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New Atlanticist

Dec 9, 2009

Obama the Last Transatlantic President?

By James Joyner

Nicholas Kitchen, a fellow at London School of Economics, pronounces Barack Obama “the last transatlantic president” and sees little hope for revived relations between the United States and Europe.

NATOSource

Dec 9, 2009

Liam Fox: Nato allies should help pay for British mission in Afghanistan

By the Telegraph

From the Telegraph: Nato countries should pay more to fund Britain’s military mission in Afghanistan, Liam Fox, the shadow defence secretary has said… In a speech to the Chatham House think-tank, Dr Fox said that was “a heavy burden on the British taxpayer under the current economic circumstances.” Under Nato rules, individual troop contributors meet […]

United Kingdom

New Atlanticist

Dec 9, 2009

Copenhagen Failure vs. Montreal Success

By C. Boyden Gray

What international agreement produced 10 times the climate benefits of Kyoto and could produce several times more greenhouse gas reductions than any post-2012 climate agreement? The answer: the Montreal protocol, which Kofi Annan described as “perhaps the most successful international agreement to date”. Because a new climate agreement is unlikely to emerge in Copenhagen in […]

New Atlanticist

Dec 9, 2009

Where is the Outrage?

By Harlan Ullman

Sixty-eight years and two days ago, Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor awakened what Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto called a “sleeping giant.” Nearly 60 years later, the attacks that turned civilian airliners into weapons made Sept. 11, 2001, a second day of infamy. Americans were shocked and outraged.

New Atlanticist

Dec 8, 2009

Chicago As a Terrorist Center

By James Joyner

Citing reports that a Chicago man has been arrested for helping to plan the Mumbia terror attacks, Bernard Finel snarks, “I guess we need a surge in Chicago, too?”

National Security Security & Defense

NATOSource

Dec 8, 2009

A Heads-Up on Russia’s Role in Arctic

By the New York Times

From the New York Times: The Canadian armed forces chief of staff, Gen. Walter Natynczyk, also tried to be reassuring, saying, “There is no conventional military threat to the Arctic,” while at the same time suggesting the area was such a difficult place that only the military had sufficient capabilities to operate in some circumstances. […]

NATOSource

Dec 8, 2009

What the EU Can Learn from NATO

By atlantic-community.org

From atlantic-community.org: The EU should draw on NATO’s Partnership for Peace Program, as an example of a successful framework to be adopted for aspiring member states in the Balkans. If implemented as part of an extended offer, this framework could link ESDP with Neighborhood Policy, thereby creating incentives for cooperation… Such an institutionalized approach would […]

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Dec 8, 2009

4.5 Acres of Sovereign and Mobile American Territory

By Sarwar Kashmeri

I am flying aboard a Grumman C2-1 Greyhound, a powerful twin-engine turboprop nicknamed “COD” for Carrier Onboard Delivery. It’s the U.S. Navy’s aerial workhorse — its Jeep so to speak — ferrying passengers, cargo, engines, spare parts and whatever else is needed back and forth from land to the fleet’s aircraft carriers.  We’re about 100 […]

New Atlanticist

Dec 8, 2009

Role of the Caucasus in European Energy Security

By Boyko Nitzov

Boyko Nitzov, director of programs at the Council’s Patriciu Eurasia Center, was interviewed by Leyla Tagiyeva of Azerbaijan’s News.Az on energy security in Europe.

Energy & Environment

New Atlanticist

Dec 7, 2009

Climate Change and National Security

By Derek Reveron

Amid the flurry of discussion caused by “climate-gate” and debates about CO2 emission caps, the relationship between climate change and security is likely to be overlooked in Copenhagen. Unlike traditional security issues like nuclear warheads, missile proliferation, or naval modernization, climate change often escapes national security discussions. Ozone depletion, CO2 emissions, and rising sea levels […]

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