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Euroskepticism Growing on Eve of EU Parliament Elections

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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Euroskepticism Growing on Eve of EU Parliament Elections

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

Euroskepticism Growing on Eve of EU Parliament Elections

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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May 29, 2009

Euroskepticism Growing on Eve of EU Parliament Elections

By James Joyner

AFP highlights a new poll showing support for the EU is flagging ahead of elections for the European Parliament.

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

May 29, 2009

Ukraine: A Delicate Balancing Act

By David Kramer and Damon Wilson

Russia has always had a knack for overshadowing its neighbors – and this time the West, focused on Moscow, is distracted from a crisis in Ukraine. As U.S. President Barack Obama gears up to “reset” Russia relations, Ukraine is in disarray. The country is teetering between economic collapse, Russian influence, and vague promises of Western […]

Ukraine

New Atlanticist

May 28, 2009

Casey: Current Tempo Unsustainable

By James Joyner

General George Casey, speaking tonight at the Atlantic Council, clarified his widely quoted remarks that “we’re going to have 10 Army and Marine units deployed for a decade in Iraq and Afghanistan,” insisting that he was not making policy but doing his job to “organize, train, and equip” the force for possible contingences. 

New Atlanticist

May 28, 2009

Jones: North Korea Nukes ‘Not an Imminent Threat’

By James Joyner

National Security Advisor Jim Jones declared in a speech to the Atlantic Council that the recent testing of a nuclear device and firing of Taepodong missiles by North Korea “are not an imminent threat” to the United States or the regions because “they have a long way to go” in perfecting the technology to weaponize […]

Korea

New Atlanticist

May 28, 2009

National Security Advisor Jones: USA Safer Under Obama

By James Joyner

In recent weeks, former Vice President Dick Cheney has repeatedly proclaimed that changes in U.S. national security policy ordered by President Obama have made the country less safe.  In a speech at the Atlantic Council that was his first domestic address, Obama’s national security advisor, General Jim Jones, said the opposite is true

New Atlanticist

May 28, 2009

How Do They Know That?

By Banning Garrett

There is an all-too-common practice in Washington punditry of attributing strategic intentions to other countries without any apparent evidence.  A recent example is the column by Dan Blumenthal and Robert Kagan in the Washington Post, “What to Do About North Korea.”  

Energy & Environment

New Atlanticist

May 27, 2009

In the Shadow of NATO Exercises in Georgia: How Moscow Stopped Worrying and Decided to Embrace NATO

By Donald Bandler and Jakub Kulhanek

As you are reading these lines, the NATO-sponsored Cooperative Longbow 09 – Cooperative Lancer 09 exercises are underway in Georgia. Although they were announced several months ago, are in their fourth iteration, and will be restricted to training peacekeepers, they have already provoked much controversy.   Moscow’s demand that the exercises in a country until recently […]

NATO Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

May 27, 2009

The Greatest National Security Threat

By Harlan Ullman

Last Thursday’s face-off between President Barack Obama speaking at the National Archives and former Vice President Dick Cheney shortly thereafter at the American Enterprise Institute brilliantly exposed what is arguably the greatest threat to the nation. Yet, understandably, no one took notice.

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

May 26, 2009

North Korea Tests: Why? What Now?

By James Joyner

Over what, for Americans, was a long holiday weekend, North Korea tested another nuclear device and followed that up by firing two more short-range ballistic missiles, moves sure to heighten fear among its neighbors and further isolate the regime.   The question most observers are asking is Why now?

Korea

New Atlanticist

May 26, 2009

Energy Insecurity as a Destabilizing Factor: The Case of the Hermit Kingdom

By Boyko Nitzov

On a popular image showing the Earth at night, there is an expanse appearing to be an open sea or icy desert. This is North Korea: a dark spot between the bright city lights of Japan, China, and the Republic of Korea. It is in this darkness that a second test of a nuclear weapon […]

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