New Atlanticist

Lockerbie Conspiracy?

By Alex Massie

First things first: it is extremely inconvenient, even embarrassing, that Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi is still alive nearly a year after he was released from Greenock Prison on the grounds that he was believed to have not much more, and perhaps fewer, than three months to live. Nevertheless, the fact that he has lived longer than […]

New & Improved European Parliament? The View From Europe

By Scott Bleiweis

Last week’s approval of the SWIFT agreement demonstrates Parliament’s implementation of the “co-decision” powers granted by last December’s Lisbon Treaty. But what does its new status really mean? Several MEPs provided their takes to the BBC. Diana Wallis from the U.K. believes, [T]he European Parliament has clearly been the big winner, with new powers as […]

Sanctions Alone Won’t Work on Iran

By Charles S. Robb and Charles Wald

Crossing the Great Divides

By Harlan Ullman

As the Vietnam War was beginning to split American society asunder, Harvard Professor Stanley Hoffmann icily observed that when it came to strategic thinking, we Americans expected others to reason as we did or be in need of being brought up to our level. Was this sheer arrogance at work? Perhaps. But more likely the […]

What Can Be Learned from Clinton’s Caucasus Visit

By Alexandros Petersen

“Battle Royal” Over Internet Privacy: The View from Europe

By Scott Bleiweis

At the Atlantic Council last week, U.S. and EU officials pledged to work together on creating a common framework to regulate data sharing and privacy protection between them. But if it is to be put into practice, such an effort will have to overcome significant challenges and differing perspectives on these issues.

Russia Smiles

By David Smith

As America defeated Algeria to advance in the World Cup, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrived in California to kick off a round of intense diplomatic activity. Smiling, he toured Silicon Valley in search of money and technology. Still smiling in Washington, he accepted US President Barack Obama’s backing for Russian membership in the World Trade […]

Europe Staring Into Abyss?

By James Joyner

An Economist leader on the future of Europe is titled "Staring Into the Abyss."

Afghanistan-Iraq-Iran: A three-front war?

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

There is no better illustration of the futility of the $1 trillion Iraq war than news photos of a long line of gasoline tankers lined up bumper to bumper as they leave Iraq to enter Iran. The U.N. Security Council decision to strengthen economic measures against Iran and U.S. President Barack Obama signing into law […]

Did China Just Win the Caspian Gas War?

By Alexandros Petersen

Natural gas is in the midst of a transformative moment. The advent of shale gas, the growth of seaborne liquefied natural gas (LNG), and a new “green” image for the old hydrocarbon brought more uses, attention and yes, even controversy, to global gas markets. But the world’s most influential player in all this is neither […]