Atlantic Council blogs

Medvedev: “Turkey and Russia are strategic partners not only in words but in deeds”

By AFP

Building an East Asian NATO

By Max Boot, Commentary

From Max Boot, Commentary: A common complaint heard among American officials and policy analysts is that in East Asia — one of the most important and conflict-prone areas of the planet — there is no security architecture comparable to NATO. The U.S. has ties to many key countries, notably Japan, South Korea, Singapore, the Philippines, […]

Obama: “the United States has no closer friend and ally than the United Kingdom”

By  President Obama, White House

From President Obama, White House: Today, I was pleased to call David Cameron to extend my personal congratulations for the successful campaign that he ran and for becoming the new British Prime Minister. As I told the Prime Minister, the United States has no closer friend and ally than the United Kingdom

SACEUR Honors Swedish-NATO Cooperation in Afghanistan

By Allied Command Operations

From Allied Command Operations: "Admiral James Stavridis, the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), visited Sweden from 10 -11 May on the invitation of the Chief of Defence of the Swedish Armed Forces, General Sverker Göranson. While there he met with the State Secretary to the Prime Minister, Mr. Gustav Lind, and the State Secretary for […]

NATO AWACS Resume Operations

By Allied Command Operations

From Allied Command Operations: NATO E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft resumed flight operations after completing inspections and maintenance on Friday, May 7. After the repair of corrosion and a successful ground test, the first NATO E-3A returned to the skies to conduct flight operations over Alliance airspace. The entire NATO AWACS fleet operating […]

Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea Addresses North Atlantic Council

By NATO

From NATO: On 11 May, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of Korea, Mr Yu Myung-hwan, visited NATO Headquarters and met the Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen. During the meeting, they discussed how to foster NATO-Korea relations. The Secretary General welcomed the Republic of Korea’s important contribution to the Alliance’s mission […]

Can We Succeed in Afghanistan and Pakistan?

By Harlan Ullman

This week’s very visible visit of Afghan President Hamid Karzai to Washington, combined with the fallout from Faisal Shahzad’s failed bombing attempt in New York’s Times Square and the specter of forcing Pakistan to go after terrorist training camps in North Waziristan, raises the question of whether or not “we” can succeed in Afghanistan and […]

Ukraine: Containing the Con

By Alexander Motyl

For five years Viktor Yanukovych claimed to be a democratic, moderate, and unifier—everything that the Orange elites presumably were not. In the two months that he has occupied the president’s seat, Yanukovych has shown that he is an authoritarian, radical, and disunifier—everything that the Orange revolutionaries had accused him of being in 2004.

Tory-Lib Dem Coalition Imminent, Inevitable

By James Joyner

Yesterday, in a bold gambit to secure a progressive Labour-Liberal Democrat coalition, Gordon Brown announced his resignation as prime minister and party leader.  He failed.  All signs point to an imminent power sharing arrangement between the plurality winning Conservatives and the third place Lib Dems.  

Britain’s New Prime Minister and America’s Non Atlanticist President

By the Times (London)

From the Times (London):  Before the election, the Tories spoke of establishing “a new special relationship” — with India. William Hague said that ties with Washington would be “solid but not slavish”. Mr Cameron called for Anglo-US relations to be “rebalanced”, remarking that “Britain should never be frightened of saying no to America.” Nick Clegg, […]