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Aug 15, 2022

Beyond munitions: A gender analysis for Ukrainian security assistance

By Cori Fleser

Allies need to incorporate human security into their bilateral military assistance to Ukraine.

Defense Policy Europe & Eurasia

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Online Event Mon, December 19, 2022 • 10:00 am ET

Strategic blind spots? Advancing the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in US national security strategies

The role of gender in foreign and defense policy is a key element missing from the recently released NSS and NDS. How can integrating a gender perspective in US national security strategies help the United States and its allies and partners transform collective security?

Security & Defense Women
Online Event Fri, July 15, 2022 • 1:30 pm ET

Gender and strategic competition

What does a modern Women, Peace, and Security agenda look like and how does it fit into an evolving strategic environment defined by great power competition?
Europe & Eurasia NATO Politics & Diplomacy Resilience & Society
Online Event Tue, March 8, 2022 • 2:00 pm ET

International Women’s Day 2022: Mainstreaming gender in security

AN #ACFRONTPAGE EVENT – For International Women’s Day, Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs Ann Linde discussed how to mainstream a gender perspective across foreign and security policy.
Defense Policy Europe & Eurasia Politics & Diplomacy Resilience & Society
Online Event Fri, October 22, 2021 • 10:00 am ET

Women, Peace, and Security 2030: Integrating lessons learned from Afghanistan

Now is the time to consider the lessons learned from Afghanistan and how they can be applied and institutionalized to enhance the significant role women play in peace and security around the world.
Afghanistan Crisis Management Defense Policy Europe & Eurasia
Online Event Mon, March 8, 2021 • 9:00 am ET

International Women’s Day 2021: The future of defense and security

The Honorable Michèle Flournoy and a diverse group of next-generation leaders analyze the unique impact of gender in the security challenges of the next decade and strategies to empower women in international security careers. 

Politics & Diplomacy Resilience & Society Security & Defense Women

In-depth report

Women in Swiss security

In-Depth Research & Reports

Mar 8, 2021

NATO partnerships for Women, Peace, and Security

By Lisa Aronsson

Lisa A. Aronsson outlines the achievements and the implementation challenges NATO faces, and offers three sets of recommendations for overcoming institutional hurdles, leveraging non-NATO members, and reviving NATO’s sense of purpose on the Women, Peace, and Security agenda.

Europe & Eurasia NATO

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Gender and Security

New Atlanticist Mar 18, 2022

A no-fly zone over Ukraine? The case for NATO helping in other ways.

By Sarah Dawn Petrin and Marla Keenan

There’s plenty NATO member states can do to protect civilians on the ground short of shooting down Russian aircraft.
Conflict Crisis Management
Gender and Security

Event Recap Aug 8, 2022

Why NATO must make gender central to its security thinking

By Alvina Ahmed

On July 15, the Scowcroft Center’s Transatlantic Security Initiative hosted a public conference discussing the importance of incorporating gender perspectives in NATO’s strategies as the alliance looks to implement its new Strategic Concept and defend against malign actors.
Conflict Defense Policy
Gender and Security

New Atlanticist May 2, 2022

Diversity in the US space community is mission critical

By Julia Siegel

All of humankind is fascinated by outer space, which is why it should be a domain for all of humankind. Here’s how to make that happen.
Defense Policy National Security
Gender and Security

New Atlanticist Nov 24, 2021

Embracing Afghan refugees is a strategic opportunity for the US

By Sarah Dawn Petrin

More than simply a humanitarian gesture, it represents the best possible continuation of US foreign policy.
Afghanistan Human Rights
Gender and Security

New Atlanticist Jul 22, 2021

Why ‘human security’ matters for tomorrow’s conflicts

By Sarah Dawn Petrin

NATO leaders are finally focusing on human security, a major step toward a broader vision of crisis management.
Conflict Europe & Eurasia
Gender and Security

NATO 20/2020 Apr 9, 2021

Listen to women: NATO 20/2020 podcast

By Cori Lynne Fleser

Twenty years after its creation, NATO should affirm the strategic significance of the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda and define what it means for an era of great power competition.
Europe & Eurasia NATO

Gender and security series

From the gendered consequences of non-traditional security threats like climate change and the disproportional targeting of women by disinformation campaigns, to assumptions about women in cybersecurity and peacemaking and the pursuit of feminist foreign policy in allied states, gender is an enormously consequential component of every facet of international security today.

In the News Mar 8, 2021

Agachi and Swyden in Just Security: Taking gender into account to better confront new security threats

Anca Agachi and Priya Swyden published a blog that examines the unbalanced impact of non-traditional threats on gender.

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Gender and Security

New Atlanticist Mar 9, 2021

Why NATO should adopt a feminist foreign policy

By Gabriela R. A. Doyle, Madeline Olden, Leah Sheunemann, and Christopher Skaluba

As an alliance, NATO plays an important role in advancing equity within foreign policy. When NATO foreign ministers meet later in March, they should take the natural next steps toward adopting a feminist foreign policy.
NATO Resilience
Gender and Security

New Atlanticist Mar 8, 2021

It’s time to change the way we talk about women in conflicts

By Aude Darnal

There’s a disconnect between rhetoric and reality when it comes to women’s roles in peacebuilding and development projects because the discussion about women overwhelmingly focuses on them as victims of conflict and political violence without also recognizing them as participants in it. That’s a problem.
Conflict Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding

In the News

Mar 10, 2021

Starling and Siegel in National Interest on gendered disinformation

By Atlantic Council

On March 10, FD Deputy Director and Resident Fellow Clementine G. Starling and Young Global Professional Julia Siegel wrote an article in the National Interest titled “Disinformation against women puts democracy at risk.”

Disinformation Russia

New Atlanticist

Mar 5, 2021

The 5×5—Questioning basic assumptions in the cyber domain

By Simon Handler, Emma Schroeder

Challenging assumptions in cyberspace also means challenging assumptions about the theorists and strategists themselves. International Women’s Day, coming up on March 8, serves as a reminder to include female voices as a means of enriching policy discussions, producing more insightful work, and driving impact.

Cybersecurity Internet

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To commemorate International Women’s Day, next-generation leaders from across the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security shared their thoughts on the underlying theme of the future of defense: gender matters. Diversity matters. We need to take a multifaceted approach to our collective security.

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