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Nov 23, 2015

Japan’s Security Role and Capabilities In the 2020s

By Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security

Atlantic Council Japan’s Security Role and Capabilities In the 2020s Introduction: Barry Pavel, Vice President, Arnold Kanter Chair, and Director, Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, Atlantic Council Speakers: David B. Shear, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs, U.S. Department of Defense Dr. Narushige Michishita, Japan Scholar, Asia Program, Woodrow Wilson […]

Event Recap

Nov 23, 2015

Japan’s Security Role and Capabilities in the 2020s

By Juyeong Koh

On November 17, the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security hosted a public launch of the report Japan’s Security Role and Capabilities in the 2020s, authored by Dr. Roger Cliff, Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Scowcroft Center.

In the News

Nov 21, 2015

Lightfoot on Unity After Paris Attacks

By Jeffrey Lightfoot

The Los Angeles Times quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Jeffrey Lightfoot on France’s approach to ISIS and their hope for international partnership after the attacks on Paris:

France

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Nov 18, 2015

Captains of Industry Series: The Space Race in Business

By Brent Scowcroft Center

Atlantic Council Captains of Industry Series: The Space Race in Business Opening Speaker: Jacob Markish, Principal, Renaissance Strategic Advisors Panelists: Paul Domorski, CEO, Artel Clayton Mowry, President, Arianespace, Inc. Jay Gibson, CEO and President, XCOR Kay Sears, President, Intelsat General Eric Thoemmes, Vice-President, Space and Missile Defense Programs, Lockheed Martin Introduction and Moderator: Steven Grundman, […]

New Atlanticist

Nov 18, 2015

Japan Should Strive to be ‘Regional Security Leader,’ Report Suggests

By Alejandro Alvarez

Atlantic Council report recommends Japan bolster self-defense forces while maintaining close military ties with the United States Japan should take on a more active role in regional security but remain closely under the United States’ military umbrella, according to a new Atlantic Council report presented on Nov. 15. The report, “Japan’s Security Role and Capabilities […]

Indo-Pacific Japan

Captains of Industry Series

Nov 18, 2015

The Space Race in Business

By Brent Scowcroft Center

On November 18, 2015, the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, as part of its Captains of Industries Series, hosted a discussion entitled “The Space Race in Business,” moderated by the Council’s M.A. and George Lund Fellow on Emerging Defence Challenges Steven Grundman. The event explored current issues and trends in the space […]

In the News

Nov 18, 2015

Defense News Covers the Space Race in Business

By Atlantic Council

Defense News covers the Atlantic Council’s event “The Space Race in Business,” which highlighted how the Pentagon needs to adapt its acquisition policies to maximize its capabilities in space:

Space Technology & Innovation

In the News

Nov 18, 2015

Sloan: NATO and the Paris Attacks: Why There Will Not Be an Article V Response

By Stanley Sloan

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Stanley R. Sloan writes for War on the Rocks on how the actual wording of NATO’s Article V provides a significant degree of latitude in how allied nations could respond, even if it is invoked:

France NATO

MENASource

Nov 18, 2015

Red-Teaming ISIS

By Bilal Y. Saab

If the Islamic State’s (ISIS or ISIL) intent behind the deadly attacks in France was to cause death, pain, and panic among Western societies (what transnational jihadists call “the far enemy”) then mission accomplished. But more importantly, what is ISIS’s ultimate purpose for this act of mass murder in Paris and possibly others in the […]

In the News

Nov 17, 2015

Gramer on Secretary Clinton’s Foreign Policy

By Robbie Gramer

Roll Call quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Associate Director Robbie Gramer on how Secretary Clinton’s tenure as Secretary of State ties her to the Obama administration’s current foreign policy decisions:

New Atlanticist

Nov 17, 2015

Five Critical Questions for France

By Jeff Lightfoot

On Nov. 16, three days after terrorists struck Paris, French President François Hollande told a joint session of parliament that France is “at war.” He outlined a robust domestic and international agenda to target the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), which has claimed responsibility for the attacks in Paris. Hollande’s faces the greatest […]

France

In the News

Nov 17, 2015

Barno and Bensahel: NATO’s Two Front War

By Barno and Bensahel

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellows for Military Affairs and National Security Policy David Barno and Nora Bensahel cowrite for War on the Rocks on the various challenges facing NATO and what steps it can take now to support its members and prepare for what’s next:

NATO Security & Defense

In the News

Nov 17, 2015

Chiu on Climate Change and National Security

By Daniel Chiu

Brent Scowcroft Center Deputy Director Daniel Y. Chiu joins Defense News to discuss Secretary of State John Kerry’s recent address on national security and climate change:

Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment

In the News

Nov 17, 2015

Castello-Catchot on the Strategy against ISIS

By Carles Castello-Catchot

La Vanguardia quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Chief of Staff Carles Castello-Catchot on the strategy against ISIS:

In the News

Nov 17, 2015

Benitez on EU “Mutual-Defense Clause”

By Jorge Benitez

The Associated Press quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow and NATOSource Director Jorge Benitez on France’s decision to invoked a never-before-used EU “mutual-defense clause” as opposed to NATO’s Article 5 in requesting assistance from other countries in the fight against ISIS:

European Union France

In the News

Nov 17, 2015

Ward: This is How the US Military Sees the Future of War

By Alex Ward

Brent Scowcroft Center Associate Director Alex Ward writes for The National Interest on the future of warfare in an increasingly technological and agile age: 

In the News

Nov 16, 2015

Ward on Presidential Politics and Foreign Policy

By Alex Ward

The Huffington Post quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Associate Director Alex Ward on presidential politics and foreign policy, and in particular how presidential candidates have framed discussions of ISIS:

In the News

Nov 14, 2015

Ward on Foreign Policy and the Democratic Debate

By Alex Ward

Voice of America quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Associate Director Alex Ward on the foreign policy and national security discussions during the recent democratic presidential debate:

In the News

Nov 14, 2015

Sheldon on the Upcoming G20 Meeting

By John Sheldon

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow John B. Sheldon joins CCTV to discuss what to expect from the upcoming G20 meeting:

In the News

Nov 13, 2015

Cliff: With Security Challenges Looming, Time for Japan to Step Up

By Roger Cliff

Asia Security Initiative Nonresident Senior Fellow Roger Cliff writes for The National Interest on the steps Japan needs to take to become a major contributor to East Asian security:

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