Atlantic Council blogs

Better to share Britain’s second carrier with NATO?

By David Manning and Franklin Miller, the Financial Times

Ashton picks Finn to be EU ‘spymaster’

By Andrew Rettman, the EUobserver

Deadly Kabuki in Korea

By Don Snow

The current crisis between the Koreas is now over a month old, with the North and South Koreans gnashing their rhetorical teeth and one another and the world wondering if this could be the onset of a second Korean War. The current flap began last month over the shelling of Yeonpyeong Island, a part of […]

Europe’s Foreign Ministers Unite Behind START

By the International Herald Tribune

From the International Herald Tribune:  Ratification and implementation of New Start would be a major contribution to enhancing the goals of peace, security and disarmament. Reintroducing legally binding limitations on the numbers of nuclear warheads and an effective verification regime would make a positive contribution both to European security and the global non-proliferation regime. At […]

Pakistan’s Extremist Havens

By James Joyner

Shuja Nawaz, director of the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center, gave a long interview to PBS NewsHour on the subject "Pakistan’s Extremist Havens: What Options Does U.S. Have?"

Merkel Wins Again

By James Joyner

Even as Angela Merkel continues to suffer defeats within her own governing coalition in Germany, she has once again imposed her will on the EU, forcing austerity rather than additional bailouts to deal with the ongoing fiscal crisis in the eurozone.

Russian Black Sea Fleet to join NATO naval drills in 2011

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  The Russian Black Sea Fleet will take part for the first time in NATO’s Bold Monarch exercise next year, its commander said on Friday. "Ahead of us [next year] are tactical drills involving multiple task forces, Russian-Turkish exercises under the Black Sea Partnership program and the NATO drills, Bold Monarch, which the […]

Azerbaijan arms production up 260% year-on-year

By RIA Novosti

Four lawmakers hospitalized after fight in Ukrainian Parliament

By Roman Olearchyk, the Financial Times

From Roman Olearchyk, the Financial Times:  A fight broke out in Ukraine’s parliament on Thursday night between lawmakers from President Viktor Yanukovich’s party and opposition MPs from the party of his rival, Yulia Tymoshenko. Four opposition MPs were taken to hospital after being injured in the fistfight. While skirmishes are common in Ukraine’s messy politics, […]

Ashton Warns Europe it is Losing Influence in US

By Stephen Castle, the New York Times

From Stephen Castle, the New York Times:  In her first major report on foreign policy, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, acknowledged that Washington was focusing less on Europe, and warned that the bloc would need to show more unity if it hoped to change that dynamic.