Defense Policy

Bird in The National Interest: How the United States can get Taiwan right

By Atlantic Council

On April 20, an article by former NAEI YGP Sam Bird was published in the National Interest, challenging prevailing thinking about US policy towards Taiwan. Bird made the case for the US enabling Taiwan’s defense by providing low-cost weapons, but not overcommitting to the island’s security and risking US interests. The essay won the John […]

Barranco and Wetzel in the New York Times on the Donbas campaign

By Atlantic Council

The New York Times cites Col John Barranco and Lt Col Tyson Wetzel's Atlantic Council military assessment, "How Ukraine can take the fight to Russia."

Grundman in Aviation Week Network on the FY2023 defense budget

By Atlantic Council

Forward Defense senior fellow Steven Grundman defends the newly released fiscal year 2023 defense budget from critics who claim that it is not high enough given inflation.

Kroenig and Ashford in Foreign Policy and POLITICO: Would Putin use nuclear weapons?

By Atlantic Council

On April 12, Emma Ashford and Matthew Kroenig participated in a Foreign Policy debate over whether Russia would use nuclear weapons, which was also featured in Politico.  “I think one of the Cold War lessons we absolutely need to take is Ronald Reagan’s famous dictum that a nuclear war cannot be won and should never […]

Shapiro mentioned in the Jewish Insider on security parallels between Ukraine and Israel amidst Russian invasion

By Atlantic Council

Fontenrose quoted in Middle East Eye on obstacles facing Russia in pursuit of arms deals in the Middle East

By Atlantic Council

Preble on Net Assessment: Keeping the right secrets secret

By Atlantic Council

On March 31, Christopher Preble joined his co-hosts of the Net Assessment podcast to discuss information security, both in the US government and private sector, asking the question of whether we are striking the right balance between keeping government secrets secret and ensuring that private information about customers and users is well protected. “Chris and […]

Kroenig in the Wall Street Journal on Ukrainian nuclear disarmament

By Atlantic Council

Matthew Kroenig refutes the belief that the West wrongfully pressed Ukraine into nuclear disarmament upon the fall of the Soviet Union.

Polymeropoulos in NBC news on US efforts to arm Ukrainians

By Atlantic Council

Marc Polymeropoulos notes that overall, US weapons assistance to Ukraine has proven relatively effective.