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Finnish President Sauli Niinistö and Russian President Vladimir Putin, March 22, 2016

NATOSource

Sep 8, 2016

Finland and The Unpredictable Neighbor

By René Nyberg

Great empires do not go away quietly.

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In the News

Sep 8, 2016

Itani Quoted by Bloomberg on the US-Russian Role in Syria

By Faysal Itani

Read the full article here.

Russia Syria

Defense Industrialist

Sep 8, 2016

How to man the unmanned

By James Hasik

With enthusiastic recruits, from all corners, and with a lot of cash. In the New York Times this past Tuesday, Michael Schmidt wrote of how the the US Air Force, “Running Low on Drone Pilots,” is turning to contractors to reconnoitre battlefields. Many of these are “former drone or fighter pilots who are making double or […]

Afghanistan Conflict

Trade in Action

Sep 7, 2016

TTIP&TRADE in Action – September 7, 2016

By Global Business & Economics Program

G20 World Leaders, including US President Barack Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping, in Hangzhou, China September 4-5

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia
Russian President Vladimir Putin, August 31, 2016

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Sep 5, 2016

Intelligence Community Investigating Covert Russian Influence Operations in the US

By Dana Priest, Ellen Nakashima, and Tom Hamburger, Washington Post

U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies are probing what they see as a broad covert Russian operation in the United States to sow public distrust in the upcoming presidential election

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The chemicals were picked up in Misrata on August 27

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Sep 2, 2016

Danish Team Removes 500 Tons of Chemical Weapons From Libya

By AP, White House, Foreign Ministry of Denmark

From the AP:  A Danish-led international operation to rid Libya of its chemical weapons has removed 500 tons of chemicals from the North African country, Denmark said Wednesday.

Italy Libya

In the News

Sep 2, 2016

Stein Quoted by Time on Obama Erdogan Meeting at G20 Summit

By Aaron Stein

Read the full article here.

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, May 28, 2010

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Sep 1, 2016

Erdogan Government Fueling ‘Unprecedented’ Anti-Americanism in Turkey

By Henri J. Barkey, New York Times

Turkish society has long been steeped in conspiracy theories, but the widespread stoking of anti-Americanism today is unprecedented.

NATO Security & Defense

Defense Industrialist

Sep 1, 2016

On earnings and cash

By James Hasik

Do the compensation schemes for top management teams in the defense industry incentivize the right goals? Federal contracts lawyer Jim McAleese recently covered the briefing by Phebe Novakovic, CEO of General Dynamics, at the Jefferies Investors Conference on August 9. His first point: “General Dynamics’ senior team is paid based on ‘earnings and cash,’ which […]

Defense Industry Economy & Business

Defense Industrialist

Aug 31, 2016

The inelegant mess

By James Hasik

If software is making the world indecipherable, how can the military manage its development? Psibernetix, it seems, has built an artificial intelligence smarter than a fighter pilot. As I mentioned here at the beginning of the month, the company hatched at the University of Cincinnati has developed software for a Raspberry Pi machine that has defeated […]

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