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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 […]

NATO Security & Defense

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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NATO Russia

In the News

Apr 25, 2016

Ullman in UPI: Cybersecurity is Not Just a Defense Issue

By Harlan Ullman

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Cybersecurity Security & Defense
Akula class Russian submarine, June 3, 2008

NATOSource

Apr 21, 2016

Russia Bolsters Its Submarine Fleet, and Tensions With US Rise

By Eric Schmitt, New York Times

Russian attack submarines, the most in two decades, are prowling the coastlines of Scandinavia and Scotland, the Mediterranean Sea and the North Atlantic

NATO Russia

Event Recap

Apr 21, 2016

Defending Europe’s Eastern Flank

By Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security

On April 14, 2016, the Atlantic Council hosted a major public conference on Defending Europe’s Eastern Flank on Capitol Hill. The conference served as the major public ‘curtain raiser’ in Washington for NATO’s 2016 Summit in Warsaw this July.

NATO Security & Defense

Event Recap

Apr 21, 2016

Did Ukraine Power Grid Hack Give Russia an Edge?

By CSM Passcode and Jack Detsch

At an Atlantic Council event Thursday, experts said that a Ukrainian power outage allegedly triggered by Russian hackers may be just a small piece of Moscow’s cybersecurity strategy. If Russian hackers did shut down swaths of Ukraine’s power grid last year, as US officials have claimed, it may be just one piece of Moscow’s strategy […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

Captains of Industry Series

Apr 21, 2016

Should Silicon Valley take the Pentagon seriously?

By James Hasik

Culture still trumps law in the quest for military innovation. On Tuesday evening, as part of the Council’s Captains of Industry series, our Lund Fellow Steve Grundman hosted a panel discussion amongst the CEOs of three Californian startup firms. Mylea Charvat’s Savonix is building a “mobile, clinically valid, reliable, neuro-cognitive assessment and brain health platform.” John De Santis’s […]

Defense Industry Security & Defense

UkraineAlert

Apr 20, 2016

Ukraine’s Finally Got a Cybersecurity Strategy. But Is It Enough?

By Vera Zimmerman

Ukraine has been battling for its independence not only in the fields of the Donbas, but also in cyberspace. Government networks have been subject to continuous cyber espionage, while other cyberattacks have disrupted a presidential election, blocked access to news media, and engaged in hacktivism and propaganda distribution. Although these attacks initially did not seem […]

Cybersecurity Russia

In the News

Apr 19, 2016

Barno and Bensahel in War on the Rocks: A New Generation Of Unrestricted Warfare

By David Barno & Nora Bensahel

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Defense Industry Security & Defense

Regional Security Initiative

Apr 18, 2016

After hub-and-spoke: US hegemony in a new Gulf security order

By Bilal Y. Saab

The era of Pax Americana in the Gulf, and perhaps in the broader Middle East, is changing. Regional transformation and chaos resulting from the Arab uprisings, the rise of ISIS and its global terrorist reach, shifting US priorities around the world, and the rise of other outside powers in the Gulf have contributed to an […]

Middle East Security & Defense

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