Category: Timely Commentary & Analysis

The Cyber Dimension of a Conflict in Ukraine

On Monday, March 10, 2014 a delegation of international journalists with the US Mission to NATO met with senior members of the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security to discuss the role of cyber tools in the Ukrainian crisis.

Meeting with Ozdil Nami

Elected Representative for Foreign Affairs of the Turkish Cypriot Community On March 10, the Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center hosted an invite-only, off-the-record discussion with the Elected Representative for Foreign Affairs of the Turkish Cypriot Community, Ozdil Nami.

Singer-Activist Ruslana: ‘Do Everything’ to Avert War in Ukraine

By James Rupert

Ukrainian pop music star and political activist Ruslana Lyzhychko swept her long, straight hair back from her face and leaned forward, hands folded, on a podium at the Atlantic Council. In the passionate alto that has electrified concert audiences worldwide, she pleaded quietly in English to a crowded room: “Don’t do something, do everything – […]

Admiral Locklear Discusses the Future of Asian Security

Not only a vital driver of the global economy, the Asia Pacific is also the most militarized region in the world, containing seven of the ten largest standing militaries in the world together with five declared nuclear nations. The United States maintains a strong presence within this uncertain and dynamic security environment, and its role […]

Empty Tough Talk from US Hawks

By Rajan Menon

You would think it’s self-evident that Ukraine’s current crisis and the controversies sparked before its eruption by Iran’s nuclear program, China’s muscle-flexing against Japan and the Philippines over disputed tiny islands, and Syria’s continuing carnage are distinct—that they have little, if anything, in common. Well, you’d be wrong, at least in the eyes of the […]

Venezuela’s Protests: Passing Phase or Profound Reform?

Since the beginning of late Hugo Chávez’s administration in 1998, the once stable democratic government in Venezuela has been consistently damaged by political repression, lack of strong freedom of expression, institutional ineffectiveness, and constant human right abuses that have left many calls for justice unanswered. Recently, internal turmoil in the country has elevated political divisions […]

A Time of Transition in Afghanistan

As the United States and its coalition partners plan for new roles in Afghanistan after 2014, many people in Washington and elsewhere are attempting to gauge the progress made. One of the untold stories of Afghanistan is how the coalition transformed Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) into a fighting unit that could defeat the Taliban […]

Analyzing the New Defense Agenda

On March 4, the US Department of Defense released its Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), the blueprint for defense spending and defense strategy over the course of the next four years. All eyes in Washington DC and beyond were on the 2014 QDR, as it comes at the end of the war in Afghanistan, the rise […]