Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security
The Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security works to develop sustainable, nonpartisan strategies to address the most important security challenges facing the United States and its allies and partners.
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Enhancing Taiwan’s energy resilience: A cross-strait and beyond seminar
ENHANCING TAIWAN’S ENERGY RESILIENCE: A CROSS-STRAIT AND BEYOND SEMINAR - Join the Indo-Pacific Security Initiative (IPSI) of the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security for a seminar on enhancing Taiwan’s energy resilience.
This event is part of IPSI’s Cross-Strait and Bey...
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Representatives Mark Messmer and Donald Norcross on US hypersonic capabilities
REPRESENTATIVES MARK MESSMER AND DONALD NORCROSS ON US HYPERSONIC CAPABILITIES - Join the Forward Defense program of the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security for a conversation with Representatives Mark Messmer (R-IN-08) and Donald Norcross (D-NJ-01), co-chairs of the Con...
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Twisted sisters: Biodefense supply chains and stockpiles
TWISTED SISTERS: BIODEFENSE SUPPLY CHAINS AND STOCKPILES - Join the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense at the Atlantic Council for its latest meeting, diving into vulnerabilities in the global supply chains for medical countermeasures.
Such countermeasures, including vaccines, therapeutics, and...
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Making sense of the National Security Strategy
MAKING SENSE OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY - Join the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security for an event focused on unpacking the key takeaways of the 2025 National Security Strategy.
The 2025 National Security Strategy prioritizes the Western Hemisphere, calls for US...
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General Aurelio Colagrande on preparing NATO for the challenges of tomorrow
GENERAL AURELIO COLAGRANDE ON PREPARING NATO FOR THE CHALLENGES OF TOMORROW - Join the Atlantic Council for a conversation with General Aurelio Colagrande, deputy supreme allied commander transformation, to discuss how NATO is preparing for emerging security challenges and positioning the Allianc...
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So what’s the strategy for US nuclear deterrence?
In this episode of our ACTV original series, “So What’s the Strategy?,” host Matthew Kroenig examines whether the United States has an effective strategy to deter nuclear war in an era of renewed great-power competition. He speaks with Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the Unit...
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Reporters at risk: Reflections on the Bosnian War, thirty years on
REPORTERS AT RISK: REFLECTIONS ON THE BOSNIAN WAR, THIRTY YEARS ON - Join the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht National Security Resilience Initiative for a Reporters at Risk series event focused on the thirtieth anniversary of the Dayton Accords and the end of the war in Bosnia.
This event wi...
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US-Korea cooperation across domains and through history
US-KOREA COOPERATION ACROSS DOMAINS AND THROUGH HISTORY - Join the Atlantic Council’s Indo-Pacific Security Initiative and the Korea Society, with the support of the Kim Koo Foundation, for the 2025 Van Fleet Policy Forum—the Korea Society’s flagship policy event.
This year’s forum will convene ...
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Profiles In Resilience: The Fighter Pilot
Colonel Nicole Malachowski is a groundbreaking fighter pilot who served in the US Air Force for 21 years. She was the first woman to join the elite Thunderbirds Air Demonstration Squadron in 2005. But her career came to a screeching halt when she contracted a tick-borne illness and was forced to ...
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Representative Adam Smith on how Congress will shape US defense policy
REPRESENTATIVE ADAM SMITH ON HOW CONGRESS WILL SHAPE US DEFENSE POLICY - Join the Atlantic Council will host an #ACFrontPage conversation with Representative Adam Smith (D-WA), ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, on the future of US defense strategy and the FY 2026 National Defe...
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Profiles In Resilience: The Journalist
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Wood has reported on war and conflict around the world, from Mozambique to Iraq and Afghanistan, often embedding with the US military. He shares how he has stayed resilient throughout his career and the tools he uses when his "reservoir of resilience" is de...
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A next-generation agenda for South Korea-US-Australia security cooperation
A NEXT-GENERATION AGENDA FOR SOUTH KOREA-US-AUSTRALIA SECURITY COOPERATION - Join the Indo-Pacific Security Initiative (IPSI) of the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, with support from the Korea Foundation, for a discussion on a next-generation agenda for South Korea-...
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Profiles In Resilience: The Marine
Marine Corps veteran and author Elliot Ackerman shares his story of resilience. Ackerman fought in the second Battle of Fallujah as a US Marine, and after leaving the military went on to become a successful author. He reflects on how he has used resilience tools throughout his career and life.
T...
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Profiles In Resilience: The Activist
Masih Alinejad is an Iranian journalist and women's rights activist living in New York. She shares her story of resilience, from how she has coped with being forced to leave Iran because of her outspoken opposition to the regime to surviving multiple assassination attempts while living in exile i...
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The Future of Food in the Americas: Agri-Food Sustainability in Latin America
Latin America plays a vital role in feeding the world, yet nearly 30 percent of people in the region still face moderate or severe food insecurity. How can Latin America and the Caribbean work with its neighbors to strengthen its agri-food systems to ensure a sustainable and resilient future?
In...
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The Future of Food in the Americas: Building Resilient Food Systems
How can the Americas build resilient, sustainable food systems in the face of rising global demand, climate change, and trade challenges?
In this episode of The Future of Food in the Americas, Senior Fellow Peter Engelke of the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security speak...
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Supply chain resilience for aerospace and defense
SUPPLY CHAIN RESILIENCE FOR AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE - Join the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security’s Forward Defense program for a Captains of Industry series event on supply chain resilience for aerospace and defense.
The pandemic showed how a generation’s worth of globalization and outsou...
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Spain’s foreign minister on Madrid’s approach to European and global security
SPAIN’S FOREIGN MINISTER ON MADRID’S APPROACH TO EUROPEAN AND GLOBAL SECURITY - Join the Atlantic Council’s Transatlantic Security Initiative for an #ACFrontPage conversation with José Manuel Albares Bueno, the Spanish minister for foreign affairs, European Union, and cooperation. The event will ...
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Premiere: Profiles in Resilience - 09/23/2025, 21:36:28
ACTV PREMIERE: PROFILES IN RESILIENCE - Join the Scowcroft Center’s Adrienne Arsht National Security Resilience Initiative for the premiere of its new Atlantic Council TV series, Profiles in Resilience. The series highlights the stories of individuals who have embodied the spirit of resilience in...
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From Alaska to Washington: Debriefing peace talks on Ukraine
FROM ALASKA TO WASHINGTON: DEBRIEFING PEACE TALKS ON UKRAINE - Join the Atlantic Council’s Europe Center, Eurasia Center, and Transatlantic Security Initiative for an expert discussion on the next steps for transatlantic coordination in support of Ukraine.
In the past week, policymakers have beg...
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US-Japan global partnership in Central Asia
US-JAPAN GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP IN CENTRAL ASIA - Join the Indo-Pacific Security Initiative (IPSI) of the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, alongside the Eurasia Center, for a discussion on a US-Japan global partnership in Central Asia in partnership with the Embassy of J...
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Experts read between the lines of the US Space Force’s warfighting framework
The Atlantic Council’s Forward Defense initiative, within the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, hosted a conversation examining the US Space Force’s recently released Space Warfighting framework.
The US military has described space as a warfighting domain, and the US Space Force has so...
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Experts read between the lines of the US Space Force’s warfighting framework
On Wednesday, August 13 at 10:00 a.m. ET, the Atlantic Council’s Forward Defense initiative, within the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, will host a conversation examining the US Space Force’s recently released Space Warfighting framework.
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SAIC CEO Toni Townes-Whitley on mission integration in the defense ecosystem
SAIC CEO TONI TOWNES-WHITLEY ON MISSION INTEGRATION IN THE DEFENSE ECOSYSTEM - Join the Atlantic Council will for an #ACFrontPage conversation with SAIC CEO Toni Townes-Whitley on mission integration in the defense ecosystem, a part of the Captains of Industry series of the Scowcroft Center’s For...