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New Atlanticist

Jan 23, 2024

The US wants to end its reliance on Chinese lithium. Its policies are doing the opposite.

By Ellen Wald

US regulations are hurting demand for electric vehicles, the very products that will incentivize the development of lithium supply chains away from China.

China Economy & Business

In the News

Jan 23, 2024

Dean quoted in the Australian Financial Review on protecting AUKUS technology

On January 22, IPSI nonresident senior fellow Peter Dean was quoted in an Australian Financial Review article, where he explained that Australian private sector security arrangements are insufficient to protect sensitive AUKUS technology.

Australia China

MENASource

Jan 23, 2024

The escalation no country in the Middle East wants but still pushes toward

By Karim Mezran and Nicola Pedde

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has returned from a fourth visit to the Middle East with the clear objective of preventing regional escalation from the Israel-Hamas war. This concern is shared by all countries in the region, who, for various reasons, understand how the evolution of current tensions into a wider conflict could generate […]

Middle East North Africa

In the News

Jan 23, 2024

Braw interviewed on DW News on NATO’s Steadfast Defender military exercise

By Elisabeth Braw

On January 22, Transatlantic Security Initiative senior fellow Elisabeth Braw was interviewed on DW News where she discussed NATO’s Steadfast Defender military exercise, which is the largest of its kind since the Cold War.

Europe & Eurasia NATO

In the News

Jan 23, 2024

Cole publishes with the Peace Research Institute Oslo on AI and military operations

By Atlantic Council

August Cole writes on the impact of artificial intelligence on military planning and operations.

Artificial Intelligence Defense Policy

In the News

Jan 22, 2024

Eftimiades in SpyTalk on Chinese soldier training with US contractors

Nicholas Eftimiades discusses the role of intelligence operations in the strategic competition between the United States and China.

China Intelligence

UkraineAlert

Jan 22, 2024

Ukraine’s Black Sea success exposes folly of West’s “don’t escalate” mantra

By Peter Dickinson

Ukraine's remarkable success during 2023 in the Battle of the Black Sea can serve as a blueprint for victory over Putin's Russia, writes Peter Dickinson.

Conflict Defense Policy

Announcements

Jan 22, 2024

Atlantic Council’s Forward Defense practice launches Commission on Software-Defined Warfare

WASHINGTON D.C. — JAN. 22, 2024 Following the success of the Atlantic Council’s Commission on Defense Innovation Adoption, the Atlantic Council has convened more than 30 senior leaders to launch a brand-new Commission on Software-Defined Warfare.   Co-chaired by former US Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper, former Acting Deputy Secretary of Defense Christine Fox, […]

Security & Defense

In the News

Jan 22, 2024

Narang on the State of the World podcast

Neil Narang joins the University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation's State of the World podcast

China Conflict

In the News

Jan 22, 2024

Dean quoted in the Sydney Morning Herald on Australia’s Middle East policy

On January 20, IPSI nonresident senior fellow Peter Dean was quoted in a Sydney Morning Herald article discussing Australian security policy in the Middle East.  

Australia Defense Policy

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