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Event Recap

Oct 8, 2014

Global Trade Agenda

By Atlantic Council

Experts Sound Off on Importance of TPP/TTIP During the Transatlantic Interests in the Asia Pacific in 2025 conference members of the “Global Trade Agenda” panel, moderated by Paula Stern of the Stern Group and board director of the Atlantic Council, discussed the implications of future trade agreements and trade liberalization on Asia and the transatlantic […]

In the News

Oct 8, 2014

Hasik on Canadian Efforts Against ISIS

By James Hasik

Military Times quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow for Defense James Hasik on Canada’s air campaign in Iraq: 

United States and Canada

Event Recap

Oct 8, 2014

Luncheon Conversation

By Atlantic Council

“Kurt Campbell Discusses the US Shift in Foreign Policy Towards the Asia Pacific” Over a luncheon conversation, moderated by Atlantic Council Executive Vice President Damon Wilson, The Hon. Kurt Campbell, founder and CEO of The Asia Group, discussed the United States’ strategic foreign policy shift towards Asia. In his speech, Dr. Campbell discussed the challenges […]

Event Recap

Oct 8, 2014

Outlook to 2025: The Transatlantic Partnership in Asia

By Atlantic Council

High Powered Panel Discusses What Asia’s Rise Will Look Like by 2025 “In the future, the GDP of China, Japan, and India will be greater than that of the US and the EU”, noted Hans-Christian Hagman, director of strategic analysis for the Government of Sweden, warning that the world eleven years from now will inherently […]

Event Recap

Oct 8, 2014

Future of US Extended Deterrence in East Asia

By Atlantic Council

On October 6, 2014, the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security hosted Secretary Richard Armitage and Dr. Kurt Campbell for the “Future of US Extended Deterrence in East Asia” discussion with an introduction by Chairman Jon Huntsman and moderated by the Scowcroft Center’s director Barry Pavel. This event is a public release of a brief […]

Event Recap

Oct 8, 2014

Scene Setter: The United States’ and Europe’s Relationship with Asia

By Atlantic Council

On October 7, as part of the Transatlantic Interests in Asia Pacific in 2025 conference, the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security in conjunction with the Swedish Foreign Ministry, hosted Helena Sangeland, deputy director general and head of the Department for Asia and the Pacific Region of the Swedish Foreign Ministry for a roundtable discussion […]

Event Recap

Oct 8, 2014

Keynote: The Rise of China – The True Game Changer

By Atlantic Council

“Geoff Dyer Discusses the Rise of China and the Implications it Will Have on US and European Interests” The second panel of the Atlantic Council’s “Transatlantic Interests in the Asia Pacific in 2025” conference titled “The Rise of China – The True Game Changer”, featured noted Financial Times’ journalist Geoff Dyer in conversation with moderator […]

In the News

Oct 6, 2014

Stephan: How the Hong Kong Protesters Can Win

By Maria J. Stephan

Strategic Foresight Initiative Nonresident Senior Fellow Maria J. Stephan writes for Foreign Policy on the ongoing protests in Hong Kong:

China

Report

Oct 6, 2014

The future of US extended deterrence in Asia to 2025

By Robert A. Manning

US leadership, undergirded by the US military, has played a central role in ensuring the stability necessary to produce remarkable economic and political transformations in Northeast Asia. More specifically, American commitments to defend its allies in Northeast Asia, with nuclear weapons if necessary, have deterred major power war, prevented regional conflict, stemmed nuclear proliferation, and […]

China Defense Policy

In the News

Oct 6, 2014

Ullman: Big Ideas Needed Now

By Harlan Ullman

Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Adviser Harlan Ullman writes for Defense News on why the United States must take a global view when addressing today’s most pressing issues: 

Issue Brief

Oct 3, 2014

Diplomacy for a diffuse world

By Roxanne Cabral, Peter Engelke, Katherine Brown, and Anne Terman Wedner

“Diplomacy for a Diffuse World,” the latest from the Atlantic Council’s Strategic Foresight Initiative, in partnership with the US Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, examines how key global trends—the diffusion of power and the rise of individual empowerment—significantly impact the way the United States government must conduct diplomacy.

Civil Society Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Oct 3, 2014

Hasik on Cost of War against ISIS

By James Hasik

Stars and Stripes quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow for Defense James Hasik on the effects of US fighting against the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham on defense spending: 

In the News

Oct 3, 2014

Manning: North Korea’s Next Move

By Manning

Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow Robert Manning writes for Foreign Affairs on reports that North Korea has upgraded its main satellite launching facility: 

Korea

Issue Brief

Oct 2, 2014

ISIS war game: The coming stalemate

By Bilal Y. Saab and Michael S. Tyson

On September 22, the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security conducted a war game to examine the type of strategic interaction that might ensue between the US-led coalition and Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) fighters over the next six months. The latest issue brief from the Brent Scowcroft Center on International […]

Iraq Syria

In the News

Oct 2, 2014

Fayyad: Oslo Is Dead

By Salam Fayyad

Brent Scowcroft Center Distinguished Statesman Salam Fayyad writes for Foreign Affairs on how to fix the Israeli-Palestinian peace process:

Israel Middle East

In the News

Oct 2, 2014

Anthony: “The Threat Now Comes from Within”

By Dave Anthony

Bloomberg Businessweek cites the Atlantic Council for hosting an event with Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Fellow Dave Anthony: 

In the News

Oct 2, 2014

Cole on the Relationship between Art and Military Strategy

By August Cole

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Fellow August Cole joins Federal News Radio’s In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the relationship between art and military strategy: 

In the News

Oct 1, 2014

Anthony on the Realism of War

By Dave Anthony

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Fellow Dave Anthony joins The Takeaway to discuss his new posititon at the Atlantic Council and the future of unknown warfare: 

Event Recap

Oct 1, 2014

The future of unknown conflict

By Atlantic Council

The Atlantic Council introduced Dave Antony as a nonresident fellow for the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security on October 1st, where he will be working on the “Art of Future War” project. The event, moderated by August Cole, the project’s director, featured everything from 3D printers to flying drones which served as the backdrop […]

Conflict Security & Defense

In the News

Oct 1, 2014

Ullman: A Defining Moment in History

By Harlan Ullman

Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Adviser Harlan Ullman writes for UPI on why combating the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham is a defining moment for Barack Obama’s presidency: 

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