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2011 Awards Dinner: You Had to Be There

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Jul 29, 2025

The Russia pressure menu: Options to convince Putin to negotiate on Ukraine 

As the US president cuts his deadline for Russia to ten days, there are several options for him to increase pressure on Moscow to pursue peace.

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2011 Awards Dinner: You Had to Be There

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Jul 24, 2025

Dispatch from Manila: A lesson in calling out Chinese maritime aggression

By
Markus Garlauskas, Philip W. Yu

As the Philippines has focused more on Chinese threats to itself, Manila also seems increasingly inclined to see its own security as connected to that of the broader region.

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Indo-Pacific

2011 Awards Dinner: You Had to Be There

New Atlanticist
Jul 1, 2025

The US must enforce sanctions to prevent Iran from rebuilding its nuclear program

By
Kimberly Donovan

To ensure that Tehran cannot get its hands on the financial resources it would need to rebuild its nuclear program, Iran sanctions enforcement should start with China.

Economic Sanctions
Iran

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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 […]

Transatlantic

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.”

New Atlanticist

May 4, 2011

2011 Awards Dinner Highlights

By James Joyner

The 2011 Atlantic Council Annual Awards Dinner launched the Council’s 50th anniversary celebration in style, providing an evening of transatlantic luminaries, thoughtful conversation, and world class music—and some exciting news about the Council’s future.

Transatlantic

New Atlanticist

May 4, 2011

Atlantic Update 5/4/11

By Klee Aiken

The European Union becomes "almost" a full member of the United Nations, gaining the rights to speak on the floor of the General Assembly, submit amendments, and make proposals. Portugal receives its bail out and Europe’s reaction to the death of Osama bin Laden is analyzed.

New Atlanticist

May 3, 2011

Cyber Workforce Ferris Wheel

By Jason Healey

There is nothing "new" in recent reports of gaps in the United States government’s  cyber security workforce as numerous commissions and reports have identified the problem and solutions for over a decade.   We remain stuck in a Ferris wheel of our own making and worse, mistaking movement for progress. A recently released report by […]

New Atlanticist

May 3, 2011

The Pakistan Dilemma

By Shuja Nawaz

 U.S. President Barack Obama’s announcement yesterday about Osama bin Laden’s death in Abbottabad, Pakistan raises questions about the health of the U.S.-Pakistani relationship. Pakistan seems to have helped the United States track down bin Laden’s lair, as Obama acknowledged. But it is unclear whether Pakistan was involved in planning the mission that brought U.S. Special […]

New Atlanticist

May 3, 2011

Is Britain a Pocket Superpower or Super-Belgium?

By Julian Lindley-French

Oh no, not again! The BBC’s Robert Peston has discovered that the two currently under construction and now infamous British aircraft carriers, HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales will cost more than originally envisaged. One outlier estimate has the cost as high as £10bn, rather than the £3.9bn budgeted for. This is apparently […]

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