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Event Recap

Mar 16, 2015

Atlantic Council Foresight, Strategy, and Risks Initiative Launch: America’s Role in the World

By Brent Scowcroft Center

On March 13, the Atlantic Council formally launched its new Foresight, Strategy, and Risks Initiative through the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security. The Council is undertaking efforts to help the United States work with its closest allies and partners to lead in an increasingly complex and turbulent world. These projects will address strategic issues […]

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Mar 16, 2015

Private Breakfast Discussion-Foresight, Strategy, and Risks Initiative Launch

By Brent Scowcroft Center

On March 13, the Atlantic Council launched its Foresight, Strategy, and Risks Initiative, supported by the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security. The event began with a private breakfast to kick off the America’s Role in the World effort, hosted by Jon Huntsman, Chairman of the Atlantic Council, and Fred Kempe, President and CEO of […]

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Mar 6, 2015

Mara Karlin, New Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force Development, Comes to the Council to Talk About Strategy

By Brent Scowcroft Center

The Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security hosted a Transition Seminar for Dr. Mara Karlin, the new Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force Development, on Friday, March 6. The seminar saw a varied panel of experts gathered to offer advice and to hear from Dr. Karlin as she transitions into […]

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Feb 27, 2015

Germany’s Future Role in Transatlantic Security: A Conversation with Vice Admiral Andreas Krause, Chief of the German Navy

By Brent Scowcroft Center

Over the past year, tensions between Russia and NATO over the war in Ukraine have extended past NATO’s south-eastern border up to its most vulnerable north-eastern partners. It is along this border that Russia has launched three surprise military exercises in the past year, incorporating land, air, and sea offensive elements in scenarios eerily resembling […]

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Feb 25, 2015

Germany Army Chief of Staff Bruno Kasdorf on the State of Transatlantic Security

By Brent Scowcroft Center

The Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security hosted Lieutenant General Bruno Kasdorf, the Chief of Staff of the German Army, on Monday, February 20. General Kasdorf presented the German perspective on international security issues, including the latest developments regarding NATO and Europe, in a new, dynamic security environment.

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Transcript

Feb 2, 2015

Transcript: Intelligence in a Dynamic World

By Brent Scowcroft Center

Atlantic Council Intelligence in a Dynamic World Speaker:Dr. Michael G. Vickers,Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence Introduction and Moderator:Barry Pavel,Vice President and Director,Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security,Atlantic Council Location: Atlantic Council, Washington, D.C. Date: Wednesday, January 21, 2015 Transcript BySuperior Transcriptions LLCwww.superiortranscriptions.com

Commanders Series

Jan 28, 2015

Under Secretary of Defense Michael Vickers Discusses the Role of Intelligence in a Dynamic World

By Atlantic Council

On Wednesday, January 21, 2015, the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security welcomed Michael Vickers, the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, to a public address entitled “Intelligence in a Dynamic World.” Vickers discussed current and developing threats from the perspective of intelligence, before looking forward to how we might deal with them.

Commanders Series

Jan 16, 2015

Strategic Deterrence in the Twenty-First Century

On Thursday, January 15, 2015, the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security welcomed Admiral Cecil D. Haney, the Commander of US Strategic Command, for a public address entitled “Strategic Deterrence in the Twenty-First Century.” For ADM Haney, the United States must keep a credible strategic deterrent to keep threats at bay in a world of […]

Event Recap

Jan 16, 2015

Confronting Threats on Multiple Fronts: Charting NATO’s Future

By Brent Scowcroft Center

At the start of 2015, NATO finds itself facing three of the most difficult security challenges since the beginning of the post-Cold War world: the Ukrainian conflict and rising tensions in the East, the threat posed by European foreign fighters in Syria and the stability of NATO’s southern borders, and NATO funding in the age […]

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Event Recap

Jan 16, 2015

Bending the Cost Curve

By Atlantic Council

On Wednesday January 14, 2015, the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security welcomed The Hon. Deborah Lee James, Secretary of the US Air Force, for her speech entitled “Bending the Cost Curve.” This Defense-Industrial Policy Series event, cohosted with the National Defense Industrial Association, was moderated by Steven Grundman, the M.A. and George Lund Fellow […]

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