Category: In the News

Hammes publishes issue brief on containerized weapons with Stimson Center

On November 6, Forward Defense nonresident senior fellow Thomas X. Hammes published an issue brief with the Stimson Center titled “We Can’t Buy Our Way Out: It’s Time to Think Differently.” Hammes urges the Pentagon to focus on a new generation of containerized weapons that can be mass produced in order to field capabilities to […]

Charai for The Jerusalem Post: Jared Kushner Can Finish What He Began: The Only Path to End Hamas and Save Gaza

By Atlantic Council

Grundman featured in Defense & Aerospace Report on defense acquisition reform

By Atlantic Council

On November 11, Forward Defense senior fellow Steven Grundman was featured in a Defense & Aerospace Report podcast episode entitled "Deep Dive in to Sec Hegseth's Acquisition Reforms."

Punaro quoted in Air & Space Forces Magazine on defense acquisition policy

By Atlantic Council

On November 11, Forward Defense nonresident senior fellow Arnold Punaro was quoted in an Air & Space Forces Magazine article entitled "The Pentagon Wants to Buy Weapons Faster. What Will It Cost?" where he discussed acquisition reform.

Sapuppo in Kyiv Post on Hungarian exemption from US sanctions targeting Russian energy

By Mercedes Sapuppo

On November 8, Mercedes Sappuppo, nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center, was published in Kyiv Post on the one-year exemption for Hungarian imports of Russian gas.

Ruggiero in the Washington Post on Trump’s nuclear testing announcement

On November 6, Forward Defense nonresident senior fellow Anthony Ruggiero was quoted in an a Washington Post article entitled “Trump’s ill-defined nuclear test threat compels a response from Putin,” in which he discussed Trump’s motivation to restart nuclear testing.

Wieslander on Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Anna Wieslander, Director for Northern Europe, featured on Thursday November 6 in the Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs on the Arctic. Wieslander discussed how the Arctic from a European perspective has gone from a non-tension area with essentially no focus on security issues, to an area of increasing tensions […]

Lipsky acknowledged in a RAND report on economic measures for deterrence, strengthening analysis on allied coordination, and policy design

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Lipsky was quoted in Bloomberg on how a Supreme Court ruling against Trump’s tariffs could weaken the US economic and foreign policy agenda

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Lipsky was quoted in Yahoo News on the Supreme Court’s skepticism of Trump’s tariffs and the foreign-policy implications of reversing them

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