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Jun 17, 2016

Farkas Joins NPR to Discuss NATO Activity in Poland

By Evelyn Farkas

Listen to the full discussion here.

NATO
Poland

New Atlanticist

Jun 16, 2016

Ben Rhodes: Tearing Up Iran Nuke Deal Will Precipitate a Crisis in the Middle East

By Ashish Kumar Sen

The next US president would precipitate a crisis in the Middle East and alienate America’s allies if he or she decides to tear up the nuclear deal with Iran, a senior White House official said at the Atlantic Council on June 16. “The way in which the Iran deal was structured creates enormous disincentives for […]

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Event Recap

Jun 16, 2016

Ben Rhodes: Tearing Up Iran Nuke Deal Will Precipitate a Crisis in the Middle East

By Ashish Kumar Sen

The next US president would precipitate a crisis in the Middle East and alienate America’s allies if he or she decides to tear up the nuclear deal with Iran, a senior White House official said at the Atlantic Council on June 16. “The way in which the Iran deal was structured creates enormous disincentives for […]

Iran
Middle East

In the News

Jun 16, 2016

Nordenman Joins Al Jazeera to Discuss NATO Operations in Eastern Europe

By Magnus Nordenman

Watch the full video here.

Eastern Europe
NATO

Bremain vs Brexit

Jun 15, 2016

Brexit: What’s at stake for US security interests?

By WALTER B. SLOCOMBE

On June 23, 2016, a referendum will decide whether Britain will leave the European Union (EU) or remain a member. Britain’s departure from the EU would affect the rest of the world, because it would have implications for a broad spectrum of international concerns–very importantly, international security. For the United States, Britain remains among the […]

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Security & Defense

Captains of Industry Series

Jun 15, 2016

The Battlestar strategy

By James Hasik

The future of Big Space depends on the defensibility of big satellites. If big satellites continue to provide cost-effective and defensible concentrations of functionality, then Big Space will have a defensible position in the market.

Defense Industry
Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Jun 15, 2016

Russian Cyber Attacks in the United States Will ‘Intensify’

By Mitch Hulse

Russian intelligence hacked the Democratic National Committee’s network, says Atlantic Council’s Dmitri Alperovitch Russian intelligence services hacked the Democratic National Committee’s computer network and accessed opposition research on Donald Trump, according to the Atlantic Council’s Dmitri Alperovitch. Two Russian groups—codenamed FancyBear and CozyBear—have been identified as spearheading the DNC breach. “We have a very high-level […]

Cybersecurity
Russia

In the News

Jun 15, 2016

Ward Quoted by The National Interest on Trump’s Perception of NATO

By Alex Ward

Read the full article here.

NATO
Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Jun 14, 2016

DNC Hack: ‘No Certain Links’ to Foreign Governments

By Mitch Hulse

There are “no certain links” between foreign nation states and the hackers who breached the Democratic National Committee’s computer network and accessed opposition research on Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, according to an Atlantic Council cybersecurity expert. “It’s possible that multiple groups independently initiated their own intrusion of the DNC network, for entirely separate reasons—that […]

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense
Democratic National Committee event, September 15, 2010

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Jun 14, 2016

Russian Government Hackers Penetrated DNC, Stole Opposition Research on Trump

By Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post

Russian government hackers penetrated the computer network of the Democratic National Committee and gained access to the entire database of opposition research on GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump

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