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May 25, 2017

Benitez Quoted by the Guardian About Trump’s Controversial Remarks to NATO Leaders

By Jorge Benitez

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NATO
Security & Defense

In the News

May 25, 2017

Wieslander in Euractiv: Beyond the Article 5 Backlash—What Really Happened with Trump and NATO

By Anna Wieslander

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NATO
Security & Defense

Report

May 25, 2017

Why Africa matters to US national security

By Grant T. Harris

African nations have rarely been perceived as essential partners in the pursuit of US national security and economic interests, but a re-assessment of Africa’s strategic importance is past due. Transnational threats emanating from the continent continue to evolve, and trade and investment relationships have deepened. A better and broader understanding of the threats and opportunities […]

Africa
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In the News

May 24, 2017

Woods Quoted by the Financial Times on Connected Technology

By Beau Woods

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Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

Issue Brief

May 23, 2017

NATO and Trump

By Fabrice Pothier and Alexander Vershbow

The case for a new transatlantic bargain.

Europe & Eurasia
NATO

Issue Brief

May 23, 2017

NATO and Trump

By Fabrice Pothier, Alexander Vershbow

The case for a new transatlantic bargain.

Europe & Eurasia
NATO

In the News

May 22, 2017

Woods Quoted in Reuters on Ransomware Cyber Attack Suspects

By Beau Woods

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Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

Defense Industrialist

May 19, 2017

Too secret a secret weapon?

By James Hasik

The secrecy around the USAF’s B-21 brings military value, but some ill-understood costs. The Defense Department’s Inspector General (DoD IG) has opened an investigation, at the behest of the Congress into whether the Air Force has imposed excessive secrecy. At this point, we should hope for a methodologically broad inquiry. For if the DoD IG focuses just on whether regulations were broken, then the government will not get the answers it needs.

Defense Industry
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In the News

May 19, 2017

Woods Quoted in the Security Ledger on Ransomware Attack

By Beau Woods

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Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

Event Recap

May 18, 2017

Roundtable with Angolan defense minister

By Africa Center

On Thursday, May 18, the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center hosted a roundtable discussion with H.E. João Lourenço, Minister of National Defense of the Republic of Angola.  Lourenço traveled to Washington this week on behalf of President José Eduardo dos Santos to sign a historic Memorandum of Understanding with the United States, represented by US Secretary […]

Africa
Angola

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