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In the News

Feb 24, 2014

Pavel: Is DOD Ready for the Future Defense Challenges?

By Barry Pavel

Barry Pavel, Atlantic Council vice president and director of the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, writes in RealClearDefense on the Pentagon’s 2015 budget proposal:

In the News

Feb 22, 2014

Pavel: Rise of the Global Middle Class

By Barry Pavel

Atlantic Council VP and Brent Scowcroft Center Director Barry Pavel joins Al Jazeera America’s Real Money with Ali Velshi to discuss common threads between protests in Ukraine, Thailand, and Venezuela:

In the News

Feb 20, 2014

Benitez: NAFTA’s Legacy

By Jorge Benitez

Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow and NATOSource Director Jorge Benitez joins CCTV America to discuss the North American Free Trade Agreement’s legacy on the occasion of US President Barack Obama’s visit to Mexico:

Mexico United States and Canada

In the News

Feb 20, 2014

Saab: Is Syria Spilling over into Lebanon?

By Bilal Saab

Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Bilal Saab talks with France24’s Melissa Bell on recent suicide attacks in Beirut as well as the destabilizing effects of the Syrian conflict for the region:

Middle East

In the News

Feb 18, 2014

Pavel on Kim’s Human Rights Violations

By Barry Pavel

Atlantic Council VP and Brent Scowcroft Center Director Barry Pavel is quoted in the USA Today on the effort to bring North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un before the International Criminal Court for human rights violations:

China Korea

In the News

Feb 17, 2014

Saab on New Cabinet in Lebanon

By Bilal Saab

Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Bilal Saab is quoted in the Daily Star on Lebanon’s new cabinet:

Middle East

In the News

Feb 15, 2014

Kroenig Assesses Stalled Iran Talks

By Matthew Kroenig

Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security Nonresident Senior Fellow Matthew Kroenig joins Fox News to discuss the status of ongoing nuclear talks with Iran:

Iran

In the News

Feb 12, 2014

Pham on Battling al-Qaeda in Africa

By J. Peter Pham

US News & World Report quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on US efforts to combat al-Qaeda in Africa:

In the News

Feb 5, 2014

O’Reilly Quoted on NATO Missile Defense

By Patrick O’Reilly

InsideDefense.com’s “Inside the Pentagon” quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow and former Missile Defense Agency Director Patrick O’Reilly on NATO’s missile defense network:

Missile Defense Security & Defense

In the News

Feb 4, 2014

Pavel: Do Lessons from Iraq War Apply to Afghanistan?

By Barry Pavel

Atlantic Council VP and Brent Scowcroft Center Director Barry Pavel is quoted by the New York Times on Barack Obama’s options in drawing down the war in Afghanistan:

Afghanistan