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Borghard in the Council on Foreign Relations: Time to end the dual hat?

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Feb 4, 2021

Borghard in the Council on Foreign Relations: Time to end the dual hat?

By Atlantic Council

On February 4, Erica Borghard published an article entitled “Time to End the Dual Hat?” for the Council on Foreign Relations. In the article, she explores the risks and benefits of separating the dual-hat authority structure that government U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency, and maps a path forward for the Biden administration. […]

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Feb 4, 2021

Badi quoted in Foreign Policy on the conflict in Libya
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Feb 4, 2021

Nabeel Khoury joins Al Jazeera to discuss the end of American support in Yemen
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Feb 4, 2021

Elevating ‘deterrence by denial’ in US defense strategy

By Erica D. Borghard, Benjamin Jensen, and Mark Montgomery

As the Biden administration reshapes foreign policy and makes decisions about how to invest in US military capabilities for the future, it should acknowledge the value of a denial-based approach to deterrence.

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Feb 4, 2021

Arbit in Foreign Policy: There’s hope for Israeli-Palestinian peace
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Feb 3, 2021

Ukraine strikes back against Russian infowar with ban on Kremlin-linked TV channels

By Taras Kuzio

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's February 2 decision to force three Kremlin-linked Ukrainian TV channels off the air is his boldest move yet in the struggle against Russia's ongoing hybrid war.

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Seizing the advantage

Feb 3, 2021

How the US can regain the advantage in its next National Defense Strategy

By Clementine G. Starling-Daniels, Matthew R. Crouch

To seize the advantage, the next US National Defense Strategy needs a paradigm adjustment, not a shift. In the next NDS, the Biden defense team must take a broader definition of competition if the United States is to succeed in deterring, defending, and shaping the strategic environment in its favor.

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Feb 3, 2021

Grundman in Aviation Week on why the future will not be virtual

By Atlantic Council

On February 3, Aviation Week published an article titled "Why the future will not be virtual" by Forward Defense Senior Fellow Steven Grundman.

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Feb 3, 2021

Open a bank: NATO 20/2020 podcast

By Transatlantic Security Initative

NATO can fund critical defense investments by bringing the necessary financial tools in house.

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Feb 3, 2021

Senator Sullivan calls ‘The Longer Telegram’ on China ‘one of the best strategies I have read’

By Atlantic Council

"Americans can prevail in this long-term geopolitical and ideological contest. But doing so will require a new level of strategic initiative, organization, and confidence in who we are and what we stand for," Sen. Dan Sullivan said.

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