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Jul 3, 2014

Predicting the Next Crisis

At the Atlantic Council’s NATO in an Era of Global Competition conference, Jill Dougherty of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and formerly of CNN, introduced a pressing question on the forefront of transatlantic policymakers’ minds: “What is the next crisis, and is NATO equipped to deal with it?” Juri Luik, Ambassador of Estonia to […]

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Jul 3, 2014

Defending the Borders: Reassurance, Dissuasion, and Collective Defense

Leading experts on NATO’s traditional tools of reassurance, dissuasion, and deterrence gathered at NATO in an Era of Global Competition to address the implications of Russia’s continuing destabilization of Ukraine for European security and to assess the West’s response to this crisis.

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Jul 3, 2014

Luncheon Conversation: The United States’ Future Role in European Security

The Atlantic Council’s NATO in an Era of Global Competition conference welcomed Derek Chollet, assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs at the US Department of Defense, for a luncheon conversation on the United States’ Future Role in European Security. The conversation, moderated by the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security’s Senior Fellow Ian […]

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Jul 3, 2014

The Alliance and the Global Power Shift

Wolfgang Ischinger, Chairman at the Munich Security Conference began the discussion of the Council’s NATO in an Era of Global Competition conference entitled “The Alliance and the Global Power” shift by noting that Russia is an “important neighbor” whom we can no longer consider a partner but that we will continuously have to put up […]

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Jul 3, 2014

Keynote Remarks: NATO in an Era of Global Competition

The Ukraine crisis serves as a stark reminder that peace and stability in Europe cannot be taken for granted, according to Norwegian Minister of Defense Ine Eriksen Søreide, during her keynote address at the Atlantic Council’s NATO in an Era of Global Competition conference. On Russia, she explained, “NATO has a neighbor that has demonstrated […]

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Jul 3, 2014

Opening Remarks: NATO in an Era of Global Competition

On June 25, General Brent Scowcroft, former US national security advisor and current opened the Atlantic Council’s conference on NATO in an Era of Global Competition with remarks on NATO’s continued importance and the need for the Alliance “to adjust to a world that is endlessly and rapidly changing, beset by forces we’ve never really […]

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Jun 30, 2014

US Risks Losing Syria and Iraq to Jihadists

By The Atlantic Council

The Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS) continues to capture more territory and resources in both Iraq and Syria, making real progress in achieving their ultimate goal of establishing an Islamic State. On Thursday, June 26, 2014, the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East and Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security […]

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Jun 26, 2014

The Trans-Pacific Partnership and Asian Security

What does the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) mean for Asian security? How does the TPP contribute to Asian stability? What does the TPP mean for Asian allies, including Taiwan? Currently not a member the TPP, how does the partnership impact Taiwanese security? The Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security organized adiscussion involving Representatives Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) […]

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Jun 24, 2014

Working Group on Emerging Technologies and Innovation in the Gulf

As Paul Saffo, a senior fellow with the Brent Scowcroft Center and noted futurist, said, we have moved on from a consumer economy to a creative economy where makers and doers produce high economic and societal value with original ideas. Three-dimensional printing, do-it-yourself biology, and crowd-sourced ventures are just a few examples of this transformative […]

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Jun 23, 2014

Transition Seminar for NATO Secretary General-designate Stoltenberg

At a time when NATO is challenged by Russia’s continuing destabilization of Ukraine, faces a wide array of asymmetric security challenges, and seeks to navigate the transition in Afghanistan, the Alliance is also gearing up for a new Secretary General to lead NATO through this changing era of global competition and regional tensions.

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