why Turkey’s energy supply is still susceptible to Russian and Iranian interference, despite its energy diplomacy efforts, mainly TANAP, which seeks to diversify its natural gas supply:

Iran

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Dec 13, 2015

Vakhshouri on Iran’s Natural Gas Industry

By Sara Vakhshouri

Real Clear Energy quotes Global Energy Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Sara Vakhshouri on how the Iran nuclear deal will affect Iran’s natural gas industry:

Iran

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Dec 13, 2015

Hof: Obama and Kerry’s Wishful Thinking on Syria

By Frederic Hof

Rafik Hariri Center Resident Senior Fellow Frederic C. Hof writes for the Washington Post on the Obama administration’s failed policy in Syria and the upcoming talks on Syria in Vienna:

Syria

In the News

Dec 12, 2015

Manning: Abe’s India Visit Highlights Asia’s Security Ties

By Robert Manning

Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow Robert Manning writes for Nikkei Asian Review on the increase in overlapping defense ties between the United States, Japan, and other Asia-Pacific countries as they look to counter China’s increasingly assertive military posture: 

India Japan

In the News

Dec 12, 2015

Schechter on the Macri Government

By Peter Schechter

Argentine News Service Télam quotes Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center Director Peter Schechter on newly elected President of Argentina Mauricio Macri:

Latin America
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