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Jan 20, 2016

Brent Scowcroft Center SOCOM Event Featured in Defense News

By Atlantic Council

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Jan 20, 2016

Hasik in Real Clear Defense: Recombinant Lethality

By James Hasik

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Gen. Frank Gorenc, Commander of US Air Force in Europe and Africa, Sept. 15, 2014

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Jan 19, 2016

US Air Force General Says Russia Missile Defense ‘Very Serious’

By Rick Gladstone, New York Times

The commander of United States Air Force operations in Europe and Africa expressed “very serious” concern Monday over what he described as big buildups of complex Russian missile defenses

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New Atlanticist

Jan 19, 2016

Obama Must Institutionalize Iran Nuclear Deal Diplomacy

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Atlantic Council’s Barbara Slavin suggests posting US diplomats to Interests Section in Tehran The United States, the European Union, and the United Nations lifted nuclear-related sanctions on Iran on January 16 after the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) certified that Iran is in compliance with the terms of the nuclear deal it reached with the […]

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NATO Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow

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Jan 15, 2016

NATO and 21st Century Deterrence

By Alexander Vershbow, NATO

New and increasingly authoritarian laws have further restricted basic freedoms for Russian civil society. Russia persists with its efforts to undermine Ukraine politically, economically and militarily. Russia has yet to live up to its part of the Minsk agreements, even though there have been a few lulls in the fighting. Russia’s aggressive military build-up continues, […]

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Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Oct. 5, 2015

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Jan 13, 2016

Jens Stoltenberg: NATO’s Role in Fighting Terrorism

By Jens Stoltenberg, Newsweek

NATO is at the forefront of the fight against international terrorism. The aim of its biggest-ever operation was to deny safe haven to international terrorists in Afghanistan.

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Jan 12, 2016

Stern in National Center for Women & Information Technology: Diversity in Cybersecurity for Superior Outcomes

By Paula Stern

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Cybersecurity
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Jan 12, 2016

Bensahal and Barno: From Carbon Paper To The Cloud: Fixing The Pentagon’s Back Office

By Nora Bensahel and David Barno

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellows for Military Affairs and National Security Policy Nora Bensahel and David Barno write for War on the Rocks on how the US Department of Defense can address some of its bureaucratic challenges through new information technology practices:

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Security & Defense
Russia's Yars missile system, April 9, 2014

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Jan 12, 2016

Russia to Deploy New Divisions on Western Flank, Form Nuclear Regiments

By Reuters

Russia will create three new military divisions on its Western flank in 2016 and bring five new strategic nuclear missile regiments into service, Sergei Shoigu, the country’s defense minister, was quoted as saying by news agencies on Tuesday.

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Jan 11, 2016

SpaceNews Features Atlantic Council South Asia Center Event

By Atlantic Council

SpaceNews features an event hosted by the South Asia Center on what anti-satellite weapons pose to global security, quoting Mallory Stewart, the State Department’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Emerging Security Challenges and Defense Policy:

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