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Nov 21, 2011

A US-EU action plan for supporting democratization: Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia

By Danya Greenfield

In advance of the US-EU summit on November 28 in Washington, DC, the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East and Transatlantic Relations Program released “A US-EU Action Plan for Supporting Democratization: Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia.” In partnership with the Polish Institute for International Affairs (PISM), the Atlantic Council developed an action plan […]

Libya North Africa

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Nov 14, 2011

Egypt’s imperiled transition: Pakistan on the Nile?

By Michele Dunne

A new issue brief by Hariri Middle East Center director Michele Dunne explores the troubled state of Egypt’s democratic transition.

North Africa

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Nov 10, 2011

Iran turns to China, barter to survive sanctions

By Barbara Slavin

“Iran Turns to China, Barter to Survive Sanctions,” by senior fellow Barbara Slavin discusses Iran’s changing trade patterns, its greater dependence on China, India and Turkey, and continuing relationships with Germany and Italy. The brief also discusses the impact of sanctions and measures the United States could take to convince Iran to curb its nuclear […]

China Iran

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Nov 10, 2011

Primary Energy and Transportation Fuels and the Energy and Water Nexus: Ten Challenges

By Blythe Lyons

The Atlantic Council released an issue brief by Blythe Lyons, nonresident senior fellow of the Energy and Environment Program, entitled: “Primary Energy and Transportation Fuels and the Energy and Water Nexus: Ten Challenges,” which highlights the issues that were brought to light in the November 2011 workshop. Download the PDF

Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment
3D Printing

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Oct 17, 2011

Could 3D printing change the world?

By Thomas Campbell, Christopher Williams, Olga Ivanova, and Banning Garrett

Could 3D Printing Change the World? Technologies, Potential, and Implications of Additive Manufacturing explores the technology of AM and its broader implications.

Technology & Innovation

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Sep 21, 2011

US Declaratory Policy and Striking Back in Cyber Conflict

By Jason Healey

In one of the year’s most poorly understood bit of cyber news, the United States has again announced it may use military force in response to a cyber attack. In a new publication, Jason Healey, Director of the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative, puts this cyber “declaratory policy” into the proper context, both how it fits […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

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Sep 15, 2011

How reliable is intelligence on Iran’s nuclear program?

By Barbara Slavin

At a public event on September 15, the Atlantic Council’s Iran Task Force launched the issue brief How Reliable is Intelligence on Iran’s Nuclear Program? authored by Task Force member Barbara Slavin.

Intelligence Iran

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Sep 13, 2011

Pursuing Cyber Statecraft

By Jason Healey

If the world is going to solve problems of cooperation and conflict in cyberspace, states and non-state actors alike must apply a wider range of tools.  Cyber statecraft will be an important way to discover and implement better set of such tools, writes Jason Healey, Director of the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative. Download the PDF

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

Issue Brief

Sep 1, 2011

Learning from Libya: The right lessons for NATO

By Damon M. Wilson

“While NATO’s ‘Operation Unified Protector’ has revealed strains within the Alliance and foreshadows future challenges, the Libya operation is a great success.”  That is the conclusion of Atlantic Council Executive Vice President Damon Wilson in his Strategic Advisors Group issue brief, released as leaders of the Transitional National Council meet today in Paris with leading […]

Libya NATO
Nuclear ICBM

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Aug 30, 2011

Future options for NATO nuclear policy

By Jeffrey A. Larsen

The United States has maintained forward-deployed nuclear weapons in Europe for more than six decades. That may soon come to an end, argue Dr. Jeffrey A. Larsen, a retired Air Force command pilot and expert on arms control, in his Atlantic Council issue brief “Future Options for NATO Nuclear Policy.”  Unless current trends are altered, […]

Europe & Eurasia NATO
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