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Defense Industrialist

Jul 17, 2015

Like Cars, Like Cargo Ships

By James Hasik

North Americans are really uneconomical shipbuilders, and their navies should demand better. Ford announced this week that the company will stop building small cars in Michigan, or anywhere in the States, as price pressure precludes paying workers what’s worth their while. Ford will build its new Lincoln Continental in Michigan, but that’s because the profit […]

Defense Industry
Korea

New Atlanticist

Jul 16, 2015

Perspective on the Iran-P5+1 Nuclear Agreement

By Owen Daniels

After twenty months of negotiations, US, European, and Iranian leaders announced early Tuesday morning that a deal had been reached to secure the peaceful future of Iran’s nuclear program.

Iran
Nuclear Nonproliferation
General Sir Nicholas Houghton, Chief of the UK Defense Staff. April 4, 2013

NATOSource

Jul 16, 2015

Top Military Officer Identifies UK Mistakes and Makes Powerful Case for Strong Defense

By Nicholas Houghton, Ministry of Defense

[F]or 25 years the United Kingdom, together with much of the Western world and most of our NATO Allies, has been investing less in our capacity to conduct serious war fighting.

NATO
Security & Defense
NATO ships in the Black Sea, Sept, 18, 2014

NATOSource

Jul 15, 2015

Russia Invited to Observe Key NATO Military Exercise

By Julian E. Barnes, Wall Street Journal

Among the guests invited to observe the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s biggest military exercise in more than a decade will be the alliance’s once, and potentially future, adversary: the Russians.

NATO
Russia
General Phil Jones, NATO Spokesperson Oana Lungescu and General Hans-Lothar Domrose, July 16, 2015

NATOSource

Jul 15, 2015

Details of Trident Juncture, NATO’s Largest Exercise in 13 Years

By Oana Lungescu, NATO

Trident Juncture 15 will take place in October and November, mainly in Spain, Italy and Portugal.

Italy
NATO

New Atlanticist

Jul 15, 2015

Defending the Iran Nuclear Deal

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Iran bound ‘in perpetuity’ not to build a nuclear bomb, says Obama administration official Iran is not permitted to build a nuclear weapon after the duration of the agreement reached in Vienna this week, nor does the deal give the Islamic Republic a “signing bonus” in terms of immediate sanctions relief, a senior Obama administration […]

Iran
National Security

In the News

Jul 15, 2015

Kroenig on Management of Iranian Nuclear Capabilities

By Matthew Kroenig

US News and World Report quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Matthew Kroenig on the tenets of the Iran deal which allow for the steady management of Iran’s nuclear production: 

Iran
Nuclear Nonproliferation

New Atlanticist

Jul 15, 2015

The Iran nuclear deal is not in the US national interest

By Matthew Kroenig

The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) signed July 14 between Iran and the P5+1 puts verifiable limits on Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief. Assuming Tehran abides by the terms of the accord, Iran will not be able to build nuclear weapons for the lifetime of the deal, but the agreement presents […]

Iran
National Security
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Russian President Vladimir Putin, April 8, 2015

NATOSource

Jul 14, 2015

5 Reasons NATO Fears a Grexit

By Robbie Gramer and Rachel Rizzo

The risks of Greece exiting the eurozone are not confined to economics. The crisis poses five very real challenges to NATO that many defense officials are overlooking — at NATO’s peril.

Greece
NATO

In the News

Jul 14, 2015

Nordenman: Russia, Middle East Will Define NATO’s Emerging Maritime Century

By Magnus Nordenman

Brent Scowcroft Center Deputy Director Magnus Nordenman writes for US Naval Institute News on NATO’s maritime role in light of threats posed by Russia and ISIS:

Maritime Security
NATO

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