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.
Israel
China, US, Russia in Cyber Arms Race: McAfee
Jorge Benitez | January 29, 2010
From AFP: China, the United States and Russia are among 20 countries locked in a cyberspace arms race and gearing up for possible Internet hostilities, according to the head of web security firm McAfee. Dave DeWalt, chief executive and president of the US firm said the tradition...
Israel Seeks to Influence NATO Strategic Review
Jorge Benitez | January 13, 2010
From the Jerusalem Post: Israel is launching a diplomatic initiative in an effort to influence the outcome of NATO's new Strategic Concept which is currently under review by a team of experts led by former United States Secretary of State Madeline Albright.
On Thursday, the third se...
Poland Shifting Troops from UN to NATO Missions
Jorge Benitez | December 10, 2009
Deputy Defense Stanislaw Komorowski, currently in the Middle East says the basis for the decision to terminate their presence was the government's strategy of granting priority to NATO and the EU missions. The search for cuts in Defence Ministry expenditure was also ...
US to send $100M worth of weapons to Georgia
Jorge Benitez | November 09, 2009
The head of the General Staff, Aleksandr Shlyakhturov, told the agency [TASS] that, according to the information at their disposal, “Georgia, is still getting military assistance from NATO members, Isra...
US-Israel drill may shape European missile shield
Jorge Benitez | October 28, 2009
Some 2,000 U.S. and Israeli personnel are holding maneuvers this week and next to test technology that would prote...
US faults Turks for canceling NATO air exercises
Jorge Benitez | October 14, 2009
He was asked whether that was what happened and whether Israel was the spurned cou...
Turkish FM criticizes Israel over Gaza
Jorge Benitez | October 12, 2009
The Turkish government decided to change the list of participating countries and exclude Israel, according to the Israel Defense Forces. As a result, the NATO exercise was effectively scrapped, although a U....
Solana: The EU is a "Global Provider of Security"
Jorge Benitez | October 09, 2009
It marks 10 years of European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP), during which the EU became a global provider of security, making a real difference to people's lives all over the world. At the same time, we are on the threshold of a new era when the Lisbon Treaty enters into for...
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.
