It’s not just hard power and soft power that matter. ‘Resilience power’ is every bit as essential.

UkraineAlert Mar 6, 2025

US peace initiative can help bring Ukraine’s abducted children home

By Kristina Hook, Iuliia Hoban

Securing the return of the thousands of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia since 2022 must play a part in the peace efforts recently initiated by US President Donald Trump, write Kristina Hook and Iuliia Hoban.
Civil Society Conflict
It’s not just hard power and soft power that matter. ‘Resilience power’ is every bit as essential.

New Atlanticist Jan 21, 2025

The US retreat on climate comes with steep costs for the economy and the American people

By Jorge Gastelumendi

Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement will not only hamper global efforts to combat climate change, but also harm Americans’ lives and livelihoods.
Climate Change & Climate Action International Organizations
It’s not just hard power and soft power that matter. ‘Resilience power’ is every bit as essential.

UkraineAlert Dec 5, 2024

Ukraine’s entrepreneurial class can drive the country’s economic recovery

By Anton Waschuk

The Ukrainian SME sector has demonstrated remarkable wartime resilience and is poised to be at the forefront of efforts to create a modern, innovative, postwar economy, writes Anton Waschuk.
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New Atlanticist

Jul 8, 2025

It’s not just hard power and soft power that matter. ‘Resilience power’ is every bit as essential.

By Elizabeth Sizeland

Without the ability to function under pressure, even the most sophisticated military and diplomatic strategies will falter.

Crisis Management Resilience

Report

Jul 8, 2025

For the US and the free world, security demands a resilience-first approach

By Elizabeth Sizeland

This report is the foundational document of the Adrienne Arsht National Security Resilience Initiative and outlines a bold vision to embed resilience as a core pillar of US and allied security. As crises compound, this report calls for investing across individual, institutional, and international levels of resilience to withstand, adapt, and thrive amid disruption. 

Crisis Management Cybersecurity

New Atlanticist

Jun 26, 2025

As another brutal heat wave hits the US, local and national leaders need to step up

By Jorge Gastelumendi

As Americans face continued and lasting heat, leaders at all levels must recognize the need for additional action to address climate threats.

Resilience United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Jun 9, 2025

Turkmenistan’s deepening water crisis could have far-reaching regional consequences

By Rasul Satymov

Turkmenistan’s water crisis could have significant economic and political ramifications well beyond its borders.

Central Asia Corruption

Issue Brief

May 30, 2025

The frontier is the front line: On climate resilience for infrastructure and supplies in Canada’s Arctic

By Jeffrey Reynolds, Kristen Taylor

The front lines of strategic competition now run through the Arctic. Ottawa must do more to enhance its military readiness and infrastructure preparedness in the region.

Climate Change & Climate Action Defense Policy

New Atlanticist

May 13, 2025

There is no easy fix for Haiti’s crises. But here’s where the US can start.

By Camilla Reitherman

There are several steps the United States can take now to alleviate the suffering of the Haitian people and prevent the crisis from spreading throughout the region.

Caribbean Civil Society

In the News

Mar 18, 2025

Özkizilcik in Dirilis Postasi: are the Druze Israel’s new excuse?

By Atlantic Council

Israel Middle East

UkraineAlert

Mar 6, 2025

US peace initiative can help bring Ukraine’s abducted children home

By Kristina Hook, Iuliia Hoban

Securing the return of the thousands of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia since 2022 must play a part in the peace efforts recently initiated by US President Donald Trump, write Kristina Hook and Iuliia Hoban.

Civil Society Conflict

In the News

Mar 5, 2025

Creamer published in the Small Wars Journal on US and allied readiness in a “multi-theater general war”

On March 5, Shawn Creamer, nonresident senior fellow in the GeoStrategy Initiative and Indo-Pacific Security Initiative, was published in the Small Wars Journal on US under preparedness for large-scale conflict and the steps needed to strengthen defense and societal resilience. He argues that, as our adversaries are acting in a coordinated manner to build up […]

Crisis Management Defense Industry

In the News

Feb 25, 2025

Zaaimi quoted in World Politics Review on displaced Syrian women

By Atlantic Council

Middle East Migration
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Gabrielius Landsbergis

Distinguished Fellow

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Transatlantic Security Initiative

Defense Policy Lithuanian

Fellow

Lisa C. Sawyer

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Transatlantic Security Initiative

Defense Policy Economy & Business

Fellow

Amany Qaddour 

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Arabic Civil Society

Fellow

Peter Arvo

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Freedom and Prosperity Center

China Human Rights

Fellow

Anca Agachi

Nonresident Fellow

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Transatlantic Security Initiative

Africa Conflict

Fellow

Victor Atkins

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Indo-Pacific Security Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Crisis Management Cybersecurity
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