Category: Content Series

A hidden key to the G7’s infrastructure ambitions: Blue Dot Network

By Kaush Arha

Blue Dot Network represents another chapter for US leadership to address global needs and safeguard the international system from predatory behavior. With the Biden administration’s mission to build back better for the world, it is well poised to make BDN one of its landmark legacies for global good.

NATO must stand with Ukraine against Russian aggression

By Paul Grod

NATO's 2008 decision to deny Ukraine a Membership Action Plan paved the way for Putin's 2014 attack. NATO leaders must now back Ukraine to prevent a further escalation in Russia's war on the post-1991 settlement.

Aviso LatAm: COVID-19 June 11, 2021

Thousands of Latin American citizens travel abroad to get vaccinated.

NATO allies contribute to a variety of missions. Here’s a look at how each country chips in.

By Connor McPartland, Demetrios Marinides

The NATO alliance conducts a variety of missions on land, sea, and air. Here is a breakdown of how each country has been contributing to a selection of these missions.

The case for a Comprehensive Approach 2.0: How NATO can combat Chinese and Russian political warfare

By Kathleen J. McInnis, Clementine G. Starling-Daniels

Kathleen J. McInnis and Clementine G. Starling outline how NATO’s Comprehensive Approach program can serve as a model to counter political warfare at the strategic level.

That was then but this is now: Assessing the new Atlantic Charter

By Andrew R. Marshall

This moment—between these two iconic figures, engaged in an epic struggle against the ultimate evil—is magical. But that allure shouldn’t distract from the fact that the charter was not merely a vague wish list. It had a concrete function in the very tough relationship between two wartime allies.

GeoTech recommendations for President Biden’s meetings with allies overseas

By Matthew Gavieta

US President Joseph Biden is set to embark on his first official overseas foreign affairs trip from June 10 to 16. In light of mounting geopolitical issues around technology, the GeoTech Center provides actionable recommendations for the President to reach global solutions.

Despite COVID-19 pandemic, NATO defense spending continues to rise

By Connor McPartland

Even in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, NATO allies have continued to increase their defense investments.

Saeed Jalili: The former nuclear negotiator that rubs diplomats the wrong way

By Saeid Jafari

Saeed Jalili can be seen as a back-up candidate, who is gradually depicting himself to be a serious challenge.

FAST THINKING: The world has a new Atlantic Charter

By Atlantic Council

US President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson signed a new Atlantic Charter today. What new forms of cooperation will it unleash among democracies? And what will it mean for the struggle between democracies and autocracies?