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Dec 9, 2013

Transcript: 2013 Strategic Foresight Forum – Welcome and Opening Debate – A Race Against Time

Full transcript of the panel “A Race Against Time” at the 2013 Strategic Foresight Forum. Entitled Harnessing Disruption, the Forum highlighed ways the technology revolution is shaping government, business, and civil society. Many panelists focused on the effects of technology on individual empowerment and globalization, and the need by both public and private sectors to […]

Event Recap

Dec 6, 2013

Combatant Command Task Force Holds Second Meeting

On December 6, the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security hosted the second meeting of the Combatant Commands (COCOMs) Task Force.

Event Recap

Dec 3, 2013

Trans-Pacific Partnership and Asia

Power is shifting to Asia. The development of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), an ambitious trade agreement among twelve countries in the Asia-Pacific region, will play a major in that shift by aiding the economic and security integration in Asia with Western powers. On December 3, 2013, the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security […]

Economy & Business Indo-Pacific

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Dec 3, 2013

Transcript: Cross-Straits Series – Trans-Pacific Partnership and Asia

On December 3, 2013, the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security held a panel discussion as part of its Cross-Straits Seminar Series on the Trans-Pacific Partnership and Asia.

Economy & Business Indo-Pacific

Event Recap

Dec 3, 2013

China, North Korea, and Extended Deterrence in Northeast Asia

On December 3, the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security hosted the third not-for-attribution workshop on extended deterrence in northeast Asia. This session focused specifically on in China and North Korea. The chairmen of the workshop series, Richard Armitage, president of Armitage International, and Kurt Campbell, chairman and chief executive officer of the […]

China Korea

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Dec 2, 2013

Discussing NATO’s Strategic Priorities

On December 2, the Atlantic Council’s Transatlantic Security Initiative hosted an off-the-record strategy session with General Sverker Göranson, supreme commander of the Swedish Armed Forces, to discuss strategic priorities for NATO’s partnership policy in light of ongoing NATO and Swedish armed forces reforms.

NATO NATO Partnerships

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Nov 21, 2013

Lessons Learned from STEADFAST JAZZ

On November 21, the Atlantic Council hosted a non-for-attribution roundtable with top Allied military and government officials to discuss the 2013 STEADFAST JAZZ exercise and the lessons learned for the future readiness and capabilities of NATO.

NATO Northern Europe

Cyber Risk Wednesdays

Nov 20, 2013

Second Cyber Risk Wednesday

Exploring Cyber Insurance With little regulatory framework, cyber insurance is still a developing field. The increasing awareness and occurrence of cyber crimes, such as data breach, cyber espionage, or network intrusion, has placed this important topic squarely in front of risk managers and CEOs. The second Cyber Risk Wednesday, the monthly series organized by Cyber […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

Captains of Industry Series

Nov 19, 2013

Ensuring America’s Defense-Industrial Base for National Security

The president and CEO of BAE Systems, Inc., Linda P. Hudson, spoke at the Atlantic Council on November 19th as part of the Atlantic Council Captains of Industry Series. Her address, entitled “Ensuring America’s Defense Industrial Base Can Support Our Future National Security Needs,” made the case about the need to preserve and cultivate world-class […]

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Nov 15, 2013

NATO’s Role in Energy Security: Opportunities and Challenges

The Atlantic Council’s Energy and Environment Program and the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security hosted Colonel Romualdas Petkevicius, director of NATO’s Energy Security Center of Excellence (ENSEC COE) in Lithuania, for a discussion moderated by on the functions and structure of the ENSEC COE and how the Center fits into broader NATO policies concerning […]

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