The New US National Military Strategy and NATO

New Atlanticist
Mar 31, 2025

Dispatch from Hong Kong: How the ‘geoeconomic city’ is weathering global headwinds

By
Josh Lipsky, Ananya Kumar

From Chinese and US economic growth to stablecoin regulations, a recent visit to Hong Kong offered important insights for two Atlantic Council GeoEconomics Center experts.

China
Digital Currencies

The New US National Military Strategy and NATO

New Atlanticist
Mar 25, 2025

Starlink’s India launch is a crash course on New Delhi’s approach to tech sovereignty

By
Trisha Ray

A recently announced partnership to deploy the Elon Musk-led company’s satellite internet in India offers a window into New Delhi’s “hybrid” approach.

Economy & Business
India

The New US National Military Strategy and NATO

New Atlanticist
Mar 25, 2025

Reading between the lines of Taiwan’s new Quadrennial Defense Review

By
Kitsch Liao

The recently released Quadrennial Defense Review offers a window into the Taiwanese military’s issues with prioritization, operational readiness, and manpower retention.

China
East Asia

Content

Secretary of Defense Ash Carter and Gen. Martin Dempsey, July 1, 2015

NATOSource

Jul 2, 2015

The New US National Military Strategy and NATO

By Department of Defense

Today’s global security environment is the most unpredictable I have seen in 40 years of service.

China NATO

New Atlanticist

Jun 30, 2015

Nuclear Credibility: What the United States Lost in Ukraine and Pakistan and the Implications for the Iran Deal

By Ben Polsky

As the nuclear negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 powers continue on past the June 30 deadline, the focus remains on the details of an agreement and whether the negotiators can come to a final resolution. But even as these details continue to be debated, it is important to consider the bigger picture – whether […]

Nuclear Nonproliferation Pakistan

Art of Future Warfare

Jun 30, 2015

Cole: How to Write About World War III

By August Cole

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow August Cole cowrites for The Atlantic about his new novel Ghost Fleet and what a great power conflict would look like in the twenty-first century:

China

Art of Future Warfare

Jun 30, 2015

Cole: This Is What World War III Will Look Like

By August Cole

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow August Cole cowrites for TIME on how his new novel, Ghost Fleet, portrays a hypothetical World War where an array of science-fiction-like technologies would likely make their debut:

China

In the News

Jun 30, 2015

Manning: How George Kennan Would Contend with China’s Rise

By Robert A. Manning

Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow Robert A. Manning cowrites for The National Interest on how a strategy of containment could help manage China’s rise:

China

Event Recap

Jun 29, 2015

America’s Role in the World: How Others See Us

By The Atlantic Council

On June 14, 2015, the Atlantic Council’s Strategy Initiative hosted a public event introducing the results of the Pew Research Center’s 2015 “US Image and Balance of Power” survey. The event focused on global perceptions of the United States when positioned against countries like China, as well as on reactions to major US responses to world issues. Amb. […]

China United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Jun 29, 2015

Ukraine, China, ISIS Top Long List of Challenges for EU, NATO

By Ariel Cohen

The unity and strategic viability of the transatlantic alliance and the US major non-NATO democratic allies, including Japan, South Korea, Australia, Israel, the Philippines, and others, will be severely tested in the years to come. As always, freedom is not free, and its price is constant vigilance. The United States and its allies face significant […]

China NATO

Art of Future Warfare

Jun 29, 2015

‘Ghost Fleet’ Featured in RealClearDefense

By August Cole

RealClearDefense features Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War coauthored by Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow August Cole:

China

Art of Future Warfare

Jun 29, 2015

Cole on ‘Ghost Fleet’s’ Depiction of Future Wars

By August Cole

US News and World Report interviews Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow August Cole on how he combines sci-fi and reality to portray future weapons and gadgets in his new novel, Ghost Fleet:

China

Event Recap

Jun 29, 2015

Missile Defense in the Asia Pacific

By Brent Scowcroft Center

The conversation of this panel focused on strategic level issues of US engagement in the Asia-Pacific, the Asian perspective of missile defense, efforts from Congress to address this issue, and the geopolitics in the Asia-Pacific theater that affects US missile defense.

Indo-Pacific Korea
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Experts

Fellow

Nik Foster

Nonresident Fellow

Global China Hub

China Energy & Environment

Fellow

Marvin J. Park

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Indo-Pacific Security Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

China Defense Policy

Fellow

Alexander B. Gray

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoStrategy Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Defense Policy Defense Technologies

Staff

Jessie Yin

Assistant Director, GeoEconomics Center

GeoEconomics Center

China Chinese

Fellow

Sudeep Kanungo

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoTech Center

Africa Energy & Environment

Staff

Kate Springs

Program Assistant, Strategic Litigation Project

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Human Rights International Norms
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Events

Public Event Thu, June 12, 2025 • 2:30 pm ET

The cost of conflict: Launching the G7-China Economic Radar
China Economy & Business Macroeconomics
Flagship Event Tue, June 17, 2025 • 9:00 am ET

2025 Global Energy Forum

The ninth Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum will be held June 17 and 18 in Washington, DC.
Africa Americas Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment