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Event Recap

Jan 16, 2015

Bending the Cost Curve

By Atlantic Council

On Wednesday January 14, 2015, the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security welcomed The Hon. Deborah Lee James, Secretary of the US Air Force, for her speech entitled “Bending the Cost Curve.” This Defense-Industrial Policy Series event, cohosted with the National Defense Industrial Association, was moderated by Steven Grundman, the M.A. and George Lund Fellow […]

Report

Jan 16, 2015

Antimicrobial resistance as an emerging threat to national security

By Maxine Builder

In Antimicrobial Resistance as an Emerging Threat to National Security, Maxine Builder, Research Associate for the Council on Foreign Relations' Global Health Program, outlines the growing threat posed by this issue, and its potential implications for national security, before positing several potential solutions and policy recommendations.

National Security Security & Defense

FutureSource

Jan 16, 2015

The Rise of ‘Social Machines’

By Peter Haynes

Increasingly, Computer Systems May Harness Us and Our Data to Machines, Often Without Our Knowledge. How Should We Regulate That? Back in 1999, Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, envisioned a time when computers would be used “to create abstract social machines on the Web: processes in which the people do the creative […]

In the News

Jan 15, 2015

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: 

Korea

In the News

Jan 15, 2015

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”:

In the News

Jan 15, 2015

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:

France

New Atlanticist

Jan 14, 2015

Yemen-Based Group’s Claim of Paris Attack May Boost Its Ability to Strike the West

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Al-Qaeda Affiliate Could Bolster Recruitment, Resources, Pavel Says The claim by al Qaeda’s franchise in Yemen that it was behind the terrorist attacks in Paris last week, if true, would boost the group’s ability to plan similar attacks in the West, according to Atlantic Council analyst Barry Pavel.

France Yemen

In the News

Jan 14, 2015

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:

China

In the News

Jan 14, 2015

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: 

France

Transcript

Jan 14, 2015

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 […]

Defense Industry Security & Defense

Congressional Relations

Jan 14, 2015

Strategy Session with Rep. Robert Pittenger on Global Security

By Brent Scowcroft Center

On Friday, January 9th, the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security welcomed Representative Robert Pittenger (R-NC9), Chairman of the Congressional Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare, for a strategy session to discuss the future of global security and Congressional priorities on these matters. 

In the News

Jan 12, 2015

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: 

In the News

Jan 12, 2015

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:

In the News

Jan 12, 2015

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:

New Atlanticist

Jan 12, 2015

Congress Should Reverse Strictures on US Defense Spending, Stackley Says

By Ashish Kumar Sen

US Navy’s ‘Acquisitions Executive’ Describes Rising Challenges The Congress must roll back limits on US defense spending, particularly in light of the heavy investments countries such as China and Russia are making in their navies, according to Sean J. Stackley, the assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development, and acquisition.

In the News

Jan 10, 2015

Pavel: “Europe Is Now a Theater of Insecurity”

By Barry Pavel

National Defense Magazine quotes VP and Scowcroft Center Director Barry Pavel on the recent announcement of fifteen US base closures in Europe:

In the News

Jan 9, 2015

Ullman: Kim Jung Un- Movie Critic Extraordinaire?

By Harlan Ullman

Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Adviser Harlan Ullman writes for the Huffington Post on the repercussions of the recently released movie “The Interview”:

Korea

UkraineAlert

Jan 9, 2015

January: An Important Month for Shaping the US Role in Europe

By Ian Brzezinski

Amid Ukraine-Russia Crisis, New Decisions Will Define America’s ‘Force Posture’ for Years to Come Almost a year after Russia’s invasions of Ukraine, the US government will roll out a series of decisions in the next month that will play a big role in shaping how the United States and its transatlantic allies respond in the long […]

Eastern Europe Europe & Eurasia

In the News

Jan 8, 2015

Kroenig: Why US Nuclear Modernization is Necessary

By Matthew Kroenig

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Matthew Kroenig writes for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on why US nuclear modernization is necessary: 

Iran

New Atlanticist

Jan 7, 2015

The Killings in Paris: A Shocking ‘New Normal’

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Only Deep Changes in Middle East Will End the New Strain of Terrorism, Atlantic Council’s Pavel Says The killing by masked gunmen of at least a dozen journalists and others in Paris is an “unfortunate new normal” in an era marked by Islamist extremism’s Generation 3.0—a strain more virulent than that of al Qaeda, according to […]

France Middle East
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