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Global Aggregation of Cyber Risk

Jun 9, 2015

Pavel and Healey: Cyber Command as a 5-Year-Old

By Jason Healey, Barry Pavel

Vice President and Brent Scowcroft Center Director Barry Pavel and Cyber Statecraft Initiative Nonresident Senior Fellow Jason Healey write for Defense News on Cyber Command’s growing pains: 

Defense Industry
Security & Defense

In the News

Jun 9, 2015

Slavin: Ex-Obama Adviser: Missile Defense May Avert GCC Proliferation

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin writes for Al-Monitor on why missile defense is proving a useful tool in persuading the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf not to acquire nuclear weapons: 

Iran
Missile Defense

In the News

Jun 8, 2015

Hasik on Bradley Replacement

By James Hasik

Defense News quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow James Hasik on the two design contracts awarded by the US Army for the Future Fighting Vehicle, which could yield a Bradley replacement or technology spinouts to upgrade the Bradley: 

Defense Industry
Security & Defense
JCS Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, May 7, 2015

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Jun 8, 2015

Dempsey: Russia Using Long-Range Aviation and Nuclear Forces to Send Clear Signal to Europe

By Julian Barnes, Wall Street Journal

Excerpts from interview with Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey by Julian Barnes, Wall Street Journal.

Europe & Eurasia
NATO

New Atlanticist

Jun 5, 2015

A ‘Disaster’ if China was Behind OPM Cyber Attack

By Ashish Kumar Sen

If the Chinese government is in fact behind the cyber attack on the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) it would be a “disaster” in terms of counterespionage, says the Atlantic Council’s Jason Healey.“The kind of information that OPM has is a goldmine for intelligence agencies,” Healey, a Nonresident Senior Fellow in the Atlantic Council’s Cyber […]

China
Cybersecurity
NATO's first unmanned air vehicle, June 4, 2015

NATOSource

Jun 5, 2015

NATO’s First Drone Rolls off Assembly Line

By NATO

The first of NATO’s five unmanned air vehicles rolled off the factory line in San Diego on Thursday, 4 June 2015.

Drones
Italy

In the News

Jun 5, 2015

Rakisits on Pakistan’s Defense Budget

By Claude Rakisits

Defense News quotes South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Claude Rakisits on Pakistan’s double digit defense budget increase:

China
Defense Industry
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Feb. 5, 2015

NATOSource

Jun 4, 2015

NATO Chief Slams Russia Amid Upsurge in Ukraine Conflict

By Reuters

NATO said on Thursday Russia was delivering sophisticated weaponry to rebels in eastern Ukraine,

NATO
Northern Europe
New Finnish government plans to study possibility of NATO membership

NATOSource

Jun 3, 2015

Finland’s Exploration of NATO Membership: The Benefits of Joining the Alliance

By Mark Seip

Last week, Finland’s new government announced that they will explore the possibility of NATO membership.

NATO
NATO Partnerships

Defense Industrialist

Jun 3, 2015

Big Time for Small Arms

By Alex Ward

Business is booming, but think twice before sending more guns. A quick look around the world reminds you that small arms are the tools of choice for those wishing to propagate violence. Indeed, from France’s war in Mali to the conflict in Ukraine to the Islamic State’s reign of terror to Libya’s disintegration, small arms are […]

Defense Industry
Security & Defense

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