Insight & Impact

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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.

Event Recap Jul 30, 2019

Chile Against Corruption: What Can the Region Learn?

By Guillermo Garcia Montenegro

To launch the last of a series of spotlights on anti-corruption, the Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center hosted a conference call to discuss Chile’s successes and steps countries can take to revitalize regulatory frameworks. Authored by Former Minister of National Women’s Affairs of Chile and Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center Non-Resident Senior Fellow Laura Albornoz […]
Brazil Latin America
Insight & Impact

Report Jan 24, 2019

Does money grow on trees? Restoration financing in Southeast Asia

By Prajwal Baral, Mikkel Larsen, Matthew Archer, PhD

Given its unique role as both a potential source of emissions—as well as storage—for carbon, the land use sector may play a crucial role in the world’s success or failure in avoiding dangerous levels of climate change over this century. Nowhere is the pivotal role of land use more apparent than in tropical forests.
Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment

Transcript Jul 18, 2019

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte: Stronger Together Than Apart

Stronger together than apart Speech by Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte  Atlantic Council Washington, DC July 18, 2019
European Union International Organizations

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In the News

Jul 29, 2014

Brzezinski Testifies Before House Committee on Downed MH17

By Ian Brzezinski

Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Ian Brzezinski testifies before the House Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia and Emerging Threats and the House Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade on the subject of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 and the escalating crisis in Ukraine:

Russia Ukraine

In the News

Jul 28, 2014

Hasik on Defense Department Resignation

By James Hasik

The Wall Street Journal quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow James Hasik on the resignation of Elana Broitman, the industrial policy chief at the Defense Department:

In the News

Jul 26, 2014

Joyner: Senator Walsh’s Unrepresentative Black Mark on Professional Military Education

By James Joyner

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow James Joyner writes for Real Clear Defense on the Master’s paper plagiarized by Montana Senator John Walsh at the Army War College:

In the News

Jul 26, 2014

Brattberg on MH17 Investigation

By Erik Brattberg

Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Fellow Erik Brattberg joins CCTV to discuss the investigation of downed Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17:

Russia Ukraine

In the News

Jul 25, 2014

Joyner: Don’t Believe Everything You Read in the Papers

By James Joyner

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow James Joyner writes for War on the Rocks on the pitfalls of senior officers commenting on matters of public policy:

In the News

Jul 24, 2014

Oren: Israel Must be Permitted to Crush Hamas

By Michael Oren

Atlantic Council Ambassador-in-Residence Michael Oren writes for the Washington Post on the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas:

Israel Middle East

In the News

Jul 24, 2014

Brzezinski on EU Sanctions Against Russia

By Ian Brzezinski

Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Ian Brzezinski joins MSNBC’s Morning Joe to discuss whether the European Union is likely to impose additional sanctions against Russia:

Russia Ukraine

In the News

Jul 23, 2014

Brzezinski: The West’s Response to MH17 Is Mostly “Rhetorical”

By Ian Brzezinski

CNBC quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Ian Brzezinski on the international response to the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17:

Russia Ukraine

In the News

Jul 23, 2014

Ullman: The Great War Redux

By Harlan Ullman

Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Adviser Harlan Ullman writes for UPI on the centenary of the start of World War I:

Commanders Series

Jul 23, 2014

American Forces Press Service on Threats to Space Operations

By Atlantic Council

The American Forces Press Service cites the Atlantic Council for hosting an event with General William L. Shelton, commander of US Air Force Space Command:

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