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Analysis

In the News

Jan 20, 2016

Burrows in The National Interest: Is America Ready for a Multipolar World?

By Mathew J. Burrows

Read the full article here.

United States and Canada

In the News

Jan 18, 2016

Stephan: How the World is Proving Martin Luther King Right about Nonviolence

By Maria Stephan

Strategic Foresight Initiative Nonresident Senior Fellow Maria J. Stephan cowrites for the Washington Post’s Monkey Cage on the surprising success of nonviolent campaigns and lessons learned from the past five years:

In the News

Jan 7, 2016

Global System on the Brink Report Featured in The Hill

By Atlantic Council

The Hill features a report written by the Brent Scowcroft Center on global energy and security in the coming decades:

Africa

In the News

Dec 17, 2015

Stephan: Keep on Trucking

By Maria Stephan

Strategic Foresight Initiative Nonresident Senior Fellow Maria J. Stephan cowrites for Foreign Affairs with former Ambassador to Ukraine William B. Taylor on whether striking truckers could usher in a Russian spring:

Russia

In the News

Dec 7, 2015

Burrows: Here’s the Playbook for Getting US-Russian Cooperation Back on Track

By Matthew J. Burrows

Strategic Foresight Initiative Director Mathew J. Burrows cowrites for The National Interest on how the United States and Russia can find common ground for cooperation, highlighting a recently released report by the Atlantic Council’s Strategic Foresight Initiative and the Moscow-based Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) that discusses how to find that common ground:

Russia

Event Recap

Dec 3, 2015

Global System on the Brink: Pathways Toward a New Normal

By Brent Scowcroft Center

On December 3, 2015, the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security launched a new report, “Global System on the Brink: Pathways toward a New Normal.” This joint global trends assessment conducted by the Scowcroft Center’s Strategic Foresight Initiative (SFI) and the Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) observed potential channels […]

New Atlanticist

Dec 3, 2015

Five Questions: The World in 2035

Alexander Dynkin, Director of the Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations, and Mathew Burrows, Director of the Strategic Foresight Initiative at the Atlantic Council, explain the ideas behind the new joint study of the world as it could be in 2035: Global System on the Brink: Pathways Towards A New Normal.  The co-authored […]

Report

Dec 2, 2015

Global system on the brink: pathways toward a new normal

By Dr. Mathew Burrows and Professor Alexander Dynkin

In keeping with previous forecasting works published by the Atlantic Council and the IMEMO, the study examines current trends and potential scenarios for global developments over the next twenty years.

Conflict Russia

Event Recap

Nov 5, 2015

Climate Change, Economic Resilience, and US National Security

By Global Energy Center

On Thursday, November 5 the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center and Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security hosted a discussion on the immediate impacts of climate change on US economic and national security.

In the News

Oct 13, 2015

Engelke on Urbanization as a Business Opportunity

By Peter Engelke

Capital Insights quotes Strategic Foresight Initiative Resident Senior Fellow Peter Engelke on how companies are now seeing increased urbanization as a business opportunity:

Events