The Trump administration’s plan to cut 12,000 US troops from Germany will hurt NATO, undermine America’s global reputation, help Russia by reducing US troops in Germany by a third and stoking discord among key alliance members, and waste time and money.
On this week’s Cyber Report, sponsored by Northrop Grumman, Suzanne Spaulding, the former undersecretary for…
Mikhail Kasyanov, Russia’s former prime minister who is now the leader of the People’s Freedom Party, discusses the outlook for democracy in Russia in the wake of demonstrations across the nation with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the 2019 Halifax International Security Forum where our coverage was sponsored by Boeing and Leonardo DRS.
Robert Dalsjö, PhD, the deputy director of research at the Swedish Defence Research Agency and co-author of “Bursting the Bubble? Russia’s A2AD-Capabilities in the Baltic Sea Region,” discusses Moscow’s actual military capabilities with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the DSEI 2019 conference and tradeshow in London. Our coverage is sponsored by L3 Harris and Leonardo DRS and in partnership with Clarion Events — DSEI’s organizer — and working with the UK Department of International Trade’s Defence & Security Organisation to bring our audience the best in British defense and security.
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.
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.
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.
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.