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Oct 8, 2018

Manning Joins Radio Free Asia to Discuss North Korea Talks

By Robert A. Manning

Listen to the full discussion here.

Nuclear Nonproliferation
Security & Defense

Report

Oct 5, 2018

The arc of crisis in the MENA region: Fragmentation, decentralization, and Islamist opposition

By Karim Mezran and Arturo Varvelli

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is experiencing a time of great transformation and as well as tumult. Atlantic Council Senior Fellow Dr. Karim Mezran and Dr. Arturo Varvelli of the Italian Institute for International Political Studies gathered experts to explore decentralization and political Islam in six MENA countries in “The Arc of […]

Energy & Environment
Middle East

Commanders Series

Oct 5, 2018

The Next Battle of the Atlantic? A Conversation with Admiral James G. Foggo on Transatlantic Security

By Conor Rodihan

On October 5, 2018, the Atlantic Council’s Transatlantic Security Initiative, part of the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, hosted a public discussion with Admiral James G. Foggo, III, commander, US Naval Forces Europe; US Naval Forces Africa; and Allied Joint Force Command Naples, on NATO’s deterrence posture and Allied efforts to reinforce the maritime […]

NATO
Security & Defense

NATOSource

Oct 5, 2018

Stoltenberg: ‘NATO Allies Boost America’s Military Power’

By Jens Stoltenberg, NATO

NATO is very important to Europe. That’s widely recognized. But it is also very important to the United States.

NATO
Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Oct 4, 2018

Midterms seen as potential target of cyberattacks

By David A. Wemer

“Our goal at the heart of it is to ensure that every American has assurance that their vote is counted and that their vote is counted correctly,” said Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen at The Atlantic Council's Global Forum on Strategic Communications and Digital Disinformation.

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Oct 4, 2018

Western nations go on the offensive against Russian cyberattacks

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Western governments on October 4 unleashed a torrent of accusations against Russia saying its intelligence agency was responsible for cyberattacks on inquiries into Olympic doping, a former spy’s poisoning, and the downing of a commercial aircraft in 2014.

Cybersecurity
Disinformation

Transcript

Oct 4, 2018

Former CIA Director Michael V. Hayden’s Remarks at StratCom 2018

The Atlantic Council Global Forum on Strategic Communications and Digital Disinformation (StratCom 2018)Closing Keynote

National Security
Security & Defense

NATOSource

Oct 4, 2018

US Offers NATO Allies Cyber Warfare Capabilities

By Idrees Ali, Reuters

The United States is expected to announce in the coming days that it will use offensive and defensive cyber capabilities on behalf of NATO if asked, a senior Pentagon official said,

Cybersecurity
NATO

New Atlanticist

Oct 3, 2018

South Sudan’s first vice president optimistic about peace, but no one is buying It

By Ashish Kumar Sen

The almost 400,000 people killed over the past five years “is a higher mortality rate vis-à-vis population than the civil war in Syria,” said J. Peter Pham, director of the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center.

Conflict
Crisis Management

New Atlanticist

Oct 3, 2018

Here’s how 3D printers could become a global nonproliferation nightmare

By Spandana Singh

Widespread 3D printing could enable nations that are the target of international sanctions to sidestep regulations and print restricted items. This would undermine the legitimacy and effectiveness of this vital foreign policy instrument.

Non-Traditional Threats
Nuclear Nonproliferation

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