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Mar 17, 2015

Healey on the Data Hacking of South Korean Nuclear Power Plants

By Jason Healey

Cyber Statecraft Initiative Director Jason Healey joins CNN’s The Situation Room to discuss the alleged North Korean data hacking of South Korean nuclear power plants:

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Mar 17, 2015

Who Will Finance Public Debt?

By Global Business & Economics Program

Today, the cap on US government spending (or the "debt ceiling") is officially reinstated, and with it, the threat of another clash over the national debt. Policymakers will have a runway of just months before they must decide to lift the cap on borrowing or temporarily allow it to be raised

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Mar 17, 2015

The Interpreter Covers US-India 2015

By Atlantic Council

The Interpreter covers US-India 2015: Partnering for Peace and Prosperity, a conference hosted by the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center in New Delhi:

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Mar 13, 2015

Atlantic Council Conference to Open in New Delhi on US-India Relations

By Atlantic Council

The Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center, in partnership with the US Embassy in New Delhi, Vivekananda International Foundation, and the Confederation of Indian Industry, will be hosting “India-US 2015: Partnering for Peace and Prosperity” from Monday, March 16 to Tuesday, March 17 at the Vivekananda International Foundation located in New Delhi, India.

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Mar 11, 2015

The Benefits of a Strong Dollar: Where Should You Go on Your Next Vacation?

By Global Business & Economics

There’s never been a better time to be a tourist—as long as you’re paying in dollars. Major currencies worldwide have plunged in value, meaning each US dollar buys more euros and renminbi today than it did one year ago.

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Mar 9, 2015

Rehman: Murky Waters: Naval Nuclear Dynamics in the Indian Ocean

By Iskander Rehman

South Asia Center Nonresident Fellow Iskander Rehman writes for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace on India and Pakistan’s naval nuclear forces: Read the full report here.

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Mar 8, 2015

Huntsman on Chinese President Xi’s Public Persona

By Jon M. Huntsman, Jr.

The AP quotes Atlantic Council Chairman Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. on Chinese President Xi Jinping’s public persona and leadership style:

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Defense Industrialist

Mar 5, 2015

How can small powers manage disruptive military technologies?

By James Hasik

Some thoughts at the 2015 EASO seminar in Brunei. I’m in Brunei today for the 7th annual East Asia Security Outlook (EASO) seminar, held for the Ministry of Defense by the Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Institute of Defense and Security Studies. To close the day, I was asked to deliver a talk applying our work at the Atlantic Council […]

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Mar 4, 2015

Metzl: Japan’s Sensitive Military Normalization

By Jamie Metzl

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow for Technology and National Security Jamie Metzl writes for Project Syndicate on how ISIS’s brutal murder of two Japanese hostages in January has caused the country to rethink its post-World War II pacifism:

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Mar 1, 2015

Manning: Sino-US Ties Can Be Reinforced From Top Down

By Robert Manning

Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Robert Manning writes for the Global Times on Chinese President Xi Jinping’s upcoming state visit in September:

China

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