Scowcroft Center in the News

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In the News

Dec 11, 2014

Defense News Cites Scowcroft Center Event

By Atlantic Council

Defense News cites the Atlantic Council for hosting an event with Mike Petters, chief executive of Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc.: 

In the News

Dec 9, 2014

Burrows: Using Fiction to Understand Strategy and the Future

By Mathew Burrows

Strategic Foresight Initiative Director Mathew Burrows writse for War on the Rocks on why fiction is key to understanding a different future: 

In the News

Dec 7, 2014

Ullman: Why the United States Is Losing the War Against the Islamic State

By Harlan Ullman

Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Adviser Harlan Ullman writes for UPI on US strategy for combating the threat of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham:

In the News

Dec 6, 2014

Kroenig on the “Spotlight” on Ashton Carter

By Matthew Kroenig

The Philadelphia Inquirer quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Matthew Kroenig on the nomination of Ashton Carter as secretary of defense:

In the News

Dec 5, 2014

Manning: Taiwan Could Be Asia’s Next Big Security Nightmare

By Robert Manning

Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow Robert Manning writes for the National Interest on the results of Taiwan’s local elections:

In the News

Dec 1, 2014

Lightfoot on the Mistral Warship Issue

By Jeff Lightfoot

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Jeff Lightfoot joins the American Interest to discuss France’s decision to suspend the delivery of the first of two Mistral warships to Russia: Listen to the full interview.

France Russia

In the News

Nov 28, 2014

Seip: Mr. Hagel’s Ouster Solves Little

By Mark Seip

Brent Scowcroft Center US Navy Fellow Mark Seip writes for the Washington Post on why Chuck Hagel’s dismissal as defense secretary will “do little to change the direction of the fight against the Islamic State or broader national foreign policy:”

In the News

Nov 26, 2014

Ullman on ISIS: Existential or Exaggerated Danger?

By Harlan Ullman

Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Adviser Harlan Ullman writes for UPI on the danger of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham:

In the News

Nov 26, 2014

Manning on Upcoming OPEC Meeting

By Robert Manning

Anadolu Agency quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow Robert Manning on the upcoming meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries: 

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Nov 25, 2014

Washington Post Cites Metzl’s “Genesis Code”

By Jamie Metzl

The Washington Post lists the Genesis Code, a new book by Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow for Technology and National Security Jamie Metzl, as one of three new sci-fi novels that depict frightening alternate realities: