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Strategic Insights Memo Aug 2, 2019

How to break the Japan-Korea impasse

By Miyeon Oh and Barry Pavel

The Atlantic Council’s Asia Security Initiative hosted a strategy session with a small group of top US experts and officials to discuss ways forward and offer actionable, practical policy recommendations to the United States to help mitigate bilateral tensions and resolve the ongoing confrontation between Japan and Korea.

Crisis Management Japan

Scowcroft Center Commentary & Analysis

Infographic Aug 26, 2019

NATO members are picking up the burden

By Transatlantic Security Initiative

While movement towards 2 percent may seem slow, it is clear that NATO allies are making significant changes to their defense spending.

Europe & Eurasia NATO

Scowcroft Center Commentary & Analysis

In the News Mar 2, 2019

Kroenig on Fareed Zakaria GPS

On Fareed Zakaria’s GPS, the Atlantic Council’s Matthew Kroenig says President Trump’s strategy with North Korea is in line with past presidents’, but with his “distinctive flair.” Kroenig says: “We have this kind of bipartisan consensus of pressure and engagement—it was the Bush and Obama approach to Iran and it’s the Trump approach to North Korea.”

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Transcript

What’s the future of US nuclear strategy? Top officials dissect the Biden administration’s plans.

Current and former Department of Defense, State, and Energy officials outline the top takeaways from the new NPR at the Atlantic Council.

China Nuclear Deterrence

In the News

Guevara in El Heraldo de México: on the effectiveness of state’s strategic capabilities (in Spanish)

On October 25, TSI NRSF Inigo Guevara authored an op-ed in El Heraldo de México discussing what makes a state’s strategic capabilities effective (text in Spanish).

Cybersecurity Maritime Security

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Event Recap

Congressional oversight of intelligence for great-power competition

By Aidan Poling

Missed our October 4 event on intelligence committee and community reform? Then read the recap here.

China Defense Policy

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Transcript

How the US can prepare to deter China and defend Taiwan in the 2020s

By Atlantic Council

Michèle Flournoy discussed how the United States can maintain a credible deterrent against China in the next decade and beyond as part of the Atlantic Council’s Forward Defense Forum.

China Conflict

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Event Recap

Outer space has reached a “tipping point” as activity outpaces space traffic management

By Aidan Poling

A panel of space experts discuss how the US government can encourage the long-term sustainable use of space by establishing a framework for space traffic management.

Defense Industry Defense Technologies

In the News

Binnendijk for the National Defense University Press on lessons from the civil war and revolutions in naval affairs

By Hans Binnendijk

Binnendijk and Gompert argue that owing to new strategy, new technology, or the vagaries of war, the character of naval warfare and course of naval history undergo rapid, profound, and lasting change.

Defense Policy Europe & Eurasia

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Transcript

Danish defense minister: It’s time for the West to ‘offer sacrifices’ to help secure Ukraine

By Atlantic Council

Minister Bødskov joined the Atlantic Council to discuss how Ukraine’s allies in Europe and the United States should send support next.

Defense Policy Defense Technologies

foreign leaders at the Negev Summit

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Event Recap

“An analogous gold spike”: Harnessing the space industrial base for twenty-first century prosperity

By Delharty Manson

A panel of space experts and report authors discuss with Forward Defense how the US government can work with private companies to expand the United States’ competitive edge in the space domain.

Defense Industry Defense Technologies

In the News

Guevara in El Heraldo de Mexico: The security implications of China’s aggression towards Taiwan

China Security & Defense

In the News

Stefanini in Politico: China suspends dialogue with US

By Stefano Stefanini

Stefano Stefanini argues that what is at stake in addressing the China question correctly for the US is not just Taiwan, but the Pacific.

Defense Policy Europe & Eurasia

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