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NATO Exercise Dynamic Mongosse, Sept. 14, 2015

NATOSource

Sep 14, 2015

NATO Conducting Major Submarine Exercise in the Mediterranean

By NATO

NATO’s Submarine Warfare Exercise DYNAMIC MANTA 2015 (DYMA 15) began friday off the Sicilian coast, with ships, submarines, and aircraft and personnel from 9 Allied nations converging on the Central Mediterranean Sea for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and anti-surface warfare training.

Italy
NATO

Defense Industrialist

Sep 13, 2015

What if the aircraft carrier had never been invented?

By James Hasik

A thought experiment in bureaucratic rivalries, foregone technologies, and alternative histories Aircraft carriers are multi-billion dollar investments—in the case of USS Gerald Ford, some $12 billion. They take years to build—in the case of the French ship Charles de Gaulle, twelve years. They take a long time to repair—USS Eisenhower is just back from a two-year stay at […]

Defense Technologies
Maritime Security

New Atlanticist

Sep 11, 2015

ICT Drives Global Growth, But it Doesn’t Come for Free

By Alejandro Alvarez

Data insecurity and the buildup of offensive cyber capabilities  are among the gravest threats to global economic prosperity in the modern era, according to a report by the Atlantic Council, in collaboration with Zurich Insurance Group and the University of Denver’s Frederick S. Pardee Center for International Futures. The key message is that ICT drives […]

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense
British fighter jet intercepts Russian Tu-160 Blackjack bomber, Sept. 10, 2015

NATOSource

Sep 11, 2015

RAF Typhoons Intercept Russian Bombers Near UK Airspace

By Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom

RAF Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) fighter aircraft scrambled from RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland yesterday to meet two Russian aircraft.

NATO
Nuclear Nonproliferation
Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallström, Jan. 23, 2015

NATOSource

Sep 11, 2015

Foreign Minister Calls in Russian Envoy Over ‘Threats’ About Sweden Joining NATO

By Reuters and Local (Sweden)

From Johan Sennero, Reuters:  Sweden has called in Russia’s ambassador to explain comments by a foreign ministry spokeswoman who said any Swedish decision to join NATO would have “consequences” that would compel Russia to respond.

NATO
Northern Europe
NATO's first unmanned air vehicle, June 4, 2015

NATOSource

Sep 11, 2015

NATO Caught ‘Surprised’ By Russia’s Move Into Syria

By Kevin Baron, Defense News

When Russia sent military forces into Syria last weekend, it caught NATO by surprise and proved that its members can neither stay ahead of threats nor even decide which ones are the most pressing, the alliance’s intelligence director said.

Intelligence
NATO

In the News

Sep 10, 2015

Polyakova on NATO’s Russia Concerns

By Atlantic Council

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty quotes Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Associate Director Alina Polyakova on NATO’s growing concerns as Russia builds a military base near Ukraine: 

NATO
Russia

In the News

Sep 10, 2015

Bloomberg Features Atlantic Council Report on Economics of Cyber Risks

By Atlantic Council

Bloomberg Business features the recently released report, Overcome by cyber risks? Economic benefits and costs of alternate cyber futures, on the annual costs of cyber disruptions and the incentives of connectivity, published by the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security and the Zurich Insurance Group:

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

In the News

Sep 10, 2015

Wall Street Journal Highlights Cyber Report

By Atlantic Council

The Wall Street Journal highlights the recently released report, Overcome by cyber risks? Economic benefits and costs of alternate cyber futures, on the trade-off between security and functionality in technology, jointly published by the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security and the Zurich Insurance Group:

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

In the News

Sep 10, 2015

Healey on Cyberhacking and China

By Jason Healey

Cyber Statecraft Initiative Nonresident Senior Fellow Jason Healey joins Channel News Asia to discuss the United States cybersecurity amongst Chinese cyberhacking:

China
Cybersecurity

Experts

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