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New Atlanticist

Jul 1, 2009

Open Letter to President Obama on Russia

By Damon Wilson

Dear Mr. President:   You have stated your intention to forge a positive relationship between the United States and Russia. We write on the eve of your summit meeting with President Dmitry Medvedev to express our belief that such a relationship requires a commitment by both countries to democracy and human rights and to urge […]

New Atlanticist

Jul 1, 2009

Contradictions in Counterinsurgency: U.S. Drone Strikes in the Tribal Areas

By Brendan Boundy

U.S. and Pakistani anti-Taliban operations along the AfPak border are plagued by contradiction, recent reports say.  A counterinsurgency doctrine emphasizing population protection that also relies upon unmanned armed drones will inevitably kill innocents in addition to terrorists.

Pakistan

New Atlanticist

Jul 1, 2009

Rule Britannia

By Harlan Ullman

Late last month Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei pointedly restated Great Britain’s longstanding designation as Tehran’s public enemy No. 1, surpassing the Great Satan America and Zionist Israel. In this verbal assault, the clerics credited “Perfidious Albion” with manipulating and even controlling the actions of the United States in confronting Iran and containing its […]

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Jul 1, 2009

Jones: International Community Still Failing in Afghanistan

By James Joyner

A January 2008 Atlantic Council report began, “Make no mistake, the international community is not winning in Afghanistan.” General Jim Jones, who was chairman of both the Council and that report, tells WaPo’s Bob Woodward that, “We are doing the same things well and the same things poorly.”

People enter a government job centre in Madrid June 2, 2009.

New Atlanticist

Jul 1, 2009

U.S.-EU Unemployment Reaching a Boiling Point?

By Demis Mavrellis

Despite encouraging signs of an uptick in the global economy, unemployment remains an outstanding challenge to both U.S. and EU policy-makers.

New Atlanticist

Jul 1, 2009

Rumors of War in Georgia

By David Smith

Russia Monday launched Kavkaz 2009—the largest ever military exercise in the North Caucasus—possibly the prelude to another assault on Georgia.  Meanwhile, rumors of war loom like thunderheads on a hot summer evening.

The Caucasus

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Jun 30, 2009

Outgoing NATO Commander Slams European Role In Afghanistan

By AFP

From AFP: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s outgoing top commander, General John Craddock, had a few parting shots for Europe as he formally handed over his post Tuesday, criticizing the continent’s engagement in Afghanistan.In an interview to be published Wednesday in Germany’s Stuttgarter Zeitung, the U.S. general said European leaders often used critical public opinion […]

United States and Canada

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Jun 30, 2009

EU and Turkey: still talking membership, barely

By AP

The Turkish government appears more interested in using talks with the EU to resolve Cyprus, than advancing membership. While any progress on Cyprus is desirable, does the switch in priorities from EU membership reveal a discreet, yet nonetheless decisive, realignment of Turkey’s foreign policy and abandonment of Mustafa Kemal’s legacy by Erodgan, Davutoglu, and the […]

European Union International Organizations

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Jun 30, 2009

For a Post in Europe, a Renaissance Admiral

By the New York Times

  From the New York Times: Now Admiral Stavridis’s boss, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, has given him a new assignment, which starts Tuesday. “Jim must also learn to speak NATO,” Mr. Gates said. As the new American and NATO commander in Europe, Admiral Stavridis, 54, becomes the first naval officer appointed to a position […]

New Atlanticist

Jun 30, 2009

German Court Upholds but Delays Lisbon Treaty

By James Joyner

“Germany’s highest court has ruled that the Lisbon Treaty is not fundamentally incompatible with the country’s constitution. However, it has called a halt to the ratification process until the German parliament changes a domestic law to strengthen the role of the country’s legislative bodies in implementing European Union laws.” 

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