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New Atlanticist

Mar 25, 2009

Afghanistan: Counterinsurgency or Counterterrorism?

By James Joyner

Slate’s Fred Kaplan reports that, after weeks of strategic reviews, the Obama administration will have to decide by next week’s NATO summit between “two radically different Afghanistan policies.”

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New Atlanticist

Mar 24, 2009

China: We Need New World Currency

By James Joyner

Zhou Xiochuan, head of China’s central bank, published a paper yesterday urging the creation of an international reserve currency independent of the dollar and under the control of the International Monetary Fund.

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New Atlanticist

Mar 24, 2009

Obama’s Iran Endgame: More Than Meets the Eye

By Bernard Finel

There has been a lot of discussion over the last several days about Iran, mostly prompted by President Obama’s outreach to the Iranian public on the Iranian New Year.

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New Atlanticist

Mar 23, 2009

Atlantic Update: G20 Consensus Remains Elusive

By Valerie Nichols

Bad news from the IMF arrived last week as the G20 emergency summit creeps closer and closer.  The organization recently released some “depressing” figures.  In what the BBC called its “gloomiest forecast yet,” the Fund predicted a world economy contraction of 0.5% to 1.0% in 2009.  Only two months ago, the prediction had been of […]

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New Atlanticist

Mar 23, 2009

Has NATO Lost Afghanistan?

By James Joyner

In an interviewed aired on last night’s installment of CBS’ “60 Minutes,” President Obama continued to define victory down in Afghanistan, stating that, “Making sure Al-Qaeda cannot attack the US homeland and US interests and our allies. That’s the number one priority.”

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New Atlanticist

Mar 23, 2009

Europeanization of America? Or Global Convergence?

By Daniel Larison

All this clamoring about the Europeanization of America has not made much sense to me. After all, what can it mean to say, “In short, the more liberal your views, the more Belgian your brain”?

New Atlanticist

Mar 23, 2009

Counterinsurgency Trap: Future of the US Military

By Michael Cohen

Steven Metz, who teaches at the Army War College’s Strategic Studies Institute, reports that he was attending a recent DoD symposium and that “everyone nodded when a speaker said that the threats of the future will be dispersed, non-state entities, but few seemed to understand that this obviates the very essence of American strategy and […]

New Atlanticist

Mar 23, 2009

Obama Reaches Out to Chirac – Another Snub?

By James Joyner

Fresh off the heels of snubbing Gordon Brown by not holding a joint press conference with him and giving him a gift that could have been purchased at Wal-Mart, Barack Obama has annoyed Nicolas Sarkozy by sending a mash note to former French president Jacques Chirac asserting that, “I am certain that we will be […]

New Atlanticist

Mar 23, 2009

Naval Transformation: Adding Ploughshares

By Derek Reveron

Much attention has been given to the ways militaries are changing focuses on the ground forces, which conduct peacekeeping, stability operations, and counterinsurgency. After all, NATO countries have more than 200,000 soldiers and marines deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan. These ground forces have learned the hard lessons of stability operations and are re-equipping with new […]

New Atlanticist

Mar 22, 2009

Macedonia Elections Last Chance for Slim EU Hopes

By James Joyner

Citizens of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia are going to the polls today, ostensibly to choose a new president and several regional officials but mostly to demostrate to the European Union that they can hold elections in a manner befitting a civilized society.

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