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Defense Industrialist

Mar 16, 2016

Black boxes faster

By James Hasik

Mac Thornberry’s “Acquisition Agility” bill is a good start—but just a start—towards greater experimentation and prototyping. Congressman Mac Thornberry’s “Acquisition Agility” bill is thirty two pages long, but its intent can probably be summarized thus. Thornberry (R-TX) fundamentally wants the military departments, not the centralized bureaucracy of OSD AT&L, in charge of the day-to-day business of […]

Defense Industry Security & Defense

In the News

Mar 16, 2016

Herbst in The National Interest: The Obama Doctrine and Ukraine

By John E. Herbst

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Russia Syria

In the News

Mar 16, 2016

Pham Signs Open Letter to US Presidential Candidates Urging for the United States to Put Democracy at Center of Foreign Policy Strategy

By J. Peter Pham

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Elections Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Mar 15, 2016

Farkas Joins BBC World Service to Discuss Russia’s Withdrawal from Syria

By Evelyn Farkas

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Russia Syria

In the News

Mar 15, 2016

Farkas in Defense One: Putin Got Exactly What He Wanted in Syria

By Evelyn Farkas

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NATO Russia

New Atlanticist

Mar 15, 2016

Low Oil Prices: Good News at the Pump, Bad News for the Environment?

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Interview with Ken Koyama, Chief Economist and Managing Director at the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan Low oil prices not only threaten stability in oil-producing states, they can also diminish efforts to develop and embrace clean energy, according to Ken Koyama, Chief Economist and Managing Director at the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan. “It may […]

Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment

In the News

Mar 14, 2016

Manning in Global Times: Voters’ Paranoia Creates Trump Frenzy

By Robert A. Manning

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China United States and Canada

In the News

Mar 14, 2016

Ullman in UPI: Will the Constitution Survive this Decade?

By Harlan Ullman

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Elections Politics & Diplomacy

EconoGraphics

Mar 14, 2016

A Tale of Two QE’s

By Alvaro Morales Salto Weis & TK Spandhla

On March 10, the European Central Bank (ECB) announced an expansion of its Quantitative Easing Program (QE), increasing the amount of government bonds it buys monthly from €60 billion to €80 billion. It also extended the range of assets it purchases to include investment grade non-bank corporate bonds. On top of that, the ECB lowered already negative deposit interest rates further down, to -0.4%, and its main interest rate to 0%. So, why have Central Banks embraced QE?

Economy & Business European Union

In the News

Mar 14, 2016

Itani Quoted by al Arabiya English on the Fifth Year Anniversary of the Syrian Conflict

By Faysal Itani

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Syria United States and Canada

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