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Apr 21, 2016

Defending Europe’s Eastern Flank

By Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security

On April 14, 2016, the Atlantic Council hosted a major public conference on Defending Europe’s Eastern Flank on Capitol Hill. The conference served as the major public ‘curtain raiser’ in Washington for NATO’s 2016 Summit in Warsaw this July.

NATO
Security & Defense

Event Recap

Apr 21, 2016

Did Ukraine Power Grid Hack Give Russia an Edge?

By CSM Passcode and Jack Detsch

At an Atlantic Council event Thursday, experts said that a Ukrainian power outage allegedly triggered by Russian hackers may be just a small piece of Moscow’s cybersecurity strategy. If Russian hackers did shut down swaths of Ukraine’s power grid last year, as US officials have claimed, it may be just one piece of Moscow’s strategy […]

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

Captains of Industry Series

Apr 21, 2016

Should Silicon Valley take the Pentagon seriously?

By James Hasik

Culture still trumps law in the quest for military innovation. On Tuesday evening, as part of the Council’s Captains of Industry series, our Lund Fellow Steve Grundman hosted a panel discussion amongst the CEOs of three Californian startup firms. Mylea Charvat’s Savonix is building a “mobile, clinically valid, reliable, neuro-cognitive assessment and brain health platform.” John De Santis’s […]

Defense Industry
Security & Defense

UkraineAlert

Apr 20, 2016

Ukraine’s Finally Got a Cybersecurity Strategy. But Is It Enough?

By Vera Zimmerman

Ukraine has been battling for its independence not only in the fields of the Donbas, but also in cyberspace. Government networks have been subject to continuous cyber espionage, while other cyberattacks have disrupted a presidential election, blocked access to news media, and engaged in hacktivism and propaganda distribution. Although these attacks initially did not seem […]

Cybersecurity
Russia

In the News

Apr 19, 2016

Barno and Bensahel in War on the Rocks: A New Generation Of Unrestricted Warfare

By David Barno & Nora Bensahel

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Defense Industry
Security & Defense

Regional Security Initiative

Apr 18, 2016

After hub-and-spoke: US hegemony in a new Gulf security order

By Bilal Y. Saab

The era of Pax Americana in the Gulf, and perhaps in the broader Middle East, is changing. Regional transformation and chaos resulting from the Arab uprisings, the rise of ISIS and its global terrorist reach, shifting US priorities around the world, and the rise of other outside powers in the Gulf have contributed to an […]

Middle East
Security & Defense

FutureSource

Apr 15, 2016

Imagining the Future: An Interview with Greg Lindsay

By Greg Lindsay

With this interview series, we want to explore narratives about future industries and how our lives will look decades from now with expert viewpoints from around the world. Below is a 5-question interview with expert Greg Lindsay: 

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

In the News

Apr 15, 2016

Brzezinski in Global Policy Institute: What the NATO ‘Enhanced’ Force on the Eastern Border Should Look Like

By Ian Brzensinski

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NATO
Security & Defense

In the News

Apr 15, 2016

Nordenman in USNI News: Russian Flyby of USS Donald Cook Highlights International Tension in the Baltics

By Magnus Nordenman

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NATO
Russia

MENASource

Apr 15, 2016

In Year of Summits, Weighing the Benefits and Challenges of NATO-GCC Cooperation

By Owen Daniels

The passports of high-ranking NATO and GCC officials seem to tell a tale of impending dialogue in the coming days. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s recent flights to Kuwait, the UAE, and Washington, and Gulf Cooperation Council Secretary General Abdul Latif Bin Rashid Al-Zayani’s visit to Brussels presage talk of the GCC working with NATO […]

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