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New Atlanticist

Jul 24, 2015

Japan’s Energy Strategy for a Post-Fukushima World

By Anand Raghuraman

In June, Japanese energy officials released an eagerly anticipated draft report outlining plans for the country’s 2030 energy mix. Here’s the proposed breakdown:

Japan

In the News

Jul 23, 2015

The Fuse Features Atlantic Council Event on the Future of Energy Markets

By Atlantic Council

The Fuse quotes Crescent Petroleum CEO Majid Jafar from an Atlantic Council event on the importance of oil demand and infrastructure development, not only in the Middle East, but also Asia: 

Indo-Pacific Middle East

In the News

Jul 23, 2015

Manning: Why We Don’t Need Another George Kennan

By Robert A. Manning

Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow Robert A. Manning writes for Nikkei Asian Review on why US China strategy should be based on counterbalancing, not containment:

China

In the News

Jul 23, 2015

Manning: North Korea’s Political Famines

By Robert A. Manning

Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow Robert A. Manning cowrites for the Wall Street Journal about why North Korea is able to produce ever more ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons yet is unable to feed its people:

Korea

Event Recap

Jul 22, 2015

A private briefing on US-Pakistan relations with Her Excellency Hina Rabbani Khar, former Foreign Minister of Pakistan

By Ben Polsky

Speaking at an Atlantic Council briefing, Former Foreign Minister of Pakistan Her Excellency Hina Rabbani Khar offered her unique perspective on “the broad trends prevailing in Pakistan” including the recent talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government in Murree, the Iran deal impact in Pakistan, the status quo of Indo-Pak relations, and the state […]

Pakistan

Corporate Strategy Forum

Jul 22, 2015

The Foreign and Defense Policy of Arms Exports to Asia

By THE BRENT SCOWCROFT CENTER ON INTERNATIONAL SECURITY

On Friday, July 17, 2015, the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security hosted a conversation on Foreign Defense Policy of Arms Exports to Asia as the latest event of the Corporate Strategy Forum. The event, moderated by the Atlantic Council’s MA and George Lund Fellow Steven Grundman, featured Todd Chapman, principal deputy assistant secretary of […]

Indo-Pacific

Defense Industrialist

Jul 17, 2015

Like Cars, Like Cargo Ships

By James Hasik

North Americans are really uneconomical shipbuilders, and their navies should demand better. Ford announced this week that the company will stop building small cars in Michigan, or anywhere in the States, as price pressure precludes paying workers what’s worth their while. Ford will build its new Lincoln Continental in Michigan, but that’s because the profit […]

Defense Industry Korea

In the News

Jul 17, 2015

Tanchum: Modi and the Sino-Indian Game for Iranian Gas

By Micha'el Tanchum

Eurasian Energy Futures Initiative Nonresident Senior Fellow Micha’el Tanchum writes for The Diplomat on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s diplomatic negotiations regarding the construction of a new pipeline to transport gas materials out of Iran: 

India

In the News

Jul 16, 2015

Manning: Xi-Obama Meeting Will Set Fresh Tone Despite Campaign Rhetoric

By Robert Manning

Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow Robert Manning writes for Global Times on US policy towards China and its role in the upcoming elections:

China

In the News

Jul 13, 2015

Metzl on Chinese Stock Market Selloff

By Jamie Metzl

Bloomberg TV quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow for Technology and National Security Jamie Metzl in a segment about how the Chinese government has responded in the wake of a stock market selloff:

China

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