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

Nov 14, 2015

Ward on Foreign Policy and the Democratic Debate

By Alex Ward

Voice of America quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Associate Director Alex Ward on the foreign policy and national security discussions during the recent democratic presidential debate:

In the News

Nov 14, 2015

Sheldon on the Upcoming G20 Meeting

By John Sheldon

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow John B. Sheldon joins CCTV to discuss what to expect from the upcoming G20 meeting:

In the News

Nov 13, 2015

Cliff: With Security Challenges Looming, Time for Japan to Step Up

By Roger Cliff

Asia Security Initiative Nonresident Senior Fellow Roger Cliff writes for The National Interest on the steps Japan needs to take to become a major contributor to East Asian security:

Japan

In the News

Nov 12, 2015

Castello-Catchot on Catalonia’s Secession Process

By Carles Castello-Catchot

Brent Scowcroft Center Chief of Staff Carles Castello-Catchot joins Voice of America to discuss the ruling by Spain’s highest court that has temporarily halted Catalonia’s secession process:

Southern & Southeastern Europe

In the News

Nov 11, 2015

Manning: Deciphering the Big China-Taiwan Meeting

By Robert Manning

Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow Robert Manning writes for The National Interest on the first meeting between the leaders of China and Taiwan since 1949:

China

In the News

Nov 11, 2015

Sheldon on Drone Regulations

By John Sheldon

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow John B. Sheldon joins CCTV to discuss US attempts to tighten regulations on drone use:

In the News

Nov 8, 2015

Manning on the China-Taiwan Meeting

By Robert Manning

CNN quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow Robert Manning on the meeting between President Xi Jinping of China and President Ma Ying-jeou of Taiwan, the first meeting between leaders of the two countries since 1949:

China

In the News

Nov 6, 2015

Kroenig: 3-D Printing the Bomb? The Nuclear Nonproliferation Challenge

By Matthew Kroenig

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Matthew Kroenig cowrites for The Washington Quarterly on how the Additive Manufacturing (AM) process, through which 3-D printing machines build objects of virtually any shape from digital build file, could make it easier for countries to acquire nuclear weapons:

Nuclear Nonproliferation Security & Defense

In the News

Nov 5, 2015

Barno and Bensahel: Can the US Military Halt Its Brain Drain?

By Barno and Bensahel

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellows for Military Affairs and National Security Policy Dave Barno and Nora Bensahel cowrite for The Atlantic on whether the Pentagon’s rigid personnel system is driving away the officers it will need for the conflicts of the twenty-first century:

In the News

Nov 5, 2015

Barno on the Future of the US Army

By Dave Barno

Politico Europe quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow for Military Affairs and National Security Policy Dave Barno on the future of the US Army amid Russia’s new foreign policy stance:

Russia
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