Scowcroft Center Commentary & Analysis

Sustainable Transport for Global Development and Climate Protection

On Tuesday, April 9, the Atlantic Council’s Strategic Foresight initiative (SFI), of the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, hosted a roundtable discussion with Dr. Otaviano Canuto, vice president and head of the poverty reduction and economic management network, World Bank, Mr. Holger Dalkmann, director of EMBARQ, the World Resource Institute for sustainable transport, Mr. […]

Proposals for Stabilizing Afghanistan

On Tuesday, April 9, 2013, the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center and South Asia Center welcomed UK Member of Parliament and Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister for Europe Tobias Ellwood and Atlantic Council Senior Advisor Dr. Harlan Ullman to “A Transatlantic Conversation on the Future of Afghanistan.”

Roundtable with Former Australian PM Kevin Rudd on US Pivot to Asia

On Tuesday, April 2nd, the Atlantic Council hosted an off-the-record roundtable discussion on the transatlantic implications arising from the US pivot to Asia with former Prime Minister of Australia, The Honorable Kevin Rudd MP.

Foreign Policy Implications of Urban World 2030

On Friday, March 29, 2013 the Atlantic Council’s Strategic Foresight initiative (SFI), of the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, hosted a roundtable discussion with Dr. Monica Brezzi head of the territorial analysis and statistics unit, regional development policy division, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Dr. Robert D. Hormats, US under secretary of […]

Allied Command Transformation Strategic Military Partners Workshop

By Jason Harmala

On Thursday, March 21, 2013, the Atlantic Council and NATO’s Allied Command Transformation (ACT) organized a workshop on NATO’s military partnerships.

Obama Administration Must Embrace Dignity Agenda and Engage Further in the Middle East

As President Obama prepares for his upcoming trip to the Middle East amid concerns over Egypt’s struggling economy, a stalled peace process, and growing fears of a nuclear armed Iran, he should embrace the dignity agenda and change the course of US disengagement from the region. On Wednesday the Atlantic Council hosted a discussion to […]

The United States and Global Missile Defense

On March 13, 2013 the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security hosted its annual conference on missile defense. The conference maintained its traditional focus on transatlantic missile defense, while also addressing other regions of critical importance such as Asia and the Middle East.