National Security

One of the primary functions of government is to ensure its citizens remain safe from external and internal threats. From conventional military strikes to terrorist attacks, governments must have the policies in place to protect their countries and ensure stability. These include robust intelligence gathering, deep relationships with international allies and partners, and strong defense and military institutions.

Force Structure That’s Too Big to Fail?

New Atlanticist
Nov 13, 2024

The threat from wildfires is growing. The US needs a unified response.

By
Dan Hart

Congress should create a modern, centralized wildfire intelligence system that can serve firefighters nationwide.

National Security
United States and Canada

Force Structure That’s Too Big to Fail?

Future of DHS
Sep 26, 2024

The Secret Service needs a budget increase—but so does the rest of the Department of Homeland Security

By
Thomas S. Warrick

On Wednesday, Congress passed a bill to increase Secret Service funding in response to threats, after two assassination attempts against Donald Trump. The same logic should apply to the overall DHS budget.

Migration
National Security

Force Structure That’s Too Big to Fail?

New Atlanticist
Sep 25, 2024

What the next administration should do to ensure US economic and national security

By
Kimberly Donovan, Maia Nikoladze

The next administration must protect sensitive US technology, drive the energy transition, and safeguard the global financial system.

China
Economy & Business

Content

Defense Industrialist

Mar 31, 2015

Force Structure That’s Too Big to Fail?

By James Hasik

Against more challenging adversaries, temper enthusiasm for returns to scale. Ever since I was a midshipman—way back under a Navy Secretary named Lehman—pundits, analysts, and strategists have been wondering whether the US Navy’s supercarriers are too big. And so again in 2015. The new Ford-class ships are a few billion more expensive than their Nimitz predecessors, and Senate […]

Drones National Security

New Atlanticist

Mar 4, 2015

Kroenig: NATO Should Develop Credible Response to Russian Nuclear Strike

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Atlantic Council analyst says US, NATO lack adequate nuclear deterrence policy The United States and NATO lack an adequate nuclear deterrence policy even as Russia has put the nuclear option at the center of its national security strategy, according to Atlantic Council analyst Matthew Kroenig. “NATO should strengthen its nuclear declaratory policy and develop new, […]

National Security NATO

AfricaSource

Feb 26, 2015

Assessing al-Shabaab’s Mall Threat

By Joshua Meservey

Al-Shabaab, the terrorist organization that controls stretches of Somalia, made a splash February 21 when it released a video featuring a masked spokesman calling for attacks on malls in England, Canada, and the United States. This is the group that in 2013 attacked the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya with terrible result, giving its threat […]

National Security Security & Defense

Books

Feb 17, 2015

‘Boom time’ for private security contractors

By Ashish Kumar Sen

‘The Modern Mercenary’ author McFate says contractors fill security vacuum left by departing troops One of the biggest fallacies in Washington is that once the United States is done with private security contractors in Afghanistan and elsewhere they will simply pack their bags and head home, says Sean McFate. In fact, these private armies go […]

Defense Industry National Security

New Atlanticist

Feb 14, 2015

Declaring War on Islamic Terrorism is Not the Answer, Says LeBaron

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Atlantic Council analyst says White House summit must catalogue what we know about countering violent extremism A White House conference on countering violent extremism will “reinforce international will to take on the difficult issues posed by radicalization,” according to the Atlantic Council’s Richard LeBaron. The White House will host a Summit on Countering Violent Extremism […]

National Security Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Feb 12, 2015

Airstrikes will Strengthen ISIS, says Fayyad

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Former Palestinian Authority Prime Minister says root causes must be addressed The ongoing coalition airstrikes against the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham will do very little to destroy the militant group and may, in fact, enhance its ability to recruit more fighters, according to Salam Fayyad, a former Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority. […]

Iraq National Security

New Atlanticist

Feb 10, 2015

A Strong Affirmation of Goals, But Short on Commitment of Resources to Diplomacy

By Francis J. Ricciardone

The Obama administration’s new National Security Strategy reflects a consistent American approach to the world, something that continues whether it is a Republican or a Democrat in the White House. The strategy accentuates a positive agenda and a confidence in America’s strength. It is explicit in rejecting fear as our basis for dealing with the […]

National Security Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Feb 6, 2015

Our Take on the National Security Strategy

By New Atlanticist

The Obama administration rolled out its second-ever National Security Strategy (NSS) on February 6. Atlantic Council analysts weighed in on the NSS.

National Security Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Feb 6, 2015

What Africa Strategy?

By J. Peter Pham

In the latest National Security Strategy released on February 6, President Obama asserts, “Today, the United States is stronger and better positioned to seize the opportunities of a still new century and safeguard our interests against the risks of an insecure world.” Yet, when specifically addressing Africa, which the President himself in an earlier strategy […]

National Security Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Feb 6, 2015

National Security Strategy 2015: Platitudes R Us

By Robert A. Manning

My first thought upon seeing the long-awaited National Security Strategy was to recall the comments made to me some years ago by a prominent international leader when asked why he said certain things that seemed well beyond his ability to deliver, “Les mots, n’importe pas.” (Words don’t matter). For an administration six years on, its […]

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Bradley T. Gericke

Former Nonresident Senior Fellow

Indo-Pacific Security Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

China Conflict

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Rachel Gillum

Nonresident Fellow

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Digital Policy Human Rights

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Michelle S. Giuda

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Freedom and Prosperity Center

Freedom and Prosperity Politics & Diplomacy

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Stella Glojek

Air Force SkillBridge Fellow

Forward Defense Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

East Asia Europe & Eurasia
Jonathan Green is a nonresident senior fellow at the GeoStrategy Initiative in the Atlantic Council's Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security.

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Jonathan Green

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoStrategy Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Afghanistan Defense Industry

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Gorana Grgić

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Transatlantic Security Initiative

Croatian Democratic Transitions
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