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New Atlanticist

Jan 10, 2012

Pakistan’s Memogate: Where’s the Beef?

By Harlan Ullman

The question ‘where’s the beef?’ has an almost iconic place in American culture.

Pakistan

New Atlanticist

Jan 10, 2012

Beaufort: Why We Must Leave Afghanistan Now, Not End 2014

By Julian Lindley-French

Beaufort is a great film. It tells the story of a platoon of young Israeli soldiers at the turn of this century pointlessly asked to defend an isolated, old Crusader fort deep in Hezbollah-controlled southern Lebanon at the very end of a failed occupation.

Afghanistan

MENASource

Jan 10, 2012

Top News: Activists Divided on Timeline for Power Transfer to Civilians

By Mara Revkin

As the anniversary of the January 25 uprising approaches, activists and political figures are divided over two different proposals for a transfer of power to civilians. PROTESTS:  1) As the anniversary of the January 25 uprising approaches, activists and political figures are divided over two different proposals for a transfer of power to civilians. One […]

New Atlanticist

Jan 9, 2012

The War on Terror is Over

By Magnus Nordenman

Historians may look back at 2011 as the year that the war on terror finally ended. Counterterrorism was not removed from America’s security policy tool box but it no longer serves as a strategic priority and no longer guides how the US structures its relations with nations around the world or thinks and plans for […]

New Atlanticist

Jan 9, 2012

Current Woes Call for Smart Reinvention Not Destruction

By Lawrence Summers

It would have been almost unimaginable five years ago that the Financial Times would convene a series of articles on “Capitalism in Crisis”. That it has done so is a reflection both of sour public opinion and distressing results on the ground in much of the industrial world.

Economy & Business

MENASource

Jan 9, 2012

The Islamists, the Military, and the Fate of the Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty

By Tarek Radwan

With the third and final round of Egypt’s parliamentary elections coming to a close and preliminary results suggesting the domination of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) in the People’s Assembly, the focus has shifted to what the FJP might do with its newfound political gains. One widely debated question surrounds the FJP’s […]

NATOSource

Jan 9, 2012

Presidential frontrunner won’t push Finland into NATO

By Jussi Rosendahl and Eero Vassinen, Reuters

From Jussi Rosendahl and Eero Vassinen, Reuters:  Finland’s leading presidential candidate Sauli Niinisto said Monday he will not push for the country to join NATO if he is elected, despite his party’s enthusiasm for membership of the military alliance.

New Atlanticist

Jan 9, 2012

How to Save the Global Economy: Get Better Data

By Paul Saffo

The 2008 crash was more than the start of a recession; it represented the end of what economists James Stock and Mark Watson labeled the “Great Moderation,” a two-decade period of low business cycle volatility, moderate inflation, moderate unemployment, and steady industrial production.

Economy & Business

New Atlanticist

Jan 9, 2012

We Are All Europeans Now

By Alexander Mirtchev

The broadening cracks in the European economic framework now appear to be undermining the whole European structure, as if a ‘contagion’ is spreading from the Southern European economies outwards.

Economy & Business European Union

NATOSource

Jan 9, 2012

Europe should heed shift in US defense

By the Editors of the Financial Times

From the Editors of the Financial Times:  President Barack Obama’s new US defence posture – one that plans for “a smaller and leaner” military – is a significant moment in American policymaking.

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