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A Nation Not at War

By Harlan Ullman

The United States is many things, great and good. But, despite last week’s teapot-sized tempest over full-body scanners and intrusive patdowns by the Transportation Security Agency to neuter terrorist airline bombing threats and zealous rhetoric to the contrary, America isn’t a nation at war! Parts of the nation however are engaged in what to them […]

Jones: Making Africa Better Place Makes World Safer Place

By James Joyner

Former National Security Advisor Jim Jones says tackling the "real 21st century challenge" of maritime security and political instability in West Africa is "something we must do" as well as something we should do.  He called on the United States and its NATO Allies to work together on these issues "Not only to make Africa […]

West Africa Vital To Transatlantic Security

By Anthony Calandra

The United States and our transatlantic partners are rightly working together to address the very real problems off the coast of East Africa. But it’s time for us to start paying more attention to West Africa, which is on the verge of catastrophe that would have far more negative impact our our interests.  This is an […]

Foreign Policy After the US Mid-Term Elections: Avoiding a New Isolationism

By Kurt Volker

Having worked to convince NATO allies to stay committed in Afghanistan, President Obama now returns home, where questions about America’s role in the world may be growing in the wake of this month’s mid-term elections.   Clearly, the U.S. mid-term elections were not about foreign policy.  Yet they may have a significant impact nonetheless, with […]

Two Contrasting Faces of Germany Are Put on Display

By David Marsh

As the storm clouds deepen over the euro, I have spent some time in Germany in the last few days speaking to German politicians and officials who played a significant role in bringing in the single currency. Two contrasting faces of Germany are put on display: a generous and slightly unrealistic side – and one […]

Plugging The WikiLeaks

By James Joyner

The latest WikiLeaks document dump by five Western newspapers — this time, victimizing the State Department  — will start some uncomfortable conversations among America’s friends.  It will also force further evaluation about how we handle our internal business. The editors at the New York Times and The Guardian make strong arguments about the public’s right to know and the fact […]

After Lisbon, Execution Is Key

By Peter Flory

Russian Ambassador: We Want to Be Partners But Need Guarantees

By Sarwar Kashmeri

In the latest installment of the New Atlanticist Podcast Series Atlantic Council senior fellow Sarwar Kashmeri interviews Dmitry Rogozin, Russia’s Ambassador to NATO.

Stuxnet: Signs Could Point to Russia

By Chris Demchak

No smoking gun cleanly identifies the author of Stuxnet but three broad streams of evidence point away from the usual suspects of Israel, the US, or China.

Why Should Our Allies Trust America?

By Harlan Ullman

Quoted before in this column was President John F. Kennedy’s dark joke that the only thing worse than being an enemy of the United States was being an ally. In the shadow of the NATO heads of state summit that concluded last weekend in Lisbon, Portugal, Kennedy’s remark was turned on its head. The only […]