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Describe the kind of content you are highlighting here, why you are highlighting, and what it says about the work your program focuses on and how it makes an impact in the real world. Below, select three top pieces of commentary & analysis to feature from the past days or weeks. Update monthly via board process with Graeme Cranston-Cuebas and Vriddhi Sujan.

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In the News

Aug 29, 2014

Pavel on US Foreign Policy Strategy

By Barry Pavel

VP And Scowcroft Center Director Barry Pavel joins CNN’s The Lead with Jake Tapper to discuss President Obama’s foreign policy strategy:

Ukraine

In the News

Aug 29, 2014

Brattberg and Volker: NATO Must Stand Up to Putin’s Threat to Invade Ukraine

By Erik Brattberg, Kurt Volker

Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Adviser Kurt Volker and Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Fellow Erik Brattberg cowrite for the Washington Post on what NATO must do to prove to President Putin that Russia cannot invade Ukraine one week prior to a NATO summit:

NATO Russia

In the News

Aug 28, 2014

Benitez: Put an End to Putin’s Aggression

By Jorge Benitez

NATOSource Director and Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Jorge Benitez writes for US News and World Report on why the West should become militarily involved in the crisis in Ukraine:

Russia Ukraine

In the News

Aug 28, 2014

Kordosova on NATO Summit in Wales

By Simona Kordosova

Brent Scowcroft Center Associate Director Simona Kordosova joins Euronews to discuss the NATO Summit in Wales:

NATO Security & Defense

In the News

Aug 26, 2014

Benitez on Germany’s Role in the NATO Alliance

By Jorge Benitez

Ozy quotes NATOSource Director and Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Jorge Benitez on why Germany is in a position to dictate NATO’s effectiveness:

NATO Security & Defense

In the News

Aug 25, 2014

Brzezinski on Ukraine-Russia Talks

By Ian Brzezinski

CNBC quotes Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Ian Brzezinski on talks between Ukraine and Russia aimed at finding a diplomatic solution to the crisis in Ukraine:

Russia Ukraine

In the News

Aug 25, 2014

Pavel on the Defense Department’s Ongoing Missions

By Barry Pavel

Foreign Policy quotes VP and Brent Scowcroft Center Director Barry Pavel on the Pentagon’s top five “forgotten missions”:

In the News

Aug 22, 2014

Ward: Only United States Can Prevent Great Power War

By Alex Ward

Brent Scowcroft Center Program Assistant Alex Ward writes for The Diplomat on thoughts of great power during the marking of the World War I centennial:

In the News

Aug 22, 2014

Hasik: Five Reasons the Navy Needs UCLASS

By James Hasik

Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow James Hasik writes for Real Clear Defense on why the US Navy needs its Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike program: 

In the News

Aug 21, 2014

Grundman on Future NASA Contracts

By Steven Grundman

The Daily Breeze quotes M.A. and George Lund Fellow for Emerging Defense Challenges Steven Grundman on the possibility of NASA choosing SpaceX as its contractor for future projects: 

Space Technology & Innovation