Scowcroft Center Director Barry Pavel discusses the state of ground-based US missile defense with Al Jazeera English.

Missile defense cooperation stands among the most prominent dimensions of the strategic relationship between the United States and Poland.  Both Washington and Warsaw have been strong advocates of missile defense within NATO.  Poland has enthusiastically accepted US requests to base missile interceptors on its territory, and recently made the acquisition of air and missile defense capability its top military procurement priority. Yet, what should be a unifying pillar of US-Poland security cooperation has too often been an irritant.

Scowcroft Center Director Barry Pavel on CTV discusses Secretary Hagel’s US missile defense system announcement and if more needs to be done with allies.

The Middle East Peace and Security Initiative is pleased to release a new issue brief, “A Strategy for US Engagement in the Middle East: Contain Threats, Embrace Dignity." Michele Dunne, director of the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East and Barry Pavel, director of the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security evaluate challenges and opportunities for US interests in President Barack Obama’s second term, in light of profound changes in the Middle East and North Africa.

As President Obama prepares for his upcoming trip to the Middle East amid concerns over Egypt’s struggling economy, a stalled peace process, and growing fears of a nuclear armed Iran, he should embrace the dignity agenda and change the course of US disengagement from the region.

Please join the Atlantic Council for a debate on US strategy in the Middle East with Michele Dunne and Barry Pavel, coauthors of a new Atlantic Council issue brief. The issue brief will be released at the event, just prior to President Barack Obama’s trip to Israel, the West Bank, and Jordan, and on the heels of Secretary of State John Kerry’s nine-country tour of Europe and the Middle East.

Please join the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security for its annual conference on missile defense on March 12, 2013. This year’s conference will maintain its traditional focus on transatlantic missile defense, while also addressing other key regions, including Asia and the Middle East.

Atlantic Council Scowcroft Center Vice Chair Ellen Tauscher has been named to the Congressionally-mandated National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) governance panel by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.

North Korea's recent nuclear test was a stark reminder to China that the days of a "lips and teeth" relationship with Pyongyang, of Mao Zedong and Kim Il-sung half a century ago, are long gone.

Nuclear test after nuclear test, missile test after missile test, Pyongyang has time after time ignored Beijing's pleas not to take provocative actions.

International security in today's globalized world demands a framework responsive to interconnectedness, multiple power centers, shared vulnerabilities, and dramatic change. To meet these diverse challenges that affect the security of its members, NATO, as the West's premier security organization, must reach beyond the transatlantic arena.