Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

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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  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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 ...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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.
    The US military has described space as a warfi...

  • 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...

  • Finnish President Alexander Stubb on Europe's Security after the NATO Summit

    FINNISH PRESIDENT ALEXANDER STUBB ON EUROPE’S SECURITY AFTER THE NATO SUMMIT - Allies concluded the NATO Summit in The Hague on June 25, at one of the most consequential moments for European security in a generation. In the face of Russia’s enduring war in Ukraine and growing uncertainty over the...

  • Senator Jeanne Shaheen on Russia’s war and The Hague summit

    SENATORS JEANNE SHAHEEN AND THOM TILLIS ON RUSSIA’S WAR AND THE HAGUE SUMMIT - Join the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center and the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security‘s Transatlantic Security Initiative for a fireside discussion featuring Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Senator Thom Tilli...

  • General Thomas Bussiere on Global Strike Command’s role in strategic deterrence

    GENERAL THOMAS BUSSIERE ON GLOBAL STRIKE COMMAND’S ROLE IN STRATEGIC DETERRENCE - Join he Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security’s Forward Defense program for a virtual conversation with General Thomas A. Bussiere, commander of the US Air Force Global Strike Command, on the command’s role in ...

  • Reporters at risk: How editors balance covering war with protecting journalists

    REPORTERS AT RISK: HOW EDITORS BALANCE COVERING WAR WITH PROTECTING JOURNALISTS - Join the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht National Security Resilience Initiative for a conversation from leading journalists and editors on the challenges that both face in an increasingly fraught global media lan...

  • Navigating a new era of NATO

    NAVIGATING A NEW ERA OF NATO - Join the Atlantic Council—in partnership with the Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence—for the fourth iteration of its high-level NATO Summit curtain raiser discussion to preview priorities ahead of the summit in The Hague.

    The NATO Alliance faces unprecedented ...

  • General John Raymond on national security and the future of space commerce

    GENERAL JOHN RAYMOND ON NATIONAL SECURITY AND THE FUTURE OF SPACE COMMERCE - Join the Atlantic Council for an #ACFrontPage conversation with the first chief of space operations of the US Space Force, General (ret.) John W. Raymond, on leveraging commercial space capabilities for national security...

  • Belgium’s defense minister on Europe’s evolving security landscape

    BELGIUM’S DEFENSE MINISTER ON EUROPE’S EVOLVING SECURITY LANDSCAPE - Join the Atlantic Council for a conversation with Belgian Minister of Defense and Foreign Trade Theo Francken.

    The future of transatlantic security is increasingly uncertain. Concerns about the future of US leadership in Euro-A...

  • Congress, industry, and the SHIPS for America Act

    REVITALIZING US SHIPBUILDING: CONGRESS, INDUSTRY, AND THE SHIPS FOR AMERICA ACT - Join the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security‘s Forward Defense initiative for a discussion on revitalizing US shipbuilding.

    This conversation focuses on the SHIPS for America Act, featuring the bill’s author...

  • Navigating the US-PRC tech competition in the Global South

    NAVIGATING THE US-PRC TECH COMPETITION IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH - Join the Atlantic Council’s Global China Hub and Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security for the launch of a new report from Cole McFaul and Peter Engelke on “Navigating the US-PRC tech competition in the Global South.“

    In their rep...

  • Software-defined warfare: A blueprint for sustaining a competitive military edge

    SOFTWARE-DEFINED WARFARE: A BLUEPRINT FOR SUSTAINING A COMPETITIVE MILITARY EDGE - China and Russia are adapting to rapid advances in modern technology that could shift military power dynamics. While the United States leads in cutting-edge commercial technology—like low-cost drones, autonomy, and...

  • The critical role of operational energy in military readiness and resilience

    THE CRITICAL ROLE OF OPERATIONAL ENERGY IN MILITARY READINESS AND RESILIENCE - Join as the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center and the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security’s Forward Defense Program will host a discussion on how operational energy strengthens US military readiness and re...

  • Countering growing maritime threats

    COUNTERING GROWING MARITIME THREATS - Maritime threats are growing rapidly: ships are being attacked in the Red Sea, undersea cables and pipelines are being harmed in the Baltic Sea and elsewhere, the shadow fleet is endangering ships, coastal states and the marine environment, and maritime borde...