GeoStrategy Initiative Analysis and Events

Bayoumi in The Globe and Mail on rethinking Canada’s climate disaster response

Imran Bayoumi authors an article for The Globe and Mail discussing Canada’s need for a separate agency mandated to manage climate disaster response.

Michta in The Wall Street Journal on stationing US troops in Poland

By Atlantic Council

On September 5, Dr. Andrew Michta, nonresident senior fellow in the Scowcroft Strategy Initiative, argued that the United States should build a permanent military installation in Poland in an opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal. He asserts that—while Germany, France, and the United Kingdom have not met NATO’s spending target and are even reducing […]

Tirziu in GIS on growing space cooperation between China and Latin America

By Atlantic Council

On July 4, Scowcroft Strategy Initiative nonresident senior fellow Aleksandra Gadzala Tirziu wrote an article for GIS discussing how China is increasing its relations with Latin America and the Caribbean to gain an edge in the new space race. She assesses the strides China has made in space cooperation through bilateral relations, regional initiatives, and […]

Rethinking Stability: Key findings and actionable recommendations

By Will Bennett, Riccardo Vinci, Anca Agachi, and Leah Scheunemann

Based on five private dialogues on three continents, in-depth desk and country research, and discussions with circa 1000 policy makers, academics, practitioners, and conflict-affected citizens, this final paper sets out the project’s key lessons and suggests actionable recommendations for how the field of stabilization can improve.

Kroenig and Ashford debate the impetus of the Niger coup

On August 4, Foreign Policy published its biweekly “It’s Debatable” column featuring Scowcroft Center Vice President and Senior Director Matthew Kroenig and Emma Ashford assessing the latest news in international affairs.

Bayoumi in The Globe and Mail and Canadian Forces College discussing Canada’s need for an updated national security strategy

Imran Bayoumi authors an article for The Globe and Mail discussing Canada’s imperative for an updated National Security Strategy.

Tirziu in The New York Sun discussing Modi’s visit to France

By Atlantic Council

On July 14, Aleksandra Gadzala Tirziu published an article in The New York Sun on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron. She remarks that, in the wake of major riots in France, Modi’s attendance at the Bastille Day parade in Paris underlines how both leaders have been accused of weakening […]

Tirziu in the National Interest discussing thawing US-China relations

On July 24, Aleksandra Gadzala Tirziu and Amy K. Mitchell co-authored a National Interest piece opining that Washington’s efforts to “thaw” strained relations with Beijing is inadvertently emboldening the CCP’s coercive and malign endeavors. The pair detail Europe’s shifting foreign policy in regard to the CCP, citing numerous European officials’ and institutions’ stance of simultaneously […]