Security & Defense

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

By Paula Stern

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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:

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:

Grundman on The 2016 US State Of The Union Address

By Steven Grundman

Defense News quotes M.A. and George Lund Fellow for Emerging Defense Challenges Steven Grundman on what the 2016 US State of the Union will mean for the US defense budget:

Space weapons and the risk of nuclear exchange

By South Asia Center

On January 11, 2016—building on a 2015 feature on space weapons and the risk of nuclear exchange—the South Asia Center and the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists convened a panel of experts to discuss the danger that anti-satellite weapons pose to global security. Panelists included Dr. Nancy Gallagher, Interim Director at the Center for International […]

Herbst on NATO’s Russia Rhetoric

By John Herbst

Christian Science Monitor quotes Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Director John E. Herbst on remarks by NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander, US Air Force General Philip Breedlove, that the United States needs to get tough with Russia:

Sloan: Defense of the West

On January 6, Stan Sloan addressed a standing-room-only audience at the Isley LIbrary in Middlebury Vermont on “Defense of the West” as part of the Vermont Humanities Council “First Wednesdays” program. His talk focused on issues addressed in his forthcoming book, Defense of the West: NATO, the European Union and the Transatlantic Bargain.