Energy & Environment

Moscow Plans for a Post-NATO Afghanistan

By Jakub Kulhanek, the New Atlanticist

Russian envoy: Libya marks strategic shift for NATO

By the AP

China’s official newspaper warns West to respect U.N. role and Beijing’s “legitimate interests” in Libya

By Chris Buckley, Reuters

From Chris Buckley, Reuters:  China’s top official newspaper warned Western powers to let the United Nations lead post-war reconstruction in Libya, saying on Thursday that Beijing would seek to defend its economic stake after the ousting of Muammar Gaddafi.

Planning for Libya 2.0

By Daniel Serwer, Foreign Policy

Energy in Food

By Boyko Nitzov

In this latest Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Issue Brief “Energy in Food”, Boyko Nitzov, the Center’s Director of Programs, surveys current concerns about the large amounts of energy needed to supply food and explores common concepts, perceptions and myths.Download the PDF

New Challenges – New NATO

By Gábor Iklódy, atlantic-community.org

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the Balance of Power in Central Asia

By Dmitri A. Titoff, atlantic-community.org

Europe’s last dictator

By David J. Kramer and A. Wess Mitchell, the Washington Post

From David J. Kramer and A. Wess Mitchell, the Washington Post:  Dubbed the last dictator in Europe, Belarus strongman Alexander Lukashenko is under growing domestic and international pressure because of his gross human rights abuses and responsibility for his country’s worst economic crisis since gaining independence 20 years ago.

Russia to deploy 2 army brigades in Arctic

By the AP