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New Atlanticist

Mar 14, 2009

Russia Considers Caribbean Based Bombers

By James Joyner

A senior Russian general says his country is contemplating basing strategic bombers in the Caribbean, either on a Venezuelan island or Cuba. 

Cuba Russia

New Atlanticist

Mar 13, 2009

Switzerland to Cooperate on Tax Evasion

By James Joyner

Switzerland, long a destination for international criminals wishing to launder money and evade taxes, is finally relenting to pressure from the United States and other Western states to conform to international law. 

New Atlanticist

Mar 13, 2009

Obama Repeating Bush Mistakes in South Asia?

By James Joyner

Juan Cole, a leading historian of the Islamic world and fervent critic of the Bush administration’s policies, tells Harper‘s Scott Collins that he’s not so pleased with the Obama administration’s policies, either.

South Asia United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Mar 13, 2009

Pakistan Protests Bring Fear of Military Coup

By James Joyner

Top diplomats from the United States and the United Kingdom are trying to broker a deal between the government of Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari and chief opposition leader Nawaz Sharif amid fears that a string of protests could result in yet another military takeover.

Pakistan United Kingdom

New Atlanticist

Mar 13, 2009

Does De Gaulle Still Matter?

By Jeffrey Lightfoot

Forty-three years after General Charles de Gaulle’s removal of France from NATO’s integrated command structure, Nicolas Sarkozy announced in an important speech that his country will reverse this symbolically important legacy of Gaullist heritage at the upcoming NATO summit.

NATO Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Mar 12, 2009

America Could Learn From Europe on Appointment Process

By James Joyner

H. Rodgin Cohen, “the leading candidate for Deputy Treasury Secretary, has withdrawn from consideration,” ABC News chief Washington correspondent George Stephanoupoulous reports.  He adds, “Cohen had risen to the top after the withdrawal last week of expected deputy treasury secretary pick Annette Nazareth.”

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Mar 12, 2009

Don’t Let the Pentagon Implode

By Harlan Ullman

This week the National Defense University and the Atlantic Council jointly hosted a major conference in Washington on the future of the Department of Defense, drawing literary license from President Obama by calling it “Audacity for Change – Transforming How the Pentagon Conducts Its Business.”

New Atlanticist

Mar 12, 2009

A U.S. Backed North-South Corridor

By Alexandros Petersen

It is a pet peeve of many a “Eurasianist” geopolitical analyst that the U.S. State Department groups Central and South Asia together in its organizational structure.  There may be historical links across Afghanistan, they argue, but these pale in comparison to the Caspian-Central Asia region’s links to Russia, the West, and even China.  Indeed, the […]

New Atlanticist

Mar 12, 2009

Cheney’s Assassination Ring

By James Joyner

Sy Hersh is at it again, this time telling a University of Minnesota audience that Dick Cheney ran a super secret assassination ring. MinnPost‘s Eric Black reports that Hersh said this Tuesday night in a Q&A:

New Atlanticist

Mar 11, 2009

Denmark’s Anders Fogh Rasmussen Next NATO Chief?

By James Joyner

“Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the Danish prime minister, appears set to become the new secretary-general of Nato, following a private agreement by the leaders of Britain, France and Germany to back his candidacy,” James Blitz reports for the FT.

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