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New Atlanticist

Dec 12, 2012

America’s Second Chance at Global Leadership

By Frederick Kempe

Read between the lines of the U.S. intelligence community’s quadrennial global trends report, a document released this week that has significant influence on White House thinking, and the message to President Obama is clear.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Dec 12, 2012

Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council pays respect to late Ambassador Milinkovic of Serbia

By NATO

From NATO:  The Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council ambassadorial meeting observed a minute of silence in memory of the Serbian Ambassador Branislav Milinkovic on December 11. Ambassador Milinkovic passed away last week. Opening the meeting of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC), the Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said, “We are deeply saddened by the tragic death of […]

MENASource

Dec 12, 2012

Who Can Treat the President? An Allegory

By Alaa Al Aswany

The meeting took place in the villa of the Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood. President Morsi and Khairat al-Shater came early, before the dawn prayer. They had done their ablutions and the Guide led them in prayer. Then they sat down repeating more prayers and the Guide invited them to breakfast. The table was covered […]

NATOSource

Dec 12, 2012

NATO’s Secretary General strongly condemns North Korea’s rocket launch

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  Following the concerns expressed by the North Atlantic Council on December 5 after North Korean authorities declared their intent to launch a rocket using ballistic missile technology, I strongly condemn North Korea’s launch today (12 December).

MENASource

Dec 12, 2012

Top News: Morsi Issues Official Law Staggering Referendum Vote

By Egypt Source

President Mohamed Morsi has issued a law officially dividing the referendum on the constitution into two stages, according to MENA. 

MENASource

Dec 11, 2012

Top News: Egypt, IMF Agree to Delay Loan Decision, Finance Minister Says

By Egypt Source

Egypt and the International Monetary Fund agreed to postpone a decision on a $4.8 billion loan that had been scheduled for discussion by the fund’s board next week, Egyptian Finance Minister Momtaz el-Saieed said.

New Atlanticist

Dec 11, 2012

Scowcroft: Inflection Point Much Different Than End of Cold War

By James Joyner

Brent Scowcroft believes the world is “at an inflection point but a much different one than end of Cold War.” Scowcroft, the former National Security Advisor to Presidents Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush and current chairman of the Atlantic Council International Advisory Board, was the featured luncheon speaker at the Global Trends 2030: US Leadership […]

New Atlanticist

Dec 11, 2012

Israel’s Apartheid Policy

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

A majority of Israelis recoil in horror at the very thought of emulating the regime of apartheid, a system of institutionalized racial segregation once practiced in South Africa, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Yet that is what Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu considers less threatening than full-fledged Palestinian independence.

Middle East Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Dec 11, 2012

Hagel: US Must Turn Receivers On, Transmitters Off

By James Joyner

Senator Chuck Hagel argues that, as America’s influence declines,  “we will need to turn our receivers on and our transmitters off.”

New Atlanticist

Dec 11, 2012

Early Foreign Policy Signs from Georgia Seem Positive

By Michael Cecire and Laura Linderman

Following recent landmark elections, Georgia’s new government has an opportunity to build on the success of the country’s first constitutional transfer of power. With a host of challenges ahead, the United States can and should leverage its strategic partnership with Georgia to help advance the country’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations, consolidate democratic institutions and practices, and support […]

The Caucasus
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