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Gen. James Jones, USMC Ret., executive chairman emeritus of the Atlantic Council and former national security adviser, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander and US Marine Corps commandant, discusses the importance of winning the 5G technology competition with China, engaging allies and tensions with Turkey with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the think tank’s annual International Conference on Cyber Engagement at George Washington University.

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Andrei Sannikov, chairman of the European Belarus Foundation, discusses Russia’s interference in the country’s affairs, countering Moscow and the role of the West in promoting freedom in former Soviet republics with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted after a luncheon discussion on Capitol Hill sponsored by the Free Russia Foundation.

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Janne Kuusela, the policy director at Finland’s defense ministry, discusses closer cooperation with Denmark, Iceland, Sweden and Norway, understanding Russia, countering disinformation, better cyber security and the country’s competition for a new fighter aircraft with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview, conducted at the residence of Sweden’s ambassador to the United States, followed an Atlantic Council event in Washington marking 10th anniversary of the Nordic Defense Cooperation agreement to improve collaboration among Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.

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Svein Efjestad, the policy director at Norway’s defense ministry, discusses lessons from NATO’s Trident Juncture 2018 exercise the country hosted, balancing the Atlantic alliance and Nordic Defense Cooperation, emerging threats like China, cyber and 5G, and the Trump administration’s Cost Plus 50 proposal with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview, conducted at the residence of Sweden’s ambassador to the United States, followed an Atlantic Council event in Washington marking 10th anniversary of the Nordic Defense Cooperation agreement improve collaboration among Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.

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Amb. (Ret.) Doug Lute, a retired US Army lieutenant general who served as US ambassador to NATO, and Amb. (Ret.) Nick Burns, one of America’s top former diplomats who also served as US ambassador to NATO — both now affiliated with Harvard University — discuss their new report “NATO at Seventy: An Alliance in Crisis” and the vital importance of the Atlantic Alliance and America’s role in it with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the Center for a New American Security where the report by Harvard’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs was publicly released.

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Gen. Tod “Magoo” Wolters, USAF, the commander of the US AIr Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa, discusses NATO’s Trident Juncture exercise, strategy in the wake of the US withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, monitoring the Russia threat, countering hypersonic weapons, summer surge exercises, alliance defense spending and military construction funding with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the Air Force Association’s 2019 Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando where our coverage was sponsored by L3 Technologies and Leonardo DRS.

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Tom Karako, the missile defense expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, discusses the Trump administration’s decision to exit the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia and future systems with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The conversation also included a recap of a Feb. 1, 2019, panel discussion on what’s next now that the administration has completed its Missile Defense Review, hosted by Karako at the think tank, that included Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy David Trachtenberg and Lt. Gen. Sam Greaves, USAF, the director of the Missile Defense Agency.

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Susan Eisenhower, chairman emeritus of the Eisenhower Institute at Gettysburg College, discusses the legacy of the late Gen. Andrew Goodpaster, USA Ret., who served as a top national security advisor to President Eisenhower and recommendations for US-Russia relations with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The Interview was taped at the Atlantic Council think tank in Washington at the conclusion of a Jan. 31, 2017, panel discussion on Goodpaster and his legacy.

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