GeoStrategy Initiative Analysis and Events

Read and watch the GeoStrategy’s timely reports, issue briefs, articles, events, and videos to assess the world’s biggest strategic issues. The GeoStrategy Initiative develop sustainable, nonpartisan strategies to address the most important security challenges facing the United States and its allies and partners. Its competencies in long-range foresight and strategy development are vital assets to government and business leaders as they navigate a complex and unpredictable world.

Analysis

In the News

May 6, 2020

Mathew Burrows quoted in Roll Call on reshaping the military’s role in a post-COVID world

By Atlantic Council

English National Security

In the News

May 6, 2020

Robert Manning in Valdai on how COVID-19 aggravates great power competition

By Atlantic Council

Americas China

In the News

May 6, 2020

Steve Levine in Medium about pandemic’s impact on American cities

By Atlantic Council

Coronavirus Economy & Business

In the News

May 1, 2020

Manning quoted in Ozy on Kim Jong Un’s disappearance from public view

By Atlantic Council

Korea Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Apr 30, 2020

Pavel and Engelke in Euronews: Irresponsible wet market practices led to COVID-19. China hasn’t learned its lesson

By Atlantic Council

If another country accidentally unleashed a weapon of mass destruction, and it killed almost 200,000 people worldwide (including 60,000 Americans), there would be international outrage and urgent calls for that country to cease any and all activities related to that weapon and to conform to new, strict, immediate measures for transparency and constraints. Unfortunately, despite […]

China Coronavirus

In the News

Apr 30, 2020

Engelke in CBS News about Post-Covid scenarios

By Atlantic Council

China Coronavirus

New Atlanticist

Apr 28, 2020

US policymakers knew a pandemic was coming: Why they ignored the warnings

By Mathew Burrows

It's high time we bring the government’s decision making into the twenty-first century. The knowledge is there for how to do it. What’s our excuse as a country for ignoring it?

Coronavirus United States and Canada

In the News

Apr 24, 2020

Hunter in The Ledger: Breaking our civic fever

By Atlantic Council

Civil Society Coronavirus

In the News

Apr 21, 2020

Robert Manning in The Hill about the Coronavirus’ impact on China’s influence

By Atlantic Council

China Coronavirus

In the News

Apr 15, 2020

Burrows joins MSNBC to discuss the global lack of preparedness for pandemics

Director of the Foresight, Strategy, and Risks Initiative, Mathew Burrows, joins MSNBC with Chuck Todd to discuss the lack of pandemic preparation throughout the US and around the world.

In the News

Apr 10, 2020

Should the European Left take on the populists at their own game?

By Atlantic Council

For Medium World, Alistair Somerville and Atlantic Council Resident Fellow Julian Mueller-Kaler go head to head on whether European center-left and left wing parties should take on the right wing populists at their own game.

Economy & Business European Union
GeoTech Center's work on Smart Partnerships, picture of a globe showing china and southeast asia

Timely Commentary & Analysis

Apr 6, 2020

GeoTech and smart partnerships: potential AI & China futures

By David Bray

The Atlantic Council is honored to partner with the Rockefeller Foundation via a grant focused on data and AI efforts by China around the world. We started these activities in the middle of 2019 and they were part of a bigger plan to launch the new Atlantic Council GeoTech Center in 2020 – focused on the geopolitics of new technologies and advances in data.

Americas China

In the News

Apr 5, 2020

Robert Manning in Global Times about the necessity of US – China cooperation on Coronavirus

By Atlantic Council

China Coronavirus

In the News

Apr 3, 2020

Mat Burrows quoted in Politico Nightly Coronavirus Special Edition

By Atlantic Council

Coronavirus Economy & Business

In the News

Apr 3, 2020

Kroenig writes article on democratic advantages for The Atlantic

By Atlantic Council

Scowcroft Center Deputy Director Matthew Kroenig argues that democracies possess inherent advantages over autocracies.

China National Security
AI Policy Primer 2020 Peter

Issue briefs and reports

Mar 27, 2020

AI, society and governance: An introduction

By Peter Engelke

AI’s increasing range of applications are having real-world consequences, both positive and negative. Those consequences, in turn, have animated spirited and at times emotional debates about how governments can craft policies to come to grips with a world increasingly shaped by AI.

China Digital Policy

In the News

Mar 17, 2020

Ash Jain quoted in the Economist on D-10

By Atlantic Council

The Economist covers the work done by the D-10, a group made up of the world’s leading democracies which co-ordinates strategies to advance the liberal world order. Related reading

Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Mar 2, 2020

Lindsay in Fast Company: How to design a smart city

By Atlantic Council

Civil Society Digital Policy

In the News

Mar 2, 2020

Lindsay in Fast Company about tech and smart cities

By Atlantic Council

English Resilience

In the News

Feb 27, 2020

Hamburg as barometer: What’s happening in German politics?

By Atlantic Council

For the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies, Atlantic Council Resident Fellow Julian Mueller-Kaler joins AICGS’ Jeff Rathke and Eric Langenbacher for a new episode of the Zeitgeist, a podcast focused on Germany, the United States, and the transatlantic relationship.

Democratic Transitions Elections

Events

The GeoStrategy Initiative, housed within the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, leverages strategy development and long-range foresight to serve as the preeminent thought-leader and convener for policy-relevant analysis and solutions to understand a complex and unpredictable world. Through its work, the initiative strives to revitalize, adapt, and defend a rules-based international system in order to foster peace, prosperity, and freedom for decades to come.

The Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security works to develop sustainable, nonpartisan strategies to address the most important security challenges facing the United States and the world.