For the 2012 NATO Summit in Chicago, the Atlantic Council featured reports, congressional testimony, smart analysis, and events on a myriad of issues important to the discussion in Chicago.
On May 24, the Council hosted a half-day conference titled The NATO Chicago Summit: Outcomes and the Way Ahead. The conference provided a thought-provoking assessment of the implications of the Chicago summit, and generated suggestions for how the Alliance can better meet future challenges.
The Young Atlanticist Summit (May 19-21) featured fifty to seventy-five carefully selected emerging leaders, between ages 26 to 35, who are recruited from all NATO countries and some partner countries. Taking place along the sidelines of the official NATO Summit, the Young Atlanticist Summit was the major public diplomacy event in Chicago, as delegates shared the stage with senior policy leaders for a dynamic exchange of ideas. View Young Atlanticist 2010 activities at the NATO Summit in Lisbon.
Congressional Testimony
Ian Brzezinski Senate Testimony on NATO: Chicago and Beyond
Damon Wilson Congressional Testimony on NATO’s Chicago Summit and US Policy
Media Appearances
Damon Wilson
CNN Starting Point: NATO deals with austerity, Pakistan
WGNTV appearance: Damon Wilson discusses NATO politics
WGNTV appearance: NATO Summit in Chicago
On NPR’s Morning edition with Jackie Northam: NATO Summit To Reaffirm Afghan Commitment
CNN Situation Room: Who gets invited to NATO summits?
Barry Pavel
Featured in U.S. News & World Report: Grading Obama’s NATO Summit Performance
Quoted in AP: Echoes of Eurozone crisis at NATO meeting
Quoted in U.S. News & World Report: Obama Needs Strong Commitments to Afghanistan For Success at NATO Summit
Quoted in U.S. News & World Report: NATO, Defying Russia, Moves Forward With Missile Shield
Quoted in AFP: With US shift to Asia, NATO faces new era
Jorge Benitez
Al Jazeera English appearance: Afghanistan to top NATO agenda
Estonian TV ERR appearance: Foreign policy experts are unanimous on the need for NATO
Quoted in Bloomberg Businessweek: Obama Seeks Afghan Commitments as NATO Summit Closes
Quoted in LA Times: Ahead of NATO’s Chicago summit, members eye the Afghan exits (Paul Richter)
Quoted in Macleans: NATO: Death by a thousand little spending cuts?
Quoted in Xinhua: Chicago summit seeks to deliver promises to renew NATO (Yi Aijun and Lin Yu)
Quoted in Kommersant (Russian): Smart Defense and the Chicago Summit
Quoted in Russia Today (Spanish): Reforma de la OTAN
Quoted in La Vanguardia (Spanish): U.S prepares to withdraw from Afghanistan, but routes through Pakistan remain closed
Sarwar Kashmeri
KQED Public Radio: The NATO Summit and Afghanistan
New Atlanticist Analysis
- When Will You Face Strategic Reality, Mr. NATO Secretary General? – Julian Lindley-French
- NATO’s Ballistic Missile Defense: A Promising Triumph of Prudence – Boyko Noev
- The Lost Alliance: NATO in Chicago – Tomas Ries
- To Survive, NATO Must Globalize – Anne-Marie Slaughter
- Anchoring NATO with Leadership – R. Nicholas Burns & Damon Wilson
- NATO Needs Leadership Rethink to Remain Relevant – Sarwar Kashmeri
- NATO: When I’m Sixty-Four – R. Nicholas Burns & David Manning
- Continue NATO Expansion – Damon Wilson
- NATO Must Rethink Libya Model – Andrea Baumann & Benedetta Berti
- NATO Inaction on Enlargement Risks Balkan Stability – James L. Jones
- Yes to Missile Defense, With Russia – Wolfgang Ischinger
- The Atlantic Alliance Transformed – Brent Scowcroft
- Becoming NATO’s Next Ally – Damon Wilson
- How NATO Can Revitalize Its Role – Frederick Kempe
- The Chicago NATO Summit: Much Ado About? – Harlan Ullman
- With Iran, Syria Looming, Can Obama Save NATO from Disaster at Chicago Summit? – Barry Pavel & James Joyner
- NATO and the Transatlantic Bargain – Franklin Kramer
- Saving NATO – Franklin Kramer & Jordan Becker
- Cyber Security and the Need for New Approaches – Franklin Kramer
- Why We Need a Smart NATO – Julian Lindley-French
Publications
- Change Management and Cultural Transformation in NATO
- Anchoring the Alliance
- It’s Time to Put the Nuclear Issue Behind Us
- The Strategic Rationale for Promoting Transatlantic Values in a Globalized World
- The Transatlantic Bargain After “the Pivot”
- Transatlantic Nations and Global Security: Pivoting and Partnerships
- NATO’s Cyber Capabilities: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
- NATO Agency Reform, Done Right
- NATO Reform: Key Principles
- Georgia in the West: A Policy Road Map to Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic Future
- Pursuing Cyber Statecraft
- Nordic-Baltic Security in the 21st Century
- Learning from Libya: The Right Lessons for NATO
- Future Options for NATO Nuclear Policy
- Increasing Outreach, Public Understanding and Support for NATO across the Transatlantic Community
- Alliance Reborn: An Atlantic Compact for the 21st Century
- STRATCON 2010: An Alliance for a Global Century
Events
- ‘Anchoring the Alliance’ Report Launch (May 14, 2012)
- Atlantic Council/Foreign Policy Survey: The Future of NATO (May 14, 2012)
- GLOBSEC Bratislava Global Security Forum (April 12-14, 2012; Bratislava)
- Brent Scowcroft on Renewing the Transatlantic Community Through Global Partnerships (April 3, 2012)
- Smart Defense: Can a Lean NATO Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century? (March 28-30, 2012; Chicago)
- Security Jam: Brainstorming Global Security (March 19-23, 2012)
- NATO in a New Era: A Congressional Event on the NATO 2012 Chicago Summit (March 20, 2012)
- 2012 Supreme Allied Commander Transformation Seminar (February 28, 2012)
- Libya Revisited: Coalition Building and the Future of NATO Operations (February 14, 2012)
- The Transatlantic Bargain in 2012: Still a Good Deal? with Minister of Defense of the Czech Republic, H.E. Alexandr Vondra (January 24, 2012)
- How to Keep Transatlantic Security AAA: Outsmarting the Crisis by Thinking Beyond Institutional Lines with Minister of Defense of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, H.E. Hans Hillen (January 12, 2012)
- NATO: The Case for Collective Defense in the 21st Century with Secretary of Defense of the United Kingdom Philip Hammond (January 5, 2012)
Resources
- Atlantic Council main website
- New Atlanticist policy and analysis blog
- NATOSource Alliance news blog
- Young Atlanticist website for emerging leaders
Social Media
- Atlantic Council on Facebook
- Young Atlanticist on Facebook
- Atlantic Council on YouTube
- @Atlantic Council on Twitter
- @BarryPavel on Twitter
- @DamonMacWilson on Twitter
- @Jason_Healey on Twitter
- @DrJJoyner on Twitter
- @NATOSource on Twitter
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