Insights and impact

Russia Sanctions Database cited in Yahoo News on state of the Russian economy

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CBDC tracker cited in Blockworks on CBDC pilots

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Russia sanctions event profiled in Voice of America’s Russian edition

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Eftimiades in TIME

By Atlantic Council

Nicholas Eftimiades discusses why China launched a spy balloon over the United States.

Rich Outzen joins WION to discuss the Chinese surveillance balloon

Metzl on Fox News discussing the need to investigate the origins of COVID

On February 10, Scowcroft Strategy Initiative Nonresident Senior Fellow Jamie Metzl appeared on Fox News to discuss the need for a bipartisan 9/11-style commission investigating the origins of the COVID-19 virus. He asserts that the noncompliance of the Chinese governments is cause for worry, and further investigation is the best means to prepare for - or even stop - a future pandemic. Metzl stresses that this is a bipartisan issue that has seen agreement and consensus among members of both sides of the aisle. He also notes the lack of transparency on the part of the NIH in the work they were minimally funding in the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

Gadzala Tirziu in The New York Sun on Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s role as “Europe’s gatekeeper”

On February 9, Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Aleksandra Gadzala Tirziu published a piece in The New York Sun on the role of Italy's new Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, in securing Western European borders. To curb the entry of migrants, the Meloni administration has recently taken measures to complicate migrant-aid services, such as the work of charity ships that ferry migrants across the Mediterranean.

Quirk in The National Interest on strengthening democratic institutions

On February 15, Scowcroft Strategy Initiative Nonresident Senior Fellow Patrick Quirk co-authored a piece for The National Interest on the importance of capitalizing on the Summit for Democracy to strengthen democratic institutions and political parties. Quirk goes on to provide three recommendations to reinforce political parties: support nascent political parties that emerge from pro-democracy protests, prioritize political party support, and cultivate the political and strategic skills of political parties and their leaders.

Alden on TG La7 on the purpose of Ukraine’s increased military capabilities

By Atlantic Council

On February 4, Alexander Alden, nonresident senior fellow with the Scowcroft Strategy Initiative, appeared on TG La7, arguing that providing more military capabilities to Ukraine is not necessarily for offensive purposes as much as to deter further Russian aggression.

Feldman-Piltch in Non-State Actress on NATO’s defense posture

By Maggie Feldman-Piltch

On February 15, Transatlantic Security Initiative nonresident senior fellow Maggie Feldman-Piltch wrote a blog post in Non-State Actress. She provided insights into how to best understand the innerworkings of a defense alliance and its role within the transatlantic security community. The Non-State Actress project is made possible by generous support from the German Federal Foreign […]