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Nov 9, 2014

Manning: APEC a Chance to Calm Regional Tensions

By Robert Manning

Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow Robert Manning writes for Global Times on China’s role in hosting the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit: 

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Event Recap

Nov 7, 2014

US-China Rivalry at the Genetic Frontier

By Atlantic Council

The genome is only getting cheaper to map and we will soon be able to store our genetic data in an easily accessible cloud making personalized medicine a near term reality. In addition, we will be able to mark specific traits we want in our children and discourage the spread of hereditary diseases. This is […]

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Nov 7, 2014

US-China Rivalry at the Genetic Frontier

By Atlantic Council

Please join the Atlantic Council on November 7, 2014 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. for a discussion with Dr. Jamie Metzl on the broader issues presented by advances in genomics and their implications for national security and impacts on human rights and democracy.

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In the News

Nov 7, 2014

Metzl on Kim Jong Un’s Rule

By Jamie Metzl

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow for Technology and National Security Jamie Metzl joins CNN’s The Lead to discuss North Korea’s Kim Jong Un and whether he is more dangerous than his father: 

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In the News

Oct 29, 2014

Huntsman on Ongoing Protests in Hong Kong

By Jon M. Huntsman

Atlantic Council Chairman Jon M. Huntsman Jr. joins Fusion’s America with Jorge Ramos to discuss protests in Hong Kong:

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In the News

Oct 28, 2014

Gopalaswamy on the India-China Space Race

By Bharath Gopalaswamy

Foreign Policy quotes South Asia Center Deputy Director Bharath Gopalaswamy on India’s space program:

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In the News

Oct 26, 2014

Slavin on ISIS, Turkey, North Korea

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin joins Voice of America’s Issues in the News to discuss the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, Turkey, North Korea, Hong Kong, and other international news stories making headlines lately: 

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Article

Oct 23, 2014

Column: Lessons of North Korea for Iran Nuclear Talks

By Barbara Slavin

Among the arguments marshaled by those wary of a nuclear agreement with Iran is that past efforts to negotiate away North Korea’s nuclear weapons program failed. Iran’s regime, they argue, is just as untrustworthy as North Korea’s and what’s more, Wendy Sherman, the chief U.S. negotiator with Iran, was also involved in talks with the […]

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In the News

Oct 20, 2014

Huntsman on Hong Kong Protests

By Jon M. Huntsman

Atlantic Council Chairman Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. joins Bloomberg’s Bottom Line to discuss the ongoing protests in Hong Kong: 

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Defense Industrialist

Oct 20, 2014

Can Coastal Artillery Backstop the Navy?

By James Hasik

Yes, but there are hard ways and easy ways for an army to stand up new capabilities.   The question of coastal artillery was all over the trade press last week, starting with a speech by Defense Secretary Hagel at the AUSA meeting. Hagel noted that for a century after 1812, the US Army protected American ports with a […]

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