Analysis

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Jun 25, 2021

Kroenig and Ashford review the Biden-Putin Summit

By Atlantic Council

On June 25, Foreign Policy published a biweekly column featuring Scowcroft Center deputy director Matthew Kroenig and New American Engagement Initiative senior fellow Emma Ashford discussing the latest news in international affairs. In this column, they discussed the successes of the Biden-Putin Summit, the Iranian presidential elections and the potential for a nuclear deal, and the future of […]

Afghanistan
Cybersecurity

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Jun 22, 2021

Manning and Eftimiades in SpyTalk on false rumors of a high-level Chinese defector

By Atlantic Council

Senior Fellow Robert Manning and Forward Defense Nonresident Senior Fellow Nicholas Eftimiades interviewed by SpyTalk in an article titled “Feds: we don’t have Chinese defector Dong Jingwei.”

China
Intelligence

In the News

Jun 17, 2021

Kroenig testifies before the Senate on US Nuclear Deterrence Policy and Strategy

By Atlantic Council

On June 16, Scowcroft Center deputy director Matthew Kroenig testified before the Strategic Forces Subcommittee of the Senate Armed Services Committee. In his testimony, Kroenig argued in defense of the United States maintaining its robust nuclear arsenal.

National Security
Nuclear Deterrence

Blog Post

Jun 16, 2021

State of the Order: Assessing May 2021

The State of the Order breaks down the month’s most important events impacting the democratic world order.

Africa
Belarus

In the News

Jun 16, 2021

Burrows mentioned in the Politico Playbook

By Atlantic Council

On June 16, Dr. Mathew Burrows’s new report co-authored with Denver University’s Pardee Center on US and Chinese influence was mentioned in the Politico Playbook.

China
English

Report

Jun 16, 2021

IN BRIEF: Fifteen takeaways from our new report measuring US and Chinese global influence

By Jonathan D. Moyer, Collin J. Meisel, Austin S. Matthews, David K. Bohl, and Mathew J. Burrows

The Formal Bilateral Influence Capacity Index tracks and quantifies the intensifying competition between China and the United States, measuring influence between pairs of states over the last six decades through the volume of their interactions and the dependence that countries have on one another.

China
Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Jun 15, 2021

Kroenig speaks to LSE IDEAS on an effective US national strategy

By Atlantic Council

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Deputy Director and Global Strategy Initiative Director Matthew Kroenig speaks with the London School of Economics IDEAS in a lecture titled “Can the United States effectively formulate and practice a national strategy?”

National Security
United States and Canada

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Jun 15, 2021

Ortagus calls for businesses to extend commitments on corporate responsibility to China.

By Atlantic Council

On June 14, Scowcroft Center Senior Advisor Morgan Ortagus published an opinion piece in The Hill, where she argued that American companies looking to be socially responsible should reconsider their reliance on an increasingly authoritarian China and cut all ties with businesses that are involved in the genocide in Xinjiang.

China
Economy & Business

In the News

Jun 11, 2021

Jain in the Hill: Biden needs a D-10 to rally democracies

By Atlantic Council

On Friday, June 11, The Hill published an op-ed by Scowcroft Center senior fellow Ash Jain and former State Department policy planning director David Gordon, in which they argue the United States should rally its democratic allies into a D-10 of leading democracies.

China
International Organizations

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Jun 11, 2021

Kroenig and Ashford discuss the G7

By Atlantic Council

On June 11, Foreign Policy published a biweekly column featuring Scowcroft Center deputy director Matthew Kroenig and New American Engagement Initiative senior fellow Emma Ashford discussing the latest news in international affairs. In this column, they discuss the value of the G7, democratic alliances, President Biden’s meetings in Europe, and great power competition with China.

China
Economy & Business

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