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Event Recap

Jun 24, 2016

Shape, Steer, and Sustain: A US Strategy for the New Global Economic Order

By Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security

On Friday, June 24, 2016 from 9:00 – 10:30 a.m. the Strategy Initiative at the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security released its fourth Atlantic Council Strategy Paper, “Shape, Steer, and Sustain: A US Strategy for the New Global Economic Order.”

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Jun 24, 2016

A Foundational Proposal for the Next Administration

By Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security

On Friday, June 24, 2016, the Strategy Initiative at the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security released their National Security Council Reform project’s report, “A Foundational Proposal for the Next Administration” featuring introductions by former National Security Advisors Stephen Hadley and James Jones.

In the News

Jun 23, 2016

Brzezinski Testifies Before Senate Foreign Relations Committee on NATO

By Ian Brzezinski

Read his testimony here

NATO Security & Defense

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Jun 21, 2016

NAC-D Debrief with James J. Townsend, Jr.

By Lauren Speranza & Marija Vaicekauskaite

On June 21, 2016 the Atlantic Council hosted a private session with James J. Townsend, Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy at the US Department of Defense. DASD Townsend debriefed the latest NATO Defense Ministerial meeting held on June 14-15, just weeks ahead of the NATO Summit in Warsaw. The […]

European Union International Organizations

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Jun 17, 2016

Toward a New National Security Space Strategy: Time for a Strategic Rebalancing

By Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security

On Friday, June 17, 2016 from 1:00 – 2:30 p.m., the Strategy Initiative at the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security released its fifth Atlantic Council Strategy Paper, “Toward a New National Security Space Strategy: Time for a Strategic Rebalancing.”

Event Recap

May 17, 2016

This brave new world: India, China, and the United States

By Michelle Foley

On May 17th, the Brent Scowcroft Center for International Security and the South Asia Center co-hosted Anja Manuel, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of the RiceHadleyGates LLC, for a discussion on her new book, “This Brave New World: India, China, and the United States.” In the book, Manuel discusses the implications for the world order given […]

China Climate Change & Climate Action

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Apr 29, 2016

The Fletcher School and Atlantic Council Tackle Resurgent Authoritarianism and Tools to Respond

By Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security

On April 29 2016, The Fletcher School and the Atlantic Council hosted the inaugural conference on resurgent authoritarianism which brought the security and democratic development communities together to discuss combatting corrupt authoritarian regimes in pivotal regions where the U.S. has national security interests.

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Apr 28, 2016

After Hub-and-Spoke: US Hegemony in a New Gulf Security Order

By Atlantic Council

On Friday, April 29 from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. the Atlantic Council hosted a discussion of a new report by Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Bilal Saab, entitled After Hub-and-Spoke: US Hegemony in a New Gulf Security Order, and a debate on US global defense posture in the next decade and how it might affect future […]

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy

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Apr 20, 2016

The Smartest Places on Earth – Why Rustbelts are the Emerging Hotspots of Global Innovation

By Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center

“The Smartest Places on Earth- Why Rustbelts are the emerging Hotspots of Global Innovation” Exploring how the rustbelts form yesterday can be the “brainbelts” of tomorrow, Antoine van Agtmael and Fred Bakker counter recent conventional wisdom that American and northern European economies have lost their initiative in innovation and their competitive edge. Their book, The Smartest […]

Captains of Industry Series

Apr 19, 2016

Westward Ho? Silicon Valley and the Future of Defense Innovation

By Brent Scowcroft Center

On Tuesday, April 19th from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., the Atlantic Council Captains of Industry initiative featured a discussion with three business leaders from Silicon Valley whose companies are responding to Secretary of Defense Carter’s outreach to the commercial technology sector.

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