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Jan 16, 2015

Antimicrobial resistance as an emerging threat to national security

By Maxine Builder

In Antimicrobial Resistance as an Emerging Threat to National Security, Maxine Builder, Research Associate for the Council on Foreign Relations' Global Health Program, outlines the growing threat posed by this issue, and its potential implications for national security, before positing several potential solutions and policy recommendations.

National Security
Security & Defense
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Jan. 14, 2015

NATOSource

Jan 15, 2015

NATO Chief Urges Germany to Invest More in Defense

By NATO and AFP

From Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, NATO:  I also would like to underline that we have to invest more in defence. We agreed to do so at our Summit in Wales.

Germany
NATO
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Jan. 14, 2015

NATOSource

Jan 14, 2015

NATO’s Interim ‘Spearhead’ Force is Now Active

By AP

NATO’s interim agile expeditionary force is now active but planning continues for a permanent “spearhead” unit, the alliance’s chief said Wednesday.

NATO
Security & Defense

Webcasts

Jan 14, 2015

Bending the Cost Curve

By Brent Scowcroft Center

The Atlantic Council is pleased to announce that Deborah Lee James, the secretary of the US Air Force, will give an Atlantic Council Defense-Industrial Policy address entitled “Bending the Cost Curve” at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, January 14th, at the Atlantic Council’s headquarters.

Defense Industry
Security & Defense

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Jan 14, 2015

SPEECH BY PHILIP DUNNE AT THE ATLANTIC COUNCIL ON 17 DEC 14

By Brent Scowcroft Center

SPEECH BY PHILIP DUNNE AT THE ATLANTIC COUNCIL ON 17 DEC 14 SECURING OPERATIONAL SUPERIORITY THROUGH DEFENCE INNOVATION: A UK PERSPECTIVE IntroductionIt’s great to be back in the United States for the third time this year – a place that always feels like home. A place that was my home for two years in the […]

Defense Industry
Security & Defense
US and Polish Paratroopers, April 23, 2014

NATOSource

Jan 13, 2015

SACEUR: NATO Looking at Beefing Up Baltic Exercises

By Wiktor Szary, Reuters

NATO’s top military commander, General Philip Breedlove, said on Tuesday the defense alliance was looking at beefing up its exercises in the Baltic Sea region in response to a surge in Russian military maneuvers there late last year.

NATO
Russia
SACEUR Gen. Philip Breedlove, June 30, 2014

NATOSource

Jan 13, 2015

NATO Military Commander: Fighting Has Resumed in Eastern Ukraine

By Henry Foy, Financial Times

Nato’s top general has noted a “fairly important uptick” in fighting in eastern Ukraine in recent days, casting doubts over whether the cease-fire between the Kiev government and Moscow-backed separatists can survive.

NATO
Russia

Defense Industrialist

Jan 13, 2015

Customers’ problems should inform defense contractors’ strategies.

By James Hasik

Customers’ problems should inform defense contractors’ strategies. Last week, Paul McLeary of Defense News aired the views of some seasoned observers of our business regarding the future of strategy and structure. Our industry, as the title went, is “Running out of Time; Mergers Loom.” Many of the larger contractors have been focusing on cutting costs, […]

Defense Industry
Security & Defense
British Prime Minister David Cameron and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Oct. 29, 2011

NATOSource

Jan 12, 2015

Canada Rebuffs Call To Join British-Led NATO-UN Force

By Murray Brewster, Canadian Press

Canada has quietly rebuffed a call from Britain to join a multi-national expeditionary force that Prime Minister David Cameron’s government was promoting in light of heightened tensions with Russia.

International Organizations
NATO
General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Nov. 15, 2011

NATOSource

Jan 12, 2015

Dempsey: Cyber is the Only Domain in Which US has Peer Competitors

By Chris Wallace and Martin Dempsey, Fox News

Excerpt from interview of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey by Chris Wallace, January 11, 2015.

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

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