Asia

The Chinese Cyber Challenge: How to Address the Growing Threat

Jason Harmala — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 11:44:24 -0500

On June 24, the Brent Scowcroft Center of the Atlantic Council will host a panel discussion on the most recent claims of Chinese cyber espionage and the implications of this threat for the US-China relationship and China's ties with its neighbors in Asia.

US Ambassador: Consensus Rule in NATO 'Unsustainable' if Burden Sharing Remains 'So Unequal'

Jorge Benitez — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:40:01 -0500

From Ivo Daalder, U.S. Mission to NATO: Recent trends in defense spending threaten NATO’s ability to confidently face a dangerous and unpredictable future.

Obama to Announce Susan Rice as His New National Security Advisor

Jorge Benitez — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 06:21:11 -0500

From Mark Landler, New York Times: In a major shakeup of President Obama’s foreign-policy inner circle, Tom Donilon, the national security adviser, is resigning and will be replaced by Susan E. Rice

Chuck Hagel's Shangri La La?

Julian Lindley-French — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 09:08:31 -0500

In James Hilton’s fictional 1937 novel Lost Horizons, Shangri-La is a heaven on earth, a happy island of peace, permanently isolated from the outside world (no, not Britain). For the High Lama (a sort of David Cameron) harmony, “is the entire meaning and purpose of Shangri-La. It came to me as a vision long, long ago. I saw all the nations strengthening, not in wisdom, but in the vulgar passions and the will to destroy.”

NATO Will Not Become a Global Organization: Alliance Legislator

Jorge Benitez — Fri, 17 May 2013 17:39:19 -0500

From Xinhua: NATO would not seek to become a global security organization and its focus will remain in the traditional Euro-Atlantic region, NATO Parliamentary Assembly President Hugh Barley (sic) said on Friday.

East Asia's Future: Nationalism or Integration?

Jason Harmala — Wed, 15 May 2013 12:42:04 -0500

Please join the Atlantic Council on May 15 for a panel discussion on growing nationalism in northeast Asia and the implications of this trend for the integration of the region and the notion of an Asia-Pacific community.

French defense review has both good and bad news for NATO

Jorge Benitez — Wed, 08 May 2013 16:20:49 -0500

From Jeff Lightfoot, New Atlanticist: France’s new White Book on defense and national security offers no radical thinking on the future posture and structure of France’s military and national security establishment

U.S. directly blames China’s military for cyberattacks

Jorge Benitez — Tue, 07 May 2013 09:48:31 -0500

From David E. Sanger, New York Times: The Obama administration on Monday explicitly accused China’s military of mounting attacks on American government computer systems and defense contractors, saying one motive could be to map “military capabilities that could be exploited during a crisis.”