Scowcroft Center Commentary, Analysis, & Reports

USNI News Features Atlantic Council Event on Taiwan’s Defense Role

By Robert Manning

USNI News features an Atlantic Council event on the future of Taiwan’s defense role, quoting Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow Robert Manning on how US arm sales to Taiwan could affect relations with Beijing:

Brzezinski on Russia and ISIS

By Ian Brzezinski

CNBC quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow Ian Brzezinski on the rise of Russian troops being dedicated to fight against ISIS: 

Completing Europe Featured in President of the Republic of Croatia Newsletter

By Atlantic Council

The Newsletter of the Office of the President of the Republic of Croatia features Completing Europe: From the North-South Corridor to Energy, Transportation, and Telecommunications Union, a report jointly published by the Atlantic Council and Central Europe Energy Partners on the need for infrastructure development across Central Europe in the energy, transportation, and telecommunications sectors: Read […]

European Security: After Paris

By Brent Scowcroft Center

On Tuesday, December 8, the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security hosted a roundtable discussion with Joëlle Jenny, Director for Security Policy and Conflict Prevention at the European External Action Service (EEAS). The discussion examined European security after the terrorist attacks in Paris and the role of the EU in addressing the multiple threats to […]

SDSR: Warfare in the Information Age

By Brent Scowcroft Center

On December 8, the Atlantic Council hosted a private roundtable on “SDSR: Warfare in the Information Age” featuring General Sir Richard Barrons, Commander, Joint Forces Command, UK Armed Forces. General Barrons, who assisted with the 2010 Strategic Defense and Security Review (SDSR) as Assistant Chief of General Staff, discussed some of the outcomes of the […]

Burrows: Here’s the Playbook for Getting US-Russian Cooperation Back on Track

By Matthew J. Burrows

Strategic Foresight Initiative Director Mathew J. Burrows cowrites for The National Interest on how the United States and Russia can find common ground for cooperation, highlighting a recently released report by the Atlantic Council’s Strategic Foresight Initiative and the Moscow-based Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) that discusses how to find that common ground:

Barno on Women in the Military

By Dave Barno

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow for Military Affairs and National Security Policy Dave Barno joins Federal News Radio’s Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss the implications of Defense Secretary Ash Carter’s announcement that all jobs in the US military will now be open to women:

Bensahel on New Defense Spending Deal

By Nora Bensahel

Washington Examiner quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow for Military Affairs and National Security Policy Nora Bensahel on how a new two-year defense spending deal will allow contractors to go on the offensive and lobby for more and bigger projects:

Barno and Bensahel: Now Women Should Register for the Draft

By Dave Barno and Nora Bensahel

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellows for Military Affairs and National Security Policy Dave Barno and Nora Bensahel write for Time on the importance of gender equality in the Selective Service System:

Defense News Highlights Commander Series Event

By Brent Scowcroft Center

Defense News highlights the Brent Scowcroft Center Commander Series event with General Mark Welsh III on the future of American airpower:

Stefanini Quoted By Politico Europe on NATO Expansion in the Balkans

By Stefano Stefanini

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Barno and Bensahel: Shattering the Military’s Glass Ceiling

By Barno and Bensahel

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellows for Military Affairs and National Security Policy Dave Barno and Nora Bensahel cowrite for The Atlantic on Defense Secretary Ash Carter’s long-overdue announcement that all jobs in the US military will now be open to women:

Reuters Highlights Event on Airpower

By Brent Scowcroft Center

Reuters highlights an event with General Mark Welsh III about the future of American airpower:

Bensahel on Obama’s ISIS Strategy

By Nora Bensahel

The Hill quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow for Military Affairs and National Security Policy Nora Bensahel on how the attacks in Paris shifted the Obama administration’s strategy against ISIS:

Five Questions: The World in 2035

Alexander Dynkin, Director of the Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations, and Mathew Burrows, Director of the Strategic Foresight Initiative at the Atlantic Council, explain the ideas behind the new joint study of the world as it could be in 2035: Global System on the Brink: Pathways Towards A New Normal.  The co-authored […]