Category: In the News

Pavel in Defense News on the next secretary of defense

By Atlantic Council

On December 3, Defense News published an article by Atlantic Council Senior Vice President and Director of the Scowcroft Center Barry Pavel titled "There should be no doubt about Michele Flournoy for defense secretary."

Speckhard in CNN: For Joe Biden, a key challenge in Central America

In better times, the verdant hills of Jinotega, Nicaragua, are carpeted with coffee cherries that yield a superior brew and provide a decent living for the region’s farming families. In the wake of hurricanes Eta and Iota — both of which struck Nicaragua as Category 4 storms earlier last month — many of these coffee farms now […]

LTG Hooper at Harvard’s Belfer Center on great-power competition, arms sales, and US foreign policy

By Atlantic Council

On December 2, Forward Defense nonresident senior fellow Lt. Gen. Charles Hooper (USA, Ret.) joined the Intelligence Project at Harvard’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs to discuss military developments in the Indo-Pacific region, US competition with China, and the role of defense cooperation relationships in furthering US national security interests.

Preble in Vox: Biden may have a foreign policy “inbox problem”

By Atlantic Council

Christopher Preble was quoted in Vox, speaking about the challenges a Biden administration may face when trying to act on big foreign policy goals.

Gordon quoted in Forbes on Biden nuclear agenda

Slavin joins WHYY to discuss US-Iran relations in the final weeks of the Trump Administration

Qaddour quoted in VOA on Syria Constitution talks

Jain in The National Interest: Joe Biden’s historic opportunity to reshape global order

"America’s alliances have been one of its greatest strategic assets, helping unleash unprecedented geopolitical stability, economic development, and increase in human dignity worldwide over the last 75 years. Trump nearly destroyed this asset. But by reinvesting in these relationships and approaching them in a more networked and humble manner, Biden can address the most consequential challenges and crises of today and tomorrow while constructing a new order for the coming decades," writes Ash in the National Interest.

Kroenig featured in Providence event on a nuclear-free world

By Atlantic Council

On December 1, Scowcroft Center deputy director Matthew Kroenig was featured in a panel for Providence titled “A World Free from Nuclear Weapons? A Happy Hour Discussion.”