Category: In the News

Business Insider Highlights Atlantic Council Report

Business Insider highlights Atlantic Council report calling for increased military aid to Ukraine as the Obama administration reconsiders its position on providing lethal aid to Ukraine’s military: 

Pham on the Violence in Maiduguri

By J. Peter Pham

NBC News quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on the deadly violence in Maiduguri, Nigeria and what significance the city holds for Boko Haram:

Atallah Featured in French-Language Documentary

By Rudolph Atallah

Africa Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Rudolph Atallah featured in French-language documentary on Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and terror in the Sahel:

Herbst: “What’s Happening in Ukraine Is a Case of a Kremlin Covert and Increasingly Overt War”

By John Herbst

Foreign Policy quotes Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Director John Herbst on the report recently released by the Atlantic Council calling for increased military aid to Ukraine and the Obama administration’s shifting position:

Atlantic Council Board Member Ashton Carter Opens Testimony to the Senate

Chairman McCain, Ranking Member Reed, and distinguished members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me to appear before you as President Obama’s nominee to be Secretary of Defense. I am honored by his trust and confidence, and also by the prospect of serving once again the troops and the country that I love so […]

Metzl on British Parliament’s Controversial Vote on Embryo Modification

By Jamie Metzl

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow for Technology and National Security Jamie Metzl joins CBS News to discuss the British Parliament’s historic vote to allow the creation of babies from the DNA of three people and the prospects for similar legislation in the United States:

Metzl on Legally Sanctioned Genetic Engineering

By Jamie Metzl

Quartz quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow for Technology and National Security Jamie Metzl on the UK Parliament approving a controversial law to allow the creation of babies from the genes of three people:

Benitez on US Aid to Ukraine

By Jorge Benitez

NATOSource Director and Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Jorge Benitez joins CCTV America to discuss US aid to Ukraine and potential Russian reaction to increased military assistance to Ukraine:

Ullman: Arming Ukraine — Deterring or Provoking Disaster?

By Harlan Ullman

Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Adviser Harlan Ullman writes for the Huffington Post on what arming Ukraine means for both NATO and Russia:

Herbst: “The Russian Government Has Shown No Interest in a Diplomatic Settlement”

By John Herbst

International Business Times quotes Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Director John Herbst on whether there can be a diplomatic settlement to the crisis in Ukraine: