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Grundman in Aviation Week on Pentagon acquisition reform

By Atlantic Council

Forward Defense Senior Fellow Steven Grundman authored an article in Aviation Week entitled “Can Hegseth Transform U.S. Defense Acquisition?,” highlighting the importance of speed and agility in acquisition reform.

CBDC tracker cited in a research brief by the Congressional Research Service on central bank digital currencies

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Ambassador Fried authored an op-ed in TIME on why US-Russia Ukraine negotiations are stalling and the path forward

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Hicks and Thornberry published in Defense News

By Atlantic Council

On December 2, Defense News published an op-ed by ReForge Commission Co-Chairs Kathleen Hicks and Mac Thornberry outlining why the United States must urgently rebuild an industrial base capable of outproducing and outlasting its adversaries. The piece highlights the strategic risks posed by today’s manufacturing shortfalls and the reforms needed to ensure the nation can […]

Linderman in the Dispatch on Russia’s decreasing hold on the South Caucasus and how the US should respond

By Laura Linderman

On November 21, Laura Linderman, nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center, was published in the Dispatch on Russia’s decreasing influence in the South Caucasus and the path forward for US policymakers in the region.

Bayoumi in Just Security on solar geoengineering

On December 2, Imran Bayoumi, associate director of the GeoStrategy Initiative, published an article for “Just Security” titled “As Solar Geoengineering Enters its Startup Phase, Governments Must Address Emerging Security Risks” cowritten with Scott M. Moore. The article breaks down potential security risks associated with solar geoengineering and argues governments must act now to regulate […]

House quoted in Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty on Russia’s use of ruble-backed stablecoins to evade US sanctions

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Siegel authored an op-ed in MS NOW on growing concerns over recent rollbacks of financial safeguards

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Global Sanctions Dashboard cited by the Hudson Institute on Iran’s funding of terrorist groups

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Nikoladze, Yin, and Meng cited in Cambridge University Press on their analysis on Russia-China economic cooperation in discussion of UNGA votes condemning unilateral economic coercion

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