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In the News

Jun 19, 2017

Gedmin in the Washington Post: Helmut Kohl Helped Save the West

By Jeffrey Gedmin

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Germany

In the News

Jun 19, 2017

Manning Quoted in Yonhap News on Trump’s Remarks on North Korea

By Robert Manning

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Korea

In the News

Jun 18, 2017

Telegraph Highlights Atlantic Council Report

By Atlantic Council

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In the News

Jun 18, 2017

Daniels Quoted by Arab Weekly on Trump’s Position on Qatar Crisis

By Owen Daniels

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The Gulf

In the News

Jun 16, 2017

Corman Quoted in Engadget on Cyber Med Summit

By Joshua Corman

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Cybersecurity Security & Defense

In the News

Jun 15, 2017

Manning Quoted by Yohap News on the Release of Student Imprisoned by North Korea

By Robert A. Manning

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Korea

In the News

Jun 14, 2017

Nordenman in Defense One: At BALTOPS, It’s Back to Prepping for High-End Warfare

By Magnus Nordenman

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NATO Security & Defense

In the News

Jun 14, 2017

Farkas in Third Way: The Last Straw: Responding to Russia’s Anti-Western Aggression

By Evelyn Farkas

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Russia

In the News

Jun 14, 2017

Manning in Korea JoongAng Daily: How to Pursue Dialogue

By Robert A. Manning

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Korea

Event Recap

Jun 14, 2017

The Retreat of Western Liberalism: A Fireside Chat with Edward Luce

By Foresight, Strategy, and Risks Initiative

In The Retreat of Western Liberalism, Edward Luce makes a larger statement about the weakening of Western hegemony and the crisis of liberal democracy—of which Donald Trump and his European counterparts are not the cause, but a deeply alarming symptom. Luce argues that the erosion of middle-class incomes has eaten away at liberal democratic consensus, resulting in […]

In the News

Jun 13, 2017

Manning Quoted by Reuters on Expanding Chinese Influence in Latin America

By Robert A. Manning

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China Latin America

In the News

Jun 13, 2017

Barno and Bensahel in War on the Rocks: What We Saw in War Machine

By Nora Bensahel, David Barno

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Afghanistan

In the News

Jun 12, 2017

Castello-Catchot Quoted in Dayton Daily News on Trump’s ‘America First’ Policy

By Charles Castello-Catchot

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In the News

Jun 12, 2017

Corman Quoted in Fierce Healthcare on Changing Cybersecurity Laws

By Joshua Corman

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Cybersecurity Security & Defense

In the News

Jun 9, 2017

Braw Quoted in KIT on Impacts of British Election

By Elisabeth Braw

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United Kingdom

Event Recap

Jun 9, 2017

Cross-Strait Series: The Next US-Taiwan Arms Sales

By Maxwell Nitto

The Trump administration is said to be drafting a new arms package for Taiwan that could include advanced rocket systems and anti-ship missiles. The package is expected to be significantly larger than one that was shelved at the end of the Obama administration, US officials told Reuters on the eve of a visit to Beijing […]

Indo-Pacific

New Atlanticist

Jun 8, 2017

The 2017 UK General Election and the Future of US-UK Relations

By Claire Yorke

On June 8, the United Kingdom will vote in its second general election in just over two years. Six major parties are contesting these elections, with the Conservative and Labour Parties holding the largest share of seats.[…]The last election in May 2015 resulted in a Conservative government, and led to the June 2016 national referendum […]

United Kingdom

In the News

Jun 8, 2017

Farkas in the New York Times: Jared Kushner’s Not-So-Secret Channel to Putin

By Evelyn Farkas

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Russia

New Atlanticist

Jun 8, 2017

The UK and EU Must Moderate Brexit and the US Must Get Smart About What is Unfolding

By Ilana Bet-El

To use an old Thatcherite adage, the United States, United Kingdom and European Union are all living in cloud cuckoo land, seemingly vastly underestimating the medium- to long-term effects of Brexit: a dramatically weakened UK, an undermined EU, and fragmented transatlantic relations. Put another way: the transatlantic rift that has clearly already opened over NATO […]

United Kingdom

New Atlanticist

Jun 8, 2017

British Election: Can Data Science See Through the Fog of Terror Attacks?

By Brent M. Eastwood

Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, the front-runners in the British general election, have endured a volatile race punctuated by two terror attacks that have rocked Britain. With campaigning suspended twice after each incident and British pollsters’ failure to predict Brexit, FutureSource queried a data science firm to get its reading […]

United Kingdom
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