Rebecca Skoryanc, Author at WestExec Advisors

Lisa Monaco writes with Ken Wainstein in The Washington Post: “America, Please Look Beyond Your Self Interest and Do Your Duty”

“After the carnage in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio, we are finally talking more about the increasing threat of domestic terrorism, which has killed more people in America since 9/11 than the foreign terrorism of al-Qaeda and the Islamic State. With the body count growing at an alarming rate, it is time to turn from talk to action and confront this threat before it claims more American lives. "As former homeland security and counterterrorism advisers in Democratic and Republican administrations, we [...]

Rebecca Skoryanc2019-08-26T15:45:12-04:00August 21, 2019|News|

Dennis Ross quoted in The New York Times article, “How the Palestinian-Israeli Peace Process Became a Farce”

“'As much as Israel’s founding leaders may have disagreed with one another, men like David Ben-Gurion and Menachem Begin always in the end put the interests of the state above their own,' said Ross. 'They understood that whether you were making a choice or doing nothing, you were making a choice...'” Read the full article here: Full Article

Rebecca Skoryanc2019-08-26T16:03:59-04:00August 20, 2019|Geopolitical Perspectives, News|

Michèle Flournoy writes with Kingston Reif in CNN: “If Trump Ends Another Nuclear Treaty, It Will Be the Height of Folly”

"During his first two and a half years in office, President Donald Trump and his administration have laid waste to numerous international agreements originally designed to strengthen U.S. security, bolster U.S. alliances, and constrain U.S. adversaries. The toll has been particularly high with respect to deals concerning nuclear arms control and nonproliferation. "Over the past 14 months, the administration has withdrawn from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and abandoned the 1987 Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. Both of these valuable [...]

Rebecca Skoryanc2019-08-26T15:43:45-04:00August 19, 2019|Cybersecurity & Defense, Economy & Trade, News|

Liz Rosenberg quoted in The Associated Press article, “Trump Wields Sanctions Hammer; Experts Wonder to What End”

"Although many administrations have relied on sanctions, Trump has used them with zeal at a cost to the U.S., said Liz Rosenberg, the director of the Energy, Economics and Security Program at the Center for a New American Security. She was a senior adviser to one of Mandelker’s predecessors at Treasury during the Obama administration. "Where the U.S. once coordinated with Europeans on issues such as counterterrorism and nuclear nonproliferation, Trump’s sanctions are often one-sided and do not prioritize partnerships, Rosenberg [...]

Rebecca Skoryanc2019-08-26T15:51:46-04:00August 18, 2019|Economy & Trade, News|

Ely Ratner quoted in The Washington Post article, “Generational Clash Emerges Among U.S. Experts In China Policy Debate”

“'A more competitive United States would be a stabilizing force,' said Ely Ratner, who was deputy national security adviser to Vice President Joe Biden in the Obama administration and is now executive vice president at the Center for a New American Security. "U.S. strategy should 'not just be engagement or containment,' said Ratner, 42, who was among several scholars and former practitioners loosely dubbed 'the younger generation' who spoke at the 21st Century China Center’s inaugural China forum. “'There will be [...]

Rebecca Skoryanc2019-08-26T15:53:40-04:00August 17, 2019|Geopolitical Perspectives, News|

Dan Shapiro writes in The Atlantic: “Israel’s Massive Self-Own”

"You don’t expect logic and reason to rule the day when it comes to the Middle East. But every now and then, in a limited way, you get lucky. In July, an overwhelming bipartisan majority of the House of Representatives voted to affirm the traditional tenets of U.S. policy toward Israel: opposing attacks on Israel’s legitimacy, as articulated by the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement, and supporting a two-state solution to allow Israelis and Palestinians to live in peace, security, and [...]

Rebecca Skoryanc2019-08-26T16:01:38-04:00August 15, 2019|Geopolitical Perspectives, News|

Danny Russel quoted in POLITICO article, “Trump Resists Aides’ Pressure to Back Hong Kong Protesters”

“'What I see is kind of a basic arithmetic: a lack of coherence within the administration, plus a lack of real understanding about how China works, equals no good results,' said Daniel Russel, who served as a senior national security aide to President Barack Obama...” Read the full article here: Full Article

Rebecca Skoryanc2019-08-26T15:56:51-04:00August 14, 2019|News|

Julie Smith writes with Torrey Taussig in Foreign Affairs: “The Old World and the Middle Kingdom”

"Europe is beginning to face up to the challenges posed by a rising China. From the political debates roiling European capitals over the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei’s involvement in building 5G mobile networks to the tense EU-China summit earlier this year, recent events have shown that European leaders are growing uneasy in a relationship that until recently both sides saw as immensely beneficial. They worry about the political influence China has gained, especially over the EU’s smaller members, and its growing [...]

Rebecca Skoryanc2019-08-22T13:39:58-04:00August 12, 2019|Geopolitical Perspectives, News|

Danny Russel quoted in Bloomberg article, “Trump Should Court China Reformers, Ex-Obama Official Says”

“The Trump administration has prioritized 'undercutting' the world’s second-biggest economy instead of communicating properly and clouded the chances of China accommodating U.S. interests, Daniel Russel, vice president at the Asia Society Policy Institute who served as Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs under President Barack Obama, told Bloomberg Television. He emphasized a need for compromise from both sides. "'You can’t communicate with your negotiating partner through telepathy, you have to really talk,' he said from Sydney. "...Russel [...]

Rebecca Skoryanc2019-08-22T13:48:05-04:00August 8, 2019|Geopolitical Perspectives, News|

Liz Rosenberg cited in Reuters article, “China Continued Iran Oil Imports in July in Teeth of U.S. Sanctions”

“Elizabeth Rosenberg, an expert on sanctions with Center for a New American Security, a Washington-based think-tank, said if oil changes hands and even if it is then put in storage, the buyer would then be violating sanctions...” Read the full article here: Full Article

Rebecca Skoryanc2019-08-22T13:45:16-04:00August 8, 2019|Economy & Trade, Geopolitical Perspectives, News|

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