Category: Timely Commentary & Analysis

Turkey Votes on Sunday With Democracy and Stability at Stake

By Sabine Freizer

Voters in Turkey will elect mayors and local councils Sunday in an act that will resonate far beyond the local issues that typically dominate municipal elections. They will deliver a referendum on the 11-year rule of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. And the balloting will open a cycle of three elections in coming months that […]

Security in Central Asia

Eurasia Foundation and the Atlantic Council were please to host a discussion on security in Central Asia.While most of the world faces Ukraine, security in Central Asia continues to be at the forefront of issues facing Eurasia. The 2014 US withdrawal from Afghanistan, ongoing negotiations of the Northern Distribution Network, and Russia’s continued push for economic […]

Latin America Center Hosts Argentine Political Leader Sergio Massa

During his international debut in Washington, DC, Argentine opposition leader Sergio Massa joined top policymakers and business leaders for a private discussion at the Atlantic Council on March 27, co-hosted by the US Chamber of Commerce.

The Future of US-Korea Alliance and Extended Deterrence in East Asia

The US-Republic of Korea Defense Treaty, which continues to serve as the cornerstone of the bilateral alliance and underwrite its central role in Washington’s rebalance strategy to the Asia-Pacific, marked its 60th anniversary in 2013. Through extended deterrence and the full range of conventional and nuclear US military capabilities, the United States remains dedicated to […]

NATO advanced research workshop on confidence building in cyberspace

NATO advanced research workshop on “Confidence-Building in Cyberspace ” was hosted by the Swedish Institute for National Defense and Security Policy Studies, the Swedish National Defense College, and the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative March 25 – 27, 2014. The event was supported by the NATO Science for Peace and Security Programme (SPS) which seeks […]

Ensuring US-EU Economic Cooperation

A Conversation with Sharon Bowles, MEP Sharon Bowles, member of European Parliament, and outgoing chair of the powerful economic and monetary affairs (ECON) committee, gave a public speech at Atlantic Council headquarters after a series of meetings between a delegation of MEPs and their US government counterparts. Bowles spoke about her 5 years as the […]

Diplomacy with Iran Through a European Lens

By Nazia Khan

Despite a current political focus on nuclear talks, opening the human rights dialogue with Iran is an essential European Union (EU) priority. Speaking at an Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center roundtable, European Parliament Member Marietje Schaake stressed the need to place human rights at the forefront of the official agenda and to avoid a zero-sum […]