Ukraine Elections: Let's Not Get Carried Away
Nikolas Gvosdev | February 08, 2010
Adrian Karatnycky's analysis of Ukraine's presidential run-off election ends on a positive note.
Iran's Nuclear Threat to NATO
Gregory Schulte | February 08, 2010
As NATO prepares a new Strategic Concept, the Alliance must address the dangerous prospect of a new and direct security threat: Iran, under the grip of a hostile and authoritarian leadership, armed with and emboldened by nuclear weapons.
Re-Introducing Viktor Yanukovych
Adrian Karatnycky | February 08, 2010The triumph of Viktor Yanukovych in Ukraine's presidential election on Sunday marks the remarkable political comeback of a man who was the pariah of the Orange Revolution of 2004.
U.S. and Kazakhstan Need a Truly Strategic Partnership
Boyko Nitzov | February 08, 2010
The omens are good, the stars in a benign juxtaposition: during recent hearings on the hill, Kazakhstan’s foreign minister Kanat Saudabaev and hearing participants struck a common note on a number of strategic issues. We may be witnessing the birth of a much needed strategic partnership.
US and Europe: Matching Words with Deeds
Stephanie Hofmann & Kenneth Weisbrode | February 05, 2010
So much attention has gone to Barack Obama's decision to skip this year's US-EU Summit — the latest in a now long series of perceived snubs — that almost nobody seems to have noticed what is, at least according to the State Department, a milestone in transatlantic relations.
Obama Snubs Europe. Again.
James Joyner | February 05, 2010
President Obama has once again set off a round of charges that he's snubbing European leaders, this time with the announcement he'll skip May's EU-US summit.
Zapatero the Optimist
Nicholas Siegel | February 05, 2010
Despite coming off what the Spanish press has dubbed “Zapatero’s Horrible Week,” the President of Spain gave an inspired and constructive speech before the Atlantic Council in Washington last night.
Obama's Challenge is a Broken Political System
Harlan Ullman | February 04, 2010
After a year and two weeks in office, President Barack Obama and his approval ratings have suffered more than just the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune. As virtually all recent presidents before him, the first year has been unkind and even hostile.
Obama's Iraq Policy Must be Focused on More than Withdrawal
Henry Kissinger | February 04, 2010
In a 71-minute State of the Union address, President Obama managed no more than 101 perfunctory words about Iraq. Throughout its term, the administration has recoiled from discussing Iraq's geostrategic significance and especially America's relation to it.
Virtual Threats in the Real World: The Challenge of Cyberspace
Derek S. Reveron | February 03, 2010
Within just the last decade, people have become as dependent on the virtual world for their daily activities as they are dependent on the physical world for human activities. Consider the implications for yourself when the network is down, cell phone calls are dropped, or a virus crashes your network.
