Scowcroft Center Commentary, Analysis, & Reports

Farkas Joins CNBC to Discuss North Korea Missile Capability

By Evelyn Farkas

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Crocker Quoted in ThinkProgress on Trump Dismantling Iran Nuclear Deal

By Ryan Crocker

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Manning in Nikkei: Is Trump’s US Still a Serious Country?

By Robert Manning

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China’s Belt and Road Initiative: An Opportunity for the United States

By Caleb Darger

The United States must seize the opportunity presented by a Chinese initiative that envisions the creation of land and sea routes that will span three continents and link more than sixty countries, according to experts who participated in a panel discussion at the Atlantic Council on October 4. Making the case for engagement with China’s […]

Castello Joins KQED Radio to Discuss Catalonia Independence Referendum

By Carles Castello-Catchot

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Burrows and Burwell Quoted in World Economic Forum on the Future of Europe

By Mathew J. Burrows & Frances G. Burwell

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US strategy toward China’s belt and road initiative

By Gal Luft

The balance in Eurasia is shifting. China’s President Xi Jinping has ambitious visions for Asia, while the rest of the world reshuffles to find its place in the rapidly changing global order. The United States would be better off engaging with the BRI and trying to influence its design and mechanics from within, rather than staying on the sidelines and witnessing its allies gravitating toward China.

Future Tense: What Next for Catalonia?

Catalonia’s controversial independence referendum has left Spain with many unanswered questions and an unclear path forward, according to Carles Castello-Catchot, chief of staff in the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security. On October 1, the regional government of Catalonia in northern Spain went ahead with a referendum that Spain’s constitutional court had deemed […]

El-Gamal Quoted in CNBC on Las Vegas Shooter and ISIS

By Jasmine El-Gamal

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The roots and evolution of Iran’s regional strategy

By Suzanne Maloney

Understanding what drives Iran’s regional policies is crucial to confronting its challenges. In her new paper, entitled The Roots and Evolution of Iran’s Regional Strategy, Suzanne Maloney, deputy director of foreign policy and senior fellow for Middle East policy at the Brookings Institution, explores how the Islamic Republic operates throughout the Middle East, and the […]

Castello Joins Bloomberg’s El Financiero to Discuss the Secession Vote and Police Intervention in Catalunya

By Charles Castello-Catchot

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Manning in Voice of America on North Korea Nuclear Escalation

By Robert Manning

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Braw in Wall Street Journal: Europe Needs an Uber for Defense

By Elisabeth Braw

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The MADCOM future

By Matt Chessen

Emerging artificial intelligence (AI) tools will provide propagandists radically enhanced capabilities to manipulate human minds. Human cognition is a complex system, and AI tools are very good at decoding complex systems. Interactions on social media, browsing the Internet, and even grocery shopping provide thousands of data points from which technologists can build psychological profiles on nearly […]

Castello joins TV3 to Discuss the American Position Toward Conflict in Catalonia

By Charles Castello-Catchot

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Manning Joins e-FM to Discuss North Korea

By Robert Manning

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Vershbow in The Hill: Real Peacekeeping in the Donbas Will Put Putin to the Test

By Alexander Vershbow

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