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President Barack Obama at West Point, May 28, 2014

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May 28, 2014

Obama Sees US as the ‘Hub of Alliances’ Unrivaled in History

By Barack Obama, Federal News Service

From Europe to Asia, we are the hub of alliances unrivaled in the history of nations.

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May 28, 2014

Transcript: Defense Cooperation in the Arabian Gulf

Moderator: Michele Dunne, Senior Associate, Middle East Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace  Panelists: Kevin J. Cosgriff, Former Commander, U.S. Fifth Fleet, U.S. NavyMichael Eisenstadt, Senior Fellow and Director, Military and Security Studies Program, The Washington Institute for Near East PolicyBilal Y. Saab, Senior Fellow for Middle East Security, Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, […]

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May 28, 2014

Transatlantic Missile Defense Architecture

By Cassandra Lewis

In the run up to the September NATO Summit in Wales, leading experts addressed the transatlantic missile defense structure and its future. The panel discussion featured Robert Bell of the US mission to NATO, Alexis Morel of Thales, and Kurt Volker of the McCain Institute for International Leadership. The panel was moderated by John Rood […]

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Security & Defense

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May 28, 2014

Webcast: The United States and Global Missile Defense

Please join the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security for our annual Global Missile Defense conference, which will take place on May 28, 2014.

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May 28, 2014

Transcript: What’s Next? Missile Defense in 2030

Moderator: Barry Pavel, Vice President and Director, Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, Atla Panelists: James N. Miller, President, Adaptive Strategies LLC; Former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, US Department of Defense; Board Director, Atlantic Council Robert Stein, Senior Fellow, U.S. Defense Science Board Dean Wilkening, Physicist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Former Senior Research Scientist, Center […]

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May 28, 2014

Transcript: Missile Defense in the Asia Pacific

MODERATOR: RANDALL SCHRIVER, FOUNDING PARTNER, ARMITAGE INTERNATIONAL; PRESIDENT AND CEO, PROJECT 2049 INSTITUTE   PANELISTS: PATRICK CRONIN, SENIOR ADVISOR AND SENIOR DIRECTOR OF THE ASIA-PACIFIC SECURITY PROGRAM, CENTER FOR NEW AMERICAN SECURITY DAVID GOMPERT, ADJUNCT SENIOR FELLOW, RAND CORPORATION

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Security & Defense

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May 28, 2014

Transcript: The United States and Global Missile Defense Transatlantic Missile Defense Architecture

Moderator: John Rood, Vice President, Business Development, Raytheon     Panelists: Robert G. Bell, Senior Civilian Representative of the Secretary of Defense in Europe & Defense Advisor, US Mission to NATO Alexis Morel, Director of Strategic Affairs, Thales Kurt Volker, Executive Director, The McCain Institute for International Leadership, Arizona State University; Senior Adviser, Brent Scowcroft […]

Missile Defense
Security & Defense

Event Recap

May 28, 2014

Winnefeld Delivers Opening Keynote at 2014 Missile Defense Conference

James A. Winnefeld, Jr., Vice Chairman, US Joint Chiefs of Staff began his keynote remarks at the Atlantic Council’s annual missile defense by examining two key terms: strategy and deterrence. Winnefeld stated that he and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Gen. Martin Dempsey, define strategy as linking and balancing ends, ways, and means and then […]

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May 28, 2014

Transcript: Admiral James A. Winnefeld at 2014 Missile Defense Conference

Welcome and Keynote Remarks: U.S. Missile Defense Plans and Priorities WELCOME:FREDERICK KEMPE,PRESIDENT AND CEO, ATLANTIC COUNCIL ELLEN O. TAUSCHER,VICE CHAIR, BRENT SCOWCROFT CENTER ON INTERNATIONAL SECURITY, ATLANTIC COUNCIL KEYNOTE SPEAKER:ADMIRAL JAMES A. WINNEFELD, JR.,VICE CHAIRMAN, U.S. JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF

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May 27, 2014

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