Americas

French-Built Mistral Ships For Russia Could End Up In Canadian Hands

By Christopher Harress, International Business Times

The Canadian military has emerged as a potential destination for the controversial French-built Mistral helicopter carrier ships, built for Russia and now at the center of an international row

Brazil’s Presidential Elections: What Will Dilma’s Next Four Years Look Like?

On October 28th, 2014, the Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center in partnership with the Inter-American Dialogue brought together a dynamic panel to explore Brazil’s road ahead, including John Prideaux, The Economist’s Washington correspondent and former Brazil bureau chief from 2007-2010; Andrew Gunther, managing director of infrastructure for Darby Overseas Investments; Ricardo Sennes, nonresident senior Brazil […]

Mr. Putin Resumes His Chipping Away at Ukraine

By Editorial Board, Washington Post

It’s not hard to guess what Mr. Putin has in mind. As it stands, the Donetsk-Luhansk ministates are not easily sustained; they lack a port, power supplies and access to the region’s principal airport.

French Foreign Minister: Anti-ISIL Coalition Must Also Save 300,000 Lives In Aleppo

By Laurent Fabius, Washington Post

Syria’s second-largest city and part of humanity’s ancient heritage, Aleppo is the martyred center of the resistance to Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad,

US European Commander Asks for More Troops

By Paul McLeary, Defense News

In the face of sustained Russian incursions into Ukraine and the dozens of fighter and bomber flights that have skirted European airspace in recent weeks, the head of US European Command has come to the Pentagon to ask for more troops and equipment.

As Russian Provocations Increase, Should the US Continue to Cut Forces in Europe?

By Jorge Benitez, The Hill

Last week, jets from six NATO air forces intercepted 19 Russian military aircraft in just one day.

The shale revolution and the new geopolitics of energy

By Robert A. Manning

Technological advancements have led to an energy revolution in the United States. In The Shale Revolution and the New Geopolitics of Energy, Manning explains that the shale revolution affects everything from the makeup of the global energy market to America’s core strategic interests abroad.

Spotlight Cuba

By Rachel DeLevie-Orey

How would both the United States and Cuba attending the Summit of the Americas impact their relationship? Download (PDF) For the past two decades, the Summit of the Americas has convened the western hemisphere’s heads of state without the participation of Cuba. That is likely about to change. In April 2015, Panama will host the […]

Secretary General: NATO is a Unique Alliance With a Clear Course

By Jens Stoltenberg, NATO

I grew up in a world that felt at the time as dangerous as the world we live in today. As a child in Norway during the Cold War, I didn’t know much about Article 5 or the Washington Treaty. But I did know that NATO was there to protect us.