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In the News

Jul 9, 2015

Forbes Features ‘Shaping the Asia-Pacific Future’ Report

By Olin L. Wethington and Robert A. Manning

Forbes features the Atlantic Council report Shaping the Asia-Pacific Future: Strengthening the Institutional Architecture for an Open, Rules-Based Economic Order, cowritten by Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Fellow Olin L. Wethington and Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow Robert A. Manning:

China

New Atlanticist

Jul 8, 2015

Here’s What You Need to Know About Lindsey Graham’s Foreign Policy Agenda

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Republican presidential hopeful wants more US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, would reject a ‘bad’ nuclear deal with Iran Republican presidential candidate Sen. Lindsey Graham laid out an interventionist foreign policy in a July 8 address that was peppered with blistering critiques of President Barack Obama as well as some fellow Republicans and tough talk […]

National Security Security & Defense

Art of Future Warfare

Jul 8, 2015

How Will World War III be Fought?

By Brent Scowcroft Center

On Tuesday, July 7, the Atlantic Council hosted a panel continuing the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security’s series, Art of Future Warfare. The panel entitled “How to Write and Fight World War III” surrounded the newly released book Ghost Fleet and its implications in predicting a future great war. The panelists include coauthors Peter […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

Event Recap

Jul 8, 2015

The United Nations Moving Forward

The Atlantic Council, in partnership with the Government of Sweden for the Transatlantic Partnership for the Global Future project, hosted a private roundtable discussion on July 8, 2015, that considered how reform measures could help assuage the various challenges facing the United Nations (UN) today and in the future. The discussion centered around two topics, […]

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Jul 8, 2015

The Lead with Jake Tapper features Sen. Graham at the Atlantic Council

By Atlantic Council

The Lead with Jake Tapper features presidential candidate and Senator Lindsey Graham at the Atlantic Council, where the CNN host moderated a discussion with Graham as the first of the Atlantic Council’s Strategy Initiative 2016 Presidential Candidate Series:

In the News

Jul 8, 2015

New York Times Covers Sen. Lindsey Graham Event

By Atlantic Council

The New York Times covers the Atlantic Council event Senator Lindsey Graham on “America’s Role in the World” in an article about the 2016 US presidential candidate:

In the News

Jul 8, 2015

Politico on Sen. Lindsey Graham’s Atlantic Council Speech

By Atlantic Council

Politico covers the Atlantic Council event Senator Lindsey Graham on “America’s Role in the World” in an article about the 2016 presidential candidate’s vision for a muscular national security agenda:

In the News

Jul 8, 2015

CBS News Highlights Atlantic Council Senator Graham Event

By Atlantic Council

CBS News highlights the Atlantic Council event Senator Lindsey Graham on “America’s Role in the World”, in which Senator Lindsey Graham delivered his first foreign policy speech as a declared 2016 presidential candidate:

In the News

Jul 8, 2015

MSNBC Features Atlantic Council Sen. Lindsey Graham Event

By Atlantic Council

MSNBC features the Atlantic Council event Senator Lindsey Graham on “America’s Role in the World” in an article about Senator Graham calling for a troop surge in Iraq:

New Atlanticist

Jul 7, 2015

Bridging the Gulf

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Mistrust in US’ ties with Gulf states fuels regional anxiety about Iran, says Atlantic Council’s Bilal Y. Saab Many of the United States’ Gulf allies are anxious about Iran’s activities in part because of the high levels of mistrust in their own relationships with Washington, the Atlantic Council’s Bilal Y. Saab said July 7. “The […]

In the News

Jul 7, 2015

Nordenman: Sweden Struggles to Balance Defense Sales, Rights Concerns

By Magnus Nordenman

Brent Scowcroft Center Deputy Director Magnus Nordenman writes for World Politics Review on the tensions between Sweden’s arms export business and its desire to respect human rights abroad:

Defense Industry Northern Europe

Regional Security Initiative

Jul 6, 2015

The new containment: Changing America’s approach to Middle East security

By Bilal Y. Saab

Securing the Middle East after an Iran nuclear deal is the next big challenge for both the region and the international community. The United States and its allies have engaged in tireless diplomacy with Iran over the past few years to produce an agreement that would limit Tehran’s nuclear program for the next decade and […]

Middle East Security & Defense

Issue Brief

Jul 6, 2015

Technology will keep changing everything— and will do it faster

By Banning Garrett

In this report, writer and independent consultant Banning Garrett lays out how these technologies are combining to create new, disruptive breakthroughs with potentially unforeseen second- and third-order effects that will alter the way we live forever.

Technology & Innovation

In the News

Jul 6, 2015

Grand Design of the US-Japan Alliance at a New Stage

By Robert Manning

The Study Group on Grand Design of the US-Japan Alliance at a New Stage released Grand Design of the US-Japan Alliance at a New Stage: As a Protector of a Liberal, Open, Rule-based International Order in the “Era of Smart Power,” a report joined by Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow Robert A. Manning on the […]

Japan

New Atlanticist

Jul 6, 2015

Wanted: US Strategy for Regional Security in Middle East

Atlantic Council’s Bilal Y. Saab says Iran nuclear deal will not pacify the region As US, European, and Iranian negotiators race to conclude a deal that would limit Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for an end to punishing economic sanctions, the Atlantic Council’s Bilal Y. Saab says that alone won’t bring security to the region—nor […]

Iran

Event Recap

Jul 1, 2015

Global Missile Defense Conference

By Brent Scowcroft Center

Attempting to defend Europe against a Russian ballistic missile attack would be “extremely challenging and costly,” according to the State Department’s top missile defense official. Frank Rose, Assistant Secretary of State, said that “the size and sophistication of Russia’s strategic missile force” outweighs US and NATO defense interceptors otherwise “available to defend against such a large force.” Rose’s comments […]

Missile Defense NATO

New Atlanticist

Jul 1, 2015

From Chile to the Czech Republic: Diplomats Debate the Future of the Nation-State

By Larry Luxner

Five Washington-based foreign ambassadors shared the stage with US officials June 29 to discuss the 2015 Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR)—a report that deals with complex issues such as the rise of non-state actors. Thomas Perriello, QDDR Special Representative since his February 2014 appointment by Secretary of State John Kerry, unveiled the study at […]

Central Europe Latin America

In the News

Jul 1, 2015

Pavel on ‘Westphalian-Plus’ World

By Barry Pavel

The Atlantic quotes Vice President and Brent Scowcroft Center Director Barry Pavel on how seventy years after its founding, the United Nations faces a world that looks nothing like it did in 1945:

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy

Report

Jun 30, 2015

Next Generation Project: Eine Strategie für die Zukunft der deutsch-amerikanischen Beziehungen

By The US-German Next Generation Project Fellows

Fünfundzwanzig Jahre nach dem Fall der Berliner Mauer stehen die deutsch-amerikanischen Beziehungen vor neuen Herausforderungen. Während die offizielle Zusammenarbeit und Interaktion zwischen Berlin und Washington in vielen Bereichen weiterhin stabil ist, haben sich die deutsche und die amerikanische Öffentlichkeit zunehmend auseinander gelebt. Nachlassende persönliche Bindungen drohen die bilateralen und transatlantischen Beziehungen nachhaltig zu schwächen und […]

Germany

In the News

Jun 30, 2015

Manning: How George Kennan Would Contend with China’s Rise

By Robert A. Manning

Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow Robert A. Manning cowrites for The National Interest on how a strategy of containment could help manage China’s rise:

China
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