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Daniel Fried
Weiser Family Distinguished Fellow
Content
Tue, Apr 13, 2021
Wieslander quoted in DefenseNews on Russian military buildup in the Arctic
In the News
Fri, Feb 12, 2021
European leadership: Transatlantic relations and the future of Belarus
The Atlantic Council Northern Europe Office organized a webinar on the topic of ”European Leadership: Transatlantic relations and the Future of Belarus”.
Event Recap
Mon, Feb 1, 2021
Free speech and online content: What can the US learn from Europe?
Congress will certainly take on reforming Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, but it should not just focus on the companies and their responsibilities. Legislators should take a good, hard look in the mirror. They must provide the guidelines that are central to reducing violent extremist content online: rules on acceptable versus forbidden online speech.
New Atlanticist by Frances Burwell
Mon, Feb 1, 2021
Speech moderation and militant democracy: Should the United States regulate like Europe does?
Many Americans’ sunny faith in a robust media “marketplace of idea”’ is being tested. The European historical experience that informs “militant democracy” and speech-invasive privacy laws remains largely alien here. But adjustments at the margins, particularly in the areas of process, are possible and desirable.
New Atlanticist by Kenneth Propp
Fri, Jan 22, 2021
The United States, Germany, and world order: New priorities for a changing alliance
Treating each divergence in security policy as an isolated incident may have allowed policymakers on both sides of the Atlantic to ignore the unpleasant fact that the United States and Germany could have increasingly disparate perceptions of threats and strategic cultures.
Issue Brief by Roderick Kefferpütz, Jeremy Stern
Fri, Jan 15, 2021
Germany may be about to pick its next leader. Here’s what you need to know.
The selection will likely mark the beginning of the end for the sober leadership style, centrist compromises, and coalition-building approach to governing country and party that so defined Merkel, Germany, and the CDU for much of her chancellorship.
New Atlanticist by Jörn Fleck
Thu, Jan 14, 2021
Britain’s foreign-policy debate is back
It can no longer be said that the only foreign-policy debate in the United Kingdom is about Brexit. There are now two distinct visions emerging of Britain’s role in the world: one positioned in the political center and the other on the right.
New Atlanticist by Ben Judah