Category: In the News

Koster in Europe’s Edge: NATO must re-learn deterrence

By Timo S. Koster

Timo Koster writes that the Western reaction to the current crisis in Ukraine shows that NATO will have to revive the concept of deterrence, and quickly.

D’Anieri in the Hill: “The false promises of Biden’s Ukrainian refugee program”

By Atlantic Council

Sullivan quoted in Reuters on NOPEC

Younus in the diplomat: How Imran Khan Is Disrupting Pakistan’s Political Economy

By Atlantic Council

Samotin in the Wall Street Journal: Why Russian conscripts can’t subdue Ukraine

By Atlantic Council

On May 5, Laura Resnick Samotin published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal examining why Russian conscripts have underperformed in the war in Ukraine.  “We have already seen one recent war between conscript armies. While conscription does not appear to have played a major role in the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War in 2020, the current […]

The Hill covered the Israel Initiative’s event with Ambassador to Israel, Thomas R. Nides

By Atlantic Council

Brahimi in Carnegie Middle East Center: The Lebanese Armed Forces and its leadership have taken a conscious decision to give women much more important roles

By Atlantic Council

Nia quoted in the Washington Post on long-term implications of Elon Musk’s control over Twitter

By Atlantic Council

O’Toole quoted in S&P Global on the US imposing secondary sanctions to prevent Russia from selling oil elsewhere

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Wieslander quoted in Financial Times on NATO application security dilemmas

By Anna Wieslander

The period between a NATO application and Article 5 security guarantees poses several security dilemmas for Sweden and Finland. “By various informal steps and declarations in this period by major allies and working with NATO, I think we’ll get through this period,” she told the Financial Times.