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Defense Industrialist

Apr 29, 2016

Not the school solution. Not even close.

By James Hasik

Using the LPTA criterion for the ENCORE III award is very bad idea. Last Friday, the Professional Services Council (PSC) and the IT Alliance for the Public Sector (ITAPS) sent a letter to Defense Under Secretary Frank Kendall about a seemingly innocuous contracting matter. The two trade associations criticized the decision back in March by the […]

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New Atlanticist

Apr 28, 2016

Donald Trump: A ‘Dangerous’ Man

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Former US diplomat, R. Nicholas Burns, discusses GOP frontrunner’s foreign policy speech R. Nicholas Burns, an Atlantic Council board director who served as the State Department’s number three official in the George W. Bush administration, offered a searing critique of Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump’s April 27 foreign policy speech in an interview with the […]

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Congressional Relations

Apr 28, 2016

US Lawmaker Urges ‘Path to EU Accession’ for Turkey

By Mitch Hulse

Turkey will be critical to any US or NATO effort to shape Russia’s behavior in the Middle East and it should be put on the path to joining the European Union, said Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA). “If we want to stabilize a volatile region with a strategic ally we are going to have to put […]

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In the News

Apr 27, 2016

Dupont in The Australian: Cybersphere is the Globe’s New Battlefront

By Alan Dupont

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In the News

Apr 27, 2016

Watts testifies before House Committee on Homeland Security on ISIS in the Pacific

By John Watts

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In the News

Apr 27, 2016

Watts quoted by Voice of America on ISIS’ strategy in Libya

By John Watts

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UkraineAlert

Apr 27, 2016

A New Attempt to Resolve the Ukraine Conflict

By Marieluise Beck and Ralf Fücks

The diplomatic efforts of the West to find a political solution to the Ukraine conflict have reached an impasse. Implementation of the terms of the Minsk agreement—far-reaching autonomous rights for the Donbas in return for a withdrawal of Russian arms and troops, the holding of regional elections under international supervision, and Ukrainian control of the […]

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In the News

Apr 26, 2016

Dupont Quoted by Nikkei Asian Review on Submarine Arms Deal Between France and Australia

By Alan Dupont

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Event Recap

Apr 25, 2016

Elements of NATO Deterrence

By Transatlantic Security Initiative

On April 25, 2016 the Atlantic Council led a private workshop on Elements of NATO Deterrence in Warsaw, Poland. The event convened US and European policymakers, scholars, and business leaders for a high-level discussion on the challenges facing NATO on its eastern and southern flanks in the run-up to the seminal NATO Warsaw Summit and […]

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In the News

Apr 25, 2016

Braw in The National Interest: NATO Must Strengthen Its Front Line Against Russia

By Elisabeth Braw

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