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Jul 7, 2015

Nordenman: Sweden Struggles to Balance Defense Sales, Rights Concerns

By Magnus Nordenman

Brent Scowcroft Center Deputy Director Magnus Nordenman writes for World Politics Review on the tensions between Sweden’s arms export business and its desire to respect human rights abroad:

Defense Industry Northern Europe

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Jul 6, 2015

Grand Design of the US-Japan Alliance at a New Stage

By Robert Manning

The Study Group on Grand Design of the US-Japan Alliance at a New Stage released Grand Design of the US-Japan Alliance at a New Stage: As a Protector of a Liberal, Open, Rule-based International Order in the “Era of Smart Power,” a report joined by Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow Robert A. Manning on the […]

Japan

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Jul 1, 2015

Pavel on ‘Westphalian-Plus’ World

By Barry Pavel

The Atlantic quotes Vice President and Brent Scowcroft Center Director Barry Pavel on how seventy years after its founding, the United Nations faces a world that looks nothing like it did in 1945:

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy

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Jun 30, 2015

Manning: How George Kennan Would Contend with China’s Rise

By Robert A. Manning

Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow Robert A. Manning cowrites for The National Interest on how a strategy of containment could help manage China’s rise:

China

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Jun 26, 2015

Pavel on ISIS Attacks

By Barry Pavel

Politico quotes Vice President and Brent Scowcroft Center Director Barry Pavel on how the United States is reassessing the threat of ISIS after three attacks in three different countries in one day:

In the News

Jun 25, 2015

Ward: Does America Even Have a Strategy to Defeat ISIS?

By Alex Ward

Brent Scowcroft Center Assistant Director Alex Ward writes for The National Interest on why contrary to Obama’s opponents’ claims, the administration does have an anti-ISIS strategy, it’s just not a good one:

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Jun 25, 2015

Breitenbauch: Time for Sweden to Join NATO

By Henrik Breitenbauch

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Henrik Breitenbauch cowrites for the American Interest on how Russia’s provocations in the Baltic Sea region are changing the debate on NATO membership in Sweden:

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Jun 25, 2015

Grundman: How M&A is Remaking Aerospace

By Steven Grundman

M.A. and George Lund Fellow for Emerging Defense Challenges Steven Grundman writes for Aviation Weekly on how mergers and acquisitions are changing the aerospace and defense industries:

Defense Industry Security & Defense

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Jun 25, 2015

Manning on Japan in the South China Sea

By Robert Manning

Business Insider quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow Robert Manning on the Japanese military sending assets into the potential powder keg of the South China Sea:

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Jun 24, 2015

Kroenig: How China Could Become More Competitive

By Matthew Kroenig

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Matthew Kroenig writes for the Wall Street Journal on how a move toward democracy by Beijing would challenge US standing as the world’s dominant power:

China