Security & Defense

Transcript: Missile Defense in Europe – Panel 2

Full transcript of the second panel on “Implications and Next Steps for NATO and Europe” at the 2009 missile defense conference “Missile Defense in Europe: Next Steps.”

Transcript: Missile Defense in Europe – Panel 3

Full transcript of the third panel entitled “The Way Forward with Moscow” at the 2009 missile defense conference “Missile Defense in Europe: Next Steps.”

Transcript: Missile Defense in Europe – Patrick O’Reilly

Full transcript of LTG Patrick O’Reilly’s remarks and discussion at the 2009 missile defense conference “Missile Defense in Europe: Next Steps.”

Transcript: Missile Defense in Europe – Ellen Tauscher

Full transcript of Ellen Tauscher’s remarks and discussion at the 2009 missile defense conference “Missile Defense in Europe: Next Steps.”

Transcript: Missile Defense in Europe – Michael Turner

Full transcript of Representative Michael Turner’s remarks and discussion at the 2009 missile defense conference “Missile Defense in Europe: Next Steps.”

McChrystal: Biden Afghanistan Plan ‘Short-Sighted’

By James Joyner

Stanley McChrystal, the general in charge of the NATO mission in Afghanistan, says the Obama administration needs to make up its mind on quickly on a strategy — and rejected the idea of lowering the bar.

Transcript: Senator Lugar – Congressional Perspective on the Future of NATO

Transcript from the September 28, 2009 event “Senator Richard Lugar: Congressional Perspective on the Future of NATO.”

First Annual Members’ Conference – Cyber-Defense, National Security, and International Cooperation

By James Joyner

Summary of the breakout conversation “Cyber-Defense, National Security and International Cooperation” at the 2009 Annual Members’ Conference. PARTICIPANTS: Chaired by Hon. Franklin D. Kramer,* Former Assistant Secretary of Defense; Vice Chair, Atlantic Council; Member, Atlantic Council Strategic Advisors Group Lt. Gen. Kenneth Minihan, USAF (Ret.), Former Director of the NSA and DIA Mr. Brian James […]

First Annual Members’ Conference – NATO’s Future and the New Strategic Concept

By James Joyner

Summary of the breakout conversation “NATO’s Future and the New Strategic Concept” at the 2009 Annual Members’ Conference. PARTICIPANTS: Hon. Alexander Vershbow, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security GEN John Craddock, USA (Ret.),* Immediate Former Supreme Allied Commander, Europe Dr. Hans Binnendijk, Vice President for Research, National Defense University; Member, Atlantic Council Strategic Advisors […]