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New Atlanticist

Mar 17, 2016

Japan Looks to Seize Opportunity Created by Iran Nuke Deal

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Interview with Yasuyuki Matsunaga of the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to Tehran this summer will send a strong signal that Japan is ready to ramp up its engagement with Iran, according to Yasuyuki Matsunaga of the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. Japan, which imports most of its energy, […]

Iran
Japan

Bremain vs Brexit

Mar 17, 2016

TTIP&TRADEinAction – March 17, 2016

By Global Business & Economics Program

Photo Credit: @MalmstromEU EC Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström and US Trade Representative Michael Froman held a meeting in Washington, DC this last week with lead negotiators Dan Mullaney and Ignacio Garcia Bercero, Michael Punk, Ambassador David O’Sullivan and others to gauge the current status of negotiations and the way ahead.   – In Focus – From March 17-19, […]

Central Europe
Cybersecurity

In the News

Mar 17, 2016

Healey and Jordan in Democracy Journal: Setting Priorities in Cybersecurity

By Jason Healey and Klara Jordan

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Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

Defense Industrialist

Mar 16, 2016

Black boxes faster

By James Hasik

Mac Thornberry’s “Acquisition Agility” bill is a good start—but just a start—towards greater experimentation and prototyping. Congressman Mac Thornberry’s “Acquisition Agility” bill is thirty two pages long, but its intent can probably be summarized thus. Thornberry (R-TX) fundamentally wants the military departments, not the centralized bureaucracy of OSD AT&L, in charge of the day-to-day business of […]

Defense Industry
Security & Defense

Cyber 9/12 Project

Mar 16, 2016

Cyber 9/12 Event Featured in Maxwell Air Force Base Blog

By Atlantic Council

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Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

In the News

Mar 15, 2016

Farkas in Defense One: Putin Got Exactly What He Wanted in Syria

By Evelyn Farkas

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NATO
Russia

Issue Brief

Mar 14, 2016

Why the Congo matters

By Gérard Prunier

With a population of almost 80 million people and unparalleled natural resources, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (the DRC or the Congo) is a country of tremendous potential—but only that. One of the most violent places on earth, its people suffer from the brutality of armed groups and political instability. Now, President Joseph Kabila’s […]

Africa
Corruption

Cyber 9/12 Project

Mar 12, 2016

Homeland Security Blog Features Cyber 9/12 Challenge

By Atlantic Council

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Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

In the News

Mar 11, 2016

Barno Quoted in Breaking Defense on General Scaparrotti’s Transfer from South Korea to European Command

By David Barno

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Defense Industry
Europe & Eurasia
General Curtis Scaparrotti is Commander of United Nations Command, ROK-US Combined Forces Command, and US Forces Korea

NATOSource

Mar 11, 2016

NATO Announces Nomination of General Curtis Scaparrotti as Supreme Allied Commander Europe

By NATO and United States Forces Korea

From NATO:  The North Atlantic Council approved the nomination of General Curtis M. Scaparrotti, United States Army, to the post of Supreme Allied Commander Europe.

NATO
Security & Defense

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