2015 Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge Competition

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To win the AI race, the US needs an all-of-the-above energy strategy

By Joseph Webster

To ensure US AI leadership, the United States must harness all forms of energy, allow a level playing field, and remove red tape constraining the buildout of critical enablers, especially transmission lines and grid enhancing technologies.
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2015 Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge Competition

MENASource Feb 26, 2025

How the Houthis’ strikes on US MQ-9 Reaper drones serve a wider regional agenda

By Leonardo Jacopo Maria Mazzucco

The United States needs to adjust its drone deployment strategy to ensure that MQ-9 Reapers are less vulnerable to the militant group’s attacks. 
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2015 Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge Competition

New Atlanticist Feb 18, 2025

What’s missing from the AI debate? Patience.

By Trey Herr

The AI sector is evolving quickly, fueled by a self-reinforcing cycle of investment, commentary, and ambition. In this race for compute, patience is important to sorting out sustainable innovation from speculative excess.
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Cyber 9/12 Project

Dec 1, 2014

2015 Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge Competition

By Atlantic Council

The Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge is the only student competition devoted to high-level policy recommendations for day-after responses to a major cyber incident. The annual event organized by the Atlantic Council and hosted by American University is the “must attend” student event in international cybersecurity policy. The Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge engages students with a […]

Cybersecurity

In the News

Nov 28, 2014

Healey on Holiday Cyber Hacking

By Jason Healey

Politico quotes Cyber Statecraft Initiative Director Jason Healey on the likelihood that internet shoppers will have their data stolen during the holiday season:

Cybersecurity Security & Defense
“Cyber Coalition 2014” is the 7th such annual exercise

NATOSource

Nov 20, 2014

NATO Holds Largest Cyber War Games

By Sam Jones, Financial Times

[T]he alliance this week conducted the world’s biggest digital war game.

Cybersecurity NATO

Press Release

Nov 19, 2014

Atlantic Council announces new Art of Future Warfare project

By Atlantic Council

The Atlantic Council today announced the launch of the Art of Future Warfare (AFW) project, housed in the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, that aims to create a world in which artists—writers, illustrators, directors, videographers, and others—and creativity enjoy a valued place in the defense establishment’s planning and preparation for the future of warfare […]

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Captains of Industry Series

Nov 19, 2014

Transcript: Endless Possibilities for the Future of Space Launch

By Atlantic Council

Atlantic Council Endless Possibilities for the Future of Space Launch Welcome:Intro: Magnus Nordenman,Deputy Director,Brent Scowcroft Center Moderator:Jeffrey Roncka,Renaissance Strategic Advisors Speaker:Salvatore “Tory” Bruno,President and CEO,United Launch Alliance Location:1030 15th Street, NW,12th Floor (West Tower),Washington, D.C. Time: 4:30 p.m. ESTDate: Thursday, November 13, 2014 Transcript byFederal News ServiceWashington, D.C.

Space Technology & Innovation

Captains of Industry Series

Nov 19, 2014

Endless Possibilities for the Future of Space Launch

By Atlantic Council

On Thursday November 13, the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security welcomed Salvatore “Tory” T. Bruno, president and CEO of United Launch Alliance (ULA). The event, titled “Endless Possibilities for the Future of Space Launch,” was the latest in the Atlantic Council Captains of Industry series, a platform for senior executives in aerospace and defense […]

Space Technology & Innovation
1986 DIA artwork of Soviet anti-satellite weapon

NATOSource

Nov 19, 2014

Object 2014-28E – Space Junk or Russian Satellite Killer?

By Sam Jones, Financial Times

It is a tale that could have come from the cold war. A mysterious object launched by the Russian military is being tracked by western space agencies, stoking fears over the revival of a defunct Kremlin project to destroy satellites.

China Russia

In the News

Nov 7, 2014

Healey on NATO and Cyber Threats

By Jason Healey

Breaking Defense quotes Cyber Statecraft Director Jason Healey and cites an Atlantic Council event on cyber deterrence:

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

Defense Industrialist

Nov 6, 2014

Lunch with the Minutemen of Cyber

Is Internet conflict NATO’s next defense-industrial agenda, or just a matter for industry?   “Where [was] the industrial agenda for the NATO Summit?” Hugo Rosemount of Defense One asked after Wales. Successful industrial engagement has not traditionally been NATO’s long suit, but after the talks had concluded, we had our answer: cyber was priority one. That might seem […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

Event Recap

Nov 6, 2014

NATO’s Cyber Defense Mission and Capabilities

By Atlantic Council

On November 5, the Atlantic Council hosted a discussion on NATO's new enhanced cyber defense policy, the organization's cyber mission and capabilities, as well as where the role of the private sector fits into the equation.

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Public Event Thu, May 8, 2025 • 9:30 am ET

General John Raymond on national security and the future of space commerce

An #ACFRONTPAGE EVENT—Raymond, who served as the first chief of space operations of the US Space Force, talks about maintaining the US military edge as the space domain becomes increasingly contested and congested.

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