Insight & Impact

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In the News

Jan 22, 2015

Kroenig on the Regime in Tehran

By Matthew Kroenig

The Huffington Post quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Matthew Kroenig on the possibility for a more democratic regime in Tehran:

Iran

In the News

Jan 21, 2015

Saab: Hezbollah Hesitates?

By Bilal Saab

Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow for Middle East Security Bilal Y. Saab cowrites for Foreign Affairs with Daniel Byman on the Syrian conflict and Hezbollah:

Middle East Syria

In the News

Jan 21, 2015

Federal Computer Week Mentions Atlantic Council Event Featuring Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence Michael Vickers

Federal Computer Week mentions Atlantic Council event featuring Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence Michael Vickers:

In the News

Jan 21, 2015

Ward on Defense Acquisition Reform

By Alex Ward

Brent Scowccroft Center Assistant Director Alex Ward joins Federal News Radio to discuss defense acquisition reform: Listen to the full interview here.

In the News

Jan 20, 2015

Saab: “This Is a New Hezbollah”

By Bilal Saab

International Business Times quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow for Middle East Security Bilal Y. Saab on the recent raid Israel carried out on senior Hezbollah figures:

Middle East Syria

In the News

Jan 19, 2015

Ward: Don’t Believe the Defense Acquisition Reform Hype

By Alex Ward

Brent Scowccroft Center Assistant Director Alex Ward writes for War on the Rocks on expectations over defense acquisition reform:

In the News

Jan 15, 2015

Manning: Kim Jong Un Wants to Talk

By Robert Manning

Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Robert Manning writes for the Wall Street Journal on why South Korea’s leadership should set some terms ahead of a potential summit with North Korea: 

Korea

In the News

Jan 15, 2015

Seip: What Fallows Missed About the Military-Civilian Gap

By Mark Seip

Brent Scowcroft Center US Navy Fellow Mark Seip writes for Defense One in a response piece on a recent Atlantic article by James Fallows on “The Tragedy of the American Military”:

In the News

Jan 15, 2015

Joyner: Obama’s Paris Blunder: Part of a Much Bigger Problem

By James Joyner

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow James Joyner writes for the National Interest on President Obama’s decision to not attend the rally in Paris:

France

In the News

Jan 14, 2015

Manning: Shared Oil Interests in Middle East

By Robert Manning

Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Robert Manning writes for Global Times on what China’s role as the largest importer of oil means for its shared interests in the Middle East with the United States:

China