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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: 

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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:

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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:

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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:

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Deputy defense ministers of Norway, USA, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Iceland, Sept. 8, 2015

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Sep 10, 2015

Russia Concerns Prompt First-Ever US, Nordic Deputy Defense Ministers’ Meeting

By Christopher P. Cavas, Defense News

US Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work wrapped up the first-ever meeting of Nordic and US deputy defense ministers, proclaiming the discussions a success, with a number of staffers calling the talks better than expected.

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Sep 10, 2015

Risk Nexus: Overcome by cyber risks? Economic benefits and costs of alternate cyber futures

By Atlantic Council's Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, Zurich Insurance Group, and The University of Denver's Pardee Center on International Futures

In 2030, will the Internet and related information and communications technologies (ICTs) continue to drive global innovation and prosperity? Or will that bright promise be swamped by an unstable and insecure Internet, so overwhelmed by non-stop attacks that it has become an increasing drag on economic growth? The answers, as far as we can predict, […]

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, June 12, 2012

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Sep 9, 2015

Putin Allies Aided Russian Mafia in Spain, Prosecutors Say

By Esteban Duarte and Henry Meyer, Bloomberg News

Some of Vladimir Putin’s closest allies, including the chairman of OAO Gazprom, a deputy premier and two former ministers, helped one of Russia’s largest criminal groups operate out of Spain for more than a decade, prosecutors in Madrid say.

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Sep 9, 2015

Atlantic Council / Zurich Insurance Report Finds the Global Benefits of Cyber Connectivity Expected to Outweigh Costs by $160 Trillion through 2030

By Atlantic Council

The Atlantic Council, in collaboration with Zurich Insurance Group and the Pardee Center for International Futures, released a report today that examines the economic impact of cyber costs versus the benefits of interconnectivity under an array of complex scenarios. Written by Jason Healey of the Atlantic Council and Barry B. Hughes of the University of […]

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Syrian President Bashar Assad and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Jan. 25, 2005

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Sep 9, 2015

Russian Troops Join Combat in Syria – Sources

By Reuters

Russian forces have begun participating in military operations in Syria in support of government troops, three Lebanese sources familiar with the political and military situation there said on Wednesday.

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NSA Director Adm. Mike Rogers, Jan. 31, 2012

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Sep 9, 2015

NSA Chief Says Cyberattack at Pentagon Was Sophisticated, Persistent

By Damian Paletta, Wall Street Journal

A recent breach of the unclassified network for the Pentagon’s Joint Staff was persistent and evolved quickly from a failed attack just a week before, the head of the National Security Agency said Tuesday,

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