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Full Coverage: Bloomfield on Statecraft Under President Trump
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Stimson Center’s Bloomfield on Statecraft Under President Trump

In the first installment of a wide-ranging interview with Defense & Aerospace Report editor Vago Muradian, Amb. Lincoln Bloomfield, distinguished fellow and chairman emeritus of the Stimson Center, discusses a recent think piece he co-authored with Tom Harvey, founder and chairman of the Global Environment and Technology Foundation, for “The National Interest” entitled “Statecraft in the Trump Era.” The interview was conducted on Aug. 25, 2017, at Bloomfield’s home in northern Virginia.

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Atlantic Council’s ‘Partner Operations in Syria: Lessons Learned and the Way Forward’

In a July 2017 report from the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, Aaron Stein, PhD, a resident senior fellow at the center, presents a case study of “two efforts to achieve US objectives” in Syria — a failed one that utilized the Train and Equip program, and another that worked “through the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the dominant local force in northeastern Syria” which Stein classifies as “a tactical success.”  “The different outcomes make these two programs worth studying in depth,” he writes. “This report is based on a series of interviews with US officials and provides lessons learned for US policy makers.”

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Atlantic Council’s ‘Left of Launch: Countering Theater Ballistic Missiles’

In a July 2017 issue brief published by the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, author Col. Herbert Kemp, USAF Ret., president and CEO of OneALPHA Corporation, proposes “a broad, non-NATO approach to the growing challenge of ballistic missiles for the United States and its allies and considers new technologies and methods to meet the threat,” especially in the face of a missile-equipped Russia. “While the approach is global, many of the considerations and recommendations in this issue brief are of relevance to the Alliance and its members as NATO pursues options on how to provide credible collective defense and deterrence in a newly insecure Europe,” Kemp writes.

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CNAS’ Kliman: ‘It’s Time to Fix America’s Failed China Policy’

Daniel Kliman, PhD, senior fellow in the Center for a New American Security’s Asia-Pacific Security Program, lieutenant junior grade in the US Navy Reserve, and former senior advisor for Asia integration in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, says the United States’ “China policy” is broken, shares post-Trans-Pacific Partnership policy recommendations for the Trump administration in Asia, discusses his goals at CNAS, and more during a wide-ranging interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted on August 21, 2017, at CNAS headquarters in Washington.

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The New America Foundation’s ‘The Malware Markets: A Graphic Exploration’

In an August 2017 report published by the New America Foundation’s Cybersecurity Initiative entitled “The Malware Markets: A Graphic Exploration” by Brian de Luna, a data scientist at AirBnB, Luke Heine, director at the Harvard Institute of Quantitative Science’s Lab for Entrepreneurship and Development, and Trey Herr, PhD, a fellow with the Cyber Security Project at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, analyze the markets behind malware — from their  origins and power players to their impact and future prospects. “The malware markets are home to both defensive groups, like software vendors, and offensive groups, like criminal networks and other attackers,” they write. “Companies are involved with building and selling malicious code, from single exploits all the way up to integrated surveillance packages. Underneath all of this is a global network of companies, criminal groups, individuals, and even governments that build, buy, and sell code.” 

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CSBA’s van Tol on US Navy Collisions, Avoiding Future Accidents

Capt. Jan van Tol, USN Ret., senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments who commanded a minesweeper, a destroyer and an amphibious assault ship during his career, says the USS John McCain’s capabilities as a destroyer should have allowed it to avoid its Aug. 21, 2017, collision “even at the last moment” and discusses how to break the US Navy’s pattern of accidents during an interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at CSBA’s Washington headquarters.

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CNAS’ Scharre on Autonomous Weapons, New AI Initiative, Forthcoming Book

Paul Scharre, senior fellow and director of the Center for a New American Security’s Technology and National Security Program, discusses a recent letter from tech industry CEOs to the United Nations calling for a ban on autonomous weapons, CNAS’ new Artificial Intelligence and Global Security Initiative, and his forthcoming book, “Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War,” during an Aug. 24, 2017 interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the think tank’s Washington offices.

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Samsung’s Balcik: Smartphones Can Boost ‘Battlefield Awareness’

Christopher Balcik, vice president for federal government business at Samsung Electronics America, discusses how smartphones can improve military readiness, the growing demand for “dual-use” mobile devices that can be used both personally and professionally, the company’s new Galaxy Note8 and smartphone trends during an Aug. 23, 2017, interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted during the product’s Washington rollout at the Booz Allen Hamilton Innovation Center.

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Defense & Aerospace Business Report [August 22, 2017]

On this week’s episode of the Defense & Aerospace Business Report, sponsored by Bell Helicopter, a Textron company, we discuss President Donald Trump’s new Afghanistan strategy, how his post-Charlottesville remarks will impact his agenda, the federal budget outlook and the prospects for a government shutdown, Japan’s defense spending increase and the demise of Air Berlin. This week’s guests include Gordon Adams of American University’s School of International Service and the Stimson Center,  Byron Callan of Capital Alpha Partners and Ron Epstein of Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

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AU’s Bensahel: Trump’s New Afghanistan Plan ‘Remarkably Consistent With’ Obama, Bush Strategies

Nora Bensahel, PhD, distinguished scholar in residence at American University’s School of International Service and nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, discusses President Donald Trump’s new Afghanistan strategy, which she calls “remarkably consistent” with those of the Obama and Bush administrations, during an interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted on Aug. 22, 2017, at American University in Washington.

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