Markus Garlauskas

Markus Garlauskas is the director of the Indo-Pacific Security Initiative in the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security and served as the U.S. National Intelligence Officer for North Korea from 2014 to 2020.

Articles by Markus Garlauskas
A man holds his fist in the air and shouts along with a crowd of other men holding placards.
A man holds his fist in the air and shouts along with a crowd of other men holding placards.

8 Simmering Threats You Shouldn’t Ignore in 2025

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Emma Ashford, Nick Aspinwall, Elisabeth Braw, John R. Deni, Markus Garlauskas, Mina Al-Oraibi, Natia Seskuria, Sushant Singh
In this handout image released by the South Korean Defense Ministry, South Korean Navy's destroyer Yulgok Yi I (R) U.S. Navy's aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (C) and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's Umigiri, (L) sail in formation during a joint naval exercise in international waters off South Korea's southern island of Jeju on Apr. 4, 2023
In this handout image released by the South Korean Defense Ministry, South Korean Navy's destroyer Yulgok Yi I (R) U.S. Navy's aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (C) and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's Umigiri, (L) sail in formation during a joint naval exercise in international waters off South Korea's southern island of Jeju on Apr. 4, 2023

The U.S. Must Prepare to Fight China and North Korea at the Same Time

Argument
Markus Garlauskas, Matthew Kroenig
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