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Eurozone and the Five Little PIIGS

New Atlanticist
Jul 29, 2025

The Russia pressure menu: Options to convince Putin to negotiate on Ukraine 

As the US president cuts his deadline for Russia to ten days, there are several options for him to increase pressure on Moscow to pursue peace.

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Eurozone and the Five Little PIIGS

New Atlanticist
Jul 24, 2025

Dispatch from Manila: A lesson in calling out Chinese maritime aggression

By
Markus Garlauskas, Philip W. Yu

As the Philippines has focused more on Chinese threats to itself, Manila also seems increasingly inclined to see its own security as connected to that of the broader region.

China
Indo-Pacific

Eurozone and the Five Little PIIGS

New Atlanticist
Jul 1, 2025

The US must enforce sanctions to prevent Iran from rebuilding its nuclear program

By
Kimberly Donovan

To ensure that Tehran cannot get its hands on the financial resources it would need to rebuild its nuclear program, Iran sanctions enforcement should start with China.

Economic Sanctions
Iran

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New Atlanticist

Feb 11, 2010

Eurozone and the Five Little PIIGS

By King Banaian

Greece has been the story underneath much of the financial markets this week. The problem is that while everyone wants to solve the problem with Greece’s sovereign debt crisis, nobody wants to put money behind it.

New Atlanticist

Feb 10, 2010

Hawk-Industrial Complex Hamstrings USA

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

"Clueless in Washington" was how The Economist, a British weekly read by movers and shakers the world over, headlined America’s crisis in governance. Neither the president nor Congress shows any sign of knowing how to tackle the budget deficit.

New Atlanticist

Feb 10, 2010

Pakistan-US Relations: A Marriage That Needs Work

By Harlan Ullman

For more than 60 years the U.S.-Pakistani relationship has veered between despair and euphoria. In a very social sense, the two states could be characterized as an aging married couple occupying very distant parts of a large, deteriorating house whose plumbing, electrics and phone systems are in disrepair and who are at a loss on […]

New Atlanticist

Feb 9, 2010

Euro in Deep Trouble?

By James Joyner

In its short existence, the Euro has achieved its goal of establishing itself as a rival to the dollar.  But many analysts see trouble ahead, with some wondering if it can survive much longer. Writing for the FT, Peter Garnham, Victor Mallet and David Oakley report that "Traders and hedge funds have bet nearly $8bn […]

New Atlanticist

Feb 9, 2010

Democracy Still Matters

By Derek Reveron

New Atlanticist

Feb 9, 2010

Obama and Europe: An Interview with Ewen MacAskill

By Peter Cassata

Atlantic Council senior fellow Sarwar Kashmeri sat down with Ewen MacAskill, the Guardian’s Washington bureau chief, for the latest installment of the New Atlanticist Podcast Series.

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Feb 8, 2010

Ukraine Elections: Let’s Not Get Carried Away

By Nikolas Gvosdev

Adrian Karatnycky’s analysis of Ukraine’s  presidential run-off election ends on a positive note.

Ukraine

New Atlanticist

Feb 8, 2010

Iran’s Nuclear Threat to NATO

By Gregory Schulte

As NATO prepares a new Strategic Concept, the Alliance must address the dangerous prospect of a new and direct security threat:  Iran, under the grip of a hostile and authoritarian leadership, armed with and emboldened by nuclear weapons.

New Atlanticist

Feb 8, 2010

Re-Introducing Viktor Yanukovych

By Adrian Karatnycky

The triumph of Viktor Yanukovych in Ukraine’s presidential election on Sunday marks the remarkable political comeback of a man who was the pariah of the Orange Revolution of 2004.

New Atlanticist

Feb 8, 2010

U.S. and Kazakhstan Need a Truly Strategic Partnership

By Boyko Nitzov

The omens are good, the stars in a benign juxtaposition: during recent hearings on the hill, Kazakhstan’s foreign minister Kanat Saudabaev and hearing participants struck a common note on a number of strategic issues. We may be witnessing the birth of a much needed strategic partnership.

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