Security & Defense

Transcript: Transatlantic Missile Defense – Phase II and the Lead Up to the NATO Chicago Summit – Ellen Tauscher Conversation

Full transcript of Ellen Tauscher’s keynote address and conversation at the 2011 Atlantic Council Missile Defense Conference.

Transcript: Transatlantic Missile Defense – Phase II and the Lead Up to the NATO Chicago Summit – Patrick O’Reilly Conversation

Full transcript of the first panel on European Phased Adaptive Approach at the 2011 Atlantic Council Missile Defense Conference.

Looking Ahead to The London Conference on Cyberspace

By William Hague

The advent and development of cyberspace is transforming our world and revolutionising our everyday lives. This may become a global challenge and require a global, co-ordinated response. However, until now, the debate around what form this response should take has been fragmented and lacked focus. The UK believes this must change. More international consensus is […]

Georgia’s Path to the West

By James Joyner

At a time when “Russia has been going backwards, not forwards in democratic reforms,” it is vital that the United States and Europe work together to bolster emerging democracies like Georgia.

Georgia in the West: A Policy Road Map to Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic Future

On October 13, the Atlantic Council Task Force on Georgia, co-chaired by Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Lindsey Graham, released a major new report on Georgia at an event held on Capitol Hill, arguing for intensified domestic reform and a new sense of common purpose and clarity from the United States and Europe to work toward […]

Roundtable Discussion with Julianne Smith

By Jason Harmala

On Thursday, October 13, the Atlantic Council’s International Security Program hosted Julianne Smith, Principal Director for Europe and NATO Policy at the US Department of Defense, for an off-the-record briefing on the outcomes of this month’s NATO Defense Ministers Meeting, which she attended with US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. 

Khudahafiz Afghanistan

By Sarwar Kashmeri

“Khudahafiz” is the South Asian Muslim way of saying “goodbye.” A wonderful phrase that means “Goodbye and may God protect you,” it is time for America to say, “Khudahafiz Afghanistan,” and end our miserable decade-long war in that country.