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Event Recap

Oct 8, 2015

UK Defense

By Brent Scowcroft Center

On October 8, the Atlantic Council hosted a private roundtable with Lieutenant General Mark Poffley, Deputy Chief of General Staff of the British Army. LTG Poffley, alongside several military officials and academic experts, discussed several security and defense topics, including interoperability, defense expenditure, training theologies, and the implications of the latest Strategic Defense and Security […]

Europe & Eurasia National Security

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Sep 25, 2015

The Contemporary Challenge of Cost and Program Analysis at the Pentagon

By Brent Scowcroft Center

Atlantic Council The Contemporary Challenge of Cost and Program Analysis at the Pentagon Speaker: Dr. Jamie Morin, Director, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, U.S. Department of Defense Moderator: Steven Grundman, M.A. and George Lund Fellow, Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, Atlantic Council Introductions: General Craig McKinley (Ret.), President and CEO, National Defense Industrial Association […]

Emerging Defense Challenges

Sep 17, 2015

Now How Much is Enough? The Contemporary Challenge of Cost and Program Analysis at the Pentagon

By Brent Scowcroft Center

On September 17, the Atlantic Council hosted Dr. Jamie Morin, Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, for a rare public appearance at the event, “Now How Much is Enough? The Contemporary Challenge of Cost and Program Analysis at the Pentagon.” Borrowing the title of Alian Enthoven’s celebrated book on defense planning and analysis from […]

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Sep 16, 2015

Cross-Strait Series: The Upcoming Taiwanese Elections

By Brent Scowcroft Center

Atlantic Council Cross-Strait Series: The Upcoming Taiwanese Elections Speakers:Dr. Carla Park Freeman,Associate Director, China Studies Program,Johns Hopkins-SAIS Meredith Miller,Vice President for Southeast Asia,Albright Stonebridge Group Robert A. Manning,Senior Fellow,Atlantic Council Bonnie S. Glaser,Senior Advisor for Asia,Center for Strategic and International Studies. Moderator:Nike Ching,State Department TVB Reporter,Voice of America Mandarin Service Introduction:Daniel Chu,Deputy Director, Brent Scowcroft […]

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Sep 11, 2015

Cross-Straits Series: Implications of the Upcoming Taiwanese Elections to the Asia-Pacific

By Brent Scowcroft Center

The upcoming Taiwanese presidential election on January 16, 2016 has drawn increasing attention to Beijing and Taipei’s relationship. In Taiwan, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate, Tsai Ing-wen, has been projected to defeat the ruling Kuomingtang (KMT) Nationalist Party candidate in 2016 by different polling agencies. For eight years, KMT has taken a pro-China […]

China

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Jul 31, 2015

Should the US engage in espionage for economic gain?

By Malena Carollo

Economic espionage is common across the world: Many countries use their intelligence apparatus to steal foreign trade secrets for the benefit of their own private sectors. The US, however, publicly opposes this kind of spying for economic gain on moral grounds and insists it does not participate. Should it? A panel of cybersecurity and legal […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

Congressional Relations

Jul 27, 2015

Sen. Lindsey Graham on “America’s Role in the World”

By Atlantic Council

On July 8th, 2015, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-NC) gave his first major foreign policy speech as a presidential candidate as part of the Atlantic Council’s “America’s Role in the World” series. A moderated discussion with CNN’s Jake Tapper followed his speech.

Event Recap

Jul 23, 2015

Mapping Global Trends: A Transatlantic Discussion

By Brent Scowcroft Center

On Thursday, July 23, the Atlantic Council hosted colleagues from the European Strategy and Policy Analysis System (ESPAS) for “Mapping Global Trends: A Transatlantic Discussion,” an event that included European and American government thought leaders in strategic foresight. The meeting began with a review of the latest ESPAS Report, Global Trends to 2030: Can the EU ? Meet […]

Corporate Strategy Forum

Jul 22, 2015

The Foreign and Defense Policy of Arms Exports to Asia

By THE BRENT SCOWCROFT CENTER ON INTERNATIONAL SECURITY

On Friday, July 17, 2015, the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security hosted a conversation on Foreign Defense Policy of Arms Exports to Asia as the latest event of the Corporate Strategy Forum. The event, moderated by the Atlantic Council’s MA and George Lund Fellow Steven Grundman, featured Todd Chapman, principal deputy assistant secretary of […]

Indo-Pacific

Art of Future Warfare

Jul 8, 2015

How Will World War III be Fought?

By Brent Scowcroft Center

On Tuesday, July 7, the Atlantic Council hosted a panel continuing the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security’s series, Art of Future Warfare. The panel entitled “How to Write and Fight World War III” surrounded the newly released book Ghost Fleet and its implications in predicting a future great war. The panelists include coauthors Peter […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense