Strategy Session on Baltic Security with Minister of the Interior for Estonia, H.E. Hanno Pavkur

MENASource
Aug 25, 2024

After a failed attack, Hezbollah’s propaganda seeks to prevent a wider war with Israel

By
David Daoud

Committed as Hezbollah is to saving its Gaza-based allies, the group does not currently want a full war with Israel.

Conflict
Israel

Strategy Session on Baltic Security with Minister of the Interior for Estonia, H.E. Hanno Pavkur

New Atlanticist
Aug 21, 2024

How quickly can Taiwan integrate US weapon systems? Speed is essential to help deter China.

By
Adam Kozloski

To better prepare Taiwan to defend itself, the United States needs more transparency into Taipei’s weapons integration challenges.

Conflict
Defense Policy

Strategy Session on Baltic Security with Minister of the Interior for Estonia, H.E. Hanno Pavkur

UkraineAlert
Aug 21, 2024

Invasion? What invasion? Putin is downplaying Ukraine’s Kursk offensive

By
Peter Dickinson

Vladimir Putin’s efforts to downplay Ukraine’s invasion of Russia have severely dented his strongman image and make a mockery of the West’s escalation fears, writes Peter Dickinson.

Conflict
Defense Policy

Programs

The Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security works to develop sustainable, nonpartisan strategies to address the most important security challenges facing the United States and the world.

Learn more

Content

Event Recap

Oct 28, 2014

Strategy Session on Baltic Security with Minister of the Interior for Estonia, H.E. Hanno Pavkur

By Atlantic Council

A month after an Estonian security officer was kidnapped and forced over the Russian border with scant international response, the Atlantic Council welcomed the Minister of the Interior for Estonia, H.E. Hanno Pavkur, for an off-the-record strategy session on European and Baltic security issues on October 16. With large Russian-speaking populations, many NATO policymakers see […]

NATO
Northern Europe

Event Recap

Oct 28, 2014

The Future of US Commitments to Europe

By Atlantic Council

On October 17, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy James J. Townsend, Jr. and Brigadier General Jackie Van Ovost met with members of the transatlantic defense community to discuss US security commitments to Europe and the capability of NATO Allies to handle increasingly-complex international security issues with a limited resources and […]

NATO
Security & Defense
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, October 28, 2014

NATOSource

Oct 28, 2014

Secretary General: NATO is a Unique Alliance With a Clear Course

By Jens Stoltenberg, NATO

I grew up in a world that felt at the time as dangerous as the world we live in today. As a child in Norway during the Cold War, I didn’t know much about Article 5 or the Washington Treaty. But I did know that NATO was there to protect us.

NATO
NATO Partnerships
Lt. Gen. Igor Sergun, head of Russia's GRU

NATOSource

Oct 27, 2014

Czech Intelligence Sees ‘Extremely High’ Number of Russian Spies

By Jan Lopatka, Reuters

Russia deployed an “extremely high” number of intelligence officers at its Czech embassy last year, the NATO member country’s secret service said in an annual report released on Monday.

Central Europe
Intelligence

In the News

Oct 27, 2014

Seip: The Cold War May Be Over, But the Fight Against Russia Isn’t

By Mark Seip

Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Navy Fellow Mark Seip writes for Defense One on why NATO and the United States must use lessons from the Cold War to counter Russia’s efforts to intimidate its neighbors: 

NATO
Russia
US troops participating in Combined Resolve exercise, Oct. 25, 2014

NATOSource

Oct 27, 2014

Has Russia’s War on Ukraine Changed European Defense Budgets?

By Christopher P. Cavas, Defense News

Russia’s heightened aggressiveness has been on display for most of the year, notably in Crimea and Ukraine. But President Vladimir Putin’s military forces have been more antagonistic elsewhere,

France
Germany

Issue Brief

Oct 27, 2014

Reforming Tunisia’s troubled security sector

By Bassem Bouguerra

In a new Atlantic Council issue brief titled “Reforming Tunisia’s Troubled Security Sector,” Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East nonresident fellow and security sector reform activist Bassem Bouguerra explains the barriers to reforming the North African country’s troubled security apparatus and offers possible paths forward for reform. Rather than undermining government efforts to counter […]

Extremism
North Africa

In the News

Oct 26, 2014

Benitez on European Defense Spending

By Jorge Benitez

Defense News quotes NATOSource Director and Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Jorge Benitez on the impact of the conflict in Ukraine on the defense budges of US allies in Europe: 

NATO
Russia

New Atlanticist

Oct 24, 2014

Sweden Ends Its Hunt for a Foreign Submarine in its Waters

By Liz Harper

Three Questions with Magnus Nordenman: NATO, Russia, Sweden, and Security in the Baltic As Sweden called off its week-long search today for a suspected foreign submarine in its territorial waters, the Atlantic Council’s Magnus Nordenman discussed the implications of the incident, in which public discussion suggested a Russian military intrusion. The incident comes amid recent […]

NATO
Northern Europe
Ambassador Marriët Schuurman

NATOSource

Oct 24, 2014

New NATO Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security Takes Office

By NATO

Ambassador Marriët Schuurman, a Dutch career diplomat, takes up today (Friday, 24 October) her functions as NATO Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security.

NATO
Security & Defense
Load More

Experts

Fellow

Dario Cristiani

Nonresident Senior Fellow, North Africa Program

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Arabic English

Fellow

Jeppe Kofod

Distinguished Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment Europe & Eurasia

Fellow

Nathan K. Finney

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Indo-Pacific Security Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Conflict Defense Policy

Fellow

Tom Mancinelli

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoStrategy Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Defense Industry Defense Policy

Expert

Gabrielius Landsbergis

Distinguished Fellow

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Transatlantic Security Initiative

Defense Policy Lithuanian

Fellow

Alina L. Romanowski

Distinguished Fellow

Iraq Initiative Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Economy & Business Geopolitics & Energy Security
Load More

Events

Public Event Wed, January 28, 2026 • 10:00 am ET

Taiwan’s critical role in global supply chains and the future of US-Taiwan ties
Economy & Business Energy & Environment Indo-Pacific Politics & Diplomacy
Public Event Wed, January 28, 2026 • 3:00 pm ET

Rep. Rob Wittman on the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act
National Security Security & Defense United States and Canada
Online Event Fri, January 30, 2026 • 9:00 am ET

How Russia’s winter warfare strategy targets Ukrainian civilians
Conflict Europe & Eurasia Geopolitics & Energy Security Human Rights
Load More