Category: Issue Brief

Security challenges to Libya’s quest for democracy

By Karim Mezran and Fadel Lamen

Security challenges threaten to undermine Libya’s political transition as well as its relations with other countries, according to a new issue brief released by the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East at the Atlantic Council. The September 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, resulting in the death of four American diplomats, makes […]

Political Neutrality and National Responsibility in Cyber Conflict

By Jason Healey

Jason Healey, director of the Cyber Statecraft Initiative of the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, published a new issue brief:  When ‘Not My Problem’ Isn’t Enough: Political Neutrality and National Responsibility in Cyber Conflict. Download the PDF

A New Framework for US-China Economic Relations

By Henry M. Paulson, Jr.

In an Atlantic Council issue brief released today, former US Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr. argues that a new economic framework—reflecting the reality that China is no longer a “developing” economy but an increasingly established one—is needed to continue positive US-China economic relations and put the two economies on a path toward a more […]

Beyond the ballot box: Egypt’s constitutional challenge

By Mara Revkin and Yussef Auf

Against the backdrop of this historic electoral battle, much more is at stake than the country’s highest office, EgyptSource editor Mara Revkin and Egyptian Judge Yussef Auf argue in a new issue brief for the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East. While the election certainly represents a critical milestone, or perhaps a […]

Preparing for Cyber 9/12

By Jason Healey

To help add depth to the idea of a cyber 9/11, this issue brief, authored by Jason Healey, director of the Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative, examines what might happen the day after a major cyber disruption, on 9/12. Download PDF

Change Management and Cultural Transformation in NATO

By Edgar Buckley and Nancy DeViney

In an Atlantic Council issue brief, “Change Management and Cultural Transformation in NATO: Lessons from the Public and Private Sectors,” Edgar Buckley, former assistant secretary general of NATO, and Nancy DeViney, vice president for Organizational Change Management at IBM argue that applying lessons learned from change management and cultural transformation experiences from both the public […]

It’s Time to Put the Nuclear Issue Behind Us

By George Robertson, Franklin C. Miller, and Kori Schake

In a new Atlantic Council issue brief, authors Lord Robertson, Franklin C. Miller, and Kori Schake urge NATO heads of states to put nuclear issues behind them when they gather in Chicago this week. They argue that it is time to halt the internecine warfare which distracts Western national security experts, and has no obvious […]

The US Cyber Policy Reboot

By Jason Healey

Jason Healey, director of the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative, argues that 2011 has seen the most vigorous effort on the part of the United States government to establish a coordinated set of cyber policies in nearly a decade: “We have been wandering in a policy desert for years and while we may not have […]

New Solutions to Close the Skills Gap

On December 15, 2011, the Atlantic Council partnered with PwC to host an inaugural high-level roundtable of leading business, government, and academic experts to analyze the global mismatch between skills and jobs, better known as the “skills gap,” and offer policy solutions. This issue brief summarizes the conclusions of that discussion.  Download the PDF