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The Emergence of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (http://www.americansecurityproject.org/the-emergence-of-the-trans-pacific-partnership/)

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The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is the largest regional trade accord in history. It finally emerged after years of negotiations between the US and eleven Pacific Rim nations.  It now faces months of scrutiny in a politically divided Congress, although the threat of amendments or a filibuster will not be an issue due to the success of the fast-track trade authority.

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Winning the Social Media War Against ISIS (http://www.americansecurityproject.org/winning-the-social-media-war-against-isis/)

http://www.americansecurityproject.org/winning-the-social-media-war-against-isis/

Let’s stop here. There is no war online against ISIS in which the United States can seize victory, because there is no online victory to be seized. “Winning” a war implies specific objectives that can actually be met. On the internet, there is no clear ground to be gained, and no reliable way to measure success when it comes to countering violent extremism—as many have mentioned, you can’t measure if someone decides to not join ISIS.

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Upcoming Events
Climate Change, Diplomacy, and National Security - A Conversation with Foreign Minister Tony de Brum, Marshall Islands (http://www.americansecurityproject.org/event/national-security-implications-of-climate-change-a-conversation-with-minister-tony-de-brum/)

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In December, negotiators from around the world will convene in Paris to negotiate and agree to a deal to address the challenge of climate change. While most attention has been on the position of major economies like China, Europe, and the United States, one group that has played a role in the negotiations far beyond the size of their populations are the Alliance of Small Island States. Their clear moral authority, as “front-line” states of climate change, shows how soft power can accelerate diplomacy.
Wednesday, October 28, 12:00 pm - 01:30 pm

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Climate, Energy, and National Security

I (http://www.americansecurityproject.org) nvestments in Clean Energy Make Us Safer  (http://www.americansecurityproject.org/investments-in-clean-energy-make-us-safer/)

Ricky Gandhi
This December, countries from around the world will meet in Paris to develop an international climate agreement that will attempt to cap warming at 2˚C – the threshold scientists have warned us not to cross.
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El Nino and the Case for Microgrids  (http://www.americansecurityproject.org/el-nino-and-the-case-for-microgrids/)
American Security Project
Winter is coming to the United States' national electric grid. El Nino - an ocean temperature event that affects global weather - is on its way and its expected to be one the strongest events in recent history. Already, we have seen El Nino's warmer ocean currents create severe weather conditions, causing blackouts throughout the Asian and Pacific regional energy grids.
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Reducing our Dependent on Fossil Fuels is a National Security Imperative (http://www.americansecurityproject.org/reducing-our-dependence-on-fossil-fuels-is-a-national-security-imperative/)
Spencer Shweky
In 2013, the EIA projected that world energy consumption would grow by 56% between 2010 and 2040, with fossil fuels continuing to supply almost 80% of the 2040 total. This trajectory threatens not only to alter the nature of the earth's climate, but to fundamentally destabilize the global security environment.
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Wilson Center Global Energy Forum Overview (http://www.americansecurityproject.org/wilson-center-global-energy-forum-overview/)
Ricky Gandhi
The Wilson Center Global Energy Forum provided updated analyses regarding geopolitical situations and their effects on energy production. The keynote speaker, Adam Sieminski of the U.S. EIA, discussed the short-term implication in the growth of demand: a rebalancing between demand and the excess supply caused by OPEC.
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ASP in Colorado: Climate Change and Security in the Heartland (http://www.americansecurityproject.org/asp-in-colorado-climate-change-and-security-in-the-heartland/)
American Security Project
On Wednesday and Thursday, September 9^th and 10^th, representatives of the American Security Project visited Denver, Colorado and Colorado Springs, Colorado, for a series of meetings, public events, and briefings on how climate change is affecting security, how institutions in the region are planning for it, and how.
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Nuclear Security

The Iran Nuclear Agreement & Congress's Role (https://www.americansecurityproject.org/the-iran-nuclear-agreement-congresss-role/)
Sam Hickey
The dangers of nuclear weapons programs span a spectrum of catastrophe: from a meltdown at a nuclear reactor, to a state detonating a nuclear weapon, to terrorists setting off a dirty bomb.  The paradox of the security and insecurity that nuclear weapons concurrently provide has yet to be reconciled, but for now, the U.S. must provide direct aid to the international institution responsible for maintaining the peaceful use of nuclear science and technology; the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
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American Competitiveness:

Dante Disparte on Puerto Rico Default  (http://www.americansecurityproject.org/dante-disparte-on-puerto-rico-default/)
Clark Derrington
On Tuesday, August 4th Business Council for American Security Chairperson Dante Disparte spoke to the BBC World Business Report about the latest development in the Puerto Rican debt crisis. Puerto Rico missed a $58 million bond payment on Monday, sending the island territory into default for the first time. In his interview, Disparte mentioned several of the issues contributing to Puerto Rico’s debt troubles.
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National Security Strategy

Panel 3: Beyond the Technical - Defense, Diplomacy, and Deterrence | Cyber Security: Risk, Recovery, and Resilience  (https://www.americansecurityproject.org/event-review-panel-3-defense-diplomacy-and-deterrence/)
Anil Powers
In panel 3 of its conference on cyber security, ASP hosted Michele Markoff, Deputy Coordinator for Cyber Issues at the U.S. Department of State (DOS), Colonel Jon Brickey, National Capital Region Liaison and Assistant Professor at Army Cyber Institute at West Point, and Hon. Bijan R. Kian, Chairman of the Board of Directors for iCelero.
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Event Review - Panel 2: Cyber Security and Consequences for the Military  (http://www.americansecurityproject.org/event-review-panel-2-cyber-security-consequences-for-the-military/)
Spencer Shweky
The afternoon’s second panel, “Consequences for the Military” was moderated by Brigadier General Stephen A. Cheney, USMC (Ret.), CEO of the American Security Project and included  MG Garrett Yee, US Army Reserve, Cyber Security Directorate Military Deputy, LTC Scott Applegate, G3 Current Operations Chief, Defensive Cyberspace Operations, United States Army Cyber Command, and Ian Wallace, Senior Fellow, Co-Director Cyber Security Initiative, New America.
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Event Recap: Panel 1 | Lessons from OPM Hack (http://www.americansecurityproject.org/event-recap-panel-1-lessons-from-opm-hack/)
Ngoc H. Le
The first panel of the afternoon discussed the ‘lessons learned’ from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) data breach. In June 2015 the OPM announced that they had been the target of a large data breach, stealing the classified and personal records of several millions of people. James Comey, director of the FBI, put the number at a dazzling 18 million.
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Event Recap: Keynote Speech | Cyber Security: Risk, Recovery, and Resilience (http://www.americansecurityproject.org/event-recap-the-keynote-speech-cyber-security-risk-recovery-and-resilience/)
Sam Hickey
On Wednesday, September 16^th American Security Project hosted a conference on ‘Cyber Security: Risk, Recovery, and Resilience’. After opening remarks by ASP CEO BGen. Stephen Cheney USMC, (Ret.) – in which he mainly focused on the diversity of the concept of cyber and the challenges this may create to national security, RDML Danelle Barrett – Deputy Director of Current Operations at USCYBERCOM – to delivered the keynote address.
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Asymmetric Operations

Containing the Threat of al-Qaeda & Its Affiliates (https://www.americansecurityproject.org/containing-the-threat-of-al-qaeda-its-affiliates/)
Anil Powers
For nearly 20 years, al-Qaeda and its ideological cousins have been the most important threats to national and global security.  They will remain so over the next 20-30 years.
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Rethink NATO Article 5: Challenges to Collective Security in the Cyber Era (https://www.americansecurityproject.org/rethinking-nato-article-5-challenges-to-collective-security-in-the-cyber-era/)
Steffen Westerburger
Ever since its formation in early 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has been an important cornerstone of the national security strategy of the United States. This military alliance, once founded to counter the Soviet threat during the Cold War, constitutes a system of collective self-defense. All twenty-eight member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party.
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