A CONVERSATION WITH KENNETH WAINSTEIN, DHS UNDER SECRETARY FOR INTELLIGENCE AND ANALYSIS - The Office of Intelligence & Analysis (I&A) is one of the most important, newest, and least-understood parts of the US Intelligence Community. I&A is the bridge between the highly classified world of foreig...

CONFLICTS IN EAST ASIA — A new study by the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security explores the intricate challenges confronting the United States in East Asia. The report sheds light on the potential for a two-front limited nuclear conflict involving the People's Republic ...

CONFLICTS IN EAST ASIA — A new study by the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security delves into the intricate security landscape of East Asia. In this insightful analysis, Markus Garlauskas, the Director of the Indo-Pacific Security Initiative and former National Intelligenc...

US-CHINA TECH WAR — While the US has long been the dominant force in breakthrough technologies and innovation, China has transformed itself into a formidable challenger. In order for the US to retain its technological advantage over Beijing while also competing alongside its allies and partners, ...

US-CHINA LESSONS FROM UKRAINE: FUELING MORE DANGEROUS TAIWAN TENSIONS - Atlantic Council’s Global China Hub and Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security are pleased to host the launch of a new report, “US-China Lessons from Ukraine: Fueling More Dangerous Taiwan Tensions”, authored by Atlantic ...

NATO MEMBERSHIP AND SECURITY GUARANTEES: GETTING UKRAINE RIGHT AT THE VILNIUS SUMMIT - Brave Ukrainians have confronted unrelenting assaults on their homeland since the Russian Federation’s unprovoked, full-scale invasion in February 2022. Although support from the North Atlantic Alliance and its...

PREVAILING IN AN AGE OF DANGER - While competition with China and Russia remains the dominant factor driving US security strategy, the United States must now also contend with a myriad of new and emerging military and nonmilitary challenges including drones, cybersecurity, pandemics, and climate ...

A CONVERSATION WITH SECRETARY CHRISTINE WORMUTH ON THE ARMY’S ROLE IN THE NATIONAL DEFENSE STRATEGY - The Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security and its Forward Defense practice hosted a Commanders Series event on “A Conversation with Secretary Christine Wormuth on the Army’s Role in the Nati...

COMMISSION ON DEFENSE INNOVATION ADOPTION: INTERIM REPORT LAUNCH - The Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security and its Forward Defense program hosted the public launch of the Commission on Defense Innovation Adoption’s Interim Report on April 12, 2023. This event featured the launch of a repor...

FOSTERING A FOURTH DEMOCRATIC WAVE: A PLAYBOOK FOR COUNTERING THE AUTHORITARIAN THREAT - A powerful autocratic wave is sweeping the globe. According to Freedom House, the world is facing its seventeenth consecutive year of democratic decline. Can these trends be reversed? What will it take to fos...

A CONVERSATION WITH GENERAL LAURA J. RICHARDSON ON SECURITY ACROSS THE AMERICAS - As the National Defense Strategy notes, a stable Western hemisphere serves US national security imperatives. Yet, Latin America and the Caribbean—a region of global importance with longstanding historical, cultural,...

A CONVERSATION WITH STEPHEN J. HADLEY | HAND-OFF: THE FOREIGN POLICY GEORGE W. BUSH PASSED TO BARACK OBAMA - Over the past two years, former national security advisor Stephen J. Hadley has spearheaded a project to make accessible a collection of nearly thirty previously classified transition memo...

REPORT LAUNCH: THE FUTURE OF NATO C4ISR - C4ISR, which stands for Command and Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, is referred to as the nervous system of the military and is crucial to any mission. As the war in Ukraine has shown, the relevance of su...

HOW FREE MARKETS SHAPE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT - One of the defining questions of our time is whether free markets or economies controlled by authoritarian regimes are better at delivering prosperity for their people.

A panel of distinguished experts held a discussion on free markets and development ...

THE NEAR CRISIS PROJECT: WHY WHAT YOU DONT KNOW CAN HURT YOU - The Scowcroft Center’s Forward Defense program hosted a public conversation on “The Near Crisis Project: Why What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You” on January 27, 2022. This event featured a panel of distinguished speakers from the researc...

A CONVERSATION WITH PRIME MINISTER OF LITHUANIA INGRIDA ŠIMONYTĖ - On the frontlines of democracy in Europe, Lithuania has proven to be a key power in rallying global support for Ukraine in the face of Russia’s war to wipe out Ukrainian independence and identity. Working together with the other c...

A CONVERSATION WITH SWEDEN'S MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS TOBIAS BILLSTRÖM - Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine triggered a seismic shift in Europe’s foreign policy and security strategy. This unjustified war has reinforced the transatlantic partnership and led Sweden to seek admission into ...

PREVIEWING THE NATO SUMMIT WITH AMBASSADOR JULIANNE SMITH - Russian President Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine has resulted in the largest war in Europe since 1945 and upended the post-Cold War security order. As Ukraine fights back against the invasion, the United States and NATO ...

A CONVERSATION WITH THE BALTIC PRESIDENTS - Russia’s unprovoked war in Ukraine will have momentous consequences for the transatlantic community and security and defense architecture in Europe for years to come. Eighteen years after the accession of the Baltic states to NATO, Estonian President Al...

WILL THE US AGAIN BE THE ARSENAL OF DEMOCRACY? A CONVERSATION ON LEND-LEASE FOR UKRAINE WITH US SENATORS BEN CARDIN AND JOHN CORNYN - The United States’ efforts to support Ukraine’s defense against Russia’s full-scale invasion have in many ways been driven by support in the US Congress. Military ...

ALLIED RESOLVE: NATO PERSPECTIVES ON THE RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE - The Atlantic Council’s Transatlantic Security Initiative in the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security hosted a conversation on “Allied resolve: NATO perspectives on the Russian invasion of Ukraine” with four former NATO S...

US ROLE IN THE NATO ALLIANCE WITH SENATORS JEANNE SHAHEEN AND THOM TILLIS - The war in Ukraine has ushered in a sea change in transatlantic security. In response to Russia’s illegal and unprovoked war, the United States and its NATO allies have provided unprecedented military and political suppor...

SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN THE BLACK SEA: A CONVERSATION WITH ROMANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER BOGDAN AURESCU - The Black Sea region is increasingly an area of strategic importance for the United States, its allies and for the Euro-Atlantic community as a whole. The Black Sea region is dominated by Rus...

IS IT TIME FOR AN ALLIANCE OF DEMOCRACIES? - On December 9–10, President Joe Biden hosted a Summit for Democracy, a virtual event to which the leaders of more than one hundred democracies worldwide have been invited. The Summit convened as the world entered what Biden has framed as a broad global...