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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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New Atlanticist

May 3, 2010

A New Peace Dividend?

By Don Snow

One of the clear political lessons (if there are any) of the “great recession” from which the country is slowly emerging is that the United States cannot afford everything, since unbridled spending in the absence of additional public revenues (taxes) means a burgeoning deficit that will be handed down to future generations.

New Atlanticist

May 3, 2010

Pakistan: A Comprehensive Approach

By Luv Puri

Pakistan is one of the most volatile regions in the world today and the situation in that country threatens the world peace. Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, who masterminded the September 11, 2001 terrorist strike in New York, was arrested in Pakistan; the London bombings of July 7, 2005 were carried out by Pakistani-origin terrorists; and the […]

New Atlanticist

Apr 30, 2010

Bill Clinton: Rock Star

By Bono

There are professors who pretend to be populists and populists who pretend to be professors. But there have never been a head and heart so perfectly matched as the pair within William Jefferson Clinton. It’s an impossible equilibrium: wonky intellectual meets “Oh, hell” card player, oxygen and hydrogen. He defies the laws of physics as […]

New Atlanticist

Apr 30, 2010

Great Atlanticists on Atlanticism

By James Joyner

The purpose of the Council’s annual Leadership Awards is to honor Americans and Europeans who have made exceptional and distinctive contributions to the strengthening each of the four pillars of the transatlantic relationship: political, military, business, and humanitarian. In their acceptance speeches, each of the 2010 honorees taught us a little something about being an […]

New Atlanticist

Apr 29, 2010

Bono on ‘Peaceniks in Fatigues’

By James Joyner

Paul David Hewson, KBE — known the world over by his stage name Bono — articulated last night, probably as well as anyone I’ve heard on the subject, the crucial interdependence between human development and international security. Recognizing the extraordinary sacrifice of America’s soldiers trying to make the world better, he called on these “peaceniks […]

New Atlanticist

Apr 29, 2010

Ackermann: We Stand at a Crossroads

By James Joyner

As with the venerable E. F. Hutton before him, when Joe Ackermann talks, people listen. Especially when he’s talking about fixing the problems that led to the financial crisis.

New Atlanticist

Apr 29, 2010

2010 Awards Dinner Highlights

By James Joyner

Last night, the Atlantic Council held its annual Awards Dinner, bringing together more than 900 leaders from over 50 countries to honor individuals who have made exceptional and distinctive contributions to the strengthening each of the four pillars of the transatlantic relationship: political, military, business, and humanitarian.

New Atlanticist

Apr 28, 2010

NATO: Problems with No Solutions?

By James Joyner

NATO risks becoming a relic of the Cold War unless it finds a renewed sense of solidarity and political will while framing its new Strategic Concept. That’s the central message of STRATCON 2010: An Alliance for a Global Century, a report by the Atlantic Council’s Strategic Advisors Group.

New Atlanticist

Apr 28, 2010

Financial Reform Must Restore Liability

By Harlan Ullman

Will Rogers famously quipped that every time the U.S. Congress wished to make a joke, it passed a law and every law it passed turned out to be a joke.

New Atlanticist

Apr 27, 2010

Nick Clegg Rocking British Election

By James Joyner

We’ve known for more than a year that Gordon Brown and his party were in trouble. But the surprisingly strong performance of Liberal Democrat Nick Clegg in the first debate has changed the dynamic so much that Labour could come in third. A new Guardian poll suggests Labour, which is polling at a mere 28%, […]

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