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New Atlanticist

Jun 5, 2009

Time: Friend or Foe

By Harlan Ullman

Ironically and unsurprisingly, when it comes to emerging threats, time may be our best friend. Or time can be our most serious foe. Time can solve problems. After all, it was a matter of time — and a great deal of it — for the Soviet Union to implode peacefully. On the other hand, as […]

New Atlanticist

Jun 4, 2009

Misreading Turkey’s Strategic Goals

By James Joyner

A recurring theme of mine on this blog has been Turkey’s strange behavior for a country that purports to aspire to a full membership in the Western community of nations. Ankarra has frequently been a thorn in the side of its NATO allies and is simultaneously demanding entry into the EU and unwilling to modify […]

Turkey

New Atlanticist

Jun 4, 2009

Challenges for U.S.-India Relations

By Habeeb Noor

India’s recent elections demonstrated the resiliency of its democratic system, bringing to power a stable and strong government for the first time in over a decade.  Manmohan Singh was given a decisive mandate to continue as prime minister, while the Communists and various regional parties that had previously stalled reforms were rendered insignificant.

New Atlanticist

Jun 4, 2009

Obama’s Cairo Speech

By James Joyner

President Obama’s Cairo University speech to the Muslim world was much like a State of the Union address, in that was a laundry list of items that tried to have a little something for everyone.   Also, as with his Strasborg town hall speech and his call for hitting the reset button with Russia, Obama said […]

North Africa

New Atlanticist

Jun 4, 2009

China-Europe Relations a One-Way Street

By Damien Tomkins

Sino-European relations are a one-way street going in China’s direction.  A recent report describes it as “unconditional engagement,” a “policy that gives China access to all the economic and other benefits of cooperation with Europe while asking for little in return.” 

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Jun 3, 2009

NATO-Russian Ministers To Meet Jun 27 In Greece

By EasyBourse (AFP)

From EasyBourse (AFP): “‘I can announce that the next ministerial meeting of the NATO-Russia Council will take place on June 27 in Corfu, where a ministerial meeting of the OSCE is being held,’ NATO spokesman James Appathurai said.‘The agenda for the talks has not yet been fixed,’ he said, adding however the meeting would take […]

New Atlanticist

Jun 3, 2009

5 Questions for Henrik Liljegren

By James Joyner

Henrik Liljegren, an Atlantic Council board member, served 42 years in Sweden’s diplomatic corps, including stints at Ambassador to the United States, Turkey, East Germany, and Belgium.  I had the opportunity to get his thoughts on some key issues of interest to our community.

New Atlanticist

Jun 3, 2009

French NATO Return: Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship?

By Steven Kramer

To what extent does French return to full NATO membership reflect a paradigm shift of French grand strategy?  After all, Charles de Gaulle’s withdrawal of French forces from NATO’s integrated military command (and his eviction of NATO headquarters from France) was the culmination of a fundamental policy reorientation begun in 1958 and a critical factor […]

NATO Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Jun 3, 2009

Time for Peace in Kashmir

By Mansoor Ijaz

India’s recent elections have ushered in a historic opportunity to address the issue of Kashmir. Over 417 million voters turned out to give the world’s most populous democracy its most stable government ever. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the affable economist-turned-politician, should now turn Congress’s election mandate into an impetus for making unprecedented decisions on national […]

NATOSource

Jun 2, 2009

“Russia Should See NATO as Friend Not Foe”

By atlantic-community.org

From atlantic-community.org: “Russia has maintained the Cold War perception that by definition the West confronts Russia. Therefore, the Russian point of view expressed in the new Russian National Security Strategy is that there cannot be any common values and interests and NATO-Russian relations should only be based on mutual respect, which means that NATO should […]

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