Program Impact Stories

In the News

Oct 22, 2026

Lipsky quoted in France 24 article on G20 trade talks and the impact of Trump’s tariffs

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In the News

Oct 22, 2026

CBDC Tracker cited in Citi report, The Connective Tissue of Digital Finance: Interoperability, Programmability, and the Path to Institutional Scale.

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In the News

Oct 22, 2026

Chhangani cited in Forbes article on Saudi Arabia’s withdrawal from the mBridge CBDC platform.

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In the News

Oct 22, 2026

De Kruijf cited in National Interest article on the Trump administration’s policy toward the International Criminal Court (ICC)

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In the News

Oct 21, 2026

Sean Welch quoted in National Defense Magazine on the Marine Corps’ modernization plan

On October 21, Forward Defense nonresident senior fellow Sean Welch was quoted in a National Defense Magazine article on the Ground Combat Element 2040 Fiscal Year 2026. Welch argued that the plan continues the service’s existing modernization efforts rather than breaking new ground and warned that the rapid pace of AI and machine learning advances […]

Defense Policy Security & Defense

In the News

Oct 20, 2026

Harris published in The Washington Times on AI in All-Domain Command and Control

On October 20, Forward Defense nonresident senior fellow Lt Gen David Harris, USAF (ret.) was published in The Washington Times, arguing that Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control (CJADC2), which aims to link every sensor to every shooter at the speed of relevance, needs a data backbone, trustworthy AI, and empowered commanders.

Defense Technologies Security & Defense

In the News

Oct 14, 2026

Tahir in MS NOW on the US Agency for Global Media

On October 6, Muhammad Tahir, nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center, was published in MS NOW on the dangers of reducing the operations of the US Agency for Global Media.

In the News

Oct 7, 2026

Charai for Newsmax: Wage War on Terrorism Within: Follow the Money, Share Intelligence

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Financial Crimes & Illicit Trade Israel

In the News

Oct 2, 2026

Chhangani quoted in Fortune on mBridge and dollar dominance

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In the News

Oct 2, 2026

Nikoladze quoted in a National Intelligence University monograph on the geoeconomic implications of the Israel-Hamas conflict

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