Security & Defense

Lagadec featured in CNN on fact checking claims that NATO members struggled to cover annual funding of the organization

By Erwan Lagadec

On March 5, Transatlantic Security Initiative nonresident senior fellow Erwan Lagadec was quoted in CNN on fact checking claims that NATO members struggled to cover the $3 billion in annual funding of the organization. He further noted that the only NATO member providing any sign of leaving the alliance was the US under the Trump […]

Manza featured in Deutschen Welle on the role of cultural biases in the failed international military operation in Afghanistan

By John Manza

On March 3, Transatlantic Security Initiative nonresident senior fellow John Manza was quoted in Deutschen Welle on the role of cultural biases in the failed international military operation in Afghanistan (text in German).  

Wieslander cited in New York Times on Ukraine’s European future

“Now there’s more sympathy and the feeling that Ukraine is a part of Europe, but that’s sentimental and not hard-core,” said Anna Wieslander of Sweden, director for Northern Europe for the Atlantic Council organization. “What’s the plan ahead? That’s what I’m missing,” she added. “There’s no discussion of what the membership criteria in a new […]

Nusairat in ISPI: A chance for Amman to prove that it still has a meaningful mediating role

By Atlantic Council

Feldman-Piltch in Non-State Actress on the cultural impacts of World War II

By Maggie Feldman-Piltch

On March 1, Transatlantic Security Initiative nonresident senior fellow Maggie Feldman-Piltch wrote a special addition blog post in Non-State Actress. She discussed part of Non-State Actress’ own origin story as well as the structural and cultural impacts of World War II. The Non-State Actress project is made possible by generous support from the German Federal […]