Scowcroft Center in the News

Barranco, Johnson, and Wetzel in the New York Times on Russia-Ukraine war

By Atlantic Council

The Scowcroft Center Military Fellows discuss the arms race taking place in Ukraine to resupply participants in the war.

Eftimiades in the Financial Times on satellites

By Atlantic Council

Nicholas Eftimiades discusses satellites and Beijing's Silk Road strategy in the Financial Times.

Eftimiades in NTD on China, the United States, and tech

By Atlantic Council

Forward Defense nonresident senior fellow Nicholas Eftimiades discusses the ongoing US-China tech race and China's tech theft. 

Binnendijk and Hamilton in Defense News: The North Atlantic and Indo-Pacific are linked

By Hans Binnendijk

Hans Binnendijk and Daniel Hamilton write that security issues of the North Atlantic and Indo Pacific are interconnected and argue that the new Strategic Concept must address the question of China.

Manning in International Economy: The world after Ukraine

By Atlantic Council

The Spring 2022 edition of International Economy featured Robert Manning’s take on the consequences of the war in Ukraine and the Western-led response to it, including sanctions, on the international order and globalization. Manning highlighted the potential impacts of disruptions to “the world’s eleventh-largest economy, a major exporter of oil, gas, wheat, metals, and fertilizer” […]

KF Journalist Fellow Ward featured in POLITICO

On June 21, 2022, Atlantic Council-Korea Foundation Journalist Fellow Alex Ward was featured in POLITICO‘s The Inbox for “Explaining Pyongyang’s Silence.” Based on conversations with South Korean experts and officials while in Seoul, Ward shares his insights on North Korea’s recent silence. He highlights North Korea’s ravaged economy, US preoccupation with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, […]

Roberts quoted in the Financial Times on Elon Musk’s Starlink as it relates to China

On June 20, Dexter Tiff Roberts was quoted in an article, “Elon Musk’s Starlink aid to Ukraine triggers scrutiny in China over US military links,” in the Financial Times. In this article, Roberts argues that China will begin imposing restrictions on foreign companies as a consequence of the threat that Starlink is posing to Beijing.   […]

Ashford at the German Marshall Fund: The G7 reborn

By Atlantic Council

On June 21, Emma Ashford participated in a virtual panel at the German Marshall Fund previewing the G7 summit in Bavaria next week. Alongside Bruce Stokes, the executive director of the Transatlantic Task Force: Together or Alone? Choices and Strategies for Transatlantic Relations for 2021 and Beyond at the German Marshall Fund, Ashford discussed the […]

Roberts featured in Fortune on the US stand against China with a supply chain crisis looming

On June 18, Dexter Tiff Roberts was mentioned in an article, “A looming supply chain crisis will test just how far Washington will go to prove it’s tough on China,” in Fortune. In this article, Roberts articulates the Biden administration’s standpoint that the benefits of the newly passed Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act vastly outweigh […]

Ashford in Foreign Policy: The problem with being a petrostate

By Atlantic Council

On June 19, Foreign Policy published an excerpt of Emma Ashford’s new book, Oil, the State and War, entitled “The Problem with Being a Petrostate.” In the excerpt, Ashford discusses the phenomena of oil-wealthy states being more likely than other countries to start wars. Then, Ashford rebuts the idea of the oil weapon, concluding “it is thus […]