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May 28, 2014

Transcript: The United States and Global Missile Defense Transatlantic Missile Defense Architecture

Moderator: John Rood, Vice President, Business Development, Raytheon     Panelists: Robert G. Bell, Senior Civilian Representative of the Secretary of Defense in Europe & Defense Advisor, US Mission to NATO Alexis Morel, Director of Strategic Affairs, Thales Kurt Volker, Executive Director, The McCain Institute for International Leadership, Arizona State University; Senior Adviser, Brent Scowcroft […]

Missile Defense Security & Defense

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May 28, 2014

Winnefeld Delivers Opening Keynote at 2014 Missile Defense Conference

James A. Winnefeld, Jr., Vice Chairman, US Joint Chiefs of Staff began his keynote remarks at the Atlantic Council’s annual missile defense by examining two key terms: strategy and deterrence. Winnefeld stated that he and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Gen. Martin Dempsey, define strategy as linking and balancing ends, ways, and means and then […]

Missile Defense Security & Defense

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May 28, 2014

Transcript: Admiral James A. Winnefeld at 2014 Missile Defense Conference

Welcome and Keynote Remarks: U.S. Missile Defense Plans and Priorities WELCOME:FREDERICK KEMPE,PRESIDENT AND CEO, ATLANTIC COUNCIL ELLEN O. TAUSCHER,VICE CHAIR, BRENT SCOWCROFT CENTER ON INTERNATIONAL SECURITY, ATLANTIC COUNCIL KEYNOTE SPEAKER:ADMIRAL JAMES A. WINNEFELD, JR.,VICE CHAIRMAN, U.S. JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF

Missile Defense Security & Defense

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May 26, 2014

Transcript: Missile Defense Agency: A Retrospective

Moderator: Ian Brzezinski, Senior Fellow, Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, Atlantic Council   Panelists: Ronald T. Kadish, Executive Vice President, Defense Group, Booz Allen Hamilton Henry A. Obering, Senior Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton Patrick O’Reilly, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, Atlantic Council

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Captains of Industry Series

May 22, 2014

The Role of Service Contractors in the United States and Around the World

Steven. F. Gaffney, chairman and CEO of DynCorp International, gave an address entitled “The Role of Service Contractors in the United States and Around the World” as part of the Atlantic Council Captains of Industry series.

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May 14, 2014

The art of war

By Mark Revor

The creative minds of David Brin, renowned tech-futurist; August Cole, adjunct fellow at the American Security Project; and Dave Anthony, director and writer of Call of Duty: Black Ops II; along with moderator Steven Grundman, the M.A. and George Lund Fellow for Emerging Defense Challenges in the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security at the […]

Defense Technologies Security & Defense

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May 14, 2014

Preparing the Military for Coming Challenges

As the head of the the US Missile Defense Agency, Patrick O’Reilly saw a lot of advanced military technology. But of late, one of the most intriguing advancements he has seen has come from a few newly graduated engineers at a commercial wireless company. With a 3D printer, they have created new antenna shapes that […]

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May 14, 2014

Betting on Breakthrough Defense Technologies: Keynote with DARPA Director Arati Prabhakar

By Mark Revor

No discussion on disruptive technologies would be complete without the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), which has been the leading developer of disruptive technologies for decades. Their work has brought us the internet, global positioning system, and that voice on your iPhone. Joining the Disruptive Defense conference for an afternoon keynote on Betting on […]

Emerging Defense Challenges

May 14, 2014

The New World We Face, The New Strategy We Need

By James Hasik

What’s changing, Barry Pavel asked, in this “Westphalia-Plus” world? Stephen Hadley and Jim Miller agreed that the challenges today are not primarily technological, but political. Hadley offered the salient example of Pakistan, where “all the drone strikes in the world” will not solve the problems of a failing state, but rather, only competent government. The […]

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May 14, 2014

Disrupting Geopolitics

By Mark Revor

Mathew Burrows, Andrew Hoehn, and Moisés Naím joined moderator Francis Rose of Federal News Radio for Disrupting Geopolitics, the second panel of Atlantic Council’s Disrupting Defense conference. General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, opened the conference, highlighting the challenges of today’s geopolitical environment from a military perspective, stating that the application […]

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