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In the News

Jul 7, 2021

Kroenig speaks at the Nuclear Triad Symposium on modernization

By Atlantic Council

Scowcroft Center Deputy Director Matthew Kroenig presents at the twenty-first Nuclear Triad Symposium.

China Defense Industry

In the News

Jul 7, 2021

Kroenig in the WSJ on Chinese nuclear expansion

By Atlantic Council

On July 7th, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Deputy Director Matthew Kroenig wrote an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal entitled “China’s Nuclear Silos and the Arms-Control Fantasy,” discussing new satellite imagery which revealed that China is building more than one hundred new ICBM silos. Kroenig argues that this poses an unprecedented threat to […]

Arms Control China

In the News

Jul 6, 2021

Busch in The Hill: New study makes the case for more US free trade deals

By Marc L. Busch

Marc Busch writes that a recent study on the impact of US trade deals undersells the benefits that deeper and more cutting-edge deals with other countries could have for the US economy

Americas Economy & Business

In the News

Jul 5, 2021

Nurkin in ExpressWire on uncrewed systems

By Atlantic Council

Forward Defense Nonresident Senior Fellow Tate Nurkin quoted in Express Wire on his latest IScann Group white paper on the use of uncrewed systems.

Defense Industry Defense Technologies

In the News

Jul 4, 2021

Manning in The National Interest: The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue is consolidating its power against China

By Atlantic Council

On July 4, Robert Manning and James Przystup published an article in The National Interest detailing the Biden administration’s new approach the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (also known as the Quad), which they say puts the institution at the forefront of its Indo-Pacific strategy. “In a region of staid, ritualized, bureaucratically inert multilateral institutions, this shift […]

Australia China

In the News

Jul 2, 2021

Cooper in Inkstick: Donald Rumsfeld’s Legacy of Ruin

By Atlantic Council

On July 2, Evan Cooper published an article on the legacy of Donald Rumsfeld. “The tributes from Bolton, Whiton, and Card carried on the history of Rumsfeld avoiding responsibility for what he wrought. He never displayed contrition for hundreds of thousands lives taken by the wars he helped orchestrate. Confronted with evidence of widespread looting […]

Politics & Diplomacy United States and Canada

In the News

Jul 2, 2021

Manning in the Hill: The CCP at 100

By Atlantic Council

On July 2, Robert Manning published an editorial in the Hill examining what the 100th anniversary celebrations of the CCP by Xi Jinping reflected about the state of China. “Xi’s CCP anniversary speech had few surprises and much bravado. But despite China’s remarkable economic and technological success, there is a sense of underlying fear and […]

China English
data, EU, travel

Issue Brief

Jul 1, 2021

Avoiding the next transatlantic security crisis: The looming clash over passenger name record data

By Kenneth Propp

The transfer of PNR—personal data of air travelers including names, addresses, telephone numbers, credit card information, even meal preferences and details that can indicate ethnicity, religious belief, or political affiliation—on international flights has become a common practice world-wide since the September 11th attacks.

Digital Policy European Union

New Atlanticist

Jul 1, 2021

Estonian president: Our connected world needs a trusted architecture

By Nick Fouriezos

Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid and Anne Neuberger, deputy US national security advisor for cyber and emerging technology, made the case for "trusted connectivity" at the Atlantic Council.

Cybersecurity Digital Policy

In the News

Jul 1, 2021

Ashford in H-Diplo: When Donald Met Washington

By Atlantic Council

On July 1, Emma Ashford’s essay on Donald Trump’s foreign policy legacies was published in the ISSF/H-Diplo series on America and the world after Trump. “It is not true that America has nothing to fear from China and Russia, or that the U.S. can be sure of their benign intentions.  Yet Trump’s time in office […]

China English

In the News

Jul 1, 2021

Eftimiades in Voice of America on Chinese cyber attacks

By Atlantic Council

Voice of America interviews Forward Defense Nonresident Senior Fellow Nicholas Eftimiades on Chinese cyberattacks in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan China

New Atlanticist

Jul 1, 2021

The Free World vs. China and Friends: It’s ideology, stupid

By Kaush Arha

As the Chinese Communist Party celebrates its one hundredth anniversary, the US must sharpen the ideological contrast. For a nation conceived as an idea, the refusal to lead with the force of ideas is not only unbecoming—it is self-defeating.

China European Union
Photo: US Air Force

Event Recap

Jul 1, 2021

Air Force Chief of Staff discusses air warfare in an era of strategic competition

By Vikram Venkatram

Forward Defense hosts the Chief of Staff of the US Air Force to discuss twenty-first century air warfare as part of the Commanders Series.

China Defense Industry

In the News

Jun 30, 2021

Nurkin in the Sydney Morning Herald on a space-based conflict with China

By Atlantic Council

Forward Defense Nonresident Senior Fellow Tate Nurkin quoted in an article in the Sydney Morning Herald titled "If the US went to war with China, who would win? It depends how it starts."

China Defense Industry

In the News

Jun 30, 2021

Sadat quoted by SpaceNews on transfers to Space Force

By Atlantic Council

Forward Defense Nonresident Senior Fellow Mir Sadat quoted in an article for Space News titled "U.S. Army, Navy, Marine Corps service members selected to transfer to Space Force"

Space Space Security

Transcript

Jun 30, 2021

Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid on combating digital threats with ‘trusted connectivity’

By Atlantic Council

The Estonian president and Anne Neuberger, US deputy national security advisor for cybersecurity and emerging technology, appeared at the Atlantic Council to discuss the world's digital challenges ahead. Here's the full transcript.

Cybersecurity Internet

In the News

Jun 29, 2021

Rodriguez on in Defense News on the Pentagon’s supply chain

By Atlantic Council

Forward Defense Senior Advisor Stephen Rodriguez in writes in DefenseNews on the state of the Pentagon’s supply chain."

China Defense Industry

In the News

Jun 29, 2021

Ashford in Reuters: Undeclared conflict? America’s battles with Iran-backed militia escalate, again

By Atlantic Council

On June 29, Emma Ashford was quoted in Reuters on US strikes against the Iran-backed militias in Syria and Iraq. “A lot of people suggest that the term ‘forever war’ is just emotive, but it’s actually a decent descriptor of the kind of strike we saw again (Sunday): no strategic goal, no endpoint in sight, […]

Defense Policy English

Report

Jun 29, 2021

Hong Kong’s future on edge: Countering China’s national security law

By Ash Jain, Joel Kesselbrenner, and Peter Mattis

The United States and its allies must take further actions to push back on Beijing’s crackdown in Hong Kong.

China Economy & Business

Fast Thinking

Jun 28, 2021

FAST THINKING: What Biden’s airstrikes left behind

By Atlantic Council

What does this mean for the future of drone warfare and the US military presence in Iraq? Our experts sort through the fallout.

Conflict Iran
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