Politics & Diplomacy

Politics & Diplomacy

Healthy democratic societies are governed through the holding of elections, passage of policies through government institutions, and equal application of the law to all citizens. These activities influence not only the internal decisions of these societies, but also inform the ways countries interact with their regional and global neighbors, whether through direct bilateral ties or encompassed in larger international organizations.

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Erdogan: EU will lose Turkey if it hasn’t joined by 2023

New Atlanticist
Mar 18, 2025

The Gaza cease-fire is over. What’s next from Israel, Hamas, and the US?

By
Atlantic Council experts

In the early hours of March 18, Israel launched air strikes on Gaza, ending the two-month cease-fire. Atlantic Council experts answer pressing questions about the resumed conflict.

Conflict
Israel

Erdogan: EU will lose Turkey if it hasn’t joined by 2023

New Atlanticist
Mar 17, 2025

Enough carrots for Putin. For better negotiations, serve ‘maximum pressure’ instead.

By
Benjamin L. Schmitt, Richard L. Morningstar, and Daniel Fried

Since Russia appears content for negotiations to move slowly, the Trump administration should turn up the pressure with new sanctions.

Conflict
Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion

Erdogan: EU will lose Turkey if it hasn’t joined by 2023

Issue Brief
Mar 13, 2025

Present without impact? How the Middle East perceives China’s diplomatic engagement

By
Jonathan Fulton

Despite economic advancements and high-profile diplomatic engagements, China’s influence remains largely economic rather than political, Jonathan Fulton argues.

China
Economy & Business

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NATOSource

Oct 31, 2012

Erdogan: EU will lose Turkey if it hasn’t joined by 2023

By Orhan Coskun, Reuters

From Orhan Coskun, Reuters:  The European Union will lose Turkey if it doesn’t grant it membership by 2023, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday.

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Oct 31, 2012

Clinton to Bosnia: ‘We want to see you in NATO’

By Hillary Rodham Clinton, Department of State

From Hillary Rodham Clinton, Department of State:  The United States shares with the European Union a vision of a peaceful, stable, prosperous Bosnia-Herzegovina that is fully integrated into the Euro-Atlantic institutions.

European Union International Organizations

MENASource

Oct 30, 2012

Unofficial English Translation of Egypt’s Draft Constitution

By EgyptSource

English translation of Egypt’s draft constitution, provided by Democracy Reporting International. Translated from the original Arabic draft provided here. Available as a PDF download below. Download the PDF 

North Africa Political Reform

New Atlanticist

Oct 29, 2012

Ukraine’s Paradoxical Election

By Adrian Karatnycky

Ukrainian voters elected a new parliament Sunday but already the initial results point to a modest rebuke for President Viktor Yanukovych and his ruling Regions Party.

Elections Politics & Diplomacy

New Atlanticist

Oct 26, 2012

Merkel’s Great Euro Deception

By Julian Lindley-French

In the run-up to D-Day in 1944 the British ran a superb deception campaign called Operation Fortitude to fool the Germans as to the real location of the invasion. It worked spectacularly. Today, the Germans are being fooled again, this time by their own government.

Economy & Business European Union

NATOSource

Oct 26, 2012

Europe and the ‘Asia Pivot’

By Tomas Valasek, International Herald Tribune

From Tomas Valasek, International Herald Tribune:  What is NATO to do? One school of thought in Europe holds that an alliance with such widely different capabilities will not survive.

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Oct 25, 2012

Five More Years of Yanukovych

By Alexander J. Motyl and Rajan Menon

On October 28, Ukrainians will go to the polls for parliamentary elections. Just about everyone in the country believes that the result will be a victory for the ruling Party of Regions (PR), which, at first glance, would seem to reinforce the legitimacy of the increasingly authoritarian president, Viktor Yanukovych.

Elections Politics & Diplomacy

NATOSource

Oct 25, 2012

Ukraine’s Troubling Trends

By Hillary Rodham Clinton and Catherine Ashton, New York Times

From Hillary Rodham Clinton and Catherine Ashton, New York Times:  Ukraine now stands at an important juncture.

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Oct 24, 2012

I Wish the Candidates Had Said That

By Harlan Ullman

More than a century ago, the eccentric writer Oscar Wilde overheard George Bernard Shaw make a particularly witty remark. Wilde slyly muttered, no doubt with malice aforethought, the compliment “I wish I had said that!” Shaw, a literary competitor and no friend of Wilde’s sensed a plagiarism in the making and retorted, “You will, Oscar. […]

Economy & Business Elections

New Atlanticist

Oct 24, 2012

Foreign Policy Debate: Between the Lines

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

It was a debate on foreign policy when the most urgent priorities are at home. Mitt Romney says he can restore the United States to its long-held image of the invincible superpower. But the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet empire were world-shaking events that are more than two decades […]

Elections Politics & Diplomacy
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Nicole Bibbins Sedaca

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GeoStrategy Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Human Rights Politics & Diplomacy

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Pavlo Bilodid

International Communications Lead, DTEK Group

Millennium Leadership Program

Energy & Environment Europe & Eurasia

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Arjun Bisen

Nonresident Fellow

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Australia Digital Policy

Fellow

Michael Bociurkiw

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Eurasia Center

Ukraine International Organizations

Fellow

Tom Bonsundy-O’Bryan

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Africa Center Millennium Leadership Program

Africa Europe & Eurasia

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Zeina Boustani

Director, Strategy & Operations, Mastercard

Millennium Leadership Program

Human Rights Middle East
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