Atlantic Council blogs

Rubio: “We need to re-energize and lead a united coalition with European nations”

By Marco Rubio, the Office of Senator Rubio

From Marco Rubio, the Office of Senator Rubio:  [I]f we still have to lead, can’t we at least be equal partners with someone else? In fact, shouldn’t we rely on other nations to carry more of the burden?

Can Western Women Tame Iran’s Nuclear Negotiators?

By Laura Rozen and Barbara Slavin

Photos of the high-stakes Iran nuclear talks held in Istanbul earlier this month tell their own story.

Georgian president Saakaskvili offers to resign if Russia pulls out from separatist regions

By the AP

From the AP:  The president of Georgia said Thursday he’s willing to resign if Russia withdraws its troops from two separatist Georgian regions that split off in the 2008 war between the two countries.

Russian Warships to Get NATO Communications Equipment

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  Russian warships will be equipped with NATO navigation and communications systems to improve coordination in anti-piracy missions around the world, Chief of the Russian General Staff Nikolai Makarov said on Wednesday.

House caps European missile shield funds, demands cost-sharing deal with NATO

By Carlo Munoz, the Hill

From Carlo Munoz, the Hill:  If the Obama administration wants Congress to finance a new missile shield in Eastern Europe, it will have to first get NATO to agree to foot part of the bill. 

Forget Red Dawn, US inviting Russian paratroopers to first joint exercise in Colorado

By Eloise Lee, Business Insider

From Eloise Lee, Business Insider:  Russian paratroopers will meet up with American forces next month for an unprecedented military exercise in Colorado, according to RT News.

Top News: Islamists Divided Between Morsi and Fotouh

By Mara Revkin

44 percent of the members of the general assembly of al-Gama’a al-Islamiyya’s Building and Development Party are supporting Islamist candidate Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh in the presidential election, according to an opinion survey. Only 25.8 percent of members support the Brotherhood’s designated candidate, Mohamed Morsi.

A World in Transformation

By Brent Scowcroft

We are living in a world that we know and that has shaped our thinking, but that world is in a process of transformation. We are struggling with institutions and practices of an Old World when that Old World is fading. This issue explores this global transformation, and I commend to you the articles contained […]

Senior NATO official headed to Moscow for missile defense talks

By Nikolaus von Twickle, the Moscow Times

From Nikolaus von Twickle, the Moscow Times:  NATO Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow will attend a high-level conference on missile defense in Moscow next week, a senior official for the Western military alliance said Monday.

NATO, Russia stage Arctic war games

By Ilya Kramnik, the Voice of Russia