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Jan 11, 2008

U.S.-Turkey Relations Require New Focus

A series of expert working papers released today by the Atlantic Council call for Turkey and the United States­ ­to give grea­ter priority to working in a trilatera­l f­ormat with Europe on energy sec­urity, co­unter-terrorism, and building regional stability in the broader Middle East.  The United States and Turkey have drifted apart­ since the end […]

Energy & Environment Energy Markets & Governance

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Jan 5, 2008

Enhancing Democracy Assistance

This report recognizes that democracy assistance is essential to the promotion of US foreign policy and global interests, and offers political and technical recommendations in order to enhance democracy assistance. Download the PDF

Politics & Diplomacy United States and Canada
Cyber Attack CEOs

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Dec 19, 2007

Cyber Attack: Risk Management Primer for CEOs

No business, government, nongovernmental, or other organization of whatever size is invulnerable to cyber attacks. Business owners and executives, including managing directors, cannot afford to put at risk the security and stability of their operating and financial systems, confidential information, intellectual property, and business transactions to cyber predators through lack of knowledge or initiative.Download the […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

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Oct 15, 2007

Corruption, Democracy, and Investment in Ukraine

Ukraine is facing a considerable challenge from corruption, which our research showed is presentin nearly all levels of government and politics, the judiciary, and business. It is the view of the Task Force that corruption has become so severe that it has the potential to threaten Ukraine’s political and economic stability as well as the […]

European Union International Organizations

Event Recap

Jun 21, 2007

A Road Map for Restructuring: U.S. Relations with Cuba

Calling for the lifting of U.S. sanctions against Cuba, The Atlantic Council of the United States presented “A Road Map for Reversing U.S. Relations with Cuba” on June 21st, 2007.Download the PDF

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Jun 1, 2007

Transatlantic cooperation for clean cir

By Atlantic Council

Although the United States and the European Union have for many years pursued different approaches on the issues of air quality and climate change, those strategies are now beginning to intersect. Transatlantic cooperation could be enormously beneficial in developing new technologies and new regulatory frameworks, and in reaching out to developing countries, such as China and India.

Energy & Environment European Union

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Apr 19, 2007

Transatlantic Leadership for a New Global Economy

The Council’s report Transatlantic Leadership for a New Global Economy is the product of a commission co-chaired by Stuart E. Eizenstat, former deputy secretary of the Treasury a­nd Council board member, and Grant D. Aldonas, former under secretary of Commerce for international trade. The report argues that to deal with a new international economy, the […]

Economy & Business European Union

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Apr 17, 2007

Law & the Lone Superpower: Rebuilding a Transatlantic Consensus on International Law

Throughout 2006, allegations of U.S. involvement in “renditions” of suspected terrorists from Europe to prisons in Afghanistan and elsewher­e reverberated around European capitals. Charges that the United States had established secret prisons in some European countries raised the temperature even further. The European Parliament and the Council of Europe initiated investi­gations, while some European leaders […]

Europe & Eurasia United States and Canada

Issue Brief

Mar 31, 2007

Can German Locomotive Drive the European Economy?

During the second half of 2006 and in early 2007, the German economic eng­ine seemed to gain speed, moving into recovery after several years of stagnation. Whether this recovery is sustainable is still unclear, however. With its­ reliance on exports, Germany remains vulnerable to any downturn in the global economy. Nor is it yet clear […]

Economy & Business European Union

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Jan 25, 2007

Advancing U.S. Interests with the European Union

With the fall of the Berlin Wall, the face of Europe has been transformed. Most Americans have focused on the geopolitical and security dimensions of these changes, overlooking another signifi cant aspect: the evolution and expansion of the European Union. Europe today is a unique construction, comprised neither of individual, sovereign states, nor of a […]

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