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In the News

Mar 22, 2016

Kroenig in Journal of Peace Research: US Nuclear Weapons and Non-Proliferation – Is There a Link?

By Matthew Kroenig

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United States and Canada

In the News

Mar 22, 2016

Pavel Quoted by National Public Radio on Terrorist Attacks in Brussels

By Barry Pavel

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European Union International Organizations

In the News

Mar 22, 2016

Engelke in Los Angeles Times: Will the World’s Next Wars Be Fought Over Water?

By Peter Engelke

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Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment

In the News

Mar 22, 2016

Barno and Bensahel in War on the Rocks: The Military is From Mars, Civilians are From Venus: Avoiding Planetary Collisions in the Conference Room

By David Barno & Nora Bensahel

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Defense Industry Security & Defense

In the News

Mar 22, 2016

Pavel Quoted by Roll Call on Brussels Attacks

By Barry Pavel

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Western Europe

In the News

Mar 22, 2016

Hasik Quoted by National Defense Magazine on US Military Tactical Vehicle Purchases

By James Hasik

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Defense Industry Security & Defense

In the News

Mar 21, 2016

Benitez Quoted by The Daily Caller on Maritime Security in the GIUK Gap

By Jorge Benitez

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Northern Europe Russia

New Atlanticist

Mar 21, 2016

It’s Time to Sharpen NATO’s ‘Spearhead’ Force

By Robbie Gramer

Funding issues and decision-making challenges may render obsolete NATO’s “spearhead” force, which was set up in response to Russia’s military aggression along its eastern flank. This is another critical gap for NATO given Russia’s ramped up pressure on Eastern Europe, a move that has many Alliance officials even more worried after Russian President Vladimir Putin’s […]

European Union International Organizations

In the News

Mar 21, 2016

Pavel Joins NBC Nightly News to Discuss US Presidential Candidate Donald Trump’s Position on NATO and United States Foreign Policy

By Barry Pavel

Elections NATO

Issue Brief

Mar 21, 2016

Train, hone, deter

By Matt Brand

NATO exercises play a vital role in ensuring that Alliance forces can respond to any contingency quickly and effectively. Not since the early 1990s has NATO’s exercise program drawn as much attention from NATO’s national leaders as it does now, due in large part to Russia’s increasingly aggressive misbehavior. The NATO exercise program provides the vital functions of keeping the member states’ forces interoperable by integrating new technologies into the force, practicing new doctrine, and validating units for their rotation into contingency roles, like the NATO Response Force.

Europe & Eurasia NATO

In the News

Mar 19, 2016

Farkas Quoted by The Sydney Morning Herald on Russia’s Military Operation in Syria

By Evelyn Farkas

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Russia

In the News

Mar 18, 2016

Du Mont Featured in Speaker Series at World Policy Institute

By Malia K. Du Mont

Defense Industry Security & Defense

In the News

Mar 17, 2016

Ward in War on the Rocks: Free Trade, Trump’s Brain, and Loose-Lipped Ben Carson

By Alex Ward

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Elections Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Mar 17, 2016

Sloan in The National Interest: Rebuilding Washington’s Transatlantic Alliance

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In the News

Mar 17, 2016

Joyner in War on the Rocks: Professional Military Education and the Rigor Problem

By James Joyner

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In the News

Mar 16, 2016

Atlantic Council Report Featured in Democracy Digest

By Atlantic Council

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In the News

Mar 16, 2016

Burrows Joins hromadske.tv to Discuss the Growing Middle Class in Asia

By Mathew J. Burrows

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China

New Atlanticist

Mar 16, 2016

Is Dissent Brewing in ISIS’ Ranks Over Plans to Strike the United States, Europe?

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Top commanders ‘disavow’ shift of strategy away from caliphate-building, says journalist A shift from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham’s goals of building a caliphate to attacking Europe and the United States is reportedly causing a rift in the terrorist group’s upper echelons. A lieutenant to ISIS’ self-proclaimed caliph, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, told Martin […]

Iraq Syria

Event Recap

Mar 15, 2016

Autocracies Failed and Unfailed: Limited Strategies for State Building

By Brent Scowcroft Center

On Tuesday, March 15, 2016 from 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. the Strategy Initiative at the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security released its third Atlantic Council Strategy Paper, “Autocracies Failed and Unfailed: Limited Strategies for State Building.”

Atlantic Council Strategy Paper Series

Mar 15, 2016

Autocracies failed and unfailed: limited strategies for state building

By Stephen D. Krasner

The fundamental challenge for modern wealthy democracies committed to promoting better governance is that their opportunities are hostage to the preferences of national elites in closed-access polities, where political power is exercised in arbitrary ways, and where most of the population lacks access to services, including the rule of law.

Afghanistan Africa
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