In the News

Dec 5, 2025

Gray quoted in Politico on the National Security Strategy

On December 5, Alexander B. Gray, a nonresident senior fellow with the GeoStrategy Initiative at the Scowcroft Center, was quoted in the Politico newsletter on the newly released US National Security Strategy. He called it “a fundamental break from 35 years of how America views the world.”

Defense Policy

In the News

Dec 4, 2025

Grundman in Aviation Week on Pentagon acquisition reform

By Atlantic Council

Forward Defense Senior Fellow Steven Grundman authored an article in Aviation Week entitled “Can Hegseth Transform U.S. Defense Acquisition?,” highlighting the importance of speed and agility in acquisition reform.

Defense Industry
Defense Policy

In the News

Dec 3, 2025

Ambassador Fried authored an op-ed in TIME on why US-Russia Ukraine negotiations are stalling and the path forward

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In the News

Dec 3, 2025

Hicks and Thornberry published in Defense News

By Atlantic Council

On December 2, Defense News published an op-ed by ReForge Commission Co-Chairs Kathleen Hicks and Mac Thornberry outlining why the United States must urgently rebuild an industrial base capable of outproducing and outlasting its adversaries. The piece highlights the strategic risks posed by today’s manufacturing shortfalls and the reforms needed to ensure the nation can […]

Defense Industry
Defense Policy

In the News

Dec 2, 2025

Linderman in the Dispatch on Russia’s decreasing hold on the South Caucasus and how the US should respond

By Laura Linderman

On November 21, Laura Linderman, nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center, was published in the Dispatch on Russia’s decreasing influence in the South Caucasus and the path forward for US policymakers in the region.

Europe & Eurasia
Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding

In the News

Dec 2, 2025

Bayoumi in Just Security on solar geoengineering

On December 2, Imran Bayoumi, associate director of the GeoStrategy Initiative, published an article for “Just Security” titled “As Solar Geoengineering Enters its Startup Phase, Governments Must Address Emerging Security Risks” cowritten with Scott M. Moore. The article breaks down potential security risks associated with solar geoengineering and argues governments must act now to regulate […]

Climate Change & Climate Action

In the News

Dec 1, 2025

House quoted in Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty on Russia’s use of ruble-backed stablecoins to evade US sanctions

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In the News

Nov 30, 2025

Siegel authored an op-ed in MS NOW on growing concerns over recent rollbacks of financial safeguards

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In the News

Nov 27, 2025

Rich Outzen interview with ILTV/YNet News on US/ISR tensions over strained Gaza ceasefire 

Conflict
Israel

In the News

Nov 27, 2025

Yevgeniya Gaber interview libertatea.ro, on the U.S. “peace plan” proposals for Ukraine and the Russian-Ukrainian-U.S. negotiations

Conflict
Europe & Eurasia