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May 29, 2014

No Arab Spring for Algeria

By Mohsin Khan and Karim Mezran

A new Atlantic Council report warns that although the Algerian government has effectively maintained the status quo and avoided its own Arab Spring, it risks future instability if it does not commit to serious political and economic reforms. In “No Arab Spring for Algeria,” Mohsin Khan and Karim Mezran, senior fellows at the Atlantic Council’s […]

North Africa

Issue Brief

May 28, 2014

The challenge of federalism in Yemen

By Rafat Al-Akhali

“The Challenge of Federalism in Yemen,” the latest issue brief from the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, maps key considerations as Yemen embarks on the next stage in its political evolution—the transition from a unitary to federal state system, as outlined by the final agreement from the multistakeholder National Dialogue Conference. […]

Yemen

Emerging Defense Challenges

May 13, 2014

Disrupt or Be Disrupted: How Governments Can Develop Decisive Military Technologies

By James Hasik and Byron Callan

Just what makes a military technology disruptive? How does one know who will disrupt, and who will be disrupted? How can we aim to develop disruptive technologies, and how can we spot them before others use them to disrupt our security? In the latest issue brief from the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, “Disrupt […]

Issue Brief

Apr 28, 2014

The Impact of US Liquefied Natural Gas Exports on Central and Eastern Europe’s Energy Security

By Péter Kaderják, László Paizs, Adrienn Selei, Borbála Tóth

The unfolding political crisis between Ukraine and Russia poses an immediate gas supply security risk for Europe, but especially for Central Eastern Europe (CEE), the Baltic States, and South East Europe (SEE). This new issue brief, authored by Péter Kaderják, László Paizs, Adrienn Selei, and Borbála Tóth of the Regional Centre for Energy Policy Research […]

Energy & Environment Energy Markets & Governance

Issue Brief

Apr 22, 2014

Turkish-Iranian Rapprochement and the Future of European and Asian Energy

By Pinar Dost and Orhan Taner

In a new issue brief, “Turkish-Iranian Rapprochement and the Future of European and Asian Energy,” Pinar Dost-Niyego and Orhan Taner of the Atlantic Council’s Turkey office outline how Turkey and Iran’s developing relationship is a key consideration in analyses of European and Asian energy security. They argue Turkish-Iranian relations, in which energy plays an important […]

Europe & Eurasia Iran

Issue Brief

Apr 17, 2014

NATO’s Framework Nations: Capabilities for an Unpredictable World

By Franklin D. Kramer

At the upcoming summit in September 2014, the NATO nations are very likely to approve a concept of “framework nations” around which to build integrated capabilities. As yet, however, there has been relatively little discussion about how best to organize the framework nation approach so as to support NATO objectives. In the latest issue brief […]

Issue Brief

Mar 25, 2014

Europe’s Imperfect Banking Union

By Megan Greene

In her latest issue brief, “Europe’s Imperfect Banking Union,” Global Business and Economics Program Senior Fellow Megan Greene argues that the European banking union agreement as it currently stands will fall short of many of its goals and will only be useful in the next crisis, not in definitively ending the current one. A slew […]

Economy & Business European Union

Issue Brief

Mar 13, 2014

The Kurdish Question and US-Turkish Relations in a Changing Middle East

By Jeffrey Mankoff and Müjge Küçükkeleş

Growing disorder throughout the Middle East has created the possibility for major changes to the status of Kurdish minorities in Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. Turkey’s handling of its own Kurdish minority and its relations with Kurdish groups throughout the region are creating new challenges for US foreign policy and US-Turkish relations. The failure of Ankara’s […]

Turkey

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Mar 7, 2014

Breaking taboos: Youth activism in the Gulf States

By Kristin Diwan

In a new Atlantic Council issue brief, Breaking Taboos: Youth Activism in the Gulf States, Visiting Senior Fellow Kristin Diwan contends that youth activists are bringing new forms of civic engagement and political contestation to the Arab states in the Gulf region.  Evaluating  youth movements in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Bahrain, Diwan contends that although […]

Saudi Arabia The Gulf

Issue Brief

Mar 5, 2014

Zooming in on Syria: Adapting US policy to local realities

By Faysal Itani & Nathaniel Rosenblatt

The key to ending the crisis in Syria is a better understanding of local players and power dynamics. By viewing the conflict through a local prism, the United States and its Western allies can help build a coherent, capable, and legitimate opposition, which is an essential ingredient for any political transition or even negotiations. In […]

Syria
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