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New Atlanticist

Feb 26, 2018

In China, the Dawn of the Xi Dynasty?

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Chinese President Xi Jinping was nine years old when his father, a prominent communist revolutionary and vice premier of China, had a falling out with Mao Zedong. The year was 1962. Xi Zhongxun was accused of supporting a novel that Mao opposed. For this crime he was stripped of his titles, demoted, and sent to […]

China

In the News

Feb 26, 2018

Metzl Joins CNN to Discuss the Plan to Remove Presidential Term Limit in China

By Jamie Metzl

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China

In the News

Feb 26, 2018

Farkas in The Atlantic: Russia Is Abetting Mass Murder in Syria

By Evelyn Farkas

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Russia Syria

In the News

Feb 26, 2018

Farkas in The Atlantic: Russia Is Abetting Mass Murder in Syria

By Evelyn Farkas

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Russia Syria

In the News

Feb 24, 2018

Nordenman Quoted in CNN on Russian Aggression

By Magnus Nordenman

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Russia

New Atlanticist

Feb 23, 2018

Trump’s New Sanctions Hit North Korea Where it Hurts Most

By Ashish Kumar Sen

US President Donald J. Trump on February 23 announced that his administration has imposed what he described as the “largest-ever” set of new sanctions on North Korea. The US Treasury Department later announced measures to cut off sources of revenue and fuel that have helped North Korea advance its nuclear program. Treasury said the action […]

Korea

New Atlanticist

Feb 22, 2018

US Army’s ‘Teacher Corps’ Faces an Uphill Battle Providing Instruction to Foreign Troops

By Elisabeth Braw

Supply teachers are not to be envied. While they may be highly qualified in a particular subject, they re often sent in to teach classes they are not familiar with and doing so without the necessary training. Over the past several years, similar scenes have been repeating themselves in Iraq and Afghanistan, where Western troops […]

Afghanistan Iraq

New Atlanticist

Feb 22, 2018

I Spy A North Korean at the Olympics

By Ashish Kumar Sen

North Korean Gen. Kim Yong-chol is believed to have orchestrated a deadly attack on a South Korean warship, the bombardment of a South Korean island, and, possibly, the cyberattack on Sony Pictures. Now, the former North Korean spy chief is on a different mission. Kim Yong-chol will lead his country’s delegation to the closing ceremony […]

Korea

In the News

Feb 22, 2018

Farkas in The Washington Post: The Investigations Into Russian Meddling Are Not Enough

By Evelyn Farkas

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Russia

In the News

Feb 22, 2018

Manning Quoted in RFA on Proposed Inter-Korean Summit

By Robert A. Manning

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Korea

In the News

Feb 21, 2018

Manning Quoted in VOX on North Korea Canceling a Meeting with Pence

By Robert A. Manning

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Korea

In the News

Feb 21, 2018

Farkas Quoted in The Washington Post on Transatlantic Alliance and Security

By Evelyn Farkas

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European Union International Organizations

In-Depth Research & Reports

Feb 20, 2018

Power and influence in a globalized world

By Mathew Burrows

Power and Influence in a Globalized World outlines the strategic framework of the international system's capabilities and interactions amongst the global community.

Africa China

In the News

Feb 19, 2018

Farkas Joins WBEZ Chicago to Discuss Russian Election Interference

By Evelyn Farkas

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Russia

In the News

Feb 19, 2018

Geers Quoted in VOX on Russian Election Interference

By Kenneth Geers

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Russia

In the News

Feb 16, 2018

Braw in Frankfurter Allgemeine: German Voters are More Mature About Security

By Elisabeth Braw

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Germany NATO

In the News

Feb 16, 2018

Farkas Quoted in Bloomberg on Russia Attacking U.S. Troops

By Evelyn Farkas

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Russia

New Atlanticist

Feb 16, 2018

Is the Democratic Order Doomed?

By Ash Jain

The order is holding for now, but the trends are worrisome The state of the global order one year into Donald Trump’s presidency will be at the top of the agenda when global security experts meet in Munich from February 16-18. The  outlook was bleak even before the 2016 US election. The rules-based, democratic order, […]

New Atlanticist

Feb 15, 2018

Raising the Curtain on MSC: 5 Things to Watch

By Barry Pavel and Lauren Speranza

February 16 marks the start of the annual Munich Security Conference (MSC)—the “Davos of international security”—in Germany. A Rolodex of top defense and foreign affairs leaders from Europe, the United States, the Middle East, and elsewhere will convene to take on a wide array of pressing global security issues. While the issues on the 2018 […]

In the News

Feb 15, 2018

Braw Quoted in DW on Munich Security Conference

By Elisabeth Braw

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