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New Atlanticist

Sep 13, 2011

U.S. Risks World-Leader Role

By Chuck Hagel

As the symbols of our nation’s economic and military strength (or prowess) came under attack 10 years ago today, my first thought: “This is the second Pearl Harbor.” As I told a reporter that day, “I don’t think I’m overstating it.”

New Atlanticist

Sep 13, 2011

Why Ten Years On Britain is Less Secure

By Julian Lindley-French

It has been a bruising decade for Britain. If on 10 September, 2001 an analyst had suggested that within months British forces would be fighting on the ground in Afghanistan, let alone in Iraq less than two years later credentials would have been questioned. 911 quite simply changed all the planning assumptions upon which British […]

United Kingdom

New Atlanticist

Sep 12, 2011

Being NATO’s Secretary General on 9/11

By Lord Robertson

Being NATO Secretary General is always a job fraught with challenges and surprises. But on 11 September, 2001, Lord Robertson had one of the most extraordinary experiences of any NATO Secretary General. Here, he recounts how the day panned out. At NATO Headquarters in Brussels, it was just an ordinary Tuesday. One which was to […]

NATO Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Sep 12, 2011

9/11 Ten Years After

By Ioan Mircea Pascu

10 years after 9/11 at the current rapid pace of time are enough to permit a general evaluation of its consequences and, therefore, significance. Of course, the question: “what would have been the US foreign policy without 9/11?” will always remain … Personally, in retrospect, I am of the opinion that the US reaction, particularly […]

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Sep 11, 2011

Paying the Consequences of 9/11 Overreach

By Chuck Hagel

Every American who is at least 20 years old remembers where he or she was on that sunny September morning 10 years ago. Sept. 11, 2001, was one of the most transformative events in the history of America. And its consequences rippled across the globe. This historic attack on the United States set in motion […]

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Sep 10, 2011

Deterrence for the post-9/11 era

By Barry Pavel & Matthew Kroenig

Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker’s new book, Counterstrike: The Untold Story of America’s Secret Campaign Against al Qaeda, credits our role in developing the first US government-wide strategy for deterring terrorist networks. They write that we “crafted a briefing to make the case that a combination of efforts — economic, diplomatic, military, political, and psychological … could in fact […]

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New Atlanticist

Sep 9, 2011

Key Resignation Another Blow to Eurozone Stability

By James Joyner

The markets took another hard hit today following the abrupt resignation of Jürgen Stark, Germany’s member of the European Central Bank’s board. The euro hit six month lows against the dollar, bank stocks tumbled five percent, the Dow was down 3 percent, and the FTSE All-World index fell 3.07 percent amid near certainty that Greece would […]

Economy & Business

New Atlanticist

Sep 9, 2011

The End of Twentieth-Century Warfare

By Anne-Marie Slaughter

9/11 was the defining event of the new millennium, but not for the reasons we thought for most of the ensuing decade. For most of that period we would have pointed to 9/11 as the beginning of twenty-first century warfare: perpetual vigilance and probing pre-emptive strikes against an ill-defined, global, networked and largely non-state enemy. […]

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Sep 8, 2011

G-7 Faces Three-Front Battle Against Contagion

By Julie Chon

Tomorrow, finance ministers and central bankers from seven wealthy countries in the developed world will convene in Marseilles, France for their regular meeting to assess the health of the global economy. After a few global gatherings when the economic outlook appeared more promising in 2009 and 2010, the G7 agenda is back to battling contagion […]

Economy & Business

New Atlanticist

Sep 8, 2011

Tragedy, Hope, and 9/11 Remembered

By William B. Caldwell IV

Ten years have passed since the United States suffered tragedy on September 11th, but the implications continue to ripple throughout American discourse and international politics. As we mourned during the weeks and months that followed the attack, Dan Rather wrote, “if any good has come out of such evil, it is this: we have been […]

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