New Atlanticist

Progress toward peace in Yemen, but hard work remains

By Afrah Nasser

To be sure, there are plenty of daunting issues that need to be addressed in order to achieve a lasting peace in Yemen. These issues were not addressed in the talks in Sweden.

US Syria envoy: Syrian Kurds’ future lies in Syria

By David A. Wemer

With ISIS mainly eradicated from Syria, Special Representative James Jeffrey’s comments could signal the Trump administration’s willingness to weaken its support for the Kurdish groups.

Here’s what Brexit would mean for the transatlantic relationship

By Peter Ricketts

The goal of Atlanticists on both sides of the pond should be to keep alive the conviction of the founding fathers of NATO that it is profoundly in the national security interests of Britain and the United States to promote a strong multilateral alliance attuned to the security threats of today and tomorrow.

The United States and its allies need to understand China’s North Korea policy

By Taisuke Mibae

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on October 26 marked the first time in seven years that a serving Japanese prime minister has traveled to China for official bilateral meetings with his counterparts. Lost in the headlines of this historic summit was the fact that the two leaders […]

A view From congress

By Ashish Kumar Sen

wo US lawmakers—one serving and another incoming—listed their top national security concerns at the Atlantic Council’s Annual Forum in Washington on December 14.

Why it will be hard to kill NAFTA if Congress does not approve Trump’s trade deal with Mexico and Canada

By Ashish Kumar Sen

“If the new treaty doesn’t pass, NAFTA will be more resilient and more difficult to kill,” said Jesus Seade, Chief NAFTA negator for Andres Manuel López Obrador, at the Atlantic Council’s Annual Forum in Washington on December 14.

Atlantic Council’s leadership outlines vision for the future

By David A. Wemer

“You rise and fall based on your ability to change when the environment around you changes,” said Atlantic Council’s outgoing interim chairman, retired US Marine Corps Gen. James L. Jones, Jr., “If you cannot change... you [will] fail.”

US Sen. Mark Warner and Adm. Michael Rogers make the case for cyber security

By Ashish Kumar Sen

“On a percentage basis, our near peer adversaries… Russia and China, even with much smaller defense budgets, are disproportionately spending in the domains of cyber and misinformation, in particular,” said US Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA).

US Sen. Tom Cotton’s pitch for US global leadership: ‘We don’t want to play home games’

By David A. Wemer

By containing adversaries and cementing alliances, the United States can ensure that attacks on its own soil are next to impossible and can prevent devastating global wars by ensuring that aggression is stopped before it can expand.

A salute to our chairman

Upon his retirement in 2010, Obama said of Jones: “The American people owe the general a debt for making the nation safer.”