Scowcroft Center Commentary, Analysis, & Reports

Eftimiades in the Financial Times on satellites

By Atlantic Council

Nicholas Eftimiades discusses satellites and Beijing's Silk Road strategy in the Financial Times.

Eftimiades in NTD on China, the United States, and tech

By Atlantic Council

Forward Defense nonresident senior fellow Nicholas Eftimiades discusses the ongoing US-China tech race and China's tech theft. 

Binnendijk and Hamilton in Defense News: The North Atlantic and Indo-Pacific are linked

By Hans Binnendijk

Hans Binnendijk and Daniel Hamilton write that security issues of the North Atlantic and Indo Pacific are interconnected and argue that the new Strategic Concept must address the question of China.

Manning in International Economy: The world after Ukraine

By Atlantic Council

The Spring 2022 edition of International Economy featured Robert Manning’s take on the consequences of the war in Ukraine and the Western-led response to it, including sanctions, on the international order and globalization. Manning highlighted the potential impacts of disruptions to “the world’s eleventh-largest economy, a major exporter of oil, gas, wheat, metals, and fertilizer” […]

KF Journalist Fellow Ward featured in POLITICO

On June 21, 2022, Atlantic Council-Korea Foundation Journalist Fellow Alex Ward was featured in POLITICO‘s The Inbox for “Explaining Pyongyang’s Silence.” Based on conversations with South Korean experts and officials while in Seoul, Ward shares his insights on North Korea’s recent silence. He highlights North Korea’s ravaged economy, US preoccupation with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, […]

Roberts quoted in the Financial Times on Elon Musk’s Starlink as it relates to China

On June 20, Dexter Tiff Roberts was quoted in an article, “Elon Musk’s Starlink aid to Ukraine triggers scrutiny in China over US military links,” in the Financial Times. In this article, Roberts argues that China will begin imposing restrictions on foreign companies as a consequence of the threat that Starlink is posing to Beijing.   […]

Ashford at the German Marshall Fund: The G7 reborn

By Atlantic Council

On June 21, Emma Ashford participated in a virtual panel at the German Marshall Fund previewing the G7 summit in Bavaria next week. Alongside Bruce Stokes, the executive director of the Transatlantic Task Force: Together or Alone? Choices and Strategies for Transatlantic Relations for 2021 and Beyond at the German Marshall Fund, Ashford discussed the […]

Roberts featured in Fortune on the US stand against China with a supply chain crisis looming

On June 18, Dexter Tiff Roberts was mentioned in an article, “A looming supply chain crisis will test just how far Washington will go to prove it’s tough on China,” in Fortune. In this article, Roberts articulates the Biden administration’s standpoint that the benefits of the newly passed Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act vastly outweigh […]

Ashford in Foreign Policy: The problem with being a petrostate

By Atlantic Council

On June 19, Foreign Policy published an excerpt of Emma Ashford’s new book, Oil, the State and War, entitled “The Problem with Being a Petrostate.” In the excerpt, Ashford discusses the phenomena of oil-wealthy states being more likely than other countries to start wars. Then, Ashford rebuts the idea of the oil weapon, concluding “it is thus […]

Grieco in Task & Purpose: Why Ukraine’s wins against Russian aircraft should worry the US Air Force

By Atlantic Council

On June 17, Task & Purpose covered Kelly Grieco’s recent article in War on the Rocks with Col. Maximilian Bremer (USAF) explaining why the war in Ukraine suggests the future of air warfare is denial.  “There’s an old sports cliché that offense sells tickets, but defense wins championships — and the U.S. Air Force may learn a thing or two […]

White in CyberScoop on Russia and information operations

By Atlantic Council

"TJ" White was quoted in CyberScoop saying that the Russian focus on information operations has been unyielding. White, however, argued that Russian information war objectives have been thwarted to a large degree by Starlink satellite internet and by the fact that many Ukrainians have virtual private networks.

Williams in the New York Times: middle power nations want to maintain strategic autonomy and will not easily cozy up to the US regarding Russia

By Michael John Williams

Michael John Williams was quoted in the New York Times asserting that middle power nations such as Brazil, India, Israel, and South Africa want to maintain their strategic autonomy and will not easily side with the US in opposing Russia.

Vershbow in NBC News: Biden administration must warn Russia that US will respond swiftly and decisively if Putin goes nuclear

By Alexander Vershbow

Alexander Vershbow discusses what Biden administration must do if Putin uses nuclear weapons.

Ashford in The New Arab: The Foreign Policies of Petrostates

By Atlantic Council

On June 15, Emma Ashford’s new book, Oil, the State and War, was reviewed in The New Arab. The reviewer wrote, “Oil, the State, and War is a book that helps understand the times we live in. It will be a great addition to the library of both the general reader interested in global affairs […]

Saeed in World Politics Review: Biden’s Indo-Pacific economic ‘whatever’ misses the mark

By Atlantic Council

On June 15, Nonresident Senior Fellow Ferial Saeed published an article in World Politics Review that critiqued the Biden administration’s Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for its lack of specifics and failure to make meaningful progress on trade policy. “Biden officials are betting that a “nontraditional” trade pact will be an easier sell domestically, but the negative […]