Security & Defense

Atlanticist Fellowship

The Atlantic Council is now accepting additional applications and nominations for an Atlanticist Fellow from Hungary. The deadline to apply for this position is Friday, May 25, 2018. As part of a long-term reinvestment in bolstering US-Central European ties and a new effort to build stronger people-to-people connections between Americans and Central Europeans, the Atlantic […]

Slavin Joins BBC to Discuss John Bolton as New National Security Adviser

By Barbara Slavin

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Farkas Quoted in Financial Times on Ouster of HR McMaster as National Security Adviser

By Evelyn Farkas

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Alfoneh Quoted in Reuters on Nomination of John Bolton as National Security Adviser

By Ali Alfoneh

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Kroenig joins PBS to discuss Trump’s new national security advisor

By Matthew Kroenig

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Pavel Quoted in CIRCA on Trump’s New National Security Adviser Amb. John Bolton

By Barry Pavel

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Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative Sixth Annual Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge Concludes in Washington, DC

The Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge is a one-of-a-kind competition designed to provide students across academic disciplines with a deeper understanding of the policy challenges associated with cyber crisis and conflict. Part interactive learning experience and part competitive scenario exercise, it challenges teams to respond to a realistic, evolving cyberattack and analyze the threat it poses to national, international, and private sector interests.

Kremlin aggression in Ukraine: the price tag

By Anders Åslund

“Since the annexation, Russia has carried out extensive confiscation of public and private property, which it has referred to as ‘nationalization’ under Russian Federation legislation,” writes Dr. Anders Åslund, in Kremlin Aggression in Ukraine: The Price Tag, a new report by the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center. If Kyiv loses the occupied Crimea and Donbas forever, […]

Khourt in The Cairo Review of Global Affairs: The Meaning of Eastern Ghouta and Assad’s “Victory”

By Nabeel Khoury

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