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Jul 5, 2017

The Gulf’s Evolving Regional Theater

By Ali Marhoon

A month later and the Saudi-led decision to blockade Qatar is escalating tensions in the Gulf to the detriment of US security interests. Increasingly so, regional actors like Tehran and Ankara are becoming stakeholders in the conflict, and are actively taking steps to shape it in ways that suit their respective interests and regional visions. […]

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Jun 26, 2017

Haid in Middle East Eye: How the Gulf Crisis Could Spill Over into Rebel Rivalry in Syria

By Haid Haid

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International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy

Event Recap

Jun 23, 2017

The Euro’s Future: Deepening the Economic and Monetary Union

By Global Business & Economics Program

On June 23, 2017, the Atlantic Council’s Eurogrowth Initiative hosted Jose Leandro and Gabriele Giudice, the authors of the European Commission’s Reflection Paper on the Deepening of the Economic and Monetary Union.

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia

In the News

Jun 21, 2017

Braw in the Wall Street Journal: A Better Model for European Defense

By Elisabeth Braw

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European Union International Organizations

In the News

Jun 20, 2017

Braw in the Times: European Union’s Battlegroups Are Destined Never to See Active Service

By Elisabeth Braw

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European Union International Organizations

In the News

Jun 12, 2017

Ullman in UPI: Democracy at Risk in United States, Great Britain

By Harlan Ullman

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International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy

New Atlanticist

Jun 9, 2017

May’s Humiliation Could Make Brexit Easier

By Reginald Dale

The Conservative government’s surprise loss of its parliamentary majority in the United Kingdom’s June 8 general election will greatly complicate the task of withdrawing the country from the European Union (EU), on which negotiations are due to start June 19. But it might conceivably lead to a better outcome in the end. Prime Minister Theresa […]

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Jun 9, 2017

Theresa May’s Failed Election Gamble

By Ashish Kumar Sen

British Prime Minister Theresa May made a gamble when she decided to call early elections with the hope of shoring up political support ahead of difficult Brexit negotiations. That gamble did not pay off. May’s Conservative Party, while still the largest in Parliament following the June 8 election, failed to secure the 326 seats necessary […]

European Union International Organizations

FutureSource

Jun 6, 2017

The UK and EU Must Moderate Brexit and the US Must Get Smart About What is Unfolding

By Ilana Bet-El

To use an old Thatcherite adage, the United States, United Kingdom and European Union are all living in cloud cuckoo land, seemingly vastly underestimating the medium- to long-term effects of Brexit: a dramatically weakened UK, an undermined EU, and fragmented transatlantic relations. Put another way: the transatlantic rift that has clearly already opened over NATO […]

Europe & Eurasia European Union

New Atlanticist

Jun 5, 2017

70 Years Later, George C. Marshall’s Values Are Still Relevant

By Stephen R. Grand

It may be an awkward moment for a birthday, but the Marshall Plan turned seventy on June 5. Designed to give Europe a hand up rather than a handout following the devastation of World War II, the Marshall Plan became the cornerstone for the emergence of a US-led, rules-based order that has enhanced Europe’s and […]

European Union International Organizations

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