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New Atlanticist

Apr 23, 2009

Pakistan Nearing Collapse

By James Joyner

“The move by Taliban-backed militants into the Buna district of northwestern Pakistan, closer than ever to Pakistan’s capital of Islamabad, have prompted concerns both within the country and abroad that the nuclear-armed nation of 165 million is on the verge of inexorable collapse.” So begins a report from TIME‘s Aryn Baker.

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New Atlanticist

Apr 23, 2009

Optimism on Afghanistan

By James Joyner

This afternoon, Ashraf Ghani, former Afghan finance minister and member of the Atlantic Council International Advisory Board and Strategic Advisors Group, unveiled his report “A Ten-Year Framework for Afghanistan: Executing the Obama Plan and Beyond.”

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New Atlanticist

Apr 22, 2009

Torture a Looming Crisis in Transatlantic Relations

By Bernard Finel

Blogger Andrew Sullivan has likened torture to a cancer on America’s democracy, that “metastasizes quickly and poisons everything it touches.”

New Atlanticist

Apr 22, 2009

UN Conference on Racism: Another Wasted Opportunity

By Valerie Nichols

Monday’s opening of the UN Conference on Racism met low expectations, fueling criticism that it was simply a rerun of the notorious Durban Conference in 2001.

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New Atlanticist

Apr 22, 2009

India’s Fragile Democracy

By Habeeb Noor

Elections are now underway in India and will be for the next month. While the particular method employed in the world’s largest parliamentary democracy may strike American as unusual, the system has largely worked. If underlying social schisms are not addressed, however, that may soon change.

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New Atlanticist

Apr 22, 2009

Nonpolar World: Or Just Messy and Complex?

By Robert Manning

In the nearly two decades since the end of the Cold War, various ideas have been offered up to define the structure of the international system. With the end of the bipolar world as the USSR dissolved, it was fashionable to bandy about the idea of a unipolar world, as Charles Krauthammer dubbed it in […]

New Atlanticist

Apr 22, 2009

Georgia Has a Republic. Can She Keep It?

By David Smith

Since April 9, some Georgians have taken to the streets of Tbilisi calling upon President Mikheil Saakashvili to resign.  Their numbers have dwindled, but a dedicated few still block major thoroughfares, populate tents outside the presidential residence and rally bigger crowds in front of Parliament.

The Caucasus

New Atlanticist

Apr 21, 2009

Russian Tanks Near Tblisi

By James Joyner

Russian troops are a mere “25 miles (40 kilometers) from the Georgian capital, in violation of the European Union-brokered cease-fire that ended last year’s brief war,” Lynn Berry reports for AP.  All indications are that Moscow is increasing pressure on President Mikheil Saakashvili amidst a protest movement.

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New Atlanticist

Apr 21, 2009

Critical Pause in the Thai Political Crisis

By Catharin Dalpino

The round of political protests in Bangkok following the violent shut-down of the ASEAN-Plus-Three meeting have abated after Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva issued an emergency decree, which is still in effect.

New Atlanticist

Apr 21, 2009

Kazakhstan Withdraws From NATO Exercise

By James Joyner

Kazakhstan has pulled out of an annual NATO training exercise following Russia’s demand that it be canceled. A founding member of the Partnership with Peace, Astana is carefully balancing its relations with the West and its former overlord.

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