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Atlantic Update 5/9/11

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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Atlantic Update 5/9/11

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

Atlantic Update 5/9/11

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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May 9, 2011

Atlantic Update 5/9/11

By Klee Aiken

Today is all about the European economy, with the ‘big four’ holding secretive talks over Greece, Ireland receiving a loan rate reduction, while a "financial bomb" is diffused in Belgium. Libyan rebels look forward to Italian arms, an expectation quelled by Italy’s insistence that they will only include "self-defense material." Perhaps the Dutch could satiate […]

New Atlanticist

May 6, 2011

Killing Osama bin Laden Was a Legal Act

By Michael Cohen

I’ve been watching with almost stunned fascination the debate that has unfolded over the past few days about the legality of killing Osama bin Laden. In fairness, part of the problem is with how badly the White House has bungled the public information part of this job.  I give the White House and the President […]

New Atlanticist

May 6, 2011

Pakistan: Cutting to the Quick

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

As U.S. forces routed the Taliban in Afghanistan in October 2001, a Pakistani two-star general with the Inter-Services-Intelligence agency toured the Federally Administered Tribal Areas to warn tribal leaders, "We are next." One tribal leader in attendance, who was also a member of Parliament, recalled the ISI general explaining that "America has invaded Afghanistan to […]

New Atlanticist

May 6, 2011

Best Front Page Ever

By James Joyner

The Atlantic’s Jim Fallows dubs the above the Greatest Front Page Ever.

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New Atlanticist

May 6, 2011

Atlantic Update 5/6/11

By Klee Aiken

Rough seas ahead for Russia’s attempts to procure Mistral class warships from France, as further disagreement over licensing and sensitive technology stall progress. Poland looks to emphasize European Union expansion in its upcoming stint as EU President, but with Icesave victims Great Britain and the Netherlands in the mix, including Iceland in its plans could […]

New Atlanticist

May 5, 2011

2011 Awards Dinner: You Had to Be There

By James Joyner

Atlantic Council awards dinners are filled with speeches from world leaders about weighty topics of global import. But what makes them so special is the personal interactions and the lighter moments, touching stories, and shared connections.

New Atlanticist

May 5, 2011

History Matters in War and Politics

By Harlan Ullman

This column was almost pre-empted by news of the daring “kill or capture” raid by U.S. Navy SEALs against Osama bin Laden. But, as the Raymond Davis case took time to resolve, the tough and obvious political and strategic answers to what Pakistan knew or did not know about the now deceased al-Qaida leader’s whereabouts […]

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New Atlanticist

May 5, 2011

Atlantic Update 5/5/11

By Klee Aiken

Europe and the United States set their sights spacewards, although if EU President Herman van Rompuy is right the EU might be "too depressed" to muster the innovation for such a task. Russia further clarifies what it hopes to get from NATO-Russian cooperation and Europe looks to ensure its influence in Africa as Chinese presence […]

New Atlanticist

May 4, 2011

Biden: Transatlantic Relationship as Central as it Has Ever Been

By James Joyner

Vice President Joe Biden pronounced the “transatlantic relationship as central as it ever has been” and declared “it’s hard to imagine a threat we can’t address more effectively together.”

New Atlanticist

May 4, 2011

Biden: Congress Knew of Bin Laden Mission for Months, No Leaks

By James Joyner

In his first public remarks since the announcement of Osama bin Laden’s death, Vice President Joe Biden divulged that “as many as 16 members of Congress that were briefed on it, not a single solitary thing leaked.”

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