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Turkish Military Leadership Resigns and What It Means

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.

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Turkish Military Leadership Resigns and What It Means

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

Turkish Military Leadership Resigns and What It Means

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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New Atlanticist

Jul 29, 2011

Turkish Military Leadership Resigns and What It Means

By Ross Wilson

Media reported in Turkey late on July 29 that the Chief of the Turkish General Staff (TGS), General Işık Koşaner, and the military service chiefs under him at Land Forces, the Air Force and the Navy have all submitted their resignations.

Turkey

New Atlanticist

Jul 29, 2011

An Effective, Affordable Uncommon Defense, Part 2

By Harlan Ullman

The international environment and its threats and dangers have dramatically transformed from well-armed military forces and states with aggressive and expansive designs to smaller, ideologically motivated groups relying on terror and non-military means to achieve their aims. U.S. and allied defense and security forces must assimilate and respond to these profound shifts. And, while the […]

New Atlanticist

Jul 29, 2011

The New Foreign Policy Frontier

By Anne-Marie Slaughter

A rapidly changing world requires news ways of thinking, and new tools for understanding and engaging with societies as well as governments. The frontier of foreign policy in the 21st century is social, developmental, digital, and global. Along this frontier, different groups of actors in society — corporations, foundations, NGOs, universities, think tanks, churches, civic […]

New Atlanticist

Jul 29, 2011

Iran’s Image Plummets in Arab World, Poll Finds

By Barbara Slavin

Iranian leaders have tried to portray democracy movements in the Arab world as inspired by their 1979 Islamic revolution and predicted that Iran’s regional support would grow as pro- Western dictators fell. However, a new poll by the Arab American Institute shows approval of Iran’s role in the region plummeting since 2006 and especially since […]

Iran

New Atlanticist

Jul 28, 2011

International Partnership and Transition in Afghanistan

By William B. Caldwell IV

Last week, Afghan security forces assumed lead security responsibility in areas across Afghanistan. This historic milestone is a testament to the sacrifice, hard work, and vision of the international community and the government of Afghanistan. Since the first tranche of transition areas was announced earlier this year, NATO and Afghan leadership have been working shoulder-to-shoulder […]

Afghanistan

New Atlanticist

Jul 28, 2011

India-Pakistan Rivalry Afghanistan’s “Gordian Knot”

By Barbara Slavin

U.S. hopes to withdraw forces and leave behind a stable Afghanistan may rest on whether Pakistan and India can lower bilateral tensions and refrain from using Afghan territory for a new proxy war.

India Pakistan

New Atlanticist

Jul 27, 2011

Restoration Doctrine

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

It’s now called the Doctrine of Restoration, diplomatic jargon for rebuilding America before China eats our lunch.

New Atlanticist

Jul 27, 2011

The Debt Ceiling Crisis and National Security

By Don Snow

It is a central tenet of the right-wing, generally Republican, overwhelmingly pro-TEA Party movement that wields a stranglehold on the U.S. House of Representatives that the central government is not good for much. It does not, of course, put its belief in quite those terms, but nonetheless, that is the libertarian spirit in terms certainly […]

Economy & Business

New Atlanticist

Jul 26, 2011

Norway Terrorism and the Blame Game

By James Joyner

To what extent does extreme rhetoric in political discussions help fuel unspeakable acts by violent extremists? This perennial question was renewed by news that Norwegian terrorist Anders Behring Breivik was a fan of anti-Islamist sites, including Robert Spencer’s Jihad Watch and Pamela Geller’s Atlas Shrugs. Dr. Marc Sageman, a forensic psychologist and former CIA officer, told the New York […]

New Atlanticist

Jul 26, 2011

New Challenges – New Nato

By Gábor Iklódy

In early August, a new division started its work in NATO’s International Staff. In itself, this may not appear particularly noteworthy. Large bureaucracies re‑shuffling their outfit from time to time is not exactly headline-grabbing stuff. But this time, things are different.

NATO Security & Defense
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