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Oct 1, 2020

Jensen and Montgomery in War on the Rocks: A Solarium model for presidential transition teams

By Atlantic Council

Leveraging their experience on the 2020 Cyberspace Solarium Commission, Forward Defense Senior Fellow Dr. Benjamin Jensen and retired Rear Admiral Mark Montgomery argue that the presidential transition teams should adopt a Solarium model for conducting a comprehensive strategic assessment.

Conflict
Crisis Management

UkraineAlert

Sep 30, 2020

Russia as aggressor, NATO as objective: Ukraine’s new National Security Strategy

By Alyona Getmanchuk

Ukraine unveiled a new National Security Strategy in September 2020 that clearly identifies Russia as the enemy and sets out NATO membership as the end goal of the country's security policy.

Conflict
National Security

Article

Sep 30, 2020

Oh on Trump’s DPRK strategy during his potential second term, The National Interest

By Atlantic Council

Dr. Miyeon Oh, director and senior fellow of the Asia Security Initiative in the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, published an article on The National Interest on September 30, where she foresees Trump’s policies towards North Korea if re-elected. Oh predicts that though we are likely to see a continuation of Trump’s […]

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Elections

Elections 2020

Sep 29, 2020

Five big questions as America votes: Middle East

By Middle East Programs

In every US presidential election since the September 11 terrorist attacks, the Middle East and North Africa has been a top foreign policy issue. The 2020 presidential election is no different.

Conflict
Crisis Management

New Atlanticist

Sep 23, 2020

James Clyburn: The question now is whether America can ‘repair our faults’

By Katherine Golden

The pandemic has “demonstrated that there are some significant fault lines in the country,” US House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn told the Atlantic Council. “The question now becomes whether or not we’re going to be able to repair those faults.”

Coronavirus
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In the News

Sep 22, 2020

Nawaz joins Haider Mehdi to discuss his book, “The Battle for Pakistan: The Bitter US Friendship and a Tough Neighborhood”

By Atlantic Council

Defense Policy
Extremism

Future of DHS

Sep 21, 2020

Warrick calls for DHS reform in letter to Houston Chronicle

By Atlantic Council

In response to an article in the Houston Chronicle advocating for the dismantlement of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Forward Defense Non-Resident Senior Fellow Thomas Warrick writes that DHS can be reformed, including through the recommendations of the Atlantic Council’s Future of DHS Project. More about our experts:

China
Coronavirus

In the News

Sep 18, 2020

Durkovich participates in panel on homeland security and transnational crime

By Atlantic Council

On October 12, Caitlin Durkovich, Forward Defense non-resident senior fellow and Future of DHS co-director, spoke on a panel hosted by the Criminal Investigations and Network Analysis Center (CINA), a DHS Center of Excellence led by George Mason University.

Cybersecurity
National Security

In the News

Sep 17, 2020

Preble in War on the Rocks: The Revenge of Ideology, Net Assessment

By Atlantic Council

On the September 17 Net Assessment podcast, Christopher Preble and co-hosts debate whether US-China competition should be framed mostly as an ideological competition, or rather as a competition over power in the Asia Pacific and globally. More about our expert

China
Indo-Pacific

BelarusAlert

Sep 10, 2020

Putin’s new constitution spells out modern Russia’s imperial ambitions

By Pavlo Klimkin, Volodymyr Ivanov and Andreas Umland

The constitutional amendments adopted by Russia in summer 2020 have far-reaching implications for the Russian population, but the potential repercussions are also causing considerable unease in Ukraine and other post-Soviet countries.

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