Stratcon 2010: A Military Route to Freedom?

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Aug 25, 2024

After a failed attack, Hezbollah’s propaganda seeks to prevent a wider war with Israel

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David Daoud

Committed as Hezbollah is to saving its Gaza-based allies, the group does not currently want a full war with Israel.

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Israel

Stratcon 2010: A Military Route to Freedom?

New Atlanticist
Aug 21, 2024

How quickly can Taiwan integrate US weapon systems? Speed is essential to help deter China.

By
Adam Kozloski

To better prepare Taiwan to defend itself, the United States needs more transparency into Taipei’s weapons integration challenges.

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Defense Policy

Stratcon 2010: A Military Route to Freedom?

UkraineAlert
Aug 21, 2024

Invasion? What invasion? Putin is downplaying Ukraine’s Kursk offensive

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Peter Dickinson

Vladimir Putin’s efforts to downplay Ukraine’s invasion of Russia have severely dented his strongman image and make a mockery of the West’s escalation fears, writes Peter Dickinson.

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New Atlanticist

Dec 16, 2009

Stratcon 2010: A Military Route to Freedom?

By Julian Lindley-French

As NATO establishes a new Strategic Concept, the Alliance is re-focusing on its political and military purpose: to defend freedom in the face of those without ethics.

NATO
Security & Defense

Issue Brief

Dec 14, 2009

New Transatlantic Compact for NATO

Kurt Volker, Atlantic Council senior advisor and member of the Strategic Advisors Group (SAG), describes the challenges facing NATO and calls for unity to the divergent goals and ambitions of member states in the SAG issue brief “A New Transatlantic Compact.” Download the PDF

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Security & Defense

NATOSource

Dec 13, 2009

French army sides with Mozilla in Microsoft email war

By Reuters

From Reuters: A new email client unveiled by Mozilla this week contains code from an unusual source — the French military, which decided the open source product was more secure than Microsoft’s (MSFT.O) rival Outlook… The military found Mozilla’s open source design permitted France to build security extensions, while Microsoft’s secret, proprietary software allowed no […]

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Security & Defense

NATOSource

Dec 11, 2009

Amb. Hunter: “they want to keep the United States… as a European power”

By the Council on Foreign Relations

From the Council on Foreign Relations: Everybody in Europe understands that managing the future of Russia in regard to Europe can only be done with American engagement and, yes, to a great extent, American leadership. And they want to keep the United States equally engaged in Europe as a European power, not just as an […]

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Event Recap

Dec 9, 2009

Gordan Jandrokovic: Croatia and Southeast Europe in NATO

Gordan Jandroković, Croatia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, joined the Atlantic Council for a conversation on Southeast Europe’s prospects for integration into Euro-Atlantic institutions.

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New Atlanticist

Dec 8, 2009

Chicago As a Terrorist Center

By James Joyner

Citing reports that a Chicago man has been arrested for helping to plan the Mumbia terror attacks, Bernard Finel snarks, “I guess we need a surge in Chicago, too?”

National Security
Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Dec 7, 2009

Climate Change and National Security

By Derek Reveron

Amid the flurry of discussion caused by “climate-gate” and debates about CO2 emission caps, the relationship between climate change and security is likely to be overlooked in Copenhagen. Unlike traditional security issues like nuclear warheads, missile proliferation, or naval modernization, climate change often escapes national security discussions. Ozone depletion, CO2 emissions, and rising sea levels […]

National Security
Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Nov 13, 2009

Poland’s Path to NATO

By Adam Michnik

Adam Michnik looks at the revolutions that brought about the fall of communism.

Germany
NATO

New Atlanticist

Nov 6, 2009

Trans-Atlanticism Renewed: The Path to Force Effectiveness

By Thomas Enders

Although NATO today faces threats from more unconventional enemies, its need to forge a strong trans-Atlantic Alliance remains as essential to its success as ever, says Thomas Enders. Throughout the Cold War, the Berlin Wall signified the tension and distrust between the capitalist, democratic West and the communist, authoritarian East.

NATO
Security & Defense

NATOSource

Nov 3, 2009

Estonia wants new NATO defense plans

By the AP

From the AP: Estonia’s defense minister is discussing with the United States why NATO needs plans in case his region is attacked. Jaak Aaviksoo told The Associated Press that his country sees new threats since Russia’s invasion of Georgia last year and a cyber attack that targeted his country in 2007. Aaviksoo plans to meet […]

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Congressman John Moolenaar on deterring aggression against Taiwan

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Mapping Putin’s next moves—and how Europe must prepare for them
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