The Atlantic Alliance Transformed

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Aug 25, 2024

After a failed attack, Hezbollah’s propaganda seeks to prevent a wider war with Israel

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Committed as Hezbollah is to saving its Gaza-based allies, the group does not currently want a full war with Israel.

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The Atlantic Alliance Transformed

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Aug 21, 2024

How quickly can Taiwan integrate US weapon systems? Speed is essential to help deter China.

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To better prepare Taiwan to defend itself, the United States needs more transparency into Taipei’s weapons integration challenges.

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The Atlantic Alliance Transformed

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Aug 21, 2024

Invasion? What invasion? Putin is downplaying Ukraine’s Kursk offensive

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Vladimir Putin’s efforts to downplay Ukraine’s invasion of Russia have severely dented his strongman image and make a mockery of the West’s escalation fears, writes Peter Dickinson.

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May 20, 2012

The Atlantic Alliance Transformed

By Brent Scowcroft, the New Atlanticist

From Brent Scowcroft, the New Atlanticist: NATO’s tradition of operating by consensus has become more complex as the Alliance has expanded its membership

NATO
Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

May 20, 2012

NATO Needs Leadership Rethink to Remain Relevant

By Sarwar Kashmeri

After 64 years, it is time to share the baton of Nato’s leadership with the European Union. What is needed is bold vision of the kind that created the alliance in 1947.  Unfortunately, this is not on tap in Chicago. Which is why the Nato summit will be a missed opportunity to recalibrate the alliance […]

European Union
International Organizations

New Atlanticist

May 20, 2012

NATO: When I’m Sixty-Four

By R. Nicholas Burns and David Manning

NATO was 63 in April and will celebrate its birthday at today’s summit meeting in Chicago, no doubt accompanied by much debate about what purpose the alliance now serves and whether it has a future. The backdrop is somber. The NATO heads of government will focus on the withdrawal of the alliance’s forces from Afghanistan […]

NATO
Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

May 19, 2012

Continue NATO Expansion

By Damon Wilson

This weekend, NATO leaders gather in Chicago to tackle an agenda dominated by Afghanistan, coping with defense budget cuts and global partnerships. These are key issues, yet alliance leaders cannot afford to ignore enlargement. The goal should be for this summit to advance, not set back, the candidacies of Macedonia, Montenegro, Georgia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. First, […]

NATO
Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

May 19, 2012

NATO Must Rethink Libya Model

By Andrea Baumann and Benedetta Berti

NATO’s summit in Chicago this weekend is unlikely to see much debate over the future of its controversial ‘out-of-area’ operations. Instead, prominent concerns over maintaining capabilities in an age of austerity will likely dominate the debate. This is a missed opportunity, as the last twelve months have been of unprecedented importance in shaping member countries’ […]

Afghanistan
NATO

New Atlanticist

May 18, 2012

British Response to ‘Anchoring the Alliance’ Report

By Peter Westmacott

I’m glad that experts of the calibre of Nick Burns and Damon Wilson are discussing the importance of NATO in the run-up to this weekend’s summit. Their argument–that NATO matters as much now as ever, but that we all need to work to maintain it–is one the UK wholeheartedly supports. But I take issue with […]

NATO
Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

May 18, 2012

The Atlantic Alliance Transformed

By Brent Scowcroft

As the US inclination and ability to act unilaterally decline, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization becomes an even more vital tool for foreign and defense policy. However, NATO will only be relevant to new US strategic priorities and geopolitical realities if it changes the way it does business. Despite flaws in its execution, the ultimate […]

Afghanistan
Libya

New Atlanticist

May 18, 2012

NATO Inaction on Enlargement Risks Balkan Stability

By James Jones

For a half century, the NATO alliance has been the cornerstone of the United States’ and Europe’s shared security. The alliance’s enlargement has been a priority at each major meeting of NATO heads of state since the fall of the Berlin Wall. This weekend, when NATO leaders convene in Chicago, enlargement may be swept under […]

NATO
Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

May 18, 2012

Yes to Missile Defense, With Russia

By Wolfgang Ischinger

The NATO summit in Chicago starting on Sunday is expected to declare an “interim capability” of a NATO missile defense shield. Although Russia had been invited by NATO at its summit in Lisbon in 2010 to cooperate in setting up a joint ballistic missile defense system, or B.M.D., the alliance is now poised to proceed […]

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NATO

NATOSource

May 17, 2012

How NATO Can Revitalize Its Role

By Fred Kempe, the New Atlanticist

From Fred Kempe, the New Atlanticist:  As America’s willingness and capability to act unilaterally declines, any U.S. president will find himself increasingly drawn to NATO as an even more vital tool for foreign and defense policy

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