Featured Publications
U.S.-Iran Relations: Policy Compendium
Article 5 and Strategic Reassurance
NATO Reform and Decision-Making
The U.S., NATO and the EU: Partnership in the Balance
Council Highlights
Damon Wilson discusses NATO, Turkey, and Azerbaijan
Damon Wilson, vice president and director of the Atlantic Council Program on International Security, was interviewed by Leyla Tagiyeva of Azerbaijani news site News.Az about U.S.-Turkey relations in the context of NATO and its role in the Caucasus region.
Sven Biscop and Jo Coelmont: Permanent Structured Cooperation and European Armed Forces
Prof. Dr. Sven Biscop, Director of the Security & Global Governance Programme at the Egmont Institute and member of the Atlantic Council Strategic Advisors Group, and Brig-Gen. (Ret.) Jo Coelmont, former Belgian Representative to the European Union Military Committee, co-authored an Egmont Institute Security Issue Brief entitled Permanent Structured Cooperation for Effective European Armed Forces.
Banning Garrett Discusses U.S.-China Relations
Banning Garret, director of the Council's Asia Program, was interviewed by Daniel Ryntjes of Feature Story News about U.S.-China relations after the February 18 meeting between President Obama and the Dalai Lama.
Shuja Nawaz on Al Jazeera English: India-Pakistan Relations
Shuja Nawaz, director of the Atlantic Council's South Asia Center, spoke with Al Jazeera English's Riz Khan about the renewed India-Pakistan peace talks.
FEATURED ISSUE
Eurozone Crisis: Threat of Sovereign Debt Default
The Atlantic Council's Global Business and Economics Program hosted a conference call with Professor Leszek Balcerowicz on the Euro debt crisis.
Australia
NATO not Going Global, for Now: U.S. Official
Jorge Benitez | February 28, 2010From the People's Daily Online: A senior U.S.
Europe and Afghanistan
Jorge Benitez | December 14, 2009
From the New York Times: Afghanistan is not and should not be just the United States’ fight. Al Qaeda has used its sanctuaries in Afghanistan and Pakistan to plot and launch attacks on European cities. We welcome the news that some of America’s 42 military partners in Afghanistan plan to send m...
Report: Government-Sponsored Cyberattacks Increasing
Jorge Benitez | September 12, 2009
This year, China has been accused of launching attacks against the United States, India, Germany and Australia, but the Chinese are not alone: 120 countries including the United States are said to be launching Web espionage operatio...
SCO no rival to NATO yet
Jorge Benitez | June 17, 2009From Radio Australia: "LAM: So is the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation positioning itself as a kind of a regional counterpoint if you like to US European NATO?
HUISKEN: I think it's a long way from that, it has certainly been a forum that within which they've conducted multilateral military exercises, particularly counter-insurgency ones, but also a couple of bigger ones where the message was wider, not least to Japan. And certainly both China and Russia in particular are vehemently opposed to NATO expansion, and particularly of course to the US presence in central Asia that was legitimised if you like by 9/11." (Interview of Dr. Ron Huisken, senior fellow, at the Australian National University's Strategic and Defenc...
NATO's new US ambassador has Dutch roots
Jorge Benitez | May 08, 2009
Mr Daalder also proposed to offer full m...
Australia Prepares for U.S. Decline
James Joyner | May 09, 2009
The release a week ago of an Australian defense plan calling for a substantial upgrade in forces based on the assumption that the United States will be reducing its commitments to the Asia-Pacific region has slowly gotten the attention of the foreign policy commentariat.
Australia and New Zealand Guarantee All Bank Deposits
Peter Cassata | October 12, 2008On Sunday, Australia and New Zealand pledged to guarantee all bank deposits in a coordinated effort to curb further losses to their currencies and markets. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 Index fell 16 percent last week while New Zealand's NZX 50 dropped 11 percent. According to the
Australian Prime Minister Announces Military Build-up
Joseph Snyder | September 11, 2008Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced in a speech to veterans on Wednesday that Australia
FEATURED EVENT
U.S.-Iran Relations: Best-Case Scenario
A panel of Iran experts addressed the "best-case scenario" for U.S.-Iran relations at the Atlantic Council. Dr. Kenneth Katzman, a Middle East scholar at the Congressional Research Service, presented his Atlantic Council-commissioned Compendium of Policies, Laws and Regulations that govern U.S. relations with Iran, and the discussion followed.
General Stephane Abrial: NATO Transformation
General Stéphane Abrial of France, Commander of NATO’s Allied Command Transformation (ACT), will speak before the Atlantic Council on March 10 about ACT’s efforts to improve Alliance capabilites to meet current and future challenges as well as ACT's role in NATO’s next Strategic Concept.
2010 Awards Dinner: Clinton, Bono, Ackermann, Abrial, Mattis
FEATURED INTERVIEW
Euro Debt Crisis: A Discussion with Currency Strategist Marc Chandler
In his latest New Atlanticist Podcast, Atlantic Council senior fellow Sarwar Kashmeri addresses the Euro debt crisis and the recent hedge fund betting of over $8 billion in short positions against the common EU currency. He talks with Marc Chandler, the Chief Currency Strategist for the investment bank Brown Brothers Harriman and author of Making Sense of the Dollar.
