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Nov 18, 2011

Roundtable Discussion on US-Russia Relations with Dr. Sergey Rogov

By Jason Harmala

On November 18th, the Transatlantic Relations Program hosted a discussion with Dr. Sergey Rogov, director of the Institute for US and Canadian Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences and a delegation from the Center for US-Russia Rapprochement.

Missile Defense
Russia

NATOSource

Nov 18, 2011

Norway hit by major data-theft attack

By the AP

From the AP:  Data from Norway’s oil and defense industries may have been stolen in what is feared to be one of the most extensive data espionage cases in the country’s history, security officials said Thursday.

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

NATOSource

Nov 17, 2011

Pentagon warns of cyber and kinetic retaliation to significant cyber attack against the US

By Bill Gertz, Inside the Ring

From Bill Gertz, Inside the Ring:  The president is ready to approve military cyberattacks or "kinetic" bombing raids in response to major cyberattacks on the United States, according to a Pentagon report to Congress.

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

NATOSource

Nov 16, 2011

U.S. joining NATO’s fight against cyber threats

By John Vandiver, Stars and Stripes

From John Vandiver, Stars and Stripes:  The United States will join the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence during a formal ceremony scheduled for Thursday at the center’s headquarters in Estonia, a country that experienced a massive cyber attack that disabled websites of numerous government institutions in 2007.

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Nov 16, 2011

Iran: Not Necessarily a Nuclear Apocalypse

By Harlan Ullman

Last week, the United Nation’s International Atomic Energy Agency released an assessment of Iran’s nuclear programs. While not overly alarmist, the report warned that, based on inputs from nearly a dozen different national intelligence agencies, Iran was developing programs in virtually all categories essential for production of nuclear weapons as well missile delivery systems. Iran […]

Iran
Nuclear Nonproliferation

NATOSource

Nov 14, 2011

NATO “agencies and commands under a single cyber defense roof by the end of 2012”

By Julian Hale, Defense News

From Julian Hale, Defense News:  Maj. Gen. Patrick Fermier, director of NATO C3 Staff, dodged a question about whether there was a need to improve cyber offensive capacity to improve cyber defense.

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense
The Changing Significance of Geography: from Cyber Space to Outer Space, and the Spaces in Between

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Nov 14, 2011

The Changing Significance of Geography: from Cyber Space to Outer Space, and the Spaces in Between

By Adrienne Chuck

On Monday November 14th, the Atlantic Council’s Strategic Foresight Initiative and the US National Intelligence Council hosted an all-day roundtable workshop entitled “The Changing Significance of Geography: from Cyber Space to Outer Space, and the Spaces in Between”.

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

NATOSource

Nov 12, 2011

Cyber-warfare is coming

By Ilmar Tamm, Public Service Europe

From Ilmar Tamm, Public Service Europe:  Various states have managed to agree on laws that govern borders, international sea and air space, even outer space – but now we are faced with the task of adapting or creating laws and precedents for cyberspace.

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

NATOSource

Nov 10, 2011

NATO working with private sector to improve cyber security

By NATO

From NATO:  In today’s world, life without computers is unimaginable. From personal gadgets to state infrastructure, the prevalence of computers has changed almost everything about the world we live in.

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Nov 10, 2011

Talking Tohoku in Tokyo

By Julian Lindley-French

Tokyo. What a city of uber-contrast. A concrete-scape beyond an eye’s leap that crawls and then creeps before eventually soaring and swooping around the old Imperial palace at its heart. This mega-city is periodically punctuated by serene oases of intimate greenery in which water, rock, and flora tease the imagination back toward a Japan long […]

Japan
Nuclear Nonproliferation

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