Rebecca Skoryanc, Author at WestExec Advisors

Bridge Colby testifies before the House Armed Services Committee on the Role of Allies and Partners in U.S. Military Strategy and Operations

"Allies and partners are absolutely essential for the United States in a world increasingly defined by great power competition, above all with China. Indeed, they lie at the very heart of the right U.S. strategy for this era, which I believe the Department of Defense’s 2018 National Defense Strategy (NDS) lays out..." Read the full testimony here: Full Testimony

Rebecca Skoryanc2020-10-20T16:37:05-04:00September 23, 2020|Cybersecurity & Defense|

Liz Rosenberg quoted in The Sydney Morning Herald article, “Tehran ‘Ready’ To Swap All Prisoners With US, Despite New Sanctions”

"Elizabeth Rosenberg, a sanctions expert at the Centre for a New American Security, said that action did not significantly 'move the needle.' "'The United States has already significantly targeted Iran, and this new action doesn't ... cause much more significant pain,' she said..." Read the full article here: Full Article

Rebecca Skoryanc2020-10-20T16:27:19-04:00September 22, 2020|Economy & Trade|

Dan Shapiro writes in Jewish Telegraphic Agency: “What Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Taught Us About the Gift of Time”

"...The message is that we are obligated to use our time on this earth wisely, to fix what is broken, to care for others, to renew ourselves and to renew our world. "If anyone lived a life that could teach us the same lesson, it was Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She understood the obligation to use her time to good effect. She spoke movingly of the Jewish values she was raised with — the pursuit of justice, caring for those in need, [...]

Rebecca Skoryanc2020-09-30T22:33:26-04:00September 21, 2020|News|

Liz Rosenberg quoted in The Wall Street Journal article, “Leaked Treasury Documents Prompt Fresh Calls for Updated Anti-Money-Laundering Regulations”

"'The FinCEN files illustrate the alarming truth that an enormous amount of illicit money is sloshing around our financial system, and that U.S. banks play host and facilitator to rogues and criminals that represent some of America’s most insidious national security threats,' said Elizabeth Rosenberg, a former Treasury sanctions official. "'But the devastating problem is not that bad people move dirty money—a feature of every system of currency and exchange in history,' she said. The problem is that the U.S. doesn’t [...]

Rebecca Skoryanc2020-10-20T16:27:34-04:00September 21, 2020|Economy & Trade|

Michèle Flournoy speaks at New America’s Future Security Forum, “Reinventing National Security in the Era of COVID-19”

Michèle Flounory speaks with General Joseph Votel and Peter Bergen about how COVID influences our conceptualization of national security, civil-military relations, and ongoing and upcoming national security challenges for the United States. Watch the full event here: Full Event

Rebecca Skoryanc2020-10-23T17:41:26-04:00September 21, 2020|Cybersecurity & Defense|

Dan Shapiro quoted in The New York Times article, “Trump Seeks to Turn Israeli-Arab Accords into Campaign Gains”

"Daniel Shapiro, who served as President Barack Obama’s ambassador to Israel, said that had been true from the start of Mr. Trump’s presidency. 'He’s been trying every day for four years to turn Israel into a wedge issue with American Jewish voters, and he can’t even move it out of the margin of error,' Mr. Shapiro said. 'The votes are set...'" Read the full article here: Full Article

Rebecca Skoryanc2020-09-30T22:30:30-04:00September 20, 2020|Geopolitical Perspectives|

WestExec Spotlight: Rachel Ellehuus

WestExec’s Spotlight Series highlights the issues some of our team members focus on. This week’s Spotlight features Rachel Ellehuus, former Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy and Principal Director for European and NATO Policy in the Office of the Secretary of Defense from 2015-2018. Europe: The political currents in Europe grow increasingly complicated as the United Kingdom prepares to leave the European Union, the United States readies to remove a substantial number of troops from Germany, [...]

Rebecca Skoryanc2020-09-30T22:26:42-04:00September 18, 2020|Geopolitical Perspectives, WestExec Spotlight|

Jay Shambaugh writes in The New York Times: “People Need Money Now. A $1.5 Trillion Deal Can Make It Happen”

"The pandemic brought on the most quick and severe recession that the United States has ever experienced. The economy shed over 22 million jobs in just two months, and contracted at an annualized rate of 32 percent in the second quarter..." Read the full article here: Full Article

Rebecca Skoryanc2020-09-30T22:17:38-04:00September 17, 2020|Economy & Trade|

Meghan O’Sullivan writes in Bloomberg: “Pandemic Is Hurting, Not Helping, Green Energy”

"For most people, there was nothing to celebrate when the International Monetary Fund downgraded its outlook for global economic growth in June, anticipating a contraction of 4.9% for 2020. Yet for others, such as the small but persistent group of economists and others known as the 'degrowth movement,' the Covid-induced economic slowdown has a silver lining..." Read the full article here: Full Article

Rebecca Skoryanc2020-09-30T22:12:45-04:00September 16, 2020|Economy & Trade|

Michael Camilleri testifies before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Civilian Security, and Trade: “The Health, Economic, and Political Challenges Facing Latin America and the Caribbean”

"While regional experiences vary and it is still early to draw definitive conclusions, it is already clear that the pandemic is exposing and exacerbating many of Latin America’s preexisting challenges. Income inequality, labor informality, and weak social safety nets obligated millions of citizens to choose between protecting their health and feeding their families. Strained public finances and regressive tax systems limited the steps governments could take to stimulate their economies and support those most in need. Weak public services and discrimination [...]

Rebecca Skoryanc2020-09-30T22:20:36-04:00September 15, 2020|Geopolitical Perspectives|

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