Rebecca Skoryanc, Author at WestExec Advisors

Charlie Bolden quoted in Axios article, “The International Space Station’s End Will Mix Up Space Geopolitics”

"The big picture: Not all attention will turn to the Moon at the end of the space station, however. NASA is hoping to make use of private space stations under development as a proving ground for missions to deeper space. "Those space stations could be places where nations are able to collaborate with one another as well. "'My guess would be the international partners would be buying time on those commercial vehicles,' former NASA administrator Charles Bolden told me..." Read the [...]

Rebecca Skoryanc2020-11-18T15:37:40-05:00November 3, 2020|Geopolitical Perspectives|

Rachel Ellehuus quoted in The Washington Times article, “Turkey’s Interference Worries Friends, Angers Foes”

"'Erdogan is using this overseas adventurism to draw the Turkish public’s attention away from how poorly the Turkish economy is doing,' said Rachel Ellehuus, deputy director of the Europe Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington..." Read the full article here: Full Article

Rebecca Skoryanc2020-11-18T15:45:52-05:00November 1, 2020|Geopolitical Perspectives|

Mike Singh quoted in POLITICO article, “Biden Plans A Beefed-up National Security Council”

"Perhaps above all, said Michael Singh, a former George W. Bush administration aide, Biden will have to decide 'whether he is going to make the NSC the prime mover on all things national security' as Obama did, or delegate more authority to Cabinet agencies..." Read the full article here: Full Article

Rebecca Skoryanc2020-11-18T15:40:16-05:00October 31, 2020|Cybersecurity & Defense|

Danny Russel quoted in CNN article, “How China’s Xi Jinping Blew A Golden Opportunity with US President Donald Trump”

"'At the same time that Xi was hypocritically claiming to be the grand defender of the global system, Trump was attacking it viciously and putting forward a very nationalist jingoistic message. So that magnified the contrasts and widened the gap,' said [Danny] Russel, who is now vice president of international security and diplomacy at the Asia Society Policy Institute..." Read the full article here: Full Article

Rebecca Skoryanc2020-11-18T15:35:35-05:00October 31, 2020|Geopolitical Perspectives|

Liz Rosenberg on the Financial Crime Insights podcast, “What’s in Store for Sanctions?”

"No matter who wins, the US sanctions strategy is sure to be impacted by the upcoming election. How will the results affect Washington’s current favoured foreign policy tool? Emil Dall speaks with Elizabeth Rosenberg of the Center for New American Security, Nicholas Turner of Steptoe & Johnson Hong Kong and Sascha Lohmann of the SWP..." Listen to the full episode here: Full Episode

Rebecca Skoryanc2020-11-18T15:43:47-05:00October 30, 2020|Economy & Trade|

Linc Bloomfield interviewed on CNBC, “U.S. Election Outcome Is Still An ‘Open Question,’ Says Think Tank”

"Lincoln Bloomfield, chairman emeritus at the Stimson Center, weighs in on major differences in foreign policy style between Democratic nominee Joe Biden and U.S. President Donald Trump..." Watch the full interview here: Full Interview

Rebecca Skoryanc2020-11-18T16:26:54-05:00October 28, 2020|Cybersecurity & Defense|

Dennis Ross writes with David Makovsky in The Times of Israel: “Yitzhak Rabin Was Always A Realist. How Would He Have Handled the 2020 Mideast?”

"It is hard to believe that it is the 25th anniversary of the loss of Yitzhak Rabin. "He was the embodiment of modern Israel. He was the first Israeli leader who was native-born. He fought its wars and built the Israeli military from the time he was a young commander in the Palmach, defending Jerusalem in 1948, to being chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces in the 1967 war. But Rabin led his country not just in war, but [...]

Rebecca Skoryanc2020-11-18T16:04:12-05:00October 28, 2020|Geopolitical Perspectives|

Charlie Bolden quoted in POLITICO article, “Biden’s Space Policy: One Giant Leap for Climate Change”

"'If they talk about the Green New Deal, that would rely heavily on NASA to be a part of getting that implemented using technology in orbit,' said retired Maj. Gen. Charles Bolden, who served as NASA administrator in the Obama administration..." Read the full article here: Full Article

Rebecca Skoryanc2020-11-18T15:57:55-05:00October 28, 2020|News|

Liz Rosenberg interviewed on the European Council on Foreign Relations podcast, “How Can the EU Strike Back? The Way Towards Higher Economic Resilience”

"In this week’s episode, host Mark Leonard is joined by Elizabeth Rosenberg, Senior Fellow and Director of the Energy, Economics, and Security Program at the Center for a New American Security, Jean Pisani-Ferry, ECFR Council Member and a senior fellow at Brussels-based think-tank Bruegel and Jonathan Hackenbroich, ECFR policy fellow for economic statecraft and the head of ECFR’s Task Force for Protecting Europe from Economic Coercion to discuss how Europe could build up higher economic resilience. How can the Union best [...]

Rebecca Skoryanc2020-11-18T16:02:33-05:00October 26, 2020|Economy & Trade|

Jay Shambaugh writes for Brookings: “Don’t Let Flashy 3rd Quarter GDP Growth Fool You, The Economy Is Still in A Big Hole”

"When Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth data for the third quarter of 2020 is released on October 29, it will almost certainly break records. Many analysts project growth over 30 percent at an annual rate – roughly twice as high as any quarterly growth rate since World War II. "Yet despite this phenomenal-sounding growth, the economy will still be in a considerable hole, is actually slowing down, and presents a strong case for concern. Some basic math and data can help [...]

Rebecca Skoryanc2020-11-18T15:54:20-05:00October 26, 2020|Economy & Trade|

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