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Art of Future Warfare

Jun 26, 2015

Experts project the US role in the future of urban warfare

By Brent Scowcroft Center

In the not-too-distant future, most of humanity will live in megacities. Megacities will serve as economic, cultural, and political hubs of international affairs—but they also will form the complex landscape of rivalry and violent conflict. Recent instances of urban combat–Saigon, Sarajevo, Fallujah—only begin to inform the epic challenge of fighting in our mid-century megacities. To […]

Conflict United States and Canada

Event Recap

Jun 26, 2015

Panel Recap: “Defense Cooperation in the Gulf: How Far Can We Go?”

By Owen Daniels

According to the particpants on the Brent Scowcroft Center’s missile defense panel entitled, “Defense Cooperation in the Gulf: How Far Can We Go?”, the policies of the United States and the asymmetric threats of Iran are driving cooperation in the Gulf that might have been unimaginable just one year ago. Moderated by Scowcroft Center Resident […]

Missile Defense Security & Defense

Congressional Relations

Jun 25, 2015

Shaping the Asia-Pacific Report Launch

By Brent Scowcroft Center

On June 24, 2015, the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security launched a report titled Shaping the Asia-Pacific Future: Strengthening the Institutional Architecture for an Open, Rules-Based Economic Order. The report was co-written by Olin Wethington, former Assistant Secretary of Treasury and Nonresident Fellow at the Scowcroft Center and Robert A. Manning, Senior Fellow at the Scowcroft Center. The […]

Indo-Pacific

Transcript

Jun 25, 2015

A Strategy for America

By Brent Scowcroft Center

Atlantic Council A Strategy for America Introduction:Frederick Kempe,President and CEO,Atlantic Council Speaker:Representative Mac Thornberry (R-TX),Chairman,House Armed Services Committee Moderator:Barry Pavel,Vice President, Atlantic Council; andDirector, Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security Location: Atlantic Council, Washington, D.C. Time: 9:00 a.m. EDTDate: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 Transcript BySuperior Transcriptions LLCwww.superiortranscriptions.com FREDERICK KEMPE: Good morning and welcome. I’m Fred […]

Event Recap

Jun 18, 2015

The Next Phase of the Future of Authoritarianism Project

By Brent Scowcroft Center

On June 18, Dr. Mathew Burrows and Dr. Maria Stephan hosted a private roundtable conversation about the next phase of the Strategic Foresight Initiative’s “Future of Authoritarianism” project; a monograph is due in summer 2016. The study would make the case that democracy assistance is a vital national interest. It explores how to balance that interest against others—such […]

Politics & Diplomacy

Event Recap

Jun 11, 2015

Modernizing Army Acquisitions

By Brent Scowcroft Center

On June 10, the Atlantic Council welcomed Heidi Shyu, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisitions, Logistics, and Technology. She spoke on what it would take to modernize Army acquisition as part of the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security’s Defense-Industrial Policy Series.

Defense Industry Security & Defense

Event Recap

Jun 11, 2015

Scowcroft Center’s Next Generation Report on Stronger US-German Relations Released in Washington, DC

By Brent Scowcroft Center

On June 9, the Atlantic Council hosted two roundtables to mark the release of the new report from the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security’s US-German Next Generation Fellows: “Through a New Prism: A Next Generation Strategy for the US-German Relationship.” The American Council on Germany (ACG) co-hosted both the morning and the evening events. The report, which […]

Germany United States and Canada

Event Recap

Jun 10, 2015

Scowcroft Center’s Next Generation Report on Stronger US-German Relations Released in Berlin

By Brent Scowcroft Center

On June 9, Deutsche Atlantische Gesellschaft (German Atlantic Association), hosted the release of the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security’s new report “Through a New Prism: A Next Generation Strategy for the US-German Relationship” at the German Federal Press Office in Berlin. The report, which twelve young Americans and Germans wrote in a little more than six weeks, […]

Germany United States and Canada

Event Recap

Jun 8, 2015

The Renewable Energy Transition: The Impact on Climate Change, Energy Security, and Economic Development

By The Global Energy Center

On Monday, June 1, 2015 the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center, in cooperation with the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), hosted an event titled “The Renewable Energy Transition: The Impact on Climate Change, Energy Security, and Economic Development.” Panelists included Adnan Amin, Director-General of the International Renewable Energy Agency, Amos Hochstein, Special Envoy and Coordinator […]

Congressional Relations

Jun 2, 2015

Congressional Perspectives on Defense-Industrial Issues

By The Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security

On Thursday, May 28, 2015, the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security welcomed professional staff members, William Greenwalt and Vickie Plunkett, of the Senate and House Armed Services committees, respectively. Steven Grundman, the Atlantic Council’s M.A. and George Lund Fellow, moderated the latest event in the Corporate Strategy Forum, titled Congressional Perspectives on Defense-Industrial Issues.

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