Category: In the News

Schultz in War on the Rocks reviewing new memoir on the plight of US interpreters in Iraq

By Atlantic Council

On June 25, Forward Defense Nonresident Senior Fellow Tammy S. Schultz published a book review with Noah Ramsey in War on the Rocks titled “Interpreters on the run: Baghdad underground railroad.” Schultz, the Director of National Security and Professor of Strategic Studies at the US Marine Corps War College, reviews Steve Miska’s book, Baghdad Underground […]

Deese remarks analyzed in POLITICO

By GeoEconomics Center

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Propp in Lawfare: Progress on Transatlantic Data Transfers? The Picture After the US-EU Summit

Arriving at a successor to the Privacy Shield Framework is still the looming major hurdle to a return to relative stability for transatlantic data transfers. The longer it takes, the more likely it becomes that European data protection authorities in the meantime will take action of their own accord to interrupt data transfers to the […]

Kroenig and Ashford review the Biden-Putin Summit

By Atlantic Council

On June 25, Foreign Policy published a biweekly column featuring Scowcroft Center deputy director Matthew Kroenig and New American Engagement Initiative senior fellow Emma Ashford discussing the latest news in international affairs. In this column, they discussed the successes of the Biden-Putin Summit, the Iranian presidential elections and the potential for a nuclear deal, and the future of […]

Manning in Voice of America Korea: US experts “North Korea in the midst of economic hardship, ‘survival’ close to China … ‘Chinese card’ will not work” [translated from Korean]

By Atlantic Council

On June 24, Robert Manning was quoted in a Voice of America Korea article about North Korea’s relationship with China and its implications on negotiations with the United States. Manning spoke on the importance of understanding North Korea’s dependence on China for its basic survival during a time of domestic scarcity. “For North Korea, for […]

Slavin joins Gallup to discuss what Iran’s recent presidential election results mean for the US

Deese’s economic vision analyzed in USA Today

By GeoEconomics Center

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Preble in Responsible Statecraft: Time to bring all U.S. troops home from the Middle East

By Atlantic Council

On June 24, Christopher Preble’s “Demolishing tired assumptions about the US military posture” was featured in Responsible Statecraft’s symposium on withdrawing US troops from the Middle East. “Today, those who believe that ensuring the flow of Middle Eastern oil is a vital U.S. interest are prepared to expend considerable resources — and risk the lives […]

Preble on the Net Assessment podcast: learning from SolarWinds

By Atlantic Council

On June 24, Christopher Preble and co-hosts explored Marcus Willett’s article in Survival “Lessons of the SolarWinds Hack”. They explored the distinction between cyber espionage and cyber defense, considered the implications of the offense-defense balance in cyberspace, and reviewed possible global norms that can be put in place to limit the harm caused by malicious […]

Arbit in The Hill: “Biden needs a special envoy for Middle East normalization”

By Atlantic Council