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New Atlanticist

Dec 24, 2008

Islamic Banks Surge, Thanks to Financial Crisis

By James Joyner

One unexpected byproduct of the global financial crisis has been a boom for Islamic banks.  AP business writer Emma Vandore explains: France is becoming the latest country to woo Islamic banks, which avoided much of the damage from the subprime mortgage crisis by following strict principles laid out in the Quran — as the global […]

New Atlanticist

Dec 24, 2008

Europe May Take Guantanamo Detainees

By James Joyner

After years of denying requests from the Bush administration, Europe may be ready to help President-elect Obama solve the Gitmo problem. When the U.S. government asked years ago that countries take in detainees freed from the Guantanamo military prison, only tiny Albania answered the call.

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Dec 24, 2008

Russia May Cut Off Gas to Ukraine, Europe

By James Joyner

Moscow and Kiev are once again on a collision course over gas supplies. WaPo: Russia and Ukraine appear to be heading for a new collision over natural gas that could disrupt supplies to Europe this winter, with Russia threatening to stop selling the fuel to Ukraine on Jan. 1 if it does not repay more […]

Energy & Environment Russia
STOCK - Afghanistan

New Atlanticist

Dec 23, 2008

U.S. Will Fund Militias in Afghanistan

By Peter Cassata

Echoing similar measures used in Iraq, the U.S. will begin funding militias in remote areas of Afghanistan to help fight the Taliban. 

Afghanistan

New Atlanticist

Dec 23, 2008

Paris Mayor Doesn’t Write Letter, NYT Publishes Anyway

By James Joyner

The New York Times yesterday published a letter by Bertrand Delanoë, the mayor of Paris, assailing Caroline Kennedy’s status as apparent frontrunner for the Senate seat being vacated by Hillary Clinton.  The author termed it “surprising and not very democratic, to say the least.” 

New Atlanticist

Dec 23, 2008

India-Pakistan Walking Line Between War and Peace

By James Joyner

India is playing it close to the vest with information on last month’s deadly terrorist attacks in Mumbai.  Interpol secretary general Ronald Nobel says that his agency has been kept out of the loop, BBC reports.

India
Afghanistan's Ring Road

New Atlanticist

Dec 22, 2008

Surge Strategy in Afghanistan

By Peter Cassata

Hopes are high that a new Afghanistan strategy and 30,000 extra U.S. troops will prove to be a turning point in the fight against Al Qaeda and the Taliban, much as similar measures changed the nature of the counterinsurgency in Iraq. 

Afghanistan

New Atlanticist

Dec 22, 2008

OSCE Mission in Georgia Closing

By James Joyner

The OSCE’s mission in Georgia, which opened in 1992, is coming to a close.  Veronika Oleksyn for AP: OSCE chair Finland called a meeting Monday morning to seek a three-month extension to the mandate, which expires on Dec. 31, to allow time for more negotiations on the mission’s future. It had been the topic of […]

Russia The Caucasus

New Atlanticist

Dec 22, 2008

We’re Winning in Africa but the Game’s Not Over

By Lynn Roche

President Bush’s efforts in Africa have undeniably produced accomplishments that have affected millions throughout the continent and we should be optimistic for the future. But we’ve still got much work to do — and much to learn.

Africa

New Atlanticist

Dec 22, 2008

Rethinking NATO’s Strategic Concept

By David Capezza

When members of a strained Alliance convene in Strasbourg, France and Kehl, Germany for the 60th Anniversary of NATO it will have been a decade since they last agreed upon a strategic vision for the alliance. 

NATO Security & Defense
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