Atlantic Council blogs

Calls From Man With Terror Links Prompted German Alert, Official Says

By Michael Slackman, the New York Times

From Michael Slackman, the New York Times:  Germany’s recent decision to declare a terrorism alert and dispatch heavily armed police around the nation was set off by phone calls from a man who said he wanted to quit working with terrorists and warned of a pending Mumbai-style attack

Partners for Peace? Just Possibly

By John Vinocur, the International Herald Tribune

From John Vinocur, the International Herald Tribune:  NATO’s final communiqué didn’t talk of seeing a “strategic partnership” with Russia

The Lisbon Summit and Ratifying START

By the Editors of the New York Times

From the Editors of the New York Times:  If you did not spend last weekend tuned in to news from the NATO summit meeting in Lisbon, you probably missed the breakthrough on European missile defense. NATO leaders agreed to jointly develop a shield intended to intercept short- and medium-range missiles. And Russia agreed to cooperate, […]

After Lisbon, Execution Is Key

By Peter Flory

Russian Ambassador: We Want to Be Partners But Need Guarantees

By Sarwar Kashmeri

In the latest installment of the New Atlanticist Podcast Series Atlantic Council senior fellow Sarwar Kashmeri interviews Dmitry Rogozin, Russia’s Ambassador to NATO.

Diplomatic Cables Reveal US Doubts about Turkey’s Government

By Spiegel

The Wikileaks Cables and Transatlantic Relations

By Scott Shane and Andrew W. Lehren, the New York Times

From Scott Shane and Andrew W. Lehren, the New York Times:  A cache of a quarter-million confidential American diplomatic cables, most of them from the past three years, provides an unprecedented look at backroom bargaining by embassies around the world, brutally candid views of foreign leaders and frank assessments of nuclear and terrorist threats.

Stuxnet: Signs Could Point to Russia

By Chris Demchak

No smoking gun cleanly identifies the author of Stuxnet but three broad streams of evidence point away from the usual suspects of Israel, the US, or China.

Turkey: What NATO means for us

NATO has released new videos on YouTube providing national perspectives on the Alliance.

For NATO alliance, progress in Lisbon

By the Editors of the Washington Post

From the Editors of the Washington Post:  The war in Afghanistan has threatened to break the NATO alliance – regardless of the outcome of the war itself.