Новости за 27.04.2018

WARSAW - With a spring in his step and cool vigor that whips up domestic support, Russia’s President-elect Vladimir Putin prepares to march into the Kremlin’s St. Andrew Hall and be sworn in for his fourth term of office. Putin will need that energy and more in confronting the many political, economic, and social challenges that the ineffective regime is ill equipped to handle.

Mark Strand is president of the Congressional Institute and a regular speaker on how Congress works — or does not work. He joined us in Brussels to explore the Trump administration’s impact on Congress and whether it has become institutionally stronger or weaker during the current administration.

The European Commission published a communication on April 26 to the European Council and Parliament outlining the “European Approach” to combatting disinformation. The Commission’s report was the result of a several month process including consultations with citizens, stakeholders, and experts. The document focuses on four key principles: improving transparency in the way information is produced or sponsored, promoting diversity of information, fostering credible information, and fashioning inclusive solutions to disinformation. Читать дальше...

The U.S. Defense Innovation Initiative — also referred to as the Third Offset Strategy (TOS) — was announced in November 2014 to address the erosion of U.S. technological superiority and deterrence. The U.S. Department of Defense launched an ambitious innovation-based program to offset the competition from states in a long-term perspective and to “identify and invest innovative ways to sustain and advance U.S. military dominance for the 21st century.”[1]