GeoStrategy Initiative Analysis and Events

Kroenig and Ashford discuss the situation in Afghanistan

By Atlantic Council

On August 27, 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 US withdrawal from Afghanistan, the hasty evacuation after the Afghan government’s collapse, and the question of accountability in Afghanistan.

Rothschild in The Dispatch: A Morgenthau moment for Afghanistan

By Atlantic Council

Nonresident senior fellow Amanda Rothschild offers recommendations to the Biden administration on how to avert a growing humanitarian disaster in Afghanistan.

Kroenig in the Hill on upgrading US missile defense in Guam

By Atlantic Council

Scowcroft Center deputy director Matthew Kroenig writes in the Hill on upgrading US missile defense systems to counter China.

Kroenig and Cimmino explore the strategic consequences of America’s loss in Afghanistan

By Atlantic Council

On August 17, The Dispatch published a piece by Matthew Kroenig and Jeffrey Cimmino arguing that the US retreat from Afghanistan will have important and far-reaching strategic consequences.

Rothschild in National Interest: Rhetoric divorced from reality: Deciphering Biden’s foreign policy philosophy

By Atlantic Council

Nonresident senior fellow Amanda Rothschild argues that President Biden’s rhetoric has not been matched with effective policy action when it comes to competition between democracies and autocracies, commitment to NATO, and American global leadership. She further argues that an interest-based approach may be more effective than one based solely on values.

Rothschild in The Hill: Biden should reconsider planned reversal of bipartisan US policy on Jerusalem

By Atlantic Council

Nonresident senior fellow Amanda Rothschild argues the United States should establish a consulate in Ramallah, Israel, where the Palestinian Authority is headquartered, instead of Jerusalem to avoid appearing as if the US supports a divided Jerusalem.

Kroenig and Ashford debate geopolitics and the Olympics

By Atlantic Council

On July 23, 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 debate Olympic defection, the effectiveness of sanctions over the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, democratic backsliding in Tunisia, the prospects for a […]

Kroenig and Ashford consider the future of war in outer space and cyber space

By Atlantic Council

On July 23, 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 future commercialization and militarization of space, calling for cooperation and international standards to help guide future space exploration and […]

Kroenig and Ashford debate China’s nuclear build-up

By Atlantic Council

On July 9, 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 debated the future of Chinese nuclear posture and utilization, the Sino-Russian relationship, US-China economic decoupling, and prospects for US action in Haiti […]

Kroenig speaks at the Nuclear Triad Symposium on modernization

By Atlantic Council

Scowcroft Center Deputy Director Matthew Kroenig presents at the twenty-first Nuclear Triad Symposium.

Kroenig in the WSJ on Chinese nuclear expansion

By Atlantic Council

On July 7th, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Deputy Director Matthew Kroenig wrote an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal entitled “China’s Nuclear Silos and the Arms-Control Fantasy,” discussing new satellite imagery which revealed that China is building more than one hundred new ICBM silos. Kroenig argues that this poses an unprecedented threat to […]

Burrows in Lawfare: How the United States can compete with Chinese influence in Southeast Asia

By Atlantic Council

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 […]

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."

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.

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.