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New Atlanticist

Feb 16, 2016

Raising the Price for Putin

By Evelyn Farkas

Russia poses a geostrategic threat to the United States and our interests. Indeed, earlier this month Defense Secretary Ash Carter listed it first among the threats faced by our nation.  It is unfortunate that in the twenty-first century Russia and the United States remain opposed to one another on most foreign policy issues. The reality […]

National Security
Russia

In the News

Feb 15, 2016

Vakhshouri Joins University of Houston Annual Energy Symposium to Discuss Energy Impacts of the Iran Nuclear Deal

By Sara Vakhshouri

Watch the full panel here.

Iran
Nuclear Nonproliferation
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven and Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipil, June 8, 2015

NATOSource

Feb 12, 2016

Sweden and Finland: Common Destiny or Common Diversity?

By Tomas Bertelman

More than a year ago, I presented a study commissioned by the Swedish Minister of Defense, which pointed to the growing contradictions in current Swedish security policy.

NATO
Northern Europe

Defense Industrialist

Feb 12, 2016

End draft registration

By James Hasik

Rather than mandating that women register, just terminate that useless practice. Should women be registered for the draft? Now that Defense Secretary Carter has removed the exclusion of women from all combat jobs, the Army chief of staff, the Marine Corps commandant, and Senator McCaskill of Missouri want all women registered. The secretary himself says that’s […]

Defense Policy
Politics & Diplomacy

New Atlanticist

Feb 11, 2016

Libya Remains a Weak Link in Effort to Curb Migrant Flow into Europe

By Ashish Kumar Sen

NATO deploys ships to Aegean Sea to counter human trafficking between Turkey and Greece NATO’s decision to deploy ships to the Aegean Sea in an attempt to deter the smuggling of migrants from Turkey into Greece focuses on just one aspect of the problem; to Europe’s south, in Libya, a well-established human-trafficking network continues to […]

European Union
International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Feb 11, 2016

Questions to Consider as NATO Responds to Migrant Crisis

By Steven Horrell

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s February 11 announcement that NATO has agreed to a proposal from Germany, Greece, and Turkey to assist with the refugee and migrant crisis in the eastern Mediterranean and Aegean Seas is an important response to a refugee crisis that has enormous implications for Europe. NATO’s naval response, however, opens up […]

European Union
Greece

In the News

Feb 11, 2016

Atlantic Council Event Featured in Military Times

By Atlantic Council

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Defense Industry
Security & Defense

In the News

Feb 11, 2016

Atlantic Council Event Featured in US Naval Institute News

By Atlantic Council

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Defense Industry
Security & Defense

In the News

Feb 10, 2016

Gramer Quoted by Politico on NATO Funding and Its Presence in the Black Sea

By Robbie Gramer

Read the full article here.

NATO
Russia

Defense Industrialist

Feb 10, 2016

Kein Roboterkrieg!

By James Hasik

iRobot’s sale of its defense division to Arlington Capital indicates that commercial markets will drive innovation in autonomy. On Politico’s Morning Defense today, Jeremy Herb asked some think-tankers what to look for in today’s budget release. Plenty wondered what spending cuts would offset the emerging Third Offset, and even suggested that our New New Thing would […]

Defense Industry
Security & Defense

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