Category: Blogs

Creating a Transatlantic Bridge

By Sarwar Kashmeri

Annette Heuser, Executive Director of The Bertelsmann Foundation, speaks with Atlantic Council senior fellow Sarwar Kashmeri in the latest installment of the New Atlanticist Podcast Series. Heuser discusses The Bertelsmann Foundation’s efforts to establish a strong transatlantic bridge between the U.S. and Europe, without preference to any one European country or region.

Arrest warrants linked to military promotions fueling political crisis in Turkey

By AFP

Turkey’s government blocks appointments to the military’s two top jobs

By Marc Champion and Erkan Oz, the Wall Street Journal

From Marc Champion and Erkan Oz, the Wall Street Journal:  Turkey’s government and four star generals ended days of wrangling Wednesday with no agreement over whom to appoint to the military’s two top jobs, according to a statement from the Chief of the General Staff.

Berlusconi Eyes Early Elections

By Margherita Stancati and Christina Passariello,  the Wall Street Journal

From Margherita Stancati and Christina Passariello,  the Wall Street Journal:  Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is gearing up for possible early elections, his spokesman said Thursday, as the leader seeks an exit from the political crisis that has engulfed his government.

Afghanistan Clock Ticking

By James Joyner, the New Atlanticist

From James Joyner, the New Atlanticist:  The Netherlands became the first NATO member to quit Afghanistan Sunday, when it withdrew its 1955 troops.

Terrorist World Cup in East Africa

By David Smith

The first half of the World Cup final game was drawing to a close when that universal cry of combined disappointment and relief arose from restaurants and bars around the world.  Spanish goalkeeper Iker Casillas had made a spectacular save.  But at that very moment, cries of anguish arose from Kampala’s Ethiopian Village Restaurant—a suicide […]

Afghanistan Clock Ticking

By James Joyner

With popular support for the war in Afghanistan plummeting from already low levels on both sides of the Atlantic, how long can NATO support its first big test? The Netherlands became the first NATO member to quit Afghanistan Sunday, when it withdrew its 1955 troops.   ISAF will survive the tactical loss, which amounts to a […]

Memorandum on OSCE intl police group in Kyrgyzstan still not signed

By Interfax

From Interfax:  Kyrgyzstan and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe have yet to sign a memorandum of mutual understanding that would allow an OSCE police group to work in the republic, a spokesman for the Kyrgyz interim government told Interfax on Wednesday.