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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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Jan 26, 2011

Atlantic Update 1/26/11

By Jason Harmala

Russia ratifies new START treaty, Ireland votes on its finance bill, and the fallout from Monday’s Moscow airport attack.

New Atlanticist

Jan 26, 2011

Why I’m At Davos

By Frederick Kempe

Dateline Davos — The World Economic Forum’s annual meeting is as good a place as any to restart blogging, which I had abandoned four years ago when I left the Wall Street Journal and my "Thinking Global" column to become president and CEO of the Atlantic Council. Davos tries to capture the Zeitgeist each year […]

New Atlanticist

Jan 25, 2011

Enduring Geopolitics: Russia’s 2008 Attack in Historical Perspective

By David Smith

Ninety-one years ago this week, the British cabinet rejected a comprehensive plan to rally an anti-Bolshevik coalition, support White Russian forces, control the Baku-Batumi corridor and the Caspian Sea and, from that position of strength, negotiate with the nascent Soviet government. The geopolitical effect of this decision was cession of the Eurasian heartland to the […]

New Atlanticist

Jan 25, 2011

Atlantic Update 1/25/11

By James Joyner

Each weekday, Atlantic Update will highlight top news stories and columns vital to understanding the transatlantic space.

New Atlanticist

Jan 24, 2011

Moscow Airport Terrorist Attack Kills 35

By James Joyner

As many as 35 are dead and 130 wounded after an explosion at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport. Terrorism is the working assumption.

New Atlanticist

Jan 24, 2011

Exploring ‘Turkishness’: women’s rights, entrepreneurship and ethno-religious identity

By Zeynep Dereli

The modern Turkish Republic was founded as a secular democracy. As we are approaching the centennial of the founding of the Republic we can see how far we’ve come and how far we have yet to go. We still face significant issues regarding human rights, particularly in relation to minorities and women. Turkey still struggles […]

New Atlanticist

Jan 24, 2011

Who Will Play the Lead in Eurasia’s Pipeline Opera?

By Alexandros Petersen

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso was in Turkmenistan last week negotiating ways the Caspian country’s vast natural gas reserves might ameliorate European dependence on Russian resources through the so-called Southern Energy Corridor. Coming on the heels of a successful agreement inked in Baku to bring Azerbaijani gas to the European Union, Barroso’s meeting in […]

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New Atlanticist

Jan 21, 2011

Is China Trying to Divide U.S. and Europe?

By Banning Garrett

Chinese President Hu Jintao held talks with President Barack Obama this week on the heels of Vice Premier Li Keqiang’s charm offensive in Europe early this month. Li, the presumptive future premier, made deals to purchase European government bonds, buy European goods and invest in European countries. Should the United States — and Europe — […]

New Atlanticist

Jan 21, 2011

Jihadists Losing Momentum?

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

The fourth issue of Inspire, al Qaeda’s online English-language magazine, appears to be running out of ideas to provoke mayhem among the heathen nations and the Muslims who do their bidding. Women jihadis are praised for their courage and men chastised for sitting on their hands. Singled out is Roshanara Chaudry sentenced to life in […]

New Atlanticist

Jan 20, 2011

Obama’s Mid-Term Report Card

By James Joyner

Today marks the second anniversary of Barack Obama’s inauguration as president and, thus, the halfway mark of his term. How’s he doing so far? The easy answer is to give him an Incomplete. After all, it takes a long time to see the results of policy changes. Nonetheless, based on what we know so […]

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