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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.

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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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Aug 5, 2010

Creating a Transatlantic Bridge

By Sarwar Kashmeri

Annette Heuser, Executive Director of The Bertelsmann Foundation, speaks with Atlantic Council senior fellow Sarwar Kashmeri in the latest installment of the New Atlanticist Podcast Series. Heuser discusses The Bertelsmann Foundation’s efforts to establish a strong transatlantic bridge between the U.S. and Europe, without preference to any one European country or region.

New Atlanticist

Aug 5, 2010

Terrorist World Cup in East Africa

By David Smith

The first half of the World Cup final game was drawing to a close when that universal cry of combined disappointment and relief arose from restaurants and bars around the world. Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas had made a spectacular save. But at that very moment, cries of anguish arose from Kampala’s Ethiopian Village Restaurant—a suicide […]

New Atlanticist

Aug 4, 2010

Dodd: G20 Has Taken Over

By James Joyner

Christopher Dodd, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, declared that recent events demonstrate, "The debate is over. We’re in a global economy." As such, he repeatedly called for close coordination between American regulators and those of the other G20 nations.

New Atlanticist

Aug 4, 2010

Dodd: No Bank Levy for U.S.

By James Joyner

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd expressed deep skepticism that a European style bank levy is coming to the United States. Certainly, it won’t happen on his watch, because "not much happens" in the final months before an election or in a lame duck session with substantial partisan movement. Dodd made this statement in the […]

New Atlanticist

Aug 4, 2010

Afghanistan Clock Ticking

By James Joyner

With popular support for the war in Afghanistan plummeting from already low levels on both sides of the Atlantic, how long can NATO support its first big test? The Netherlands became the first NATO member to quit Afghanistan Sunday, when it withdrew its 1955 troops. ISAF will survive the tactical loss, which amounts to a […]

New Atlanticist

Aug 4, 2010

The Financial Reform Bill Passed: Now What?

By Scott Bleiweis

Senator Christopher Dodd will visit the Atlantic Council on Wednesday, August 4 to discuss global economic reform.

New Atlanticist

Aug 4, 2010

Shock and Awe Against Jihadists

By Harlan Ullman

August marks the 65th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Japan. On Aug. 6, 1945, a B-29 named “Enola Gay” dropped “Little Boy,” a nuclear device with the equivalent of 10-15 kilotons of TNT that destroyed Hiroshima. Three days later, after Japan’s War Cabinet voted to continue the war, another B-29 launched “Fat Man” on […]

New Atlanticist

Aug 3, 2010

Afghanistan Oversight Failures

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

The questions go back and forth between the U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl W. Eikenberry, who was once the military commander in Afghanistan; and Special Envoy for "AFPAK" Richard C. Holbrooke, usually airborne

New Atlanticist

Aug 3, 2010

Balkans Get New Energy Line

By Borut Grgic

Back from the dead, the Balkan economies are picking up steam. Consumers are spending again and managers are expanding their production lines. This is good news, save one problem – energy supply. The Balkan energy markets are insufficiently supplied, not diversified enough, and still over dependent in some case on energy sources that emit unacceptable […]

New Atlanticist

Aug 3, 2010

Restructuring for Long-Term Threats

By Stephen Hadley and William Perry

For the past six months, we led a bipartisan panel of former national security and military leaders in reviewing the document laying out the Defense Department’s plans for the next 20 years. The Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) released this year was prepared by a Pentagon focused on responding to the threats America faces and winning […]

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