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New Atlanticist

Jan 22, 2019

#StrongerWithAllies: Serving with pride

By Ashley Materi

Naval Lt. Jeremy Arsenault arrived at Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, for basic training in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) as one of his town’s only residents to attend university and holding the heavy weight of a secret.

NATO Resilience & Society
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen, January 14, 2015

NATOSource

Jan 22, 2019

German Defense Minister: The World Still Needs NATO

By Ursula von der Leyen, New York Times

The alliance is not just about bases and troops. It is about defending the world order.

Germany NATO

New Atlanticist

Jan 21, 2019

Yet another crisis day in Britain’s Brexit saga

By John M. Roberts

May doesn’t have to just deal with Parliament, she also has to address the practicalities of her Brexit plan.

European Union United Kingdom

UkraineAlert

Jan 21, 2019

Ukraine emerges from isolation

By James Brooke

Transportation links provide advance warnings as to where a society is going physically and mentally. Until five years ago, all of Ukraine’s roads led to Moscow. Now they go west. On land, more Ukrainians traveled by train to Europe than to Russia last year for the first time since Czarist railroads were built in the […]

Macroeconomics Russia

New Atlanticist

Jan 18, 2019

Trump to meet North Korea’s Kim Jong-un again in February

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Is a second summit a good idea?

Korea Nuclear Nonproliferation

New Atlanticist

Jan 18, 2019

EU lawmaker on troubled transatlantic ties: ‘We need to have contingency plans in place’

By Teri Schultz

Dutch member of the European Parliament Marietje Schaake is a true-blue transatlanticist but even she is losing faith.

European Union NATO

New Atlanticist

Jan 18, 2019

Congress should explain how dark Russian money infiltrates Western democracies

By Josh Rudolph

Open hearings in Congress can help focus public attention on those important matters of national security policy with a particular focus on the vulnerabilities that are not yet well understood.

Corruption Financial Regulation

New Atlanticist

Jan 18, 2019

A look at Trump’s missile defense strategy

By Ashish Kumar Sen

The Missile Defense Review lays out the new technologies that the Pentagon wants to combat what it sees as a growing missile threat.

Missile Defense

New Atlanticist

Jan 18, 2019

Energizing conversations on oil at the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Forum in Abu Dhabi

By David A. Wemer

A look back at the highlights from the Global Energy Forum.

Energy Markets & Governance Geopolitics & Energy Security

IranSource

Jan 18, 2019

What’s Behind the Middle East Summit in Poland?

By Robert Czulda

The US announcement that an international summit on the security and stability of the Middle East will be held February 13 and 14 in Warsaw was as shocking as it was unexpected, not only for Iranians but also for Poles. Poland is an important political and military ally of the United States and Polish energy […]

Iran Poland
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