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New Atlanticist

May 17, 2012

How NATO Can Revitalize Its Role

By Frederick Kempe

White House reporters can be forgiven their collective shrug when they received the readout from President Obama’s meeting last week with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, in advance of the alliance’s Chicago summit this weekend.

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New Atlanticist

May 17, 2012

Becoming NATO’s Next Ally

By Damon Wilson

When NATO leaders meet in Chicago this weekend, they will review the process of enlargement and the performance of candidate nations. While no invitations will be issued, the summit is an opportunity for allies to affirm that NATO will continue to enlarge and that Montenegro is on track to earn a place among their ranks. […]

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New Atlanticist

May 17, 2012

The Chicago NATO Summit: Much Ado About?

By Harlan Ullman

NATO’s 28 members and some dozen partners will convene Sunday at a heads of government, heads of state summit in Chicago, US President Barack Obama’s hometown. Such summits have been held roughly every two years. The previous one took place in Lisbon, Portugal, in November 2010 where a new “strategic concept” was approved redefining NATO’s […]

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Europe After The Vote

May 16, 2012

Why Greece Must Leave the Euro for Greece and Europe to Survive

By Garrett Workman

In the aftermath of last week’s elections in Greece, in which voters resoundingly rejected further austerity, Europe is struggling to come to terms with Greek voters’ conflicting desire to stay in the Euro while also delaying necessary reforms. However, while debating how to keep Greece in line and in the Euro, a more fundamental question […]

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New Atlanticist

May 16, 2012

A Greek Exit From the Euro Would Lead to Chaos

By Alexei Monsarrat

A few weeks ago there was a wild rumor that Greece’s debt crisis had been dealt with. The hope was that with enough debt relief and a “managed” default, Europe had bought time for global growth to lift the Greek economy, and Greek politicians would wring the country through massive austerity. This was a misread […]

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New Atlanticist

May 16, 2012

Welcome to Merklande?

By Julian Lindley-French

Tal-y-Wern, deepest, darkest Wales. Plinlimmon, Cader Idris, and Mount Snowdon slumber around me as I write.  Those great, sleeping Welsh dragons that legend has it will awake in the hour of Cymru’s (Wales) greatest peril.

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New Atlanticist

May 16, 2012

Building a New Future for Turkey

By Madeleine K. Albright and Stephen J. Hadley

The crisis in Syria and the confrontation with Iran over its nuclear program have highlighted the renewed importance of one of the oldest and most enduring relationships of the United States: its alliance with Turkey.

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MENASource

May 16, 2012

Top News: Carter Center Accuses Government of Hindering Election Monitors

By Tarek Radwan

International election observers have not received the documents they need to be witnesses, according to Sanne van den Bergh, field office director at the U.S.-based Carter Center. The delayed documation is preventing the Carter Center from observing the full spectrum of election activities, including candidate registration and campaigning.

NATOSource

May 15, 2012

Hollande to Reassure Allies on Afghan Plans: Analysts

By Marcus Weisgerber and Pierre Tran, Defense News

From Marcus Weisgerber and Pierre Tran, Defense News:  François Hollande may have pledged on the campaign stump to pull France’s combat troops out of Afghanistan by the end of this year

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NATOSource

May 15, 2012

NATO’s First Step on Missile Defense

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the Wall Street Journal

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the Wall Street Journal:  Last month, NATO conducted a historic exercise: the first comprehensive test of the alliance’s new missile-defense capability.

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