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Communications, Public Diplomacy, and National Security

New Atlanticist
Mar 6, 2025

How European leaders are responding to Trump’s approach to Ukraine and Europe

From London and Berlin to Paris and Brussels, European leaders have taken several notable steps this week on security. This follows the blow-up between the Ukrainian and US presidents on February 28.

New Atlanticist
Feb 26, 2025

Why the US should not lift sanctions against Russia

By
Charles Lichfield

Sanctions are having an unmistakable effect, albeit below the inflated expectations of many in the West in early 2022. Lifting them now would be a mistake.

Conflict
Economic Sanctions

New Atlanticist
Mar 5, 2025

The Egyptian plan for postwar Gaza is a good starting point—but it needs changes

By
Thomas S. Warrick

While many obstacles remain, the Egyptian proposal could form the starting point for negotiations over a workable plan for postwar Gaza.

Conflict
Crisis Management

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Jul 22, 2015

Communications, Public Diplomacy, and National Security

By Mark Seip

Part One: Understanding the evolution of audiences (Note: This article is taken from a forthcoming report by the Atlantic Council on public diplomacy and its role in national security due to be released this fall.) Much has been written about public diplomacy in the 21st century and its need to evolve. In order to do […]

Europe After The Vote

Jul 21, 2015

The Greek Debt Crisis—Latest Developments

By Demetrios Papageorgiou

This time last week, Greece faced an ultimatum: enact a laundry list of economic reforms—known as “prior actions”—by July 15 in order to start negotiations on the country’s third financing program in five years, or face expulsion from the nineteen-member currency union. Determined to keep the euro, even in the face of new austerity, the […]

Greece

New Atlanticist

Jul 21, 2015

Taking the War on the Islamic State Online

By Alexa Lipke

The media frenzy surrounding the rise of the Islamic State (IS) focuses heavily on the United States’ military strategy. But since IS’ influence transcends the battlefields of Iraq and Syria, it is equally important that the United States develop a coherent strategy to counter the group’s social media reach. The twenty-four-hour news cycle and the […]

New Atlanticist

Jul 21, 2015

Presidential Election in Burundi Underscores International Community’s Failure to Engage

By Kelsey Lilley

Residents of the small, central African nation of Burundi are voting July 21 to elect their next President. The election takes place after nearly three months of sometimes-violent protests and clashes both between rival groups and between demonstrators and Burundian police, sparked by current President Pierre Nkurunziza’s controversial third-term bid. In mid-May, an attempted coup […]

Africa East Africa

New Atlanticist

Jul 20, 2015

Georgia Needs a Shorter Path for Membership in NATO, not a MAP

By Mamuka Tsereteli

The Warsaw summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has a chance to become another milestone in the history of the organization, if the alliance chooses to take the next step forward towards further enlargement. There are several aspirant countries expecting bold decisions. Georgia is one of them. The Georgian government is taking a […]

NATO Russia

New Atlanticist

Jul 17, 2015

United States, Cuba Reopen Embassies After Fifty-Four Years. Here’s Why it Matters

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Atlantic Council analysts discuss historic opportunity presented by reopening of embassies in Washington and Havana The United States and Cuba reopened embassies in each other’s capitals July 20 taking the biggest step toward ending half a century of animosity between the two countries. US Secretary of State John F. Kerry hosted Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno […]

Cuba

New Atlanticist

Jul 17, 2015

President Buhari Comes to Washington

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Boko Haram, trade will be at the top of the agenda, says Atlantic Council’s J. Peter Pham Nigeria’s war on Boko Haram will be at the top of the agenda when US President Barack Obama meets his Nigerian counterpart Muhammadu Buhari at the White House July 20, says the Atlantic Council’s J. Peter Pham. The […]

Africa Economy & Business

New Atlanticist

Jul 16, 2015

Perspective on the Iran-P5+1 Nuclear Agreement

By Owen Daniels

After twenty months of negotiations, US, European, and Iranian leaders announced early Tuesday morning that a deal had been reached to secure the peaceful future of Iran’s nuclear program.

Iran Nuclear Nonproliferation

New Atlanticist

Jul 16, 2015

Libya Needs a Little Help from its Friends

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Atlantic Council’s Karim Mezran says peace deal, even if incomplete, can succeed with strong international support Even if a Tripoli-based faction were to set aside its grievances and sign a UN-brokered peace deal that would not be enough to rescue Libya. What the North African nation needs is an international peacekeeping force with a clear […]

Libya

Europe After The Vote

Jul 15, 2015

Here’s Why the IMF Insists on Debt Restructuring for Greece

By Andrea Montanino

On June 26, just before Greece’s referendum, and on July 14, one day after the so-called agreement between the Greek government and the creditors (the International Monetary Fund, the European Union, the European Central Bank), the IMF unusually made public a short but crucial document in any negotiation over a financial aid package: the debt […]

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