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Feb 3, 2021

Ashford in Inkstick: After the apocalypse: US grand strategy

By Atlantic Council

On February 5, Emma Ashford was featured in Inkstick’s roundup of grand strategy proposals for the new administration. “Does US grand strategy need a reboot? Inkstick asked Emma Ashford, Kate Kizer, and T.X. Hammes how the Biden administration should approach US grand strategy. They all agreed that the United States needs to be more of […]

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NATO 20/2020

Feb 3, 2021

Open a bank: NATO 20/2020 podcast

By Transatlantic Security Initative

NATO can fund critical defense investments by bringing the necessary financial tools in house.

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Feb 3, 2021

Senator Sullivan calls ‘The Longer Telegram’ on China ‘one of the best strategies I have read’

By Atlantic Council

"Americans can prevail in this long-term geopolitical and ideological contest. But doing so will require a new level of strategic initiative, organization, and confidence in who we are and what we stand for," Sen. Dan Sullivan said.

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In the News

Feb 3, 2021

Borghard at Harvard School: Examining the Solarwinds Orion hack: implications for government and the private sector

By Atlantic Council

On February 3, Erica Borghard participated in a panel hosted by the Belfer Center’s Intelligence and Cyber Projects at Harvard Kennedy School. She was joined by David Sanger, Bruce Schneier, and Camille Stewart. Borghard discussed the strategic implications of the SolarWinds hack. More about our expert

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In the News

Feb 3, 2021

Lipsky quoted in Bloomberg on US Treasury deal with IMF to potentially fund $500 Billion

By Josh Lipsky

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In the News

Feb 3, 2021

Fried on NPR on American responses to Navalny’s arrest

By Daniel Fried

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New Atlanticist

Feb 3, 2021

How the US can build on its success with AFRICOM

By James L. Jones, Jr.

AFRICOM has been a key component of US strategy—and promises to be more essential than ever as the United States recalibrates its international priorities. Africa’s total population will eclipse China’s in the relatively near future and its economic potential is without peer, all of which explains why now is the time to make AFRICOM even better.

Africa Defense Policy

In the News

Feb 3, 2021

Warrick in the Cipher Brief on domestic terrorism

By Atlantic Council

On February 2, the Cipher Brief published an article titled "A new approach to domestic terrorism" by Forward Defense nonresident senior fellow Thomas Warrick and former National Security Council Senior Director for Counterterrorism Javed Ali.

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EnergySource

Feb 2, 2021

Reconciling transatlantic differences over Nord Stream 2

By Daniel Fried, Richard L. Morningstar, Daniel D. Stein

From the time it was first proposed in 2011, the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline has divided the United States and the project’s European supporters, principally Germany. Nord Stream 2 is not simply a US-Europe issue or a US-Germany issue, however. Many in Europe, including Central and Eastern European countries, the European Parliament, and those […]

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Op-Ed

Feb 2, 2021

Crouch, Fairbanks, and Mulder in The National Interest: Above politics: the US military will always defend the constitution

The American people can have confidence that their servicemen and women will continue to serve regardless of who is president, as has been the case since Washington relinquished the presidency to Adams, with a total and unflagging commitment to the Constitution of the United States.

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