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Feb 11, 2021

i24 covered the Atlantic Council’s event with Oman’s Foreign Minister

Middle East Politics & Diplomacy

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Feb 11, 2021

Reuters covered the Atlantic Council’s event with H.E. Sayyid Badr AlBusaidi

Middle East Politics & Diplomacy

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Feb 11, 2021

Shamshur analyzes “The Longer Telegram” in Zerkalo Nedeli

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Feb 10, 2021

Power Vertical Podcast: Corruption Is The New Communism

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Corruption Eastern Europe

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Feb 10, 2021

Ashford cited on the Un-Diplomatic Podcast episode about U.S. grand strategy

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On February 10, Emma Ashford’s work on grand strategy was cited by University of Wellington professor Van Jackson on the Un-Diplomatic Podcast. “This week we’ve got an article from Inkstick Media by Sahar Khan called After the Apocalypse: US Grand Strategy. It starts with the question, does the US grand strategy need reboot? Emma Ashford, […]

Politics & Diplomacy United States and Canada

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Feb 10, 2021

Ullman writes op-ed on deterrence for The Hill

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On February 10, Atlantic Council Senior Advisor Harlan Ullman wrote an op-ed in The Hill titled "It's time to debate the relevance of deterrence." In the piece, Ullman argues that past paradigms of deterrence are inapplicable and unsustainable in coming decades. Instead of applying deterrence to new, unconventional threats, Ullman posits a strategy based in the following: "contain, prevent, defend, and engage."

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Feb 10, 2021

Fontenrose quoted in Vox on policy-making differences between Biden and Trump

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Feb 9, 2021

Borghard at T20: Cyber threats to global financial stability

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On February 9, Erica Borghard participated in the first full meeting of Task Force 4: Digital Transformation for the Think20 (T20). The T20 is the official engagement group of the G20, bringing together leading think tanks and research center worldwide. At the meeting, Borghard presented her policy brief on cyber threats to global financial stability. […]

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Feb 9, 2021

McInnis quoted in POLITICO on Defense Secretary Austin

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On February 9, POLITICO published an article titled “Lloyd Austin takes first steps to repair a battered Pentagon.” In this piece, Forward Defense and Transatlantic Security Initiative Nonresident Senior Fellow Kathleen J. McInnis was quoted on the state of civil-military relations during the Trump administration, noting the erosion of civilian oversight that took place at the Pentagon.

Defense Policy United States and Canada

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Feb 8, 2021

Rodriguez in Defense One on defense spending and priorities

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On February 8, Defense One published an article titled "How to reconnect the Pentagon's strategy to its budget" by Forward Defense senior advisor Stephen Rodriguez and Center for Government Contracting research fellow Eric Lofgren.

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