The next National Defense Strategy is coming. These seven points are key to understanding it.

New Atlanticist Nov 1, 2024

NATO needs a defense industrial strategy that prioritizes being strong, smart, and together

By Kristen Taylor, Luka Ignac

A recent two-day summit underscored the ways in which the credibility of allied deterrence hinges on robust defense industrial cooperation.
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The next National Defense Strategy is coming. These seven points are key to understanding it.

New Atlanticist Oct 30, 2024

In defense of Draghi’s defense idea: Three models for a centralized defense procurer for the EU

By Thomas Goldstein

Only a European defense procurer can provide the institutional reform to overcome intra- and intergovernmental paralysis and invest at scale.
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The next National Defense Strategy is coming. These seven points are key to understanding it.

UkraineAlert Oct 8, 2024

The West must learn defense tech lessons on the Ukrainian battlefield

By Edward Verona

The Russia-Ukraine War is the most technologically advanced war in history but Western military strategists and weapons developers risk missing out on key lessons due to excessive caution, writes Edward Verona.
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New Atlanticist

Apr 20, 2022

The next National Defense Strategy is coming. These seven points are key to understanding it.

By the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Our experts break down what we know so far about the document that will guide the Pentagon's policy making in the coming years, and what burning questions remain.

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Apr 18, 2022

Grieco in Decisive Point: Air littoral: another look

By Atlantic Council

On April 18, Grieco was interviewed by the Decisive Point podcast about applying her concept of the “air littoral” to the air war in Ukraine. “This convergence of new threats to air superiority in the air littoral meant that we need to update doctrinal conducts. In the past, air superiority was either won or lost in the […]

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A sailor looks at the Russian missile cruiser Moskva moored in the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Sevastopol, Ukraine 10, 2013. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

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Apr 15, 2022

Russian War Report: Competing narratives about the sinking of Russia’s Moskva warship

By Digital Forensic Research Lab

Following Ukraine's alleged sinking of Russia's Moskva warship just off the coast of Odesa, the Kremlin's narrative as to why has continued to shift.

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Apr 15, 2022

Grieco in the Georgetown Security Studies Review: Ukraine, the US, and the future of air warfare

By Atlantic Council

On April 15, Kelly Grieco was featured in the Georgetown Security Studies Review, which published a summary of her April 5th lecture to the Center for Security Studies (CSS) on “Ukraine, the United States, and the future of air warfare.” “At the outset of the war in Ukraine, analysts assumed that Russia would gain air superiority quickly because it had […]

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Apr 14, 2022

Azodi quoted in BBC Persia on potential war crimes committed by Russia during Ukraine invasion

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Apr 8, 2022

Atwell in Modern War Institute on proliferation of low-end technology

By Atlantic Council

Forward Defense nonresident senior fellow Kyle Atwell seeks to answer how nonstate actors use low-end technologies to their advantage.

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Apr 7, 2022

Cohen joins Bloomberg to discuss Russian military strategy in Ukraine

By Atlantic Council

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Apr 4, 2022

Fontenrose quoted in Middle East Eye on obstacles facing Russia in pursuit of arms deals in the Middle East

By Atlantic Council

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Apr 1, 2022

Fontenrose in Defense News: Turkish drones won’t give Ukraine the edge it needs

By Atlantic Council

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Mar 30, 2022

All security is local: Arctic defense policies and domain awareness

By David Auerswald

This report maps Arctic allies' and partners' defense strategies and domain awareness capabilities to make recommendations for enhancing Arctic security.

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Hannah Hunt

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Owen J. Daniels

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Dominika Kunertova

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