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Freedom

New Atlanticist

Dec 16, 2009

Stratcon 2010: A Military Route to Freedom?

By Julian Lindley-French

As NATO establishes a new Strategic Concept, the Alliance is re-focusing on its political and military purpose: to defend freedom in the face of those without ethics.

NATO Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Dec 16, 2009

Is Pakistan Too Big to Fail?

By Harlan Ullman

The best-known sound bites from the George W. Bush presidency ranged from “mission accomplished” to “you are either with us or against us.” For the moment and given the financial crises, the equivalent slogan from President Barack Obama’s young administration is “too big to fail.”

Pakistan

New Atlanticist

Dec 16, 2009

Turkey’s Role in Resolving Nagorno-Karabakh

By Alexandros Petersen

Alexandros Petersen, nonresident senior fellow at the Council’s Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center, was interviewed by Leyla Tagiyeva of Azerbaijan’s News.Az on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

New Atlanticist

Dec 15, 2009

Europe’s Long Banana Nightmare Ending

By James Joyner

After an epic 16-year battle, the EU has agreed to stop fighting to keep banana prices for its citizens artificially high. 

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Dec 15, 2009

Obstacles to a European Foreign Policy

By James Joyner

The Economist‘s EU columnist argues that three factor will make Catherine Ashton’s job as the EU’s new foreign policy chief “pretty complicated.” Let’s take each of them in turn.

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Dec 15, 2009

Lord Robertson on the Transformation of NATO

By Simon Michell

George Robertson tells Simon Michell how the fall of the Berlin Wall brought in a period of confusion that saw a transformation in the role and mission of NATO.

New Atlanticist

Dec 14, 2009

Petraeus the Next Eisenhower?

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

U.S. President Barack Obama has scaled back the scope of the Afghan war, now about to enter its ninth year, to a limited military objective: deny al-Qaida a safe haven. And since we are now told there are fewer than 100 al-Qaida terrorists in Afghanistan — the rest are in Pakistan’s tribal areas — a […]

Afghanistan

New Atlanticist

Dec 14, 2009

Tempering Afghan Optimism

By Don Snow

The recent announcements and statements of support for President Obama’s “surge” in Afghanistan have left me a bit confused, and I wonder if readers can help me out here. Something just does not compute.

Afghanistan

New Atlanticist

Dec 14, 2009

Colin Powell Looks Back — and Ahead

By Frederick Kempe

Atlantic Council president and CEO Fred Kempe interviewed General Colin Powell, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the 65th U.S. Secretary of State, on the end of the Cold War and the future security environment. You were the chairman of the Joint Chiefs on the day that the Wall came tumbling down. […]

Bob Zoellick Atlantic Council

New Atlanticist

Dec 11, 2009

Zoellick: U.S. Must Play Active Role in Multilateral System

By James Joyner

World Bank president  Robert Zoellick warned that we should be cautious in reforming the structure of  international economic institutions.  Making changes based on theoretical analysis while excluding the practical implications would have serious consequences. Responding to a question from Council president and CEO Fred Kempe about a proposal to end the practice of preserving the […]