Scowcroft Center Commentary, Analysis, & Reports

Braw in Financial Times on Australia’s banks planning for cable blackouts

By Elisabeth Braw

On October 1, Elisabeth Braw was published in Financial Times on how Australia is preparing its financial system for undersea warfare.

Braw in POLITICO on the cost of Russia’s hybrid war on European businesses

By Elisabeth Braw

On September 29, Elisabeth Braw was published in POLITICO on the financial costs of Russia’s gray-zone aggression.

Braw in Sky News on the safety of UK air bases

By Elisabeth Braw

On September 28, Elisabeth Braw was interviewed by Sky News to discuss the Fairford Plot, and the safety of UK air bases.

Braw in The Spectator on the West’s readiness for an undersea war

By Elisabeth Braw

On September 26, Elisabeth Braw was published in The Spectator in an article discussing the West’s preparedness for an undersea war.

Braw in Sky News on a National Resilience Corps for the UK

By Elisabeth Braw

On September 24, Elisabeth Braw was interviewed on Sky News to discuss the possibility of forming a national resilience corps for the UK.

Braw in Foreign Policy on the Far Right’s Threat to the Laws of the Sea

By Elisabeth Braw

On September 24, Elisabeth Braw was published in Foreign Policy in an article on how the far right wants to abandon stranded seafarers.

Rodriguez published in War on the Rocks on corporate governance gaps in federal foreign equity investments

On September 21, Forward Defense Commission Director and Senior Advisor Stephen Rodriguez was published in War on the Rocks, arguing that as the US government increasingly takes equity stakes in foreign companies in the critical minerals and defense sectors, it must compile and apply a set of standardized US corporate governance conditions to secure supply […]

Braw in BFBS on the importance of undersea cables

By Elisabeth Braw

On September 17, Elisabeth Braw was quoted in BFBS in an article on the growing threat to the global maritime order.

Braw in Wall Street Journal on Irish security

By Elisabeth Braw

On September 15, Elisabeth Braw was quoted in the Wall Street Journal in an article on Russia’s shadow fleet using Irish waters to bypass NATO security.

Braw in BFBS on the Russian activity in Svalbard

By Elisabeth Braw

On September 14, Elisabeth Braw was quoted in BFBS on the strategic importance of Svalbard, and Russia’s increasing action near the archipelago.

Woolf in Orbis on the role of nuclear norms in an era of renewed competition

By Atlantic Council

On July 20, Forward Defense nonresident senior fellow Amy Woolf published an article in Orbis titled “Nuclear Norms in an Era of Renewed Nuclear Competition.” She highlights that the expiration of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) in February 2026 has left nuclear weapons states without formal systems that reduce the risk of […]