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Strategy Consortium

Feb 6, 2017

Conducting a pre-mortem

By Jim Miller, Todd Rosenblum

It is worth doing a quick pre-mortem on the idea of conducting a pre-mortem in the development of national security strategies and plans. Three potential pitfalls stand out.

National Security
Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Feb 3, 2017

Containing North Korea’s nuclear ambitions

By Ivy Yang

On January 25, a senior North Korean official told NBC News in an exclusive interview that North Korea is ready to test an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) “at any time, at any place.” Choe Kang II, deputy director for North American affairs at North Korea’s foreign ministry, said the launch of the ICBM could be a major […]

Korea
Nuclear Nonproliferation
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NATOSource

Feb 2, 2017

Czech Foreign Ministry Hacked: Russia Suspected

By Reuters and the Guardian

From Robert Muller, Reuters: Hackers have breached dozens of email accounts at the Czech Foreign Ministry in an attack resembling one against the U.S. Democratic Party

Central Europe
Cybersecurity

In the News

Feb 2, 2017

Farkas Joins MSNBC to Discuss President Trump’s Contacts with Russia and Saudi Arabia, and the National Security Council

By Evelyn Farkas

Watch full interview here.

National Security
Russia
Danish Defense Minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen

NATOSource

Feb 2, 2017

Danish Intelligence Report Warns NATO Members of New Russian Cyberattacks

By Gerard O’Dwyer, Defense News

Russia has the willingness and capacity to launch serial cyberattacks against Denmark and any neighboring Nordic or Baltic state

Cybersecurity
Intelligence

In the News

Feb 2, 2017

The Atlantic features the Digital Forensic Research Lab on Russian hacking

By Atlantic Council

The Atlantic features the Digital Forensic Research Lab on Russian hacking in Eastern Europe and the Baltics, and what we can learn from it.

Cybersecurity
Disinformation

In the News

Feb 2, 2017

Handjani Quoted by Bloomberg on Trump’s Threats on Iran’s Missile Test

By Amir Ali Handjani

Read the full article here.

Iran
Missile Defense

In the News

Feb 2, 2017

The Financial Times features the Digital Forensic Research Lab on the escalation of the Russian and Ukrainian conflict

By Atlantic Council

The Financial Times features the Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) on the escalation of the Russian and Ukrainian conflict.

Conflict
Disinformation

In the News

Feb 2, 2017

Ward Quoted by the Huffington Post on US Yemen Raid

By Alexander Ward

Read full article here.

National Security
Security & Defense

Emerging Defense Challenges

Feb 1, 2017

Grundman Quoted by Inside Defense on Defense Contractors and the Trump Administration

By Steven Grundman

Read full article here.

Defense Industry
Security & Defense

Experts

Events