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New Atlanticist

Nov 13, 2009

Conversation with Patrick deGategno on U.S.-China Relations

By Patrick deGategno

The following is an interview with Atlantic Council Associate Director Patrick deGategno.

New Atlanticist

Nov 13, 2009

Implications of the All Volunteer Force

By Don Snow

The United States has not forced the involuntary service of any of its citizens into the U.S. military since 1972, when it suspended the Selective Service system’s conscription of young Americans to fight in the enormously unpopular war in Vietnam.

Andrew Bacevich Interview: Future of NATO Mission in Afghanistan

New Atlanticist

Nov 12, 2009

Andrew Bacevich Interview: Future of NATO Mission in Afghanistan

By James Joyner

Sarwar Kashmeri, a nonresident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council’s International Security Program, interviewed Andrew Bacecvich, Professor of International Relations and History at Boston University, for the New Atlanticist Podcast Series.  Bacevich discussed the recent election results in Afghanistan and the future of NATO’s mission in the country.

New Atlanticist

Nov 11, 2009

Afghanistan: Implementation Trumps Planning

By Harlan Ullman

Presumably, the Obama administration will soon decide on its strategy and accompanying plan for Afghanistan and the region. No matter what it does, there are three certainties. First, Obama’s choices range from bad to worse. Second, the plan will be savaged by critics of both the left and right. Third, implementation and not troop numbers, […]

New Atlanticist

Nov 11, 2009

Hasan: Tens of Thousands Like Him in West

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is the proverbial canary in the mine. Gunning down 12 soldiers and one civilian, and wounding 31 was not a random act of violence by an army psychiatrist who was slated to deploy to Afghanistan, an evil war in his mind, where American infidels are killing good Muslims. As the Virginia-born […]

New Atlanticist

Nov 9, 2009

Critical Decision Point in Afghanistan

By Don Snow

Although supporters of the Afghan War (including the Obama administration) hate the comparison, the outcome of the recent runoff election fiasco in Afghanistan suggests a parallel with the American experience in Vietnam.

Afghanistan

New Atlanticist

Nov 9, 2009

Jim Jones on the National Security Climate

By Frederick Kempe

Atlantic Council president and CEO Frederick Kempe recently interviewed James L. Jones , National Security Advisor to President Obama and former Chairman of the Atlantic Council Board of Directors.

New Atlanticist

Nov 6, 2009

America’s New Partnership with Central Europe

By Jeffrey Lightfoot

In his remarks in Bucharest, the U.S. Vice President Biden celebrated the democratic and economic development of Central and Eastern Europe since the fall of communism twenty years ago.

New Atlanticist

Nov 5, 2009

Iran’s Government is in a Corner

By Nazenin Ansari and Jonathan Paris

On Wednesday, the 30th anniversary of the takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Teheran, the streets of Iran were filled with ordinary citizens demonstrating not for the humiliation of the United States but for peaceful political change in their country.

Iran

New Atlanticist

Nov 3, 2009

Electoral Transparency in Afghanistan

By Don Snow

Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, the half-Tajik opthamologist who finished second in the first round of the Afghan presidential election and who led the push for this coming Saturday’s runoff, dropped out of the race Sunday. His stated reason for doing so was the Karzai government’s refusal to revamp the existing electoral process, and notably Karzai’s refusal […]

Afghanistan

New Atlanticist

Nov 3, 2009

Obama Foreign Policy Report Card

By James Joyner

The editors at Foreign Policy magazine used the occasion of the first anniversary of Barack Obama’s election as president to ask a “a group of experts” to grade President Obama’s foreign policy performance.   I was honored to be among the graders.

New Atlanticist

Nov 2, 2009

NATO-Russia Reset Needed

By Donald Bandler and Jakub Kulhanek

In March of 2009, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called for pushing a “reset” button in US-Russian relations, and since then officials from both countries have been making tentative inroads in that direction. Yet, the thaw in US-Russian relations should not obscure the need for improvement of the overall state of relations between Russia […]

New Atlanticist

Oct 30, 2009

Afghanistan: Cutting Our Losses

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

Not one of the 42 nations involved on the ground in Afghanistan wants to stay the course until the birth of a new nation, cleansed of Taliban insurgents, and a reasonable facsimile of democratic rule. To begin with, no one believes this would be possible short of another 10-year commitment. And untold billions more in […]

Afghanistan
Sarwar Kashmeri

New Atlanticist

Oct 28, 2009

Rajon Menon Afghanistan Elections Interview

By James Joyner

Sarwar Kashmeri, a nonresident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council’s International Security Program, has interviewed Rajan Menon, Monroe J. Rathbone Professor of International Relations at Lehigh University, for the New Atlanticist Podcast series. Menon recently penned an oped titled “Nobody wins in the Afghan runoff election” for  the Los Angeles Times.

New Atlanticist

Oct 28, 2009

Influenza and International Security

By Derek Reveron

Earlier this year, a novel influenza captured the world’s attention when what became known as “swine flu” or H1N1 (hemagglutinin type 1 and neuraminidase type 1) emerged in La Gloria, Mexico.

New Atlanticist

Oct 27, 2009

Afghanistan: A Modest Case for Dithering

By Alex Massie

My old chum, and former boss, Iain Martin writes that time is, in fact, of the essence in Afghanistan and that Barack Obama needs to make a decision:

Afghanistan

New Atlanticist

Oct 27, 2009

While Obama Dithers

By James Joyner

An incredibly junior contractor-for-hire has resigned over disagreement with our AfPak policy, prompting a high level scramble within the administration and a long feature in the Washington Post.

Afghanistan Pakistan

New Atlanticist

Oct 26, 2009

Common Sense and COIN in Afghanistan

By Don Snow

As the Obama administration’s internal debate over what to do in Afghanistan has publicly clarified, two prerequisites for the success of the American effort have risen to the top: good governance and the emegence of effective Afghan security forces. Both represent the triumph of simple common sense over the supposed arcane details of COIN  strategy, […]

Afghanistan

New Atlanticist

Oct 26, 2009

Democracy Promotion Done Right

By Derek Reveron

Joe Biden’s recent trip to Central Europe underscores that the United States still supports democracy promotion, is not afraid to state that publicly, and encourages its allies to do the same. In Romania, the vice president said, “you delivered on the promise of your revolution. You are in a position to help others do the […]

New Atlanticist

Oct 23, 2009

Obama and Israel: Different Middle East Peace Strategies

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

Unless former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell, President Obama’s special Middle Eastern envoy, is prepared to commute by government executive jet for the next five to 10 years, this isn’t a bad time to turn in his badge. Moshe Ya’alon, Israel’s vice prime minister and minister for strategic affairs in Israel’s 32nd government, talked his way […]

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