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New Atlanticist

Oct 27, 2011

A Bridge Too Far: Britain Must Now Leave the European Union

By Julian Lindley-French

You will forgive your faithful blogonaut a third blog in a week on the same topic – the Eurozone crisis. However, the mission of this blog is to peer through the political murk and the fog of jaw behind which the Euro-Aristocracy and their faithful Eurocrats love to hide and bear witness to real strategic change. […]

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Oct 27, 2011

Ukraine’s Future in Ten Stages

By Taras Kuzio

More than two weeks after Yulia Tymoshenko widely-condemned conviction on political charges, no price has been paid . The fact that European and American governments are discussing the possibility of visa black lists behind closed doors does not mean they will appear soon. As EU Ambassador Jose Manuel Pinto Teixeira said, “although closing the door […]

European Union International Organizations

MENASource

Oct 26, 2011

News Update: October 26, 2011

By Mara Revkin

The Coalition of the Revolution Youth is calling for a “Friday of defending the revolution” on October 28 to demand a transfer of power to an elected civilian government by April 2012. Meanwhile, low-ranking policemen continued their sit-in for a third day straight outside of Interior Ministry directorates in Cairo and other provinces, demanding improved […]

New Atlanticist

Oct 26, 2011

Persistence Pays Off with “Rogue” Regimes

By Barbara Slavin

The United States and North Korea are resuming the joint search for U.S. soldiers still missing from the Korean War, one of the few positive areas of interaction between two countries estranged for more than 60 years. The announcement last week by the Pentagon came before two days of U.S.-North Korea talks in Geneva over […]

Korea

New Atlanticist

Oct 26, 2011

Threats to Iraq’s Democracy Extend Beyond Security

By Yuvaraj Sivalingam

President Obama’s announcement that the US troop presence in Iraq will come to an end in December sparked a debate not only over the wisdom of the decision but also the capacity of the Iraqi military and police to maintain law and order in the country. While security threats do pose a significant danger to Iraq’s […]

Iraq

New Atlanticist

Oct 26, 2011

Why Punishing Ukraine Only Hurts Reformers

By Dean Jackson

Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was recently sentenced to seven years in prison at the close of a corruption trial which was roundly condemned as highly political and deeply unfair. The verdict met with disapproval both abroad and in Ukraine, where protests have been stymied by government security forces. Vitali Klitscko, leader of the […]

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Oct 26, 2011

Stupidity May Be the Answer

By Harlan Ullman

In the late 1930’s with the U.S. economy depressed and the march to world war seemingly irreversible, the great American humorist Will Rogers offered his solution to the dire times: Stupidity got us into this mess, he observed, and perhaps stupidity is the only way out! Taking his wisdom to heart, solutions that conventional wisdom […]

Pakistan

NATOSource

Oct 26, 2011

Qatar admits it had hundreds of troops on ground in Libya

By the Daily Star

NATOSource

Oct 26, 2011

NATO to Lead on Libya Ties, Panetta Says

By Elisabeth Bumiller and Martin Fackler, the New York Times

From Elisabeth Bumiller and Martin Fackler, the New York Times:   Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta declined on Tuesday to say whether the United States would have a future military relationship with Libya and instead said he would take cues from allies in Europe.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Oct 26, 2011

NATO delays meeting on ending Libya mission

By David Brunnstrom, Reuters

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