Amb. Eric Edelman, counselor at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, discusses a new report, “US Strategy for Maintaining a Europe Whole and Free,” with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The report, co-authored by Edelman and Whitney Morgan McNamara, is among four reports in a recent CSBA strategy series.
Amb. David O’Sullivan, ambassador of the European Union’s Delegation to the United States, discusses the future of EU relations with the Trump administration, upcoming European elections, policy on Russia, Iran and Syria during a wide-ranging interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
Jorge Benitez, editor of the Atlantic Council’s NATO Source blog, discusses Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’ message to NATO members, Russia and importance of the European Union to transatlantic security with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
Brig. Ben Barry, British Army Ret., senior fellow for land warfare at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, discusses global land power trends with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
James Hackett, senior fellow for defense and military analysis at the International Institute for Strategic Studies who also edits IISS’ Military Balance 2017, discusses global defense trends with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. This year’s Military Balance was released on Feb. 14, 2017, in London and is the first edition since 1989 with an online component, The Military Balance +, with searchable data bases on forces, defense economics and military capabilities found in the report.
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.
Heather Conley, senior vice president for Europe, Eurasia and Arctic at the Center for Strategic and International Security, discusses US arctic strategy, Russia and NATO with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted on Jan. 23, 2017, at CSIS following a panel discussion on US acrtic strategy.
James Appathurai, NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy, and NATO Special Representative to the Caucasus and Central Asia, discusses US President-elect Donald Trump, Russia, defense spending, the EU and more to Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian during the 2016 Halifax International Security Forum.
NATO faces a worsening security environment defined by Russia’s growing willingness to challenge the West and a Europe whole, free, and at peace. In this new geo-political context the Black Sea region is one of the central friction zones between Russia and NATO. While the Alliance has recently pledged to protect its eastern flank against aggression, overall capacity challenges have resulted in little increased presence in the Black Sea. “A NATO Strategy for Security in the Black Sea Region” takes stock of the security and defense challenges in the broader region and offers operational and policy recommendations for NATO to address security in the Black Sea region.
Read the report — In Arming for Deterrence, Gen. Sir Richard Shirreff and Maciej Olex-Szczytowski examine the threat posed by a resurgent Russia before considering NATO’s strategy and posture, focusing particularly on its northeast region: Poland and the Baltic states. The report then considers the implications for Poland and recommends how Poland’s defense apparatus and posture should be reformed to take account of the new reality: That NATO now faces a greater threat of war in its eastern regions than at any time since the end of the Cold War.