Scowcroft Center Commentary, Analysis, & Reports

Federal Computer Week Mentions Atlantic Council Event Featuring Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence Michael Vickers

Federal Computer Week mentions Atlantic Council event featuring Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence Michael Vickers:

Ward on Defense Acquisition Reform

By Alex Ward

Brent Scowccroft Center Assistant Director Alex Ward joins Federal News Radio to discuss defense acquisition reform: Listen to the full interview here.

Saab: “This Is a New Hezbollah”

By Bilal Saab

International Business Times quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow for Middle East Security Bilal Y. Saab on the recent raid Israel carried out on senior Hezbollah figures:

Ward: Don’t Believe the Defense Acquisition Reform Hype

By Alex Ward

Brent Scowccroft Center Assistant Director Alex Ward writes for War on the Rocks on expectations over defense acquisition reform:

Strategic Deterrence in the Twenty-First Century

On Thursday, January 15, 2015, the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security welcomed Admiral Cecil D. Haney, the Commander of US Strategic Command, for a public address entitled “Strategic Deterrence in the Twenty-First Century.” For ADM Haney, the United States must keep a credible strategic deterrent to keep threats at bay in a world of […]

Confronting Threats on Multiple Fronts: Charting NATO’s Future

By Brent Scowcroft Center

At the start of 2015, NATO finds itself facing three of the most difficult security challenges since the beginning of the post-Cold War world: the Ukrainian conflict and rising tensions in the East, the threat posed by European foreign fighters in Syria and the stability of NATO’s southern borders, and NATO funding in the age […]

Manning: Kim Jong Un Wants to Talk

By Robert Manning

Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Robert Manning writes for the Wall Street Journal on why South Korea’s leadership should set some terms ahead of a potential summit with North Korea: 

Seip: What Fallows Missed About the Military-Civilian Gap

By Mark Seip

Brent Scowcroft Center US Navy Fellow Mark Seip writes for Defense One in a response piece on a recent Atlantic article by James Fallows on “The Tragedy of the American Military”:

Joyner: Obama’s Paris Blunder: Part of a Much Bigger Problem

By James Joyner

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow James Joyner writes for the National Interest on President Obama’s decision to not attend the rally in Paris:

Manning: Shared Oil Interests in Middle East

By Robert Manning

Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Robert Manning writes for Global Times on what China’s role as the largest importer of oil means for its shared interests in the Middle East with the United States:

Ullman: One Archduke, Twenty Children, and Twelve Journalists

By Harlan Ullman

Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Adviser Harlan Ullman writes for UPI on the aftermath of the attacks in Paris on the newspaper Charlie Hebdo: 

SPEECH BY PHILIP DUNNE AT THE ATLANTIC COUNCIL ON 17 DEC 14

By Brent Scowcroft Center

SPEECH BY PHILIP DUNNE AT THE ATLANTIC COUNCIL ON 17 DEC 14 SECURING OPERATIONAL SUPERIORITY THROUGH DEFENCE INNOVATION: A UK PERSPECTIVE IntroductionIt’s great to be back in the United States for the third time this year – a place that always feels like home. A place that was my home for two years in the […]

Burrows: The Big Question for 2015

By Mathew Burrows

Strategic Foresight Initiative Director Mathew Burrows writes for the Swedish Institute on International Affairs on what kind of world we can expect in the future: 

Metzl: Would I Genetically Enhance My Own Children?

By Jamie Metzl

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow for Technology and National Security Jamie Metzl writes for SF Signal on the future of genetic enhancement:

Kramer: Carter’s Critical Priorities

By Franklin Kramer

Atlantic Council Board Member and Scowcroft Center Distinguished Fellow Franklin Kramer cowrites for Defense News on what things Ashton Carter should take into consideration when thinking about how to respond to twenty-first century geopolitical challenges: