Category: Timely Commentary & Analysis

Cross-Straits Series: Implications of Energy Security on Critical Geopolitical, Economic, and Environmental Issues in the Asia-Pacific Region

On May 14, the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security’s (BSC) Asia Security Initiative hosted a Cross-Straits Series event on the effects of energy security in the Asia-Pacific. Considering the heated debates on the region today, energy security has been a relatively underappreciated and under-examined topic. This discussion with Edward C. Chow, a Senior Fellow […]

Camp David Summit Can’t Address Core GCC Problems

By Barbara Slavin

White House spinmeisters were in full damage-control mode Monday after Saudi Arabia announced that King Salman would not be attending a Camp David summit expressly arranged to reassure him and other U.S. Arab allies that an impending nuclear agreement with Iran is not coming at their expense.

Transatlantic Views on Security in the High North

On May 12, 2015, representatives of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Parliament of Iceland visited the Council to discuss with a panel of experts, representing the Council and other institutions, emerging security threats in the Arctic, or High North.

Iraqi Kurds Navigate a Cautious Path Toward Independence

By Barbara Slavin

Masoud Barzani, president of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) of Iraq, got head-of-state treatment in Washington this week: two meetings with Vice President Joe Biden with a “drop-in” by President Barack Obama plus talks on Capitol Hill and the State Department and appearances at several Washington think tanks.

Breaking Down Digital Barriers: Turning a Transatlantic Challenge Into Opportunity

By Global Business and Economics Program

Atlantic Council Breaking Down Digital Barriers: Turning a Transatlantic Challenge into Opportunity Welcome and Moderator: Fran Burwell, Vice President and Director, Program on Transatlantic Relations, Atlantic Council Opening Remarks: David O’Sullivan, Ambassador of the European Union to the United States Panelists: Marcus Jadotte, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce […]

A Conversation with H.E. Masoud Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

By Brent Scowcroft Center

Atlantic Council A Conversation with H.E. Masoud Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq Speaker: H.E. Masoud Barzani, President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq Introduction: Frederick Kempe, President and CEO, Atlantic Council Moderator: Ambassador William Taylor, Acting Executive Vice President, U.S. Institute of Peace Interpreter: Falah Mustafa Bakir, Foreign Minister of the Kurdistan […]

2015 Global Strategy Forum: Imaging Solutions

By Brent Scowcroft Center

Atlantic Council 2015 Global Strategy Forum: New Approaches to a Changing World Imagining Solutions Welcome: Daniel Y. Chiu, Deputy Director, Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, Atlantic Council Scene Setter: Peter Schwartz, Senior Vice President for Government Relations and Strategic Planning, Salesforce.com Speakers: David Rothkopf, CEO and Editor, Foreign Policy Group Joshua J. Marcuse, Senior […]