United States and Canada

Transatlantic leaders rate Greece as top candidate to be removed from NATO

In a just released Atlantic Council-Foreign Policy survey, experts voted Greece as the country they were most likely to “kick out of NATO.”

So Far, Sanctions Prove to Be Right Tool in Burma

By Ronak Desai

The Obama Administration’s recent announcement that it would begin a “targeted easing” of the decades-old sanctions regime currently in place against Burma has once again put into sharp focus questions surrounding the efficacy of sanctions as a tool of American foreign policy.

Atlantic Council/Foreign Policy Survey: The Future of NATO

By Jason Harmala

Does the 63-year-old Alliance still matter today? In advance of the NATO summit in Chicago, The Atlantic Council and Foreign Policy asked politicians, scholars, and other observers from both sides of the Atlantic to weigh in.

NATO: Chicago and Beyond

By Ian Brzezinski, the Atlantic Council

From Ian Brzezinski, the Atlantic Council:  The Chicago Summit will be important in large part because of the context in which it takes place.

NATO and the Transatlantic Bargain

By Franklin D. Kramer, the New Atlanticist

From Franklin D. Kramer, the New Atlanticist:  [T]here are questions on both sides of the Atlantic.

Reports that Pakistan not invited to NATO summit in Chicago

By the International News (Pakistan)

From the International News (Pakistan):  NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Friday that Pakistan had not been invited to the upcoming Chicago summit.

NATO inviting ‘thirteen partner nations to Chicago for an unprecedented meeting’

By the White House

From the White House:  The President met today with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen in the Oval Office in order to discuss preparations for the May 20-21 NATO Summit in Chicago.

NATO Chief discusses Chicago summit with Obama: ‘We agreed we’re in good shape’

By NATO

From NATO:  NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen held talks to prepare for this month’s Chicago Summit with US President Barack Obama at the White House on 9 May 2012.

Forum on the Ratification of the Law of the Sea Convention

By Adrienne Chuck

On May 9, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and General Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke to a gathering of US national security and business leaders in Washington, DC, convened by The Pew Charitable Trusts and the Atlantic Council.

Turkey chooses NATO and the West

By Barçın Yinanç, Hurriyet Daily News

From Barçın Yinanç, Hurriyet Daily News:  Turkey’s decision to host an early warning radar as part of NATO’s nuclear defense system is a sign of the country’s realignment with the West, says Professor Mustafa Aydın.