General Brent Scowcroft
Editorial Board Member, Quarterly Journal: International Security
Experience
Lieutenant General Brent Scowcroft (USAF ret.) is a counselor and trustee at CSIS and President of the Scowcroft Group.
AP Photo
October 13, 2009
"U.S., Russia Must Lead on Arms Control"
Op-Ed, Politico
By General Brent Scowcroft, Editorial Board Member, Quarterly Journal: International Security, Joseph S. Nye, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor, Nicholas Burns, Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Politics, Harvard Kennedy School and Strobe Talbott
"The Nobel Peace Prize Committee cited Obama's dedication to arms control and nonproliferation when announcing last Friday his selection as this year's laureate. If he creates a positive, mutually reinforcing dynamic in the way he presents and sequences the two treaties [NPT and CTBT], it will give momentum and coherence to follow-on negotiations and the agreements that they produce."
Spring 2009
U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy
Report
By Dr. William J. Perry, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project and General Brent Scowcroft, Editorial Board Member, Quarterly Journal: International Security
Perry and Scowcroft chaired the Council on Foreign Relations independent task force on U.S. nuclear weapons policy. The final report of the task force is provided here.
July 2008
Project on National Security Reform - Preliminary Findings
Report
By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities, David M. Abshire, Norman R. Augustine, Ambassador Robert D. Blackwill, Charles G. Boyd, Daniel W. Christman, General Wesley K. Clark, Former Senior Advisor, 2001-2009, Preventive Defense Project, Ruth A. David, Leon Fuerth, Newt Gingrich, James R. Locher III, James M. Loy, Jessica Tuchman Mathews, John McLaughlin, Joseph S. Nye, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor, Carlos Pascual, Amb. Thomas R. Pickering, General Brent Scowcroft, Editorial Board Member, Quarterly Journal: International Security, Jeffrey H. Smith, Dr. James B. Steinberg and Ken Weinstein
The Project on National Security Reform (PNSR) - a bipartisan, private-public partnership sponsored by the Center for the Study of the Presidency - has released its preliminary findings on needed changes in the national security system (covering both international and homeland security). PNSR's goal is approval of a new system early in the next administration. It envisions three sets of reforms: new presidential directives or executive orders, a new national security act, and amendments to Senate and House rules.
March 10, 2004
Policy Framework for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction
Testimony
By Dr. William J. Perry, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project and General Brent Scowcroft, Editorial Board Member, Quarterly Journal: International Security
Testimony of Dr. William J. Perry and Brent Scowcroft
December 22, 2003
Good Nukes, Bad Nukes
Op-Ed, New York Times
By Ashton B. Carter, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Harvard & Stanford Universities, Dr. William J. Perry, Former Co-Director, Preventive Defense Project, Dr. Arnold Kanter and General Brent Scowcroft, Editorial Board Member, Quarterly Journal: International Security
Ashton B. Carter, Arnold Kanter, and William J. Perry write about the viability of the Nonproliferation Treaty in this New York Times op-ed.
September 2000
Strengthening the National Security Interagency Process
Book Chapter
By John M. Deutch, International Council Member, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Dr. Arnold Kanter, General Brent Scowcroft, Editorial Board Member, Quarterly Journal: International Security and Chris Hornbarger
Chapter in Keeping the Edge: Managing Defense for the Future
