Category: Timely Commentary & Analysis

“The Iran deal’s rare achievement”

By Nicholas Burns

WHAT SEEMS lost in the furious, partisan debate about the Iran nuclear deal is just how long it took the United States to actually get back to a negotiating table with the Iranian government — nearly 35 years. The talks have already achieved something tangible and rare: The United States and Iran are talking again, […]

Germany’s Evolving Role in Transatlantic Security

On April 16, 2015, the Atlantic Council hosted members of the German Federal Armed Services Committee of the Bundestag for a discussion on Germany’s evolving role in transatlantic security and the future of US-German relations.

Strategy Session with Dr. Robert Malley, White House Coordinator for the Middle East, North Africa, and the Gulf Region

On April 15, 2015 the Middle East Peace and Security Initiative in the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security hosted a private, off-the-record strategy session with Dr. Robert Malley, newly-appointed White House Coordinator for the Middle East, North Africa, and the Gulf Region. Middle East experts with experience in government, military, think tanks, […]

Why is Chile in Such a Bad Mood?

By Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center

A small country with big impact, Chile is widely viewed as a model of progress in Latin America. Embracing free-market policies, smart economic management and foreign investment, its formula is touted as an example of regional success.  But, recent political shifts and accelerated social demands have called Chile’s model into question, throwing the country’s national […]

IMF’s Lagarde on Avoiding the ‘New Mediocre’

Policymakers must work together to avoid the risk of a “new mediocre”—a protracted period of low growth—becoming the “new reality,” International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said at the Atlantic Council April 9. “The ‘new mediocre’ growth environment is not a comfortable place with respect to financial stability,” she said. Lagarde described the global […]

Opinion: Iran Advances Beyond ‘Third Tier’ Cyber Power

By Barbara Slavin

Even as Iran has applied the brakes to its nuclear program over the past 18 months and provisionally agreed last week to a deal lasting more than a decade, it has continued to advance its prowess in the field of cyber-attacks, experts say.

The Future of Iranian Cyber Threat

Iran could more aggressively undermine US allies through “cyber attacks, subversion, and terrorism” once its has a nuclear deal and international sanctions are lifted, retired Gen James L. Jones, Jr., said April 8.