Category: Content Series

Libya: Update from the Field

Libya’s democratic promise is more precarious than ever. On the one hand, the government recently reached a deal with armed groups to end a year-long blockade of critical oil fields, and the election commission released final results from the recent parliamentary elections. On the other, a political struggle is taking on an increasingly violent dimension, […]

Bridging the Pacific: The Americas’ New Economic Frontier?

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has the potential to create sustainable economic growth, spur job creation, and deepen geopolitical ties between market-based democracies across the Americas and the Asia-Pacific. In tandem with the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) that the United States is negotiating with the European Union, TPP has the potential to write the […]

The US Future in Space

How should US space programs adjust to sequestration? How does the US regain the lead in liquid propulsion rockets? What can the US do to inspire young people to get involved in space? Those were just some of the topics which General William L. Shelton, commander of US Air Force Space Command, discussed at the […]

Bridging the Pacific: The Americas’ New Economic Frontier?

By Atlantic Council

Watch the July 23, 2014 report launch featuring Acting Deputy US Trade Representative Wendy Cutler, TPP Caucus Co-chairs Congressmen Charles Boustany, Jr. (R-LA) and Gregory Meeks (D-NY), and other experts from the public and private sectors. Bridging the Pacific: The Americas’ New Economic Frontier?, written by Atlantic Council author Peter Rashish, proposes nine concrete steps […]