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New Atlanticist

Oct 24, 2016

Pushing for Peace in Colombia

By Ashish Kumar Sen

US Ambassador to Colombia, Kevin Whitaker, cites need to move quickly on achieving an accord acceptable to all sides Two ground realities in Colombia—former guerrillas gathered in remote rural cantonments with scarce infrastructure and nationwide elections in the spring of 2018—make it imperative that a peace agreement that is acceptable to all sides is quickly […]

Colombia

Emerging Defense Challenges

Oct 20, 2016

Nuclear buying power

By James Hasik

Who wins and who loses when the Pentagon prohibits exclusive dealing? On October 11, the US Air Force received prospective contractors’ proposals its its Ground-Based Strategic Deterrence (GBSD) program, its effort to begin replacing its Boeing LGM-30 Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) by 2030. The USAF is sufficiently concerned about its choices for cost-effective […]

Defense Industry Nuclear Deterrence

Trade in Action

Oct 19, 2016

TTIP&TRADE in Action – October 19, 2016

By Global Business & Economics Program

EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström has had a busy week: talking about CETA in Luxembourg with the EU ministers for Foreign Affairs and Trade, making the case for TTIP in Brussels with the Board of theEurocommerce, and debating the benefits of TTIP at the Hungarian National Assembly.

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia

Emerging Defense Challenges

Oct 18, 2016

With GPS, failure is not an option.

By James Hasik

For all its dependency on GPS, the Pentagon has been quietly ignoring the potential vulnerabilities of GPS—until just about now. Raytheon’s new GPS Operational Control System (OCX) might just be the most troubled program the Pentagon is running. This June, OCX incurred a dreaded Nunn-McCurdy breach, when its projected costs were judged to have increased […]

Defense Industry Drones
Informal Meeting of Speakers of the EU Parliaments, Oct. 7, 2016

NATOSource

Oct 17, 2016

EU Leaders to Hold Talks on Russia’s Interference in European Domestic Politics

By Arthur Beesley, Financial Times

EU leaders are to discuss covert Russian funding of far-right and fringe parties in Europe in light of intelligence findings that show that Moscow is interfering in European domestic politics.

Cybersecurity European Union

Trade in Action

Oct 12, 2016

TTIP&TRADE in Action – October 12, 2016

By Global Business & Economics Program

Director of the Atlantic Council’s Global Business & Economics Program Andrea Montanino moderated a discussion on prosperity and growth with EU Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Pierre Moscovici last week as part of the Atlantic Council’s conference “Stronger With Allies: The Future of Europe After Brexit“.Missed the event? Watch the webcast of the conference here.

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Sept. 8, 2016

NATOSource

Oct 12, 2016

Turkey Purges NATO Military Envoys after Failed Coup

By Robin Emmott , Reuters

Turkey has fired hundreds of senior military staff serving at NATO in Europe and the United States following July’s coup attempt, documents show,

Germany NATO
Transport loader for Iskander-M missile system, May 9, 2015

NATOSource

Oct 11, 2016

Russia’s Deployment of Nuclear Capable Missiles Near NATO Border Alarms Allies

By BBC, AP, and Reuters

From Jonathan Marcus, BBC:  Russia’s deployment of nuclear-capable missiles to its Kaliningrad exclave is setting off warning bells in the Baltics and at Nato.

Germany NATO

In the News

Oct 7, 2016

Marczak Quoted by Foreign Policy on A Nobel Peace Prize for Colombia

By Jason Marczak

Read the full article here.

Colombia

Trade in Action

Oct 5, 2016

TTIP&TRADE in Action – October 5, 2016

By Global Business & Economics Program

The Atlantic Council is hosting EU Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation and Customs Pierre Moscovici, and a panel of esteemed experts featuring Mr. Carlos Costa, Governor of the Central Bank of Portugal; Mr. Bart Oosterveld, Managing Director of Moody’s Investor Service; and  Dr. Paul Sheard, Chief Economist of SP Global, tomorrow, October 6 as part of the […]

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia

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