Scowcroft Center Commentary, Analysis, & Reports

Makanju featured in The Guardian on OpenAI

By Anna Makanju

On November 25, Transatlantic Security Initiative nonresident senior fellow Anna Makanju was quoted in The Guardian analyzing the foreign policy implications of leadership changes at OpenAI.

Jo quoted in BBC on suspension of ROK-DPRK military pact

On November 22, IPSI nonresident senior fellow Bee Yun Jo was quoted in a BBC article on South Korea’s partial suspension of a 2018 military pact with North Korea following Pyongyang’s recent spy satellite launch. On November 23, Jo was quoted in another BBC article on North Korea’s promise to fully suspend the pact, explaining […]

Michta in Politico discussing how a “federalized” EU would impact US interests

By Atlantic Council

On November 21, Dr. Andrew Michta, director and senior fellow of the Scowcroft Strategy Initiative, was published in Politico on proposed European Union treaty revisions that “would transform the EU from a confederation of sovereign countries into a unitary federal entity.” Dr. Michta argues that, while this shift has been ignored by US policymakers, it […]

Article by Garlauskas, Webster, and Verges cited widely in Congressional report

A New Atlanticist article on the PRC’s non-lethal aid to Russia by IPSI’s Markus Garlauskas and Emma Verges and GEC’s Joseph Webster was cited ten times in the 2023 Report to Congress of the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission. 

Cynkin quoted in Yonhap on Xi-Biden summit

On November 17, IPSI nonresident senior fellow Thomas Cynkin was quoted in a Yonhap article on the outcomes of this week’s Xi-Biden summit. He explained that although there were few concrete results from the meeting, both sides showed a willingness to prevent a down spiral in the US-PRC relationship. 

Roberts featured in international media on Biden-Xi summit

On November 15, IPSI/GCH nonresident senior fellow Dexter Tiff Roberts appeared as a guest on an episode of the Bloomberg Businessweek podcast to discuss the recent Xi-Biden meeting. Roberts explained that “both sides need each other,” but that the ideological divide and deep tensions between the United States and China was likely to continue. Roberts […]

Roberts quoted in CNN on Xi’s message to US businesses

On November 16, IPSI/GCH nonresident senior fellow Dexter Tiff Roberts was quoted in a CNN Business article on Xi’s interest in courting US companies, suggesting that China’s economic difficulties over the last few years have motivated Chinese leadership to connect more with American and foreign businesses.  

New article by Garlauskas, Webster, and Verges featured in Politico newsletter

On November 15, a recent New Atlanticist article by IPSI’s Markus Garlauskas and Emma Verges and GEC’s Joseph Webster was featured in the “What to Read” section of Politico’s National Security Daily newsletter.  

Kroenig in Time discussing the Biden-Xi summit

By Atlantic Council

On November 15, Dr. Matthew Kroenig, Atlantic Council vice president and Scowcroft Center senior director, was quoted by Time on the meeting between US President Joe Biden and PRC President Xi Jinping near San Francisco. He noted that it will be difficult for President Biden to better relations with China and “naive to put too […]

Soofer quoted in Politico discussing Chinese and US nuclear arsenals

By Atlantic Council

Rob Soofer speaks about the need to expand the US nuclear arsenal or make it more resilient to adversarial attacks.