Scowcroft Center Commentary, Analysis, & Reports

Kroenig and Ashford discuss convention speeches, America’s foreign engagement, and how the West should respond to Belarus

By Atlantic Council

On August 28, Foreign Policy published a biweekly column featuring Scowcroft Center Deputy Director Matthew Kroenig and the Cato Institute’s Emma Ashford discussing the latest news in international affairs. In this column, they discuss the DNC and RNC speeches, what a potential President Biden’s foreign policy might look like, and what role the US should play in response […]

Garlauskas on CSIS’s webinar on North Korea

By Atlantic Council

Markus Garlauskas, the former US National Intelligence Officer for North Korea and Nonresident Senior Fellow with the Asia Security Initiative, made an appearance on a webinar hosted by CSIS on North Korea on August 27, 2020. During the webinar, Garlauskas discussed the prospects of a US-DPRK summit prior to the presidential election, DPRK’s approach toward […]

Ian Brzezinski quoted by Voice of America on the future of Belarus

Manning quoted in VOA on the possibility of transfer of power in the DPRK

By Atlantic Council

Oh in Radio Free Asia on Biegun’s discussion with Russia regarding North Korea

By Atlantic Council

Miyeon Oh, Director and Senior Fellow of the Asia Security Initiative at the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, was interviewed by Radio Free Asia about Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun’s meeting with the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov regarding North Korea on August 25, 2020. Oh suggested that Biegun’s visit to Moscow was […]

Ashford in the New York Times: Biden wants to return to a ‘normal’ foreign policy. That’s the problem.

By Atlantic Council

Emma Ashford writes about way forward for US leadership in the world. Even under a Biden administration, the US can not approach foreign policy as it once did. More about our expert

Warrick quoted in the Washington Post on preventing US election-related unrest

By Atlantic Council

Thomas Warrick—director of the Future of DHS Project—warned in this Washington Post article of the risk of escalating violence around the US election and suggested that politicians and government officials can work to reduce, rather than incite, that violence. More about our experts

Preble in The Hill: “When Brent Scowcroft saved the US-China relationship”

By Atlantic Council

Christopher Preble explores one of Scowcroft’s more sensitive diplomatic missions – in the wake of Beijing’s brutal crackdown on protesters in Tiananmen Square in June 1989. Related reading More about our expert

Oh in National Interest on a potential Biden administration’s North Korea policy

By Atlantic Council

Dr. Miyeon Oh, Director and Senior Fellow of the Asia Security Initiative at the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, published an article, “Could Joe Biden Work With China to Denuclearize North Korea?”, for The National Interest. In the article, Oh discusses Joe Biden’s potential DPRK policy with the upcoming 59th quadrennial presidential election in […]

Kroenig explains why democracies have an advantage over autocracies

By Atlantic Council

On August 21, IAI News published an essay by Matthew Kroenig, in which he explained the advantages possessed by democracies as they engage in geopolitical competition with autocratic great-power rivals. The essay distills key arguments from Kroenig’s book released earlier this year, The Return of Great Power Rivalry: Democracy versus Autocracy from the Ancient World to the […]

Garlauskas on Ri Pyong Chol, vice chairman of the DPRK Central Military Commission

By Atlantic Council

Markus Garlauskas, the former US National Intelligence Officer for North Korea and Nonresident Senior Fellow with the Asia Security Initiative, was quoted by UPI on his remarks of Ri Pyong Cho, the vice chairman of the Central Military Commission.

Preble in War on the Rocks: Time to rethink US policy towards Putin’s Russia? Net assessment

By Atlantic Council

On the Net Assessment podcast, Chris Preble discusses competing open letters on US-Russia relations with co-hosts Zack Cooper (AEI) and Melanie Marlowe (CSIS). More about our expert

Manning interview on podcast: China in the Middle East

By Atlantic Council

Jones, Pavel, and Sparrow in DefAero Report Daily Podcast: The Life and Legacy of Brent Scowcroft

By Atlantic Council

General James L. Jones, Barry Pavel, and Bartholomew Sparrow sat down with Vago Muradian to discuss the life and legacy of General Brent Scowcroft. Related reading More about our experts