Scowcroft Center Profile Banner
Scowcroft Center Profile
Scowcroft Center

@ACScowcroft

18,359
Followers
878
Following
9,274
Media
32,509
Statuses

Official account of @AtlanticCouncil 's Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security. Building strategies for national security and honoring Gen. Brent Scowcroft

Washington, DC
Joined April 2014
Don't wanna be here? Send us removal request.
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
4 years
Your legacy is our inspiration. Rest in peace, General Scowcroft.
Tweet media one
4
139
607
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
7 years
Russia-linked fake news is flooding social media in France in advance of the French presidential election:
Tweet media one
41
482
286
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
7 years
LTG McMaster: Mr. Putin may believe that his aggressive actions in cyberspace, in the air, and on the high seas can undermine our confidence, our institutions & our values...He is wrong. #USBalticSummit
Tweet media one
10
121
185
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
8 years
"Portrait of a Botnet" → @DFRLab uncovers a network of fake Trump supporters set up to make money from clicks:
Tweet media one
10
192
173
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
1 year
Fresh from his trip to Southeast Asia, Indo-Pacific Security Initiative Nonresident Senior Fellow @AdamSchwarzAGA shed light on the regional impact of competition between Beijing and Washington.
Tweet media one
0
2
9
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
8 years
US Treasury now investigating offshore financial transactions involving Manafort in federal anti-corruption probe ↓
Tweet media one
7
156
115
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
4 years
TODAY AT 1:30 PM EDT: The Arctic is rapidly becoming an arena for great-power competition. Join @ACScowcroft as the @usairforce launches the first Department-wide strategy for the region. #ForwardDefense
1
31
119
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
8 years
US State Department issues a sharp condemnation of Russia’s Crimea annexation on referendum anniversary ↓
Tweet media one
13
72
117
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
8 years
Russia is bigger and better than Putin, says @vkaramurza
Tweet media one
4
61
115
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
5 months
"If Europe wants to avoid being pulled into a general full-scale war once again, it must rearm at speed and scale," says @andrewmichta , Scowcroft Strategy Initiative Director and Senior Fellow, in a new article in @politico . Read the full piece here:
5
48
114
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
7 years
LTG McMaster: “For too long, some nations have looked the other way in the face of these threats,” he said. “Russia brazenly and implausibly denies its actions and we have failed to impose sufficient costs." READ the full transcript →
Tweet media one
2
60
95
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
4 years
JULY 21: "North Star: The First Air Force Arctic Strategy" @ACScowcroft will host @SecAFOfficial Barbara Barrett, Air Force CoS @GenDaveGoldfein , and @SpaceForceCSO John Raymond as @usairforce launches its first Arctic strategy. #ACDefense
5
34
93
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
6 years
Sweden's distribution of pamphlets explaining how to prepare for conflict is "yet another signal that the security situation in Northern Europe has changed dramatically since 2014," when Russia intervened militarily in Ukraine, says @MNordenman
6
97
91
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
4 years
The Free World Commission stands with @ipacglobal in condemning China’s assault on Hong Kong’s freedoms. #StandTogether
@ipacglobal
Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC)
4 years
The @AtlanticCouncil Free World Commission adopts #IPAC Hong Kong statement; calls for the world to #reducedependency on China. Great to be working with you. #StandTogether
50
901
1K
1
42
94
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
8 years
A week ahead of his meeting with Xi, Trump's tough talk on China is about to run into hard reality ↓
Tweet media one
2
58
90
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
7 years
Leaked Surkov emails provide irrefutable evidence that the Kremlin funds and manages the conflict in Ukraine:
Tweet media one
2
133
80
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
8 years
Why a strong Europe means a strong United States:
Tweet media one
1
79
84
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
4 years
Speaker highlight: @SpaceForceCSO John Raymond is the first Chief of Space Operations and the Commander of Space Command. He'll be joining us TOMORROW to discuss why the Space Force is critical to security in the unique Arctic environment. #ForwardDefense
1
18
74
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
6 years
Former deputy secretary general of NATO, @ARVershbow : “There are no arrears owed to the US or NATO. President Trump is under the delusion that Allies pay the US for protection, or is feigning ignorance on how NATO works.” #NATOSummit
8
66
65
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
8 years
. @Mzavalagc : If we treat each other like enemies then we lose 25 yrs of a healthy relationship. This goes beyond a simple tweet. #ACStrategy
Tweet media one
6
53
54
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
8 years
. @sethmoulton : Most experts agree that highest national security threat is not from refugees, it's from radicalization at home. #ACStrategy
1
20
54
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
8 years
New report from Estonia's Foreign Intelligence Agency — an expansive overview of Russian threats, policy, influence:
Tweet media one
3
85
48
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
8 years
Russian fake news campaign aimed at discrediting Angela Merkel ahead of German election, EU task force finds →
Tweet media one
6
92
46
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
2 years
As Russia and China pursue closer ties, read why Scowcroft Center nonresident senior fellow @andrewmichta says the West needs to change its thinking.
2
14
50
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
8 years
North Korea has sacked its minister of state security, another sign of a "crack in the elite" in Pyongyang ↓
4
81
45
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
6 years
Trump’s Plan B for Iran | Matt @kroenig writes for New Atlanticist
Tweet media one
1
38
32
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
6 years
The stationing of US troops in Europe, alongside NATO partners, is vital to deterring further military aggression from Russia, said Chairman of #GenDunford at #ACdefense
1
18
44
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
4 years
IT’S HERE! 🎉 NATO 20/2020 is a new report that offers 20 bold ideas to reimagine the Alliance after the 2020 US Election. Why bother reading it? [1/8]
1
33
46
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
8 years
With Russia's emerging A2/AD challenge, #NATO needs an effective maritime framework:
Tweet media one
2
75
41
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
7 years
Tonight, 7-9PM ET: The Baltic heads of state (Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia) & Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster discuss "100 Years of US-Baltic Partnership." Watch it LIVE → and follow our coverage with #USBalticSummit
Tweet media one
2
43
43
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
8 years
Human rights activist @vkaramurza is speaking now at @AtlanticCouncil . Watch it live here: #RussiaFactor
Tweet media one
2
19
35
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
8 years
House Intelligence Committee to move forward with bipartisan investigation into Russian interference ↓
1
18
38
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
8 years
. @sethmoulton : We have to stand up for our allies in Europe b/c we made that promise. Not just for their security, but for ours. #ACStrategy
5
13
38
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
7 years
McMaster blasts Putin in last speech as national security adviser at @AtlanticCouncil : #USBalticSummit
Tweet media one
1
28
39
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
8 years
Lithuania's president: "Protection of America lies in the Baltics. If you stop Putin here, he will not be a threat."
0
27
37
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
9 years
Debunking Russia's myths of NATO military expansion. http://t.co/HpeLcfzdXX http://t.co/vPtdb5zvg9
Tweet media one
1
58
32
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
7 years
. @DFRLab tracked online media coverage surrounding #NATO ’s deployment in the Baltics and Poland since February 2016 to identify hostile, distorted, and misleading content. Read it here →
Tweet media one
0
30
30
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
8 years
. @DFRLab examines Russian media narratives on #NATO ’s deployment in Poland and the Baltic states ↓
Tweet media one
2
46
35
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
9 months
🚨NEW REPORT | Russia’s Growing Dark Fleet: Risks for the Global Maritime Order In a new report for the @AtlanticCouncil , @elisabethbraw describes how Russia's dark fleet poses a significant threat to global maritime security:
1
26
33
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
2 years
What distinguishes hybrid war from diplomacy? Our Gray Zone Task Force argues that the target and intent of the action are key. Read more in a new Strategic Insights Memo from #ForwardDefense
1
19
35
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
8 years
. @Mzavalagc : It important for Mexico to say that of course we're not going to pay for the #Wall , & I don't know why anyone would #ACStrategy
2
29
30
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
8 years
Former NATO Commander Breedlove: Putin feels emboldened to rewrite the rules of the international order. @NATOSource
Tweet media one
2
49
31
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
3 years
Major news out of yesterday’s #NATOsummit : @NATO leaders have for the first time agreed to expand Article 5, the collective defense clause, to include operations in #space . 1/
2
13
29
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
4 years
“It fell to Brent Scowcroft to define the role of national security advisor... that the national security advisor must serve the president, be an honest broker, and have a low profile and act offstage. Brent not only defined the role, he then lived it." Stephen J. Hadley
Tweet media one
0
13
31
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
4 years
“The most lasting negative impact of the 2008 war has been the de facto veto Russia now holds over Georgia’s NATO membership.” Read more from @LukeDCoffey and @AlexisMrachek on 🇬🇪 #Georgia ’s accession process in our NATO 20/2020 volume.
1
5
27
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
8 years
. @RichardWike discusses the very different world ratings of the US from Pres. Bush to Pres. Obama. #ACStrategy
Tweet media one
0
38
30
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
8 years
. @peterwsinger of @NewAmerica : The US was recently victim of arguably the most important cyberattack campaign in history. #ACcyber #FY18NDAA
0
19
32
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
1 year
On this date in 1947, Brent Scowcroft graduated from the U.S. Military Academy, with General Eisenhower handing him his diploma. Learn more about General Scowcroft and his legacy:
0
5
30
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
8 years
Success of Norway's 50% female military unit has potential to profoundly change military planning. @elisabethbraw
Tweet media one
3
38
29
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
4 years
"But perhaps his most important and long-lasting impact is how he comported himself, how he always exhibited humility and nonpartisanship. As the Director of the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, we will continue to strive to honor his legacy" @BarryPavel
Tweet media one
1
7
29
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
7 years
Who is the Kremlin's audience in France? @DFRLab breaks down French amplifiers of Russian state media:
Tweet media one
0
41
29
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
2 years
The 2022 NATO Public Forum is LIVE | NATO leaders as well as international security experts will gather for a discussion about the future of the world’s most powerful political-military alliance. #StrongerWithAllies
0
21
31
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
8 years
Our lack of response to Russian campaign has incentivized a wider array of actors. @peterwsinger says at @HASCRepublicans hearing. #ACcyber
0
37
28
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
8 years
The ideas Donald Trump is putting forward are dangerous to America, says @RNicholasBurns
Tweet media one
5
8
26
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
3 years
“We are playing checkers while our adversaries are playing chess.” Former @CIA official & #ForwardDefense ’s newest nonresident senior fellow @MPolymer sees that the US must engage in the #grayzone or risk future security. Meet Marc:
2
13
24
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
1 year
We were delighted to host Indo-Pacific Security Initiative nonresident senior fellow & principal author of Australia's Defence Strategic Review @DefenceProf . After a briefing by Team @USSC , we discussed strategies to enhance US-Australia security cooperation in the #IndoPacific .
Tweet media one
1
9
29
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
4 years
According to @LukeDCoffey and @AlexisMrachek , Georgia should be admitted to NATO today—but Abkhazia and the Tsishkinvali Region don’t need to be covered by Article 5 just yet. Learn why. #StrongerWithAllies
2
6
25
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
8 years
With Russia's emerging A2/AD challenge, #NATO needs an effective maritime framework:
Tweet media one
2
40
26
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
6 years
“NATO enlargement to Georgia and Ukraine would eliminate the void in which they find themselves, help stabilize the region, and introduce predictability into those nations’ relations with Russia,” write @DamonMacWilson & David J. Kramer #StrongerWithAllies
1
21
28
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
7 years
'Hack the Air Force' challenge uncovers 207 security flaws, making it the most successful military bug bounty yet:
Tweet media one
1
28
25
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
1 year
What should US strategy in Europe look like going forward? @andrewmichta writes that the US "needs a Europe strategy that secures American interests while significantly reducing US costs to defend Europe." Read more:
4
8
26
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
6 years
“AI will profoundly change military organizational planning and coordination. The implementation of AI in the battlefield would mean advancing into a 'hyper war.'” Read @KCH_Jans on why NATO needs to get smarter on AI: #NATOEngages #StrongerWithAllies
Tweet media one
1
15
24
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
2 years
. @bznotes : Startups aren’t looking for grants: they’re looking for customers to buy products on the other side of R&D. #Nexus22 2/5
2
6
26
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
2 years
We were pleased to host today's workshop with @civilresistance on Fostering a 4th Democratic Wave to catalyze support for pro-democracy movements & push back on authoritarianism. Thanks to @AmbDMitchell @L_Pilegaard & @dctwining for co-chairing.
4
13
25
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
3 years
Congratulations to the Women in STEM team from @SetonHall on winning the first annual New American Engagement Initiative student competition!
Tweet media one
1
9
26
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
5 years
Happy 95th birthday, General Scowcroft
Tweet media one
0
5
24
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
6 years
COMING UP: Join the @AtlanticCouncil and the @TheWilsonCenter for a conversation with the Hon. Kay Bailey Hutchison @USAmbNATO , H.E. Sarah MacIntosh, and H.E. Kerry Buck, on "The Road to NATO’s Brussels Summit" Wed May 23 at 2:30pm. #NATOSummit --> RSVP:
Tweet media one
0
20
23
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
7 years
@bakermckenzie @KerstiKaljulaid @BarryPavel . @jimsciutto sits down for a moderated discussion with @KerstiKaljulaid , President of Estonia. Watch → #accyber #USBalticSummit
Tweet media one
2
9
21
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
8 years
“I’m afraid [the MH17 report] won’t have any effect on the RUS attitude, but it may affect the Western approach to sanctions." #ACstrategy
Tweet media one
1
34
21
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
7 years
Russia’s oligarchs brace for US report listing Putin friends. State and Treasury Dept. officials have been approached by Russian businessmen wishing to remain off the list, says Ambassador Fried:
Tweet media one
0
27
21
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
1 year
@MarkTEsper and @HONDeborahJames recently published an op-ed in @DefenseOne arguing for increasing the flexibility of @DeptofDefense acquisition based on the findings of #ForwardDefense 's Commission on Defense Innovation Adoption Interim Report.
0
2
4
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
1 year
In a new @WSJ piece @andrewmichta argues that the United States cannot dismiss the faltering efforts of NATO's western flank and should move closer to the Alliance's "coalition of the delivering," i.e. building a military installation in Poland. Read more:
1
11
23
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
9 years
For #Russia 'n leaders, nuclear use is simply not out of the question. @kroenig : #NATO
Tweet media one
7
35
21
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
4 years
"The US under a Biden and Harris administration would stand up for democracy. That means China doesn't get a pass on what's happening in Hong Kong and the repression democracy there. China doesn't get a pass on rounding people in a concentration camp in Xinjiang" @PeteButtigieg
2
6
23
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
1 year
Last week, @ACScowcroft traveled to Stockholm to discuss NATO enlargement, Sweden setting up its first National Security Council, and Sweden's National Security Strategy. The team met w/nat sec advisor @hlanderholm and deputy nat sec advisor Hans-Christian Hagman, pictured here.
Tweet media one
1
9
22
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
9 years
Russia is trying to scare Sweden and Finland away from joining NATO. @NATOSource : http://t.co/J6Fp8saeEg http://t.co/lq0lSQqXYv
Tweet media one
7
52
18
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
7 years
. @RepEdRoyce : "Sufficient resources are needed for our military, yes, but also for our diplomats." #ACStrategy
Tweet media one
1
11
23
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
4 years
Today, we remember our namesake, General Brent Scowcroft, on what would have been his 96th birthday. National Security Advisor to two presidents, he fundamentally changed the national security apparatus as we know it. We are proud to carry your legacy forward.
Tweet media one
0
10
23
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
8 years
Gen. Bradshaw: Fake news, cyberhacks, political coercion by Russia could be deemed "acts of aggression" by #NATO
Tweet media one
1
30
19
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
6 years
"To ensure the integrity of the electoral process, Congress must allocate election security funding for state and local govts and impose mandatory guidelines for election vendors. The election security funds established by HAVA appear to be insufficient."
0
15
21
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
8 years
Mattis: US and Russia "are not in a position to collaborate on a military level"; Russia must "prove itself" first ↓
Tweet media one
1
26
17
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
6 years
Recommended Read: @august_cole 's latest short story about the future of land warfare explores questions about leadership in the AI era, citizenship, autonomous weapons, & more, with art by @AlexJayBrady
Tweet media one
2
15
21
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
8 years
Analysis: Larger NATO Baltic Sea Exercise Sends Important Message to Russia. @MNordenman
Tweet media one
4
30
18
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
6 years
Welcome to @Borzou Daragahi, @ACScowcroft 's newest senior fellow! We're glad to have you as part of the team. Read Borzou's first piece for @AtlanticCouncil 's New Atlanticist, "Yemen’s Never-Ending War"
Tweet media one
4
8
19
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
4 years
“Brent has a great propensity for friendship. By that I mean someone I can depend on to tell me what I need to know and not just what I want to hear, and at the same time he is someone on whom I know I always can rely and trust implicitly.” President George H.W. Bush
Tweet media one
0
11
21
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
8 years
. @marcorubio addresses a packed audience at @AtlanticCouncil on human rights in Putin's Russia. Follow #RussiaFactor 4 coverage @ACEurasia
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
1
11
16
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
8 years
NEW REPORT → "Europe in 2022: Alternative Futures" #ACStrategy @ACFutureEurope
Tweet media one
0
11
19
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
8 years
Trump falsely accuses media of inventing his rift with intelligence agencies, angering former CIA director Brennan ↓
0
23
20
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
6 years
“This isn’t a new position on his part. It goes back decades to when he first started promulgating his views on the international order," @ARVershbow says of reports about President Trump's desire to withdraw from NATO.
4
13
17
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
9 years
Why #Russia Is a "Troll State," Not a Rogue State:
Tweet media one
3
26
18
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
8 years
Examining #Cybersecurity Responsibilities at @HHSGov . @joshcorman testifies @HouseCommerce :
Tweet media one
0
11
19
@ACScowcroft
Scowcroft Center
10 months
LIVE EVENT | Sweden's Minister of Defense @PlJonson shares his perspectives on Sweden’s future in NATO and Europe’s evolving security architecture #StrongerWithAllies
0
9
19