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Describe the kind of content you are highlighting here, why you are highlighting, and what it says about the work your program focuses on and how it makes an impact in the real world. Below, select three top pieces of commentary & analysis to feature from the past days or weeks. Update monthly via board process with Graeme Cranston-Cuebas and Vriddhi Sujan.

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In the News

Jul 5, 2021

Nurkin in ExpressWire on uncrewed systems

By Atlantic Council

Forward Defense Nonresident Senior Fellow Tate Nurkin quoted in Express Wire on his latest IScann Group white paper on the use of uncrewed systems.

Defense Industry Defense Technologies

In the News

Jul 4, 2021

Manning in The National Interest: The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue is consolidating its power against China

By Atlantic Council

On July 4, Robert Manning and James Przystup published an article in The National Interest detailing the Biden administration’s new approach the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (also known as the Quad), which they say puts the institution at the forefront of its Indo-Pacific strategy. “In a region of staid, ritualized, bureaucratically inert multilateral institutions, this shift […]

Australia China

In the News

Jul 2, 2021

Cooper in Inkstick: Donald Rumsfeld’s Legacy of Ruin

By Atlantic Council

On July 2, Evan Cooper published an article on the legacy of Donald Rumsfeld. “The tributes from Bolton, Whiton, and Card carried on the history of Rumsfeld avoiding responsibility for what he wrought. He never displayed contrition for hundreds of thousands lives taken by the wars he helped orchestrate. Confronted with evidence of widespread looting […]

Politics & Diplomacy United States and Canada

In the News

Jul 2, 2021

Manning in the Hill: The CCP at 100

By Atlantic Council

On July 2, Robert Manning published an editorial in the Hill examining what the 100th anniversary celebrations of the CCP by Xi Jinping reflected about the state of China. “Xi’s CCP anniversary speech had few surprises and much bravado. But despite China’s remarkable economic and technological success, there is a sense of underlying fear and […]

China English

In the News

Jul 1, 2021

Ashford in H-Diplo: When Donald Met Washington

By Atlantic Council

On July 1, Emma Ashford’s essay on Donald Trump’s foreign policy legacies was published in the ISSF/H-Diplo series on America and the world after Trump. “It is not true that America has nothing to fear from China and Russia, or that the U.S. can be sure of their benign intentions.  Yet Trump’s time in office […]

China English

In the News

Jul 1, 2021

Eftimiades in Voice of America on Chinese cyber attacks

By Atlantic Council

Voice of America interviews Forward Defense Nonresident Senior Fellow Nicholas Eftimiades on Chinese cyberattacks in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan China

In the News

Jun 30, 2021

Nurkin in the Sydney Morning Herald on a space-based conflict with China

By Atlantic Council

Forward Defense Nonresident Senior Fellow Tate Nurkin quoted in an article in the Sydney Morning Herald titled “If the US went to war with China, who would win? It depends how it starts.”

China Defense Industry

In the News

Jun 30, 2021

Sadat quoted by SpaceNews on transfers to Space Force

By Atlantic Council

Forward Defense Nonresident Senior Fellow Mir Sadat quoted in an article for Space News titled “U.S. Army, Navy, Marine Corps service members selected to transfer to Space Force”

Space Space Security

In the News

Jun 29, 2021

Rodriguez on in Defense News on the Pentagon’s supply chain

By Atlantic Council

Forward Defense Senior Advisor Stephen Rodriguez in writes in DefenseNews on the state of the Pentagon’s supply chain.”

China Defense Industry

In the News

Jun 29, 2021

Ashford in Reuters: Undeclared conflict? America’s battles with Iran-backed militia escalate, again

By Atlantic Council

On June 29, Emma Ashford was quoted in Reuters on US strikes against the Iran-backed militias in Syria and Iraq. “A lot of people suggest that the term ‘forever war’ is just emotive, but it’s actually a decent descriptor of the kind of strike we saw again (Sunday): no strategic goal, no endpoint in sight, […]

Defense Policy English