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

Mar 20, 2015

Kroenig on NATO Strategy Toward Russia

By Matthew Kroenig

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Matthew Kroenig writes for Survival, debating his critics over NATO strategy toward Russia:

NATO Russia

In the News

Mar 20, 2015

Seip and Clayton: Congress Must Match the Money to the Navy’s Strategy

By Mark Seip and Alex Clayton

Scowcroft Center Navy Senior Fellow Mark Seip and Scowcroft Center Intern Alex Clayton write for Defense One on how US naval ambition could be undermined by a lack of adequate funding from Congress:

In the News

Mar 20, 2015

Brzezinski on Violent Extremism and Russian Aggression

By Ian Brzezinski

Voice of America quotes Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Ian Brzezinski on the confluence of violent extremism and Russian aggression in the Balkans:

The Balkans

In the News

Mar 19, 2015

Metzl on the Putin-Kim Alliance

By Jamie Metzl

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow for Technology and National Security Jamie Metzl joins CNN’s The Lead with Jake Tapper to discuss the increasing importance of the Russia-North Korea relationship and what that means for the United States:

Korea Russia

In the News

Mar 19, 2015

Cole Speaks at South by Southwest Interactive 2015

By August Cole

Extreme Tech highlights a panel at South by Southwest Interactive 2015 featuring Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Fellow August Cole discussing his novel Ghost Fleet cowritten with Peter Singer on the next great superpower conflict:

In the News

Mar 17, 2015

Cole: Breaking Through the Fog: Rethinking a Morning Military Ritual

By August Cole

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Fellow August Cole writes for War on the Rocks on creative thinking and modern warfare:

In the News

Mar 17, 2015

Stephan: How to Stop Extremism Before It Starts

By Maria Stephan

Strategic Foresight Initiative Nonresident Senior Fellow Maria J. Stephan cowrites for Foreign Policy on how ordinary citizens and communities are combatting extremism:

In the News

Mar 11, 2015

Chiu on UK Defense Spending

By Daniel Chiu

The Telegraph quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Deputy Director Daniel Chiu on whether the United Kingdom plans to increase its defense spending and US reaction:

In the News

Mar 11, 2015

Ward: Arming Ukraine: Insights from the Spanish Civil War

By Alex Ward

Brent Scowcroft Center Assistant Director Alex Ward writes for War on the Rocks on how President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s debate over whether to send weapons to the Spanish Republic as it fought Generalissimo Francisco Franco and his force provides a parallel to President Obama’s decision today over whether to arm Ukraine:

Ukraine

In the News

Mar 10, 2015

Stephan: Develop Non-Military Options to Empower Communities Against Violent Extremism and Its Drivers

By Maria Stephan

Strategic Foresight Initiative Nonresident Senior Fellow Maria J. Stephan writes for Political Violence @ a Glance on how local populations can challenge corruption and institutionalized repression using nonviolent means:

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