Scowcroft Center Commentary & Analysis

All commentary & analysis

Event Recap

Oct 29, 2013

Discussing Baltic Challenges with Latvian Minister of Defense

On October 29, the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security hosted an off-the-record strategy session with the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Latvia, H.E. Artis Pabriks, to discuss current and future security challenges to the Baltic region.

Event Recap

Oct 29, 2013

Strategy Session Focuses on Nordic Regional Security Model

On October 29, the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security hosted a not-for-attribution strategy session on regional security cooperation in the Nordic region with Lieutenant General Arto Tuomas Räty, permanent secretary of the Ministry of Defense of Finland.

Event Recap

Oct 28, 2013

Discussing Spanish Security Challenges

On October 28, the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security hosted a not-for-attribution strategy session with H.E. D. Pedro Morenés Eulate, Spanish minister of defense, to discuss the most pertinent security challenges facing Spain today as it examines its response in an age of defense budget austerity.

Event Recap

Oct 24, 2013

Workshop Focuses on Extended Deterrence in Northeast Asia

On October 24, the Atlantic Council hosted the second not-for-attribution workshop on extended deterrence in Northeast Asia with leading experts in the field, moderated by Barry Pavel, vice president and director of the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security of the Atlantic Council, and Kurt Campbell, chairman and chief executive officer of the Asia Group […]

China Indo-Pacific

Event Recap

Oct 21, 2013

Future US Military Attachés Gather

On October 21, the Atlantic Council hosted a not-for-attribution roundtable discussion with future US Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard attachés, moderated by Magnus Nordenman, deputy director of the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security of the Atlantic Council.

Emerging Defense Challenges

Oct 18, 2013

Dynamic Corporate Strategy Forum Discussion

On October 18, the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security held a private, roundtable discussion for its Corporate Strategy Forum on the topic of “The Outlook for Government Services.” Speaking to the issues of the place of services businesses in the scheme of the defense industry were Stan Soloway, president and CEO of […]

Event Recap

Oct 18, 2013

Strategy Session with Romanian Minister of National Defense

On October 18, the Atlantic Council’s Transatlantic Security Initiative hosted an off-the-record strategy session with Romanian Minister of National Defense H.E. Mircea Duşa to discuss the strategic outlook for Southeastern Europe and the transatlantic security issues shaping NATO’s 2014 Summit.

Event Recap

Oct 11, 2013

Scowcroft Center Launches Report in China

The Brent Scowcroft Center’s Strategic Foresight Initiative launched their recent report China-US Cooperation: Key to the Global Future at an event in Bejing. The report was published in partnership with the China Institute of International Studies (CIIS) and supported by the China-United States Exchange Foundation. An impressive group of speakers and panelists participated in the […]

China

Event Recap

Oct 10, 2013

Atlantic Council Delegation to Taiwan

On October 7-10, 2013 a delegation from the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security visited the Republic of China (Taiwan) to discuss a host of security and economic issues with top leaders, academics, and think-tank representatives. The group paid visits to several high-level officials, including the President of the Republic of China, the […]

Event Recap

Oct 10, 2013

A Conversation with Urban Ahlin on Disruptive Technology

On October 10, the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security hosted an off-the-record roundtable on disruptive technologies for Mr. Urban Ahlin, Swedish Member of Parliament and foreign policy spokesperson for the Social Democratic Party of Sweden.