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May 10, 2018

Former US President George W. Bush: “People in the United States Cannot Escape World Responsibility”

By Atlantic Council

Atlantic Council 2018 Distinguished Leadership Awards Distinguished International Leadership Award Presentation

NATO Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

May 10, 2018

Waiting for Europe’s Budgetary Chickens to Roost—or Roast—At NATO

By Brooks Tigner

BRUSSELS — When the other twenty-eight allies gather for NATO’s next summit in Brussels in July, many among them will undoubtedly be waiting nervously for the arrival of Air Force One and the 29th allied leader it will carry to the Belgian capital—US President Donald J. Trump. The reason for their nervousness will be money: […]

NATO Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

May 9, 2018

Russia’s 2017 Defense Spending Cut Is Not What It Seems

By Brooks Tigner

BRUSSELS — The May 2 announcement by SIPRI, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, that Russia’s defense budget in 2017 fell by 20 percent made many headlines across the West, with predictions of major fallout for Moscow’s military modernization goals, operations, and tactics and its international influence. However, the reality is far from that scenario […]

NATO Russia

In the News

May 9, 2018

Stifel Quoted in POLITICO on US Cyber Policy

By Megan Stifel

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Cybersecurity Security & Defense

Report

May 9, 2018

Georgia’s path westward

By William Courtney, Daniel Fried, and Kenneth Yalowitz

Georgia has overcome many challenges and now stands as a striking example of a reforming and Western-oriented country transcending the limitations of decades of Soviet rule.

Conflict Defense Policy

In the News

May 8, 2018

Slavin in Axios: Trump Blows up Iran Nuclear Deal with Nothing to Replace it

By Barbara Slavin

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Iran Nuclear Nonproliferation

In the News

May 8, 2018

Lotrionte Quoted in Benzinga on Women in Cybersecurity

By Catherine Lotrionte

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Cybersecurity Security & Defense

In the News

May 8, 2018

Brandenburg Quoted in Radio Free Europe on US Withdrawal from the Iran Deal

By Robert A. Manning

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Iran Nuclear Nonproliferation

In the News

May 8, 2018

Slavin Quoted in The Atlantic on the Iran Nuclear Deal

By Barbara Slavin

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Iran Nuclear Nonproliferation

Issue Brief

May 7, 2018

The United States-Lebanese armed forces partnership: Challenges, risks, and rewards

By Nicholas Blanford

Over the past year, many have questioned the extent to which the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) are an arm of the Lebanese state or beholden to Hezbollah. Pointing to the LAF’s complicated relationship with Hezbollah, congressional and other voices in the United States have criticized US security assistance to Lebanon and threatened to withhold assistance. […]

Iran Middle East

Experts

Events