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Biden Georgia Visit Could Be Historic

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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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Biden Georgia Visit Could Be Historic

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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

Biden Georgia Visit Could Be Historic

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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Jul 28, 2009

Biden Georgia Visit Could Be Historic

By David Smith

US Vice President Joe Biden stormed Tbilisi last week with a message of American support for Georgian territorial integrity, sovereignty and democracy. 

The Caucasus

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Jul 28, 2009

Afghanistan Exit Scenario?

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

At the beginning of 2009 Gen. David Petraeus, the new CENTCOM commander, assumed command of a huge theater that stretches from the Horn of Africa to Saudi Arabia, the Persian Gulf, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan, right up to the Indian border.

Afghanistan

New Atlanticist

Jul 28, 2009

Transatlantic Partnership under the Obama Administration

By Damon Wilson

This month’s G-8 Summit in Italy marked President Obama’s third visit to Europe in the first six months of his Presidency.

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Jul 27, 2009

Smart Power Requires Smart Talk

By James Joyner

Michael Kinsley famously observed that, “A gaffe is when a politician tells the truth.” Vice President Joe Biden’s recent comments about Russia are a classic example.

Russia

New Atlanticist

Jul 24, 2009

It’s Time to Get Serious on the Southern Corridor

By Alexandros Petersen

Is Western energy policy in the Black Sea-Caspian region finally coming together? Are the fortunes of the ill-fated Nabucco pipeline finally looking up?

New Atlanticist

Jul 24, 2009

The Obama Effect: US Favorables Up

By James Joyner

While the substance of President Obama’s foreign policy is almost indistinguishable from that of President George W. Bush, the difference in style is undeniable.  And, if a new Pew poll is right, it very much matters.

New Atlanticist

Jul 22, 2009

5 Questions for André Sapir

By Alexei Monsarrat

André Sapir, a member of the Atlantic Council’s Business and Economics Advisors Group, is an Economics Professor at Université Libre de Bruxelles and a Senior Fellow at Bruegel, a Brussels-based think tank.  I had the opportunity to gather his thoughts on some key issues of interest to the Atlantic Council community.

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Jul 22, 2009

Uyghur Brotherhood?: The Urumqi Riots in Context

By Griffin Huschke

With recent violence in China’s western province of Xinjiang, Washington is increasingly ensnared in events dealing with the Uyghur community in China.  However, many questions remain about the true goals of this Turkic ethnic group: are they terrorists bent on overturning law and order, or freedom fighters trying to throw off the yoke of a […]

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Jul 22, 2009

The Obama Debacle?

By Harlan Ullman

Despite overheated rhetoric from his defenders, history will not prove kind to George W. Bush and his foreign policy decisions that have been or will prove to be debacles. The Obama administration is quite right to argue repeatedly that the Bush team left behind a foreign policy mess exacerbated by economic and financial meltdowns.

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Jul 22, 2009

EU Policies in North Korea: A Better Approach?

By Ross Rustici

Isn’t it time to consider an additional strategy when dealing with North Korea? Washington’s current policy debate is so consumed by the nuclear proliferation problem and past solutions that often it forgets to analyze the broader picture. Much of the discussion surrounding the recent nuclear and missile tests by North Korea has centered on the […]

European Union International Organizations
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