Brent Scowcroft

Brent Scowcroft is the president and founder of the Scowcroft Group. He served as a national-security adviser to presidents Gerald Ford and George H. W. Bush. He is a member of The National Interest's Advisory Council.


Essays

Global Governance

A World in Transformation

| 04.25.12

The world we know is changing. The result is an uneasy mixture of the traditional Westphalian state system and the forces of globalization. Until we find a balance between them, this is a recipe for drift, transition and increasing chaos.

Security

The Dispensable Nation?

| 07.01.07

Even though the United States has lost its Cold War–era aura of "specialness", the world still needs U.S. leadership.

Security

A Modest Proposal

| 03.01.06
Economics

In the Wake of War

| 09.01.05

America shouldn't forget that the other half of regime change is building a new regime.

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May 22, 2013