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.

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In the News

Dec 14, 2021

Ashford in Foreign Affairs: “If dictators fear Western interventions, nuclear development is an unfortunate yet likely outcome”

By Atlantic Council

On December 14, Ashford was featured in a Foreign Affairs “Ask the Experts” roundup on the future of nuclear proliferation. “Two factors seem likely to push proliferation in the near term. First, the balance of power is shifting toward a more multipolar world, in which it is likely that smaller states may feel more threatened […]

English Iraq

In the News

Dec 14, 2021

Jain quoted in the Hill on Biden’s Summit for Democracy

On December 8, Scowcroft Center director for democratic order Ash Jain was quoted in The Hill discussing criteria for country selection and participation in the Biden administration’s Summit for Democracy. He argued that the summit should include democracies with shared values and exclude backsliding democracies and authoritarian countries.

Politics & Diplomacy Rule of Law

Future of DHS

Dec 13, 2021

Warrick in Bloomberg Government on DHS Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans

By Atlantic Council

Forward Defense nonresident senior fellow Thomas Warrick comments on the importance of DHS Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans.

Extremism Intelligence

In the News

Dec 13, 2021

Manning in The Hill: The truths and fallacies of Biden’s Summit for Democracy

By Atlantic Council

On December 13, Manning published his biweekly op-ed in The Hill, writing about the Summit for Democracy and the need for democracies to look internally at the factors causing rising authoritarianism. “Mobilizing allies and like-minded partners into coalitions to influence updated rules and norms on specific issues is the prerequisite of any viable U.S. strategy. […]

China Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Dec 13, 2021

Ashford in Inkstick: Debating the efficacy of US sanctions on Venezuela and Ethiopia

By Atlantic Council

On December 13, Emma Ashford was featured in Inkstick’s Adults in a Room column, writing on the Biden administration’s review of sanctions policy. “The Biden administration’s recently released sanctions review was emblematic of a core problem faced by advocates of sanctions reform. To the surprise of many, the review laid out extremely clearly some of […]

English Ethiopia

In the News

Dec 12, 2021

Rothschild quoted in the Washington Examiner on the G20 Leaders’ Summit

On October 26, nonresident senior fellow Amanda Rothschild was quoted in the Washington Examiner discussing the format and messaging of the G20 Leaders’ Summit amid Covid-19 and rising tensions with China.

Politics & Diplomacy United States and Canada

In the News

Dec 12, 2021

Rothschild quoted in South China Morning Post on how Covid-19 has shaped the US economy

On October 29, nonresident senior fellow Amanda Rothschild was quoted in the South China Morning Post discussing how the Covid-19 pandemic has harmed the US economy.

Economy & Business Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Dec 12, 2021

Rothschild quoted in TIME on the state of US alliances amid Biden’s G20 and COP26 participation

On October 28, nonresident senior fellow Amanda Rothschild was quoted in TIME discussing how US withdrawal from Afghanistan affected longstanding US alliances.

Afghanistan Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Dec 12, 2021

Kroenig and Ashford debate US global standing under Biden

By Atlantic Council

On December 3, Foreign Policy published a biweekly column featuring Scowcroft Center deputy director Matthew Kroenig and New American Engagement Initiative senior fellow Emma Ashford assessing the latest news in international affairs. In the column, they discuss the latest Omicron restrictions, assess the Pentagon’s 2021 Global Posture Review and ongoing Iran nuclear deal negotiations, and debate the […]

Africa Arms Control

In the News

Dec 10, 2021

Chilton moderates panel on space warfighting at Mitchell Institute

By Atlantic Council

Forward Defense distinguished fellow Kevin Chilton moderates panel on space warfighting at the Mitchell Institute

Space Space Security