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In the News

Jun 1, 2015

Hasik on Military Truck Contracting Decision

By James Hasik

Journal Sentinel Online quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow James Hasik on Arkansas’ offer to pay Lockheed-Martin Corp. $87 million should they secure the contract to build 55,000 trucks for the Army and Marine Corp:

In the News

May 31, 2015

Grundman on Congress and Acquisition Reform

By Steven Grundman

M.A. and George Lund Fellow for Emerging Defense Challenges Steven Grundman joins Defense News with Vago Muradian to discuss congressional proposals on acquisition reform:

In the News

May 31, 2015

Hasik on Combatting GPS Jammers

By James Hasik

Defense News quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow James Hasik on building precision guided munitions that resist the threat of GPS jammers:

Security & Defense Weapons Trafficking

In the News

May 30, 2015

Grundman on Harris’s Acquisition of Exelis

By Steven Grundman

Defense News quotes M.A. and George Lund Fellow for Emerging Defense Challenges Steven Grundman on American radio-maker Harris’s acquisition of Exelis last week:

In the News

May 29, 2015

Ward: How Much Does ISIS Really Threaten America?

By Alex Ward

Brent Scowcroft Center Assistant Director Alex Ward writes for The National Interest about why the ISIS threat is overhyped, giving the group more power than it deserves while distracting from bigger threats:

Event Recap

May 28, 2015

Sweden’s Role in the Nordic-Baltic Region and the Transatlantic Relationship

By The Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security

On May 20, the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security hosted a discussion on “Sweden’s Role in the Nordic-Baltic Region and the Transatlantic Relationship” with Sweden’s Minister of Defense Peter Hultqvist and experts from the Atlantic Council.

Northern Europe

Event Recap

May 28, 2015

Nordic Security and the Transatlantic Link

By The Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security

On May 21, the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security held a workshop on Nordic Security and the Transatlantic Link with leading regional experts and senior government officials from the United States and Nordic-Baltic region.

Northern Europe

Event Recap

May 27, 2015

The Security and Economic Issues on the China-US Bilateral Agenda

By Brent Scowcroft Center

On May 21, Atlantic Council’s Asia Security Initiative in the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security hosted an off-the-record discussion on “The Security and Economic Issues on the China-US Bilateral Agenda.” The roundtable featured Fu Ying, the Chairperson of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China. The […]

China

In the News

May 26, 2015

Nordenman: Of Eagles and Griffins: A View from Washington

By Magnus Nordenman

Brent Scowcroft Center Deputy Director Magnus Nordenman writes for the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences Quarterly on the future of the US-Swedish defense and security relationship:

Northern Europe

In the News

May 25, 2015

Kroenig on Lifting Iranian Sanctions

By Matthew Kroenig

Reuters quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Matthew Kroenig on the potential pitfalls of lifting sanctions on Iran:

Iran

In the News

May 23, 2015

Grundman on Move to Shift Pentagon’s Acquisition Authority

By Steven Grundman

Defense News quotes M.A. and George Lund Fellow for Emerging Defense Challenges Steven Grundman on a new push by Senator John McCain to increase the armed services’ authorities to manage major weapon programs, potentially weakening the power of the Pentagon’s top acquisition office:

In the News

May 23, 2015

Grundman on European UAV Development

By Steven Grundman

Defense News quotes M.A. and George Lund Fellow for Emerging Defense Challenges Steven Grundman on European hopes of developing unmanned aerial vehicles to gain sovereignty and compete with American and Israeli imports:

In the News

May 22, 2015

Burrows and Stephan: Has the West Given Up on Democracy?

By Burrows and Stephan

Strategic Foresight Initiative Director Mathew Burrows and Strategic Foresight Initiative Nonresident Senior Fellow Maria J. Stephan write for open Democracy on the rise of authoritarianism and the decline of democracy:

New Atlanticist

May 21, 2015

Achieving a Strategic Transatlantic Wiedervereinigung

By Alton V. Buland

Instability arcs along Europe’s periphery from the Middle East and North Africa up the Black Sea and into the Arctic, while transnational security challenges (climate change, cyber threats, etc.) challenge our future. At the same time, the bonds of Cold War transatlantic solidarity have weakened as new generations arise and isolationist/nativist movements reemerge on both […]

Germany

In the News

May 21, 2015

Manning: Military Exercise Speaks to Debate on Region’s Future

By Robert Manning

Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Robert Manning writes for the Global Times on China’s activities in the South China Sea and the US response:

China

In the News

May 21, 2015

Manning: America’s ‘China Consensus’ Implodes

By Robert Manning

Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Robert Manning writes for The National Interest on the rethinking of US policy toward China:

China

In the News

May 20, 2015

DecodeDC Covers Atlantic Council Google Hangout on DOD’s Silicon Valley Outreach

By Atlantic Council

DecodeDC covers an Atlantic Council google hangout hosted by the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security on Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter’s outreach to Silicon Valley:

In the News

May 20, 2015

Military.com Highlights Atlantic Council Commanders Series Event

By Atlantic Council

Military.com covers an event featuring John F. Kelly, Commander of US Southern Command, and his comments on the ISIS takeover of Ramadi:

Commanders Series

May 20, 2015

US Drug Habit Deadly for Latin America

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Head of US Southern Command says terrorists could one day use criminal networks A demand in the United States for drugs—specifically cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamines—is devastating communities across Latin America, says Marine Corps Gen John F. Kelly, Commander of US Southern Command. Illegal trafficking networks pose not just a security threat, they also have corrosive […]

Colombia Latin America

Event Recap

May 18, 2015

The Future of NATO’s Open-Door Policy

By Brent Scowcroft Center

In March, the Atlantic Council hosted a discussion with H.E. Milica Pejanović-Đurišić, Minister of Defense of Montenegro on the Future of NATO Open Door Policy with

Europe & Eurasia NATO
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