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Sep 25, 2015

Hasik on Lockheed’s ACV Entry

By James Hasik

Defense News quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow for Defense James Hasik on  Lockheed Martin’s entry for the US Marine Corps’ Amphibious Combat Vehicle:

Defense Industry
Security & Defense
Gen. Ben Hodges, Commander of US Army Europe, Aug. 6, 2015

NATOSource

Sep 25, 2015

General: US Forces in Europe Missing Three Key Capabilities

By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr., Breaking Defense

US command and control networks take too long to link to allies and respond to Russia’s rapid-fire aggression.

Europe & Eurasia
NATO

Issue Brief

Sep 25, 2015

Nordic-Baltic Security and the US Role

By Mark Seip

Read the Issue Brief (PDF) The United States and the Nordic states enjoy a strong, productive relationship. However, stability in the Nordic-Baltic area is under increasing stress, which has implications for both NATO and its partner members, Finland and Sweden. In “Nordic-Baltic Security and the US Role,” the Atlantic Council’s US Navy Senior Fellow Mark […]

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Energy & Environment

New Atlanticist

Sep 24, 2015

Wanted: A NATO Strategy

By Alejandro Alvarez

New security challenges in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and cyberspace have sent the world’s most important military alliance scrambling against obsolescence.  A lot has changed since the North Atlantic Treaty’s inception in 1949. The big question is whether a Cold War-era institution can do anything to remain effective and coherent in the face of […]

NATO
Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Sep 24, 2015

A Failed European Response to Migrant Crisis Will Hurt Transatlantic Ties, says Norwegian Defense Minister

By Ashish Kumar Sen

A failure to deal appropriately with the migrant crisis will cause rifts within Europe that will have serious implications for transatlantic unity, Norway’s Defense Minister, Ine Eriksen Søreide, said at the Atlantic Council on September 24. “How we handle the ongoing refugee crisis will be a test for Europe,” Søreide said while describing the magnitude […]

Europe & Eurasia
NATO

Webcasts

Sep 24, 2015

Charting NATO’s Future

By Brent Scowcroft Center

Registration for this event is now closed. ​ Please join us on Thursday, September 24 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. for a conference on the major challenges facing NATO and the political and military way forward as the Alliance approaches its crucially important Warsaw Summit in 2016. The keynote address will feature H.E. Ine […]

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Security & Defense
9P78-1 TEL for Iskander-M missile system, April 22, 2015

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Sep 23, 2015

Kremlin: Russia Will Take Countermeasures if US Places New Nuclear Weapons in Germany

By AP, International Business Times, and Reuters

From AP:  The Kremlin says Russia will take countermeasures if the U.S. places new nuclear weapons at a base in Germany.

Germany
NATO

In the News

Sep 23, 2015

Healey on Silicon Valley and President Xi’s Visit

By Jason Healey

The Hill quotes Cyber Statecraft Initiative Nonresident Senior Fellow Jason Healey on Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to the China-US tech summit in Seattle, and why many Silicon Valley executives felt pressured to attend:

China
Cybersecurity

Defense Industrialist

Sep 23, 2015

A new New Look

By James Hasik

The West needs “a complete strategic rethink” of how it goes to war. In The Australian last November, David Kilcullen argued that “the West’s failed counter-terrorism strategy requires a complete rethink.” Set aside for the moment James Fallows’ screed in The Atlantic last December. Thirteen years of not-quite-winning two wars in the Middle East and South Asia, despite overwhelming material […]

Defense Policy
Security & Defense

Art of Future Warfare

Sep 23, 2015

To cyber the kill chain, cyber the supply chain

By James Hasik

When safeguarding the global commons, should we rely on it less? Defense Secretary Ashton Carter would like to stop buying and launching navigation satellites—at least as a military project. Sure, Lockheed is testing GPS III, and a team at the University of Texas is working on centimetric accuracy without differential. Through the MEOSAR project, the Canadian military […]

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